Millburn Closes Out New Jersey State Tournament
Ben Yu Takes J.V. Championship
FLEMINGTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Forensic League State Championships, hosted at Hunterdon Central High School, is drawing to a close, but it will not feature a final round in varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate this year…because Millburn High School’s Usha Sahay and Tess McNulty have closed it out! In a reversal of tournament policy from the past — a policy which, in fact, affected a close-out from Millburn just two years ago — the two debaters were in fact recognized as co-champions.
Tess and Usha are coached by Brian Raymond.
The full-service tournament featured three full divisions of Lincoln-Douglas debate. In the junior varsity competition, Whippany Park High School’s Ben Yu bested Randolph High School’s Sohum Doshi on a 3-0 decision to win the state championship. Congratulations to both debaters!
Ben is coached by Rebecca Hansen; Sohum is coached by Peter H. Bond.
A final congratulations is also in order for the champion and runner-up in the tournament’s novice competition. A 3-0 decision also signaled the conclusion of the tournament, as Montville High School’s Dan Brenner defeated Timothy Christian School’s Ruth Fong to take the title.
Dan is coached by Mary Gormley; Ruth is coached by Jonathan Barr.
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
QUARTERS
(1) Ridge SR over (8) Ridge AT (Alan Tong)
(2) Ridge SC def. (7) Whippany Park CJ (Christopher Jeng) 2-1
(3) Millburn US def. (6) Hunterdon Central KH (Kevin Huang)
(4) Millburn TM def. (5) Arthur L. Johnson MC (Michael Calavano)
SEMIS
(4) Millburn TM def. Ridge SR (Shireen Rudina) 2-1
(3) Millburn US def. Ridge SC (Stephanie Caravias) 3-0
FINALS
(3) Millburn US and (4) Millburn TM close out.
NJFL STATE CO-CHAMPIONS
(3) Millburn US (Usha Sahay)
(4) Millburn TM (Tess McNulty)
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J.V. QUARTERS
(1) Whippany Park BY def (8) Ridge VJ (Varun Jayaraman)
(2) Randolph SD def (7) Millburn AD (Angela Du)
(3) Montville KH def (6) Bridgewater PS (Poomina Subramanian)
(4) Freehold SL def (5) Ridge HA (Hiba Abousleiman)
J.V. SEMIS
(1) Whippany Park BY def (4) Freehold SL (Scott Lief)
(2) Randolph SD def (3) Montville KH (Katherina Haugh)
J.V. FINALS
(1) Whippany Park BY def (2) Randolph SD (Sohum Doshi) 3-0
NJFL J.V. STATE CHAMPION
(1) Whippany Park BY (Ben Yu)
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NOVICE QUARTERS
Timothy Christian RF def. Ridge SV
Ridge LZ def. Randolph MS
Montville DB def. Newark Science JB
Montville JY def. Randolph CR
NOVICE SEMIS
Timothy Christian RF def. Montville JY
Montville DB def. Ridge LZ
NOVICE FINALS
(3) Montville DB def (8) Timothy Christian RF (Ruth Fong) 3-0
NJFL NOVICE STATE CHAMPION
(3) Montville DB (Dan Brenner)
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Posted from: 69.249.95.27
March 7th, 2008 21:19
Who said glen was doing it?
Millburn MK: 1-1
Millburn MH: 1-1/2-0
Posted from: 68.175.61.157
March 7th, 2008 21:22
THANK YOU KEVIN FOR SERVING AS THE MIDDLE MAN.
There, I said it.
Posted from: 70.111.144.161
March 7th, 2008 21:25
Though unconfirmed, every Randolph varsity debater believes that he is 0-2.
Posted from: 204.210.156.240
March 7th, 2008 22:08
gluck millburn and ridge. it will be a millburn/ridge final. im calling it. NOW
Posted from: 72.254.135.108
March 8th, 2008 00:44
Come on ALJ!!!!
Posted from: 12.161.235.194
March 8th, 2008 05:33
ALJ MC IS 2-0
AC IS 1-1 OR 0-2
AG IS 2-0 OR 1-1
PK IS 1-1 OR 0-2
Posted from: 71.125.92.192
March 8th, 2008 07:37
good luck to my motown brownies!!!!
and to ridge and millburn ppl, who are generally fabulous
morristownAJ = 2-0
morristownAG = 1-1 or 2-0
morristownNF = somewhere in ny… lol
i guess im missing my last states. oh well.
have fun everyone
Posted from: 69.249.72.27
March 8th, 2008 08:52
finals = Millburn TM vs. Ridge SC, to elaborate on post #4, oh and mike hassin is going to win JV or else he gets a haircut, so thats incentive enough.
Posted from: 68.196.201.226
March 8th, 2008 09:38
Being up two the first day was wonderful.
Stomach viruses are not.
I hate my life :(
Posted from: 32.136.105.222
March 8th, 2008 14:35
BREAKS
Varsity
millburn tm v. Alj mc
millburn us v hunterdon kh
ridge sc v whippany cj
ridge sr ridge at
JV (dammit)
Ridge HA freehold sc
bridgewater montville khRandolph sd v millburn ad
whippany by v ridge vj
Novice
Montville db v Newark jb
Randolph cr v montville jy
ridge lz v Randolph ms
ridge sv v timothy Christian rf
Posted from: 32.136.105.222
March 8th, 2008 14:38
oops, jv got messed up
Ridge ha v freehold sl
bridgewater ps v montville kh
Randolph sd v millburn ad
whippany by v ridge vj
Posted from: 32.142.72.124
March 8th, 2008 15:38
semis
Nov
Timothy rf v montville jy
lodge lz v montville db
Jv
Whip by v freehold sl
Randolph sd v montville kh
Varsity
Ridge sr v millburn tm
ridge sc v millburn us
Posted from: 32.142.176.54
March 8th, 2008 15:43
*lodge lz = ridge lz
Posted from: 32.142.59.143
March 8th, 2008 16:47
finals!
Novice
Timothy rf v. Montville db
JV
Whip by v. Randolph sd
Varsity
Millburn TM and millburn US close out
Posted from: 140.247.42.187
March 8th, 2008 17:24
Congratulations Millburn!!!
Posted from: 69.249.72.27
March 8th, 2008 17:44
go millburn! and tess and usha!!! ok, so i half called finals correctly lol
Posted from: 69.249.72.27
March 8th, 2008 17:46
ooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOsha
Posted from: 68.175.61.157
March 8th, 2008 18:28
CONGRATULATIONS! Those are some very fine debaters and programs in those final rounds.
Any more results?
Are Tess and Usha co-champions, or did only one get the title? I seem to recall that when Greg Hertz and Brandon Sherman closed out, Brandon was recognized as the champion and Greg as the runner-up.
Posted from: 69.121.162.215
March 8th, 2008 19:51
Congrats Usha and Tess!!!!!
Posted from: 205.134.251.132
March 8th, 2008 20:15
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Posted from: 24.164.191.140
March 8th, 2008 20:32
CONRGATS TESS AND USHA.
Posted from: 69.249.94.118
March 8th, 2008 20:45
to answer Jon’s concerns -
although it is true that greg hertz got kinda screwed over two years ago, it appears that the NJFL has changed their policy - usha and tess were declared co-champions. congrats again!
congrats are also in order to the entire ridge team, who pulled first in sweepstakes in debate, speech, AND overall. NUTZ.
finally, congrats to ben yu for being a baller
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
March 8th, 2008 20:50
congrats to Ben Yu!
Posted from: 68.192.165.197
March 8th, 2008 21:00
congrats to
Alan - 8th
Stephanie - 4th
Shireen - 3rd
Also congrats to Tess and Usha for closing out!
In JV, sweet job to Ben Yu!
Posted from: 68.175.61.157
March 8th, 2008 21:08
What were the results of the J.V. and novice final rounds?
Posted from: 69.249.94.118
March 8th, 2008 21:17
Whippany BY (Ben YUUUUUUUU) won JV
Montville DB (???) won novice
Posted from: 68.175.61.157
March 8th, 2008 21:18
Congratulations, Ben!
Posted from: 72.80.246.144
March 8th, 2008 21:53
YAY!
Congrats Tess and Usha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted from: 68.196.204.206
March 9th, 2008 07:05
Congrats to Chris Jeng for breaking in VLD and major congrats to Ben Yu for pwning JVLD. I feel bad for Avi. Up two and then got a stomach virus, maybe from Ben?
Posted from: 68.196.117.93
March 9th, 2008 08:13
Congrats to Tess, Usha, Steph, Shireen, Sohum, Maddie, and Cheyanne.
Posted from: 71.125.92.192
March 9th, 2008 08:33
conrgats usha and tess!!! and steph, shireen, and alan!! : )
props to avi for being up 2 befoer his stomach virus, and to ashish for wearing a baller tie on friday, and to both of them for repping morristown at states while i was in ny!! lol
Posted from: 24.175.192.109
March 9th, 2008 11:36
congrats to usha and tess on the closeout, cool stuff
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
March 9th, 2008 13:25
Thanks.
I find it weird that Varun was last seed, (he went 3-2, high speaks). Hitting him so early was depressing :[ Good round man!
A lot of people who really deserved to break didn’t. Special Thanks and Congratulations to Mikey Hassin, Arbi, Dan Chen, Jackie, and Kevin in JV. See you in Varsity next year.
And also congratulations to Max Chang, David Chen, Alan Tong, Alex Castro, Mike Calavano, and Glen Boden in Varsity. Special good job to Max Chang for giving Usha her one loss of the tournament :)
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
March 9th, 2008 13:28
Oh and thank you Jon Cruz for highlighting NJ’s State Championships.
For anybody who was curious, I picked up vs Varun 2-1, beat Freehold 3-0, then Doshi 3-0.
Freehold picked up his quarters 2-1, Ben Hsu dissented.
Montville picked up her quarters 2-1, and Doshi picked up 3-0.
Doshi beat Montville on a 3-0 also.
Posted from: 24.225.166.190
March 9th, 2008 13:45
Does anyone know where the results packet is online (for ld)?
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
March 9th, 2008 15:33
Major props to Ben on owning JV and winning the triple crown of First Seed, First Speaker, and Tournament Champion.
The JV final round was one of the funniest rounds I have ever watched. :)
Also congrats to Chris Jeng on breaking in varsity.
Posted from: 66.108.131.237
March 9th, 2008 15:49
novice names: ridge SV (Susanna Vogel)
randolph CR (cheyane reisner)
randolph MS (Maddy Stein)
Posted from: 70.111.156.34
March 9th, 2008 16:56
Congrats to Tess, Usha, Shireen, Maddie, Cheyane, and to Sohum Doshi.
PS, JV finals taught us all that “are” is the past tense of “is”.
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
March 9th, 2008 17:05
Yeah, I have no idea what I was thinking.
I said that “are is the past tense of is” about 4-5 times.
But Doshi and I were so caught up, he didn’t ask me about it, and I didn’t catch it.
Anyways, the judge on the Laptop (Flittner), wrote “ARE IS THE PAST TENSE OF IS WHAT!?!?!” on the Ballot in the AFF comment sections.
Apparently that was all he heard from me =P
I have to apologize for absolutely butchering the English language =[
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
March 9th, 2008 17:07
…and somehow I missed Chris Jeng with my first batch of posts.
#7th in Varsity is a really great showing, meaning Whippany broke 2 out of 5 in JV/Varsity. Congrats for your second year-in-a-row breaking at States!
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
March 9th, 2008 17:08
I think the judge’s name was fleyzor.
Ben also invented new ways to use the words “reify” and “codified”
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
March 9th, 2008 17:11
Yeah you’re right Flittner was the judge I picked up @ harvard octas. My bad.
Hey, I know I’m horrible at vocab…
Posted from: 24.149.162.36
March 9th, 2008 18:18
other novice names;
ridge lz = linda zhong
montville jy = jenny yan
Posted from: 69.119.93.209
March 9th, 2008 18:23
grats tess and usha :]
Posted from: 68.38.220.125
March 9th, 2008 19:51
congrats mike calavano!
Posted from: 70.18.168.70
March 9th, 2008 19:59
Congrats to Calavano (Chong)
And major congrats to Ben Yu on the win.
Posted from: 69.249.95.27
March 9th, 2008 20:53
YEAH ERIC THURM- the true champion!
Posted from: 69.249.95.27
March 9th, 2008 20:58
YEAH ERIC THURM- the true champion!!
Posted from: 69.249.95.27
March 9th, 2008 20:59
YEAH ERIC THURM- the true champion!!!
Posted from: 68.38.86.140
March 9th, 2008 21:07
Congrats Ben You freaking Baller
Posted from: 69.48.155.2
March 10th, 2008 07:33
In case anyone was wondering, that isn’t me.
Posted from: 76.212.193.250
March 10th, 2008 16:12
congrats ben on the jv title