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Reid Brown is Great Midwestern Novice Champion

Second Year in a Row "Valley RB" Wins Tournament
DM Roosevelt Closes Out PF to Defend Title
Omaha Westside Takes Policy Tournament
posted by Jon Cruz on March 29th, 2008

IOWA CITY, Iowa — This year’s edition of the Great Midwestern Novice Championships, held annually at Iowa City West High School, came to a close late Saturday afternoon. After debating fierce novice competition throughout the Midwest, the top sixteen competitors advanced into the elimination rounds. In finals, Omaha Westside High School’s Julie Aust faced off against Valley High School’s Reid Brown (unrelated to last year’s Great Midwestern Novice Champion, Ross Brown, also of Valley).

Valley kept the title as Reid emerged victorious in finals. Congratulations to both finalists!

Reid is coached by Dave McGinnis and Ernie Rose.

It was also a repeat championship in Public Forum Debate, where three teams from Des Moines Roosevelt High School were declared co-champions. The team of Mike Flannery and Sam Roeder and the team of Alex Patch and Sarah Larson closed out the final round; Alex and Sarah coached over fellow Des Moines Roosevelt debaters Catherine Chiodo and Minh Tam Le in semifinals. Congratulations to Team Roosevelt on this accomplishment! (The championship teams from Des Moines Roosevelt are pictured along with their coaches.)

Mike, Sam, Alex, Sarah, Catherine, and Minh are coached by Harry Strong and Nathan Fredericks.

Finally, in policy debate, the Omaha Westside team of William Rafael and Landon Ross defeated the Maine East High School team of Anne Peter and Dina Saadeh to claim the coveted title. Congratulations to both teams!

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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

OCTAS
Bettendorf HW def. Okoboji MC (Margarett Cihlar)
(Raidoo, Johannsen, Hamilton, Abid, Hiland)
Hopkins EN over Hopkins BD (Breanna Demont)
Hopkins SL def. Iowa City West KA (Kaybee Abiose)
(Robertson, Mayes, Anderson, Shapire, Hiland)
Hopkins JO def. Okoboji RL (Regan LaBounty)
(McGinnis, Stickley, Monson, Dehl, Pittman)
Valley NA over Valley AK (Alex Kramer)
St. Louis Park LS def. Valley NM (Nick Mylan)
3-2 (Smith, Allison, Boateng, *Minks, *Hawk)
Valley ReB def. St. Louis Park TT (Talia Teplinski)
5-0 (Noethe, Torson, Morgan, Subramani, Fairfield)
Omaha Westside JA def. Valley YZ (Yale Zhu)
3-2 (Hutzell, Abba, Anderson, *Mallon, *Meyer)

QUARTERS
Bettendorf HW def. St. Louis Park LS (Leah Shapiro)
(Meyer, Mallon, Subramani, Abba, Noethe, Anderson, Hutzell)
Hopkins EN over Hopkins SL (Spencer Leary)
Valley ReB def. Hopkins JO (Johanna Olsen)
(Hiland, Raidoo, Mayes, Strong, Hamilton, Minks, Boateng)
Omaha Westside JA def. Valley NA (Nimah Ahmed)
(Torson, Smith, Morgan, Monson, Fairfield, Hawk, Allison)

SEMIS
Valley ReB def. Bettendorf HW (Honda Wang)
Omaha Westside JA def. Hopkins EN (Spencer Leary)

FINALS
Valley ReB def. Omaha Westside JA (Julie Aust)

GREAT MIDWESTERN NOVICE CHAMPION
Valley ReB (Reid Brown)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Reid Brown — Valley High School (IA)
2. Regan LaBounty — Okoboji High School (IA)
3. Julie Aust — Omaha Westside High School (NE)
4. Emily Nuckols — Hopkins High School (MN)
5. Spencer Leary — Hopkins High School (MN)
6. Honda Wang — Bettendorf High School (IA)
7. Nimah Ahmed — Valley High School (IA)
8. Louie Livon-Bimmel — St. Louis Park High School (MN)
9. Alex Kramer — Valley High School (IA)
10. Emily Shott — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)

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POLICY DEBATE

SEMIS
Omaha Westside def. Valley DW (Natasha Dutta & Allie Windergerst)
Maine East def. Des Moines Roosevelt HS (Harrison Hayward & Nick Swingle)

FINALS
Omaha Westside RR def. Maine East PS (Anne Peter & Dina Saadeh)

GREAT MIDWESTERN NOVICE CHAMPIONS
Omaha Westside RR (William Rafael & Ladon Ross)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Anne Peter — Maine East High School (IL)
2. Landon Ross — Omaha Westside High School (NE)
3. William Rafael — Omaha Westside High School (NE)
4. Clifford Burelson — Dowling Catholic High School (IA)
5. Dina Saadeh — Maine East High School (IL)
6. Allie Windergerst — WDM Valley High School (IA)
7. Taylor Lore — Dowling Catholic High School (IA)
8. Hannah Philgreen — Cedar Rapids Washington High School (IA)
9. Harrison Hayward — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
10. Maria Hanson — Cedar Rapids Washington (IA)

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PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

SEMIS
Des Moines Roosevelt FR def. Okoboji BA
Des Moines Roosevelt PL over and Des Moines Roosevelt CT (Catherine Chiodo/Minh Tam Le)

FINALS
Des Moines Roosevelt FR and Des Moines Roosevelt PL close out.

GREAT MIDWESTERN NOVICE CHAMPIONS
Des Moines Roosevelt FR (Mike Flannery & Sam Roeder)
Des Moines Roosevelt PL (Alex Patch & Sarah Larson)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Michael Flannery — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
2. Adriane DeMuth — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
3. Sarah Larson — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
4. Sam Roder — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
5. Minh Tam Le — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
6. Connor Avae — Okoboji High School (IA)
7. Aida Ver Ploeg — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
8. Catherine Chiodo — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
9. Alex Patch — Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA)
10. Katie Truitt — Millard West High School (NE)

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39 Responses to “Reid Brown is Great Midwestern Novice Champion”

  1. Christian
    Posted from: 12.202.122.32

    March 28th, 2008 20:25
    1

    Da Baby, aka SLP Leah Shapiro, is 3-1.
    Louie and Talia from SLP are 2-2.
    Hopkins EN and JO are each 3-1.
    Yale and Honda hit in a 3-0 round.
    Reid and Regan LaBounty hit in a 3-0 round.

    That’s most of what I know.

  2. Anjan
    Posted from: 68.48.175.11

    March 28th, 2008 21:47
    2

    This was a really fun and great tournament. I wish we could have made it out to GMNC this year. Good luck to all the competitors!

  3. matt hershey
    Posted from: 69.118.235.253

    March 28th, 2008 21:50
    3

    the best tournament ever

  4. David McGinnis
    Posted from: 216.159.104.202

    March 29th, 2008 08:23
    4

    Valley YZ (Yale Zhu) is 5-0, along with Hopkins LS (SL?). They are not debating round 6 due to side constraint.

    Valley RB (Reid Brown), no relation to Ross, is 4-1. So are: Valley NM (Nick Mylan), and Valley AK (Alex Kramer, no relation to the popular Russian-made assault rifle.)

    Bettendorf HW (Honda Wang) is 4-1.

  5. Eli Mallon
    Posted from: 216.159.104.202

    March 29th, 2008 11:02
    5

    Bettendorf HW def. Okoboji MC (Raidoo, Johannsen, Hamilton, Abid, Hiland)
    Hopkins EN advances over Hopkins BD
    Hopkins SL def. West KA (Robertson, Mayes, Anderson, Shapire, Hiland)
    Hopkins JO def. Okoboki RL (McGinnis, Stickley, Monson, Dehl, Pittman)
    Valley NA hits Valley AK (I don’t know who advances)
    SLP LS def. Valley NM 3-2 (Smith, Allison, Boateng, *Minks, *Hawk)
    Valley RB def. SLP TT 5-0 (Noethe, Torson, Morgan, Subramani, Fairfield)
    Westside JA def. Valley YZ 3-2 (Hutzell, Abba, Anderson, *Mallon, *Meyer)

  6. Eli Mallon
    Posted from: 216.159.104.202

    March 29th, 2008 11:06
    6

    Quarters:

    Bettendorf HW vs. SLP LS (Meyer, Mallon, Subramani, Abba, Noethe, Anderson, Hutzell)
    Hopkins EN advances over Hopkins SL
    Valley RB vs. Hopkins JO (Hiland, Raidoo, Mayes, Strong, Hamilton, Minks, Boateng)
    Westside JA vs. Valley NA (Torson, Smith, Morgan, Monson, Fairfield, Hawk, Allison)

  7. Eli Mallon
    Posted from: 216.159.104.202

    March 29th, 2008 11:16
    7

    The winner of Bettendorf HW and SLP LS will hit the winner of Valley RB and Hopkins JO in one semi.

    The winner of Westside JA and Valley NA will hit Hopkins EN in the other semi.

  8. Ken
    Posted from: 69.118.235.253

    March 29th, 2008 12:58
    8

    I predict another win for Valley RB.

    Scarsdale will hopefully return to this tournament someday. We’ve had scheduling conflicts this year and last.

  9. Ben Lewis
    Posted from: 205.188.116.76

    March 29th, 2008 14:27
    9

    I love this tournament.

  10. David McGinnis
    Posted from: 216.159.104.202

    March 29th, 2008 15:41
    10

    Valley RB (Reid Brown) is top speaker and champion in LD.

  11. matt k
    Posted from: 12.216.111.70

    March 29th, 2008 15:45
    11

    reid brown is tight

  12. Honda Wang
    Posted from: 32.146.55.56

    March 29th, 2008 15:53
    12

    Congrats to Reid for winning! Enjoy the coffee table!

  13. ross b
    Posted from: 70.56.6.41

    March 29th, 2008 16:12
    13

    Congrats, Reid

  14. Anjan
    Posted from: 68.48.175.11

    March 29th, 2008 18:24
    14

    Congrats to Dave and the Valley crew and to Mr. Brown (for the championship and the fortunate last name!).

  15. stevens
    Posted from: 199.120.105.71

    March 29th, 2008 18:52
    15

    Congrats to Mr. McGuiness and Reid. Also a congratulations to Harry Strong and the Roosevelt PFers who closed out PF. (They actually had 3 in semis and the top three seeds.

    Finally, thanks to the tab room staff for a job well done. Lot of good judging and we finished early!

    Top Speakers
    Reid Brown Valley
    Regan LaBounty Okoboji
    Julie Aust Westside
    Emily Nuckols Hopkins
    Spencer Leary Hopkins
    Honda Wang Bettendorf
    Nimah Ahmed Valley
    Louie Livon-Bimmel St. Louis Park
    Alex Kramer Valley
    Emily shott Roosevelt

  16. Regan
    Posted from: 12.227.177.160

    March 29th, 2008 18:59
    16

    Congratulations Reid!!! So, who made it to finals? (besides reid)

  17. Brad Noethe
    Posted from: 12.205.118.84

    March 29th, 2008 19:20
    17

    Congratulations to Reid, as well as the entire Valley team, especially to Yale, who was undefeated and top seed.

  18. Brad Noethe
    Posted from: 12.205.118.84

    March 29th, 2008 19:22
    18

    Yale was undefeated in prelims.

  19. Regan
    Posted from: 12.227.177.160

    March 29th, 2008 19:34
    19

    I think everyone deserved to win, congratulations to EVERYONE who debated! There was some tough competition, but everyone did really great!

  20. Christian
    Posted from: 209.98.146.245

    March 29th, 2008 22:05
    20

    Major congrats to Leah on making it to quarters (as a sixth grader, eclipsing Catherine’s previous unofficial age record of clearing as a seventh grader), Talia on making octos, and Louie for being eighth speaker and seventeenth seed, missing outrounds on points (after being pulled up in the bump round to hit Reid). All three of you worked really hard and did an awesome job, so, good job.

    Also congrats to Valley and Hopkins on generally tearing it up all weekend.

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    Posted from: 206.251.74.247

    March 30th, 2008 08:19
    21

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  22. Alex Kramer
    Posted from: 12.240.54.95

    March 30th, 2008 09:57
    22

    Nice job to the entire Valley LD team!!!
    Especially to Reid (1st speaker and 1st place) but also to Yale (who went 6-0 and top seed in prelims)!

    Also congrats to everyone who debated there! You all made the tournament worth coming to.

  23. Daniel Khalessi
    Posted from: 24.6.159.5

    March 30th, 2008 10:07
    23

    Congrats to Reid, an excellent debater.

  24. Fred Robertson
    Posted from: 68.13.28.109

    March 30th, 2008 10:44
    24

    Could someone post results of quarters and semis? Also, congrats to Julie Aust from Westside for having a great tournament and representing Nebraska LD.

    Fred Robertson

  25. David McGinnis
    Posted from: 12.216.167.34

    March 30th, 2008 12:30
    25

    Having now attended the GMNC for 8 or 9 years, I can definitively say that while the tournament is always high-quality and lots of fun, this was the best event ever. The judging pool was *incredible.* There were 9-judge panels in semis and all were “A” judges. The entire event was single-flighted, with excellent judging in practically every round. The schedule was sane, leaving plenty of time for dinner on Friday night. The pool in LD was large and competitive.

    I encourage any team from across the country to bring their novice students to the GMNC.

  26. Christian
    Posted from: 209.98.146.245

    March 30th, 2008 15:05
    26

    The octos round between Bettendorf and Okoboji was a 5-0. Leah’s quarters round with Honda was a 5-2 with Mallon and Noethe dissenting.

  27. conor d
    Posted from: 75.72.51.82

    March 30th, 2008 15:16
    27

    congrats to all the hopkins debaters, especially emily, johanna, breanna, and spencer on breaking and emily and spencer on the speaker awards

  28. conor d
    Posted from: 75.72.51.82

    March 30th, 2008 15:19
    28

    also congrats to eli on squirreling twice

  29. Taylor Yocom
    Posted from: 12.207.14.162

    March 30th, 2008 15:27
    29

    Congratulations to all of the debaters! It was a tough field, with great judging!

  30. matt k
    Posted from: 12.216.111.70

    March 30th, 2008 17:42
    30

    yale zhu is tight

  31. ross b
    Posted from: 70.56.6.41

    March 30th, 2008 17:47
    31

    next year: bob pakalypse 08-09

  32. ross b
    Posted from: 70.56.6.41

    March 30th, 2008 19:01
    32

    and, alex kramer is a baller

  33. Taylor Yocom
    Posted from: 12.207.14.162

    March 31st, 2008 14:23
    33

    Good job everyone! I took that picture! =]

  34. Taylor Yocom
    Posted from: 12.207.14.162

    March 31st, 2008 14:24
    34

    Congratulations to Minh and Catherine, who were not in the picture, as well!

  35. Eli Mallon
    Posted from: 75.72.54.217

    March 31st, 2008 16:41
    35

    Jon: Hopkins EN is Emily Nuckols, not Spencer Leary.

  36. Strong
    Posted from: 209.234.75.66

    April 1st, 2008 05:59
    36

    Just a brief posting thanking Iowa City West on a remarkably well run Novice Nationals this year. Tab did a great job. The tournament ran AHEAD of schedule. All events were completed on time or earlier. Our coaches value this tournament for the “bonding” experience with our novices. I also felt the judging pools this year were solid. Having read our ballots, we received some first class judging comments which are of significant value to our coaches and students. For all who judged and took the time to write the best ballots we’ve seen all year, Thank You!

  37. Charles McClung
    Posted from: 76.84.158.152

    April 1st, 2008 12:58
    37

    Congratulations to Julie and the policy kids from Omaha Westside — way to represent Nebraska!

  38. Alex Patch
    Posted from: 12.223.28.35

    April 9th, 2008 09:00
    38

    k it was a good tourmament but i hope next year the PF field is a little bigger and contains at least 3 states. Congrats champions, and sorry to those who closed out. that sucks.

  39. shivani
    Posted from: 66.99.22.99

    April 14th, 2008 11:36
    39

    yea it was great competition too bad maine east was the best team there…..and sex toys so do not deserve to win!!! hahaha! j.k!!! :]

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