Sana Raoof Named New York State Champion
Lakeland Wins Policy Debate Tournament
Bronx Science Captures Public Forum Championship
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Forensic League Tournament concluded on Saturday evening with the announcement at the awards ceremony that Jericho High School’s Sana Raoof defeated Chaminade High School’s Michael Contillo on a 3-2 decision to win the tournament’s title. Congratulations to both competitors from the Empire State!
Sana is coached by Anna Maguire and Mary Moran; Michael is coached by Bro. George Zehnle and Bro. John McGrory.
Results of both policy debate and Public Forum debate are forthcoming.
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
OCTAS
(1) Jericho SR def. (16) Regis CK (Coulter King)
(2) Horace Greeley JK def. (15) Bronx Science ST (Seth Teleky) 2-1
(3) Stuyvesant YS over Stuyvesant TS (Tom Sanford)
(13) Chaminade EV def. (4) Byram Hills SS (Samantha Sanders)
(5) Great Neck South JK def. (12) Regis PM (Paul Masi)
(6) Chaminade MC def. (11) Stuyvesant LS (Lee Schleifer-Katz)
(10) Stuyvesant GS def. (7) Vanessa Baretta
(8) Stuyvesant JD def. (9) Scarsdale OR (Oliver Roth)
QUARTERS
(1) Jericho SR def. (8) Stuyvesant JD (Jared Dummit)
(5) Great Neck South JK def. Chaminade EV (Erik Vandestouwe)
(2) Horace Greeley JK def. Stuyvesant GS (Georgia Stasinipoulos) 3-0
(6) Chaminade MC def. (3) Stuyvesant YS (Yan Slavinsky)
SEMIS
(1) Jericho SR def. (5) Great Neck South JK (Jesse Klinger)
(6) Chaminade MC def. (2) Horace Greeley JK (Johanna Katz)
FINALS
(1) Jericho SR def. (6) Chamiande MC (Michael Contillo) 3-2
NYSFL STATE CHAMPION
Jericho SR (Sana Raoof)
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Posted from: 12.152.233.130
April 4th, 2008 19:54
I would corrrespond but schems are being posted and there is no internet at the school. oy.
I’m having fun though.
Posted from: 66.155.180.98
April 4th, 2008 20:47
well…. actually, matt, apparently someone magically got onto the internet with their iphone, even though every laptop there isn’t capable of doing so - which, of course, resulted in me being called out for cheating for reading a citation from my computer haha.
Posted from: 66.155.180.98
April 4th, 2008 21:27
woah - please forgive the missing commas and usage of their instead of “his or her” in my last post
Posted from: 12.152.233.130
April 4th, 2008 21:30
yea mike, stop cheating. It’s seriously not cool.
jeez
Posted from: 216.235.148.194
April 5th, 2008 12:40
Bronx Science’s Daniel Wilkofsky and Tina Ritter debated the final round of PF; we’ll know the results later tonight. The team of Lev Raslin and Rohan Jotwani was in quarters; the team of Stefan Kazmi and Laura Maschler was in semis.
Seth Teleky dropped in octas in LD.
Posted from: 141.150.83.76
April 5th, 2008 16:50
who cleared?
Posted from: 71.247.62.231
April 5th, 2008 18:22
Congrats to Seth on clearing!
Last I heard, Mike Contillo from Chaminade was in finals (I don’t know the result.) Congrats Mike. You’re probably one of the most underrated debaters in the country and you deserve this success.
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
April 5th, 2008 18:24
I agree w/ Vineet
Posted from: 71.247.62.231
April 5th, 2008 19:51
Following up on Jon’s post, Dan and Tina have won the state championship. Congrats!
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
April 5th, 2008 21:16
Mike Contillo is the man.
A girl from Jericho won VLD.
it was a 3-2 over Contillo.
Semis, I believe, was Horace Greeley JK and…I know who the other person was but it is evading me at the moment.
CONGRATS Mike, Johanna, Oliver, Sam, Yan, and all others who cleared in Varsity and congrats to Charlotte for clearing in Novice
Posted from: 24.161.106.159
April 5th, 2008 21:31
If anyone would like to know…
On the policy side,
Beacon won the novice states, defeating Monticello BK. Beacon was the top seed I believe.
Daniel Lee and Allen Paltrow of Bronx science defeated Beacon GF? in finals of JV.
Lakeland RW (Jason Wright and Taylor Roth) won Varsity policy, defeating Edgemont CJ (Ben Chang, Harsh Jhaveri)
Posted from: 24.215.130.4
April 5th, 2008 22:00
Finals: (Aff) Jericho Girl defeats Chaminade MC (Mike Contillo)
Semis: Jericho Girl defeats Great Neck South JK (Jesse Klinger)
Chaminade MC (Michael Contillo) defeats Horace Greeley JK (Johanna Katz)
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
April 5th, 2008 22:00
Congrats Monticello policy!
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
April 5th, 2008 22:04
and jesse for sems too
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
April 5th, 2008 22:07
Sanna Raoff (almost certainly misspelled) is the “jericho girl” who has to be complimented on a great job (considering our panel, we were quite confident it was going to be a 3-2 decision, and i’m awfully happy for her regardless - LIFA represent). congrats to klinger and joanna as well, of course.
Posted from: 66.108.54.50
April 5th, 2008 22:40
props to mike for beasting.
Posted from: 74.68.134.185
April 6th, 2008 06:23
Who won Varsity LD?
Posted from: 205.188.116.76
April 6th, 2008 06:29
congrats jo
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
April 6th, 2008 07:54
HUGE CONGRATS MIKE!
vineet said it best - you are certainly one of the most underrated debaters in the country. you are fantastic and you not only deserve this, but much more. i expect you to dominate at CFLs. you did an amazing job, and you should be wayyyy proud of yourself.
Posted from: 208.120.131.60
April 6th, 2008 08:15
on novice ld- Regis CN (Chris Neylan) def. Cold Springs or something i think?
nd bxsci took varsity PF, nd JV policy.
Posted from: 208.120.131.60
April 6th, 2008 08:16
btw, i gotta give props 2 jesse on an awesome semis round.
Posted from: 68.173.223.220
April 6th, 2008 10:14
Someone from Jericho took VLD.
Congrats to Mike for a great way to end his senior year as a finalist of New York States.
To Jesse for semis, and his yelling, and his inexplicable ability to cause people to fall asleep during his speeches.
Additional congrats to Seth, Sam, Johannah, the PF teams, the policy teams, and everyone else since I can’t seem to crack the VLD codes.
Posted from: 66.108.83.147
April 6th, 2008 10:18
who broke besides the aforementioned Bronx Sci teams for PF?
Posted from: 68.173.223.220
April 6th, 2008 10:34
(1) Jericho SR def. (16) Regis CK (Coulter King)
(2) Horace Greeley JK def. (15) Bronx Science ST (Seth Teleky)
(3) Stuyvesant YS coached over Stuyvesant TS (Tom Sanford)
(13) Chaminade EV def. (4) Byram Hills SY (San Yun)
(5) Great Neck South JK def. (12) Regis PM (Paul Masi)
(6) Chaminade MC def. (11) Stuyvesant LS (Lee Schleifer-Katz)
(10) Stuyvesant GS def. (7) Vanessa Baretta
(8) Stuyvesant JD def. (9) Scarsdale OR (Oliver Roth)
Quarters
(1) Jericho SR def. (8) Stuyvesant JD (Jared Dummit)
(5) Great Neck South JK def. Chaminade EV (Erik Vandestouwe)
(2) Horace Greeley JK def. Stuyvesant GS (Georgia Stasinipoulos) (3-0)
(6) Chaminade MC def. (3) Stuyvesant YS (Yan Slavinsky)
Semis
(1) Jericho SR def. (5) Great Neck South JK (Jesse Klinger)
(6) Chaminade MC def. (2) Horace Greeley JK (Johannah Katz)
Finals
(1) Jericho SR def. (6) Chamiande MC (Michael Contillo)
Champion - Sana Raoof
We don’t do speakers at States.
All were split decisions except that one round in octas.
Posted from: 68.173.223.220
April 6th, 2008 10:39
PF Teams that broke (I only know last names.)
(1) DePre and Capetola
(2) Wilkofsky and Ritter
(3) Kazmi and Maschler
(4) Ehrlick and Krellenstein
(5) Marconi and Powers
(6) Raslin and Jotwani
(7) Haq and Elkin
(8) Emre and Nash
2, 3, 6 - Bronx Science
4, 8 - Shreiber
5 - Regis
Posted from: 68.173.223.220
April 6th, 2008 10:41
And SAM SANDERS NOT SAN YUN SAM SANDERS
(it’s cus you have a mancut.)
Posted from: 24.215.130.4
April 6th, 2008 10:43
does anyone know if that the emre from shreiber related to merve emre, a former schreiber ld debater of considerable success?
Posted from: 24.186.47.97
April 6th, 2008 11:35
contillo should have won but great job on both sides
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
April 6th, 2008 13:19
This is what I know, Seth. When I started debate my sophomore year, there was an Emre (Melis Emre, i believe) who started debate as well - as an LDer. She stopped debating in LD. If i had to guess, I would say that was certainly the same girl, for she was a member of Schreiber.
Posted from: 24.186.47.97
April 6th, 2008 13:33
contillo has nice teeth? or atleast someone said that… supposedly
Posted from: 24.186.47.97
April 6th, 2008 17:39
good job everyone-especially jericho for the two final rounds and sweeps w/o a legit coach this year
Posted from: 71.190.137.96
April 6th, 2008 19:53
Props to Sana Raoof and Jake Siegel for finals this weekend. Young Siegel is considered by many to be the next Jake Nebel.
Posted from: 67.159.44.138
April 6th, 2008 19:59
the person who posts about this “jake siegel” has the email jgssiegel@msn.com. arrogance?
Posted from: 71.190.137.96
April 6th, 2008 20:11
I guess I got busted. Darn. Still had to stick up for that Jericho debate team
Posted from: 24.188.117.123
April 6th, 2008 20:16
props to jericho, coming in 3rd in the state w/o a real coach!!! btw..jake siegel was in the finals! CONGRATSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesome job to everyone!!!!JERICHO DOMINATION
Posted from: 72.80.240.214
April 6th, 2008 20:16
Say word Tina and Dan
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
April 6th, 2008 21:36
“i hear that siegel is the new nebel”
-siegel
hahaha i actually laughed for quite a while
Posted from: 206.251.74.247
April 6th, 2008 21:41
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Posted from: 72.229.148.184
April 6th, 2008 22:35
congrats to stuy 5 out of 6 cleared! and best-dressed as always.
Posted from: 74.68.137.118
April 6th, 2008 23:00
Seth — the Emre to which you refer is Merve’s sister.
I couldn’t be there in person this year, so…
Congratulations to Sana on winning the tournament!
Congratulations to Michael on another feather in his cap. I can’t add much more to what Vineet said, because he described you perfectly: “probably one of the most underrated debaters in the country.” This is a very well-deserved final round appearance.
Congratulations to Johanna Katz for making it to deep outrounds at this tournament.
BIG BIG BIG GREAT NECK SOUTH SHOUT-OUT TO JESSE KLINGER! This is the farthest a Great Neck South debater has made it in the varsity division, and this is an awesome accomplishment for Jesse and for the program. You make this old alumnus very, very proud.
On the Bronx Science side of things, special shout out to Seth, mega-congratulations to Allen and Daniel for winning the J.V. policy tournament, super job by Saieed and Paula for making it to semis in the varsity policy tournament, and, finally…
MEGA-CONGRATULATIONS to our Public Forum squad for simply dominating. All three qualified teams cleared, and our team of Daniel and Tina — the same folks who gained some notice and notoriety earlier this year for qualifying to the TOC in their first two tournaments — for winning the state championships. Great job Dan, Tina, Stefan, Laura, Lev, and Rohan…and great job to the man who deserves all the credit for establishing the PF program at Bronx Science, the G-Man himself, JOE GAZZOLA!
Posted from: 71.167.160.193
April 7th, 2008 02:02
I absolutely love san yun, but I was actually the byram hills debater who dropped in octas–not him.
re: post 26
I don’t really understand how getting a shorter haircut automatically makes me male and asian.
Posted from: 74.68.137.118
April 8th, 2008 06:29
Sam — blame Nixxi!
Posted from: 24.186.47.97
April 8th, 2008 14:56
haha siegels actually funny
Posted from: 208.105.17.62
April 8th, 2008 16:36
They were all split decisions btw Cruz except for that one round you already wrote up there.
I♥states.
Posted from: 69.120.236.168
April 8th, 2008 17:44
Post 41:
1) You’re racist
2) You look like Jane Jetson
3) You’re not funny
4) San Yun is twice the debater you’ll ever be. That means because he went 0-6 at Columbia, you’d go 0-12. Yeah, that’s right. I know math.
5) Your comments in SciRe are pointless
6) You’re not a radical feminist
7) We got the same grade on our JAPs and I didn’t read my book
8) I got an 800 on math and you never will
9) In case you ask, the Spanish quiz was hard
10) ILY and Congrats
Posted from: 69.112.142.38
April 8th, 2008 18:29
Long Island Beasted: three out of four semifinalists were our own.
As for you guys going to CFLs, pwn and own! I only wish I could be there debating, too…but our school doesn’t sponsor ANY away debate except states. despite, jericho’s predominantly student-run program was mighty IMPRESSIVE this year. REPRESENT!
-Raoof
Posted from: 74.68.137.118
April 8th, 2008 18:29
Every single round was split?
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
April 8th, 2008 18:55
Eric Fischer is the fucking man
Posted from: 71.167.130.147
April 8th, 2008 20:12
yay jericho!!! 3rd place in the state for LD with only 15 people even at states and no real coach! as raoof said…we had the highest proportion of debaters breaking to outrounds. that has to be legendary..I’m so proud of my amazing team! :D congrats to contillo too. lifa represent!
Posted from: 71.167.130.147
April 8th, 2008 21:30
i appologize, we have an amazing coach, only it’s her 2nd year being at all involved in debate and with many turnovers in between too…but she still managed to lead the 3rd place team in the state! props to ms moran woooot.
Posted from: 24.185.220.162
April 9th, 2008 03:54
Congrats to Jericho!!! I just wanted to re-emphasize that the success of my students (I will claim them because they are amazing!) is due primarily to the wonderful leadership and skills of the upper classmen/women. The last two years have been an interesting ride coach-wise and I have had the best time cheering you on. Imagine what we can do next year!
Posted from: 76.95.164.213
April 9th, 2008 13:07
uhhh im the coach 8-)
Posted from: 68.173.223.220
April 9th, 2008 14:31
EVERY round except the Johannah v.s. Georgia round was split. :D
Posted from: 24.184.12.25
April 9th, 2008 14:33
I know it’s a tad late, but I have to give a shoutout to Jericho!! .. Guys, we not only had people that took first and second place, but we had MORE THAN HALF our team break and CAME IN THIRD!!!!! THAT IS INCREDIBLE!!
Referring up to comments 50 and 51, it is true that our team is mostly student run so all the students who help lead our team to victory should not only be congratulated, but should be proud. With that said, we would NOT be where we are today (with an AMAZINGLY successful program and wonderful team!!!) if we didn’t have our awesome coach!! She deserves some credit too!!! :)
Just a side note– Sana is AMAZING and fully deserves to be VLD winner. But, that last round between her and Contillo was SOOO GOOD and he should also be noted for the amazing debate skills he has.
YAY LIFA!
Ok this is getting long– but, yay debaters (we’re awesome!) :)