Jared Dummitt is Northeast Champion
NFA Takes Policy, Michael Hassin Wins J.V. LD;
Dylan Scher, Matt Ross Share Novice LD Title;
Bronx Science Wins PF, Novice Policy Tournaments
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — The Northeast Championships began as an experiment held concurrently with last year’s Westchester Classic; this year, with its move to Newburgh Free Academy, the event intended as a culminating experience for Northeast debaters became a full-fledged, full-service tournament featuring three divisions of Lincoln-Douglas debate, two divisions of policy debate, and a single division of Public Forum debate.
The varsity final round pitted Stuyvesant High School’s Jared Dummitt against Scarsdale High School’s Eric Thurm. Eric Perelman, Ben Bassoff, and Anthony Berryhill adjudicated, and on a 2-1 decision — Berryhill dissented — Jared defeated Eric to become the Northeast Champion.
Jared is coached by Julie Sheinman and Caitlin Halpern; Eric is coached by Joe Vaughan and Chetan Hertzig.
Ben Yu and Michael Hassin
The tournament cleared all debaters with winning records in both Lincoln-Douglas and policy debate. The top four placing teams in Public Forum debate received awards.
In junior varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, it was a New Jersey face-off as Millburn High School’s Michael Hassin debated Whippany Park High School’s Ben Yu. The round ended in a 3-0 decision for Millburn; it was adjudicated by Chetan Hertzig, Jimi Morales, and Bryce Adams. Congratulations to both debaters!
Michael is coached by Brian Raymond; Ben is coached by Rebecca Hansen.
Bronx Science and Stuyvesant established awards in honor of the late Michael Bacon, who coached at Newburgh Free Academy, and these awards were presented for the first time this weekend. Bronx Science donated the championship trophies for the novice Lincoln-Douglas and policy champions; Stuyvesant donated the top speaker award in novice Lincoln-Douglas debate. These established awards will include both permanent, perpetual trophies; individual awards for each recipient will be presented annually. Given Bacon’s deep dedication to the education of the youngest members of the debate community, it was felt that naming novice awards in his honor was especially appropriate.
Dylan Scher and Matt Ross
So, then, congratulations are in order for the co-champions in the novice Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament. Out of respect for the Newburgh team members who were scheduled to judge — while still having clean-up duties ahead of them! — a decision was made to declare the finalists, who were also the first and second seeds, co-champions. And with that, Berkeley Carroll School’s Dylan Scher and the Bronx High School of Science’s Matt Ross were named this year’s Novice Northeast Champions.
Dylan is coached by Jim Shapiro; Matt is coached by Jon Cruz.
In the varsity policy debate tournament, Newburgh Free Academy’s Neil Bapodra and Neil Patel defeated Bronx Science’s Andrew Markoff and Zack Elias on a 2-1 decision. (Les Phillips and Asha Cherian made up the majority; Bret Harper dissented.) Congratulations to both teams on this accomplishment!
The Neils are coached by Sheryl Kaczmarek; Andrew and Zack are coached by Sarah M. Heaton, David Marks, and Jon Cruz.
In novice policy debate, Bronx Science’s Susanna Im and Helen Lee defeated Teresa Yan and Kai Sam Ng on a 3-0 decision in the final round. Congratulations to both teams on making it to finals!
Susanna and Helen are coached by Jon Cruz and Sarah M. Heaton; Teresa and Kai Sam are coached by Julie Sheinman and Bret Harper.
In the final division of competition, the maverick Public Forum debater Stefan Kazmi — who debated without his regular partner, Laura Maschler, this weekend — placed first after debating undefeated through nine rounds of competition. His teammates, Lev Raslin and Rohan Jotwani, placed second. Stefan, Lev, and Rohan debate for Bronx Science. They are coached by Joseph Gazzola and Jon Cruz.
The Bronx High School of Science took top honors as the championship school. Sweepstakes awards, established for this edition of the tournament, were based on the preliminary round results of the top seven entries from each program across events. Whippany Park High School won the tournament’s Small School Award.
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
PARTIAL SWEET SIXTEEN
(1) Bronx Science MP advances without debating
(2) Hendrick Hudson RG advances without debating
(3) Niskayuna AW advances without debating
(4) Arthur L. Johnson MC advances without debating
(5) Bronx Science AS advances without debating
(6) Bronx Science VS def. (11) Stuyvesant YS (Yan Slavinskiy)
3-0 (Ben Bassoff, Rebecca Hansen, Chetan Hertzig)
(7) Stuyvesant JD over (10) Stuyvesant TS (Tom Sanford)
(9) Scarsdale ET def. (8) Ridge JF (Jacqueline Ferrintino)
2-1 (Anthony Berryhill, Nicole Cata, *Bryce Adams)
ELITE EIGHT
(9) Scarsdale ET def. (1) Bronx Science MP (Melanie Plaza)
3-0 (Bryce Adams, Marta Abell, Ben Bassoff)
(7) Stuyvesant JD def. (2) Hendrick Hudson RG (Robbie Grabowitz)
2-1 (*Anthony Berryhill, Bill Cooper, Chetan Hertzig)
(6) Bronx Science VS def. (3) Niskayuna AW (Alex Williams)
3-0 (Rebecca Hansen, Karen Maulen, Nicole Cata)
(4) Arthur L. Johnson MC def. (5) Bronx Science AS (Adam Silver)
2-1 (*Eric Perelman, Katy Becko, Ben Bassoff)
FINAL FOUR
(9) Scarsdale ET def. (4) Arthur L. Johnson MC (Michael Calavano)
2-1 (*Bryce Adams, Eric Perelman, Ben Bassoff)
(7) Stuyvesant JD def. (6) Bronx Science VS (Vineet Singal)
2-1 (Chetan Hertzig, *Jimi Morales, Rebecca Hansen)
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(7) Stuyvesant JD def. (9) Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
2-1 (Eric Perelman, Ben Bassoff, Anthony Berryhill)
NORTHEAST CHAMPION
(7) Stuyvesant JD (Jared Dummitt)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Robbie Grabowitz — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
2. Jared Dummitt — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
3. Melanie Plaza — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
4. Jacqueline Ferrentino — Ridge High School (NJ)
5. Alex Williams — Niskayuna High School (NY)
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PARTIAL ELITE EIGHT
(1) Whippany Park BY advances without debating
(2) Millburn MH advances without debating
(3) Hendrick Hudson AG def. (6) Whippany Park DC (Daniel Chen)
2-1 (Jimi Morales, Gerald Ferrintino, *Eric Perelman)
(5) Ridge KS def. (4) Hendrick Hudson DE (David Eisenberg)
3-0 (Elizabeth Zahler, Annam Ahsin, Aracelis Biel)
FINAL FOUR
(1) Whippany Park BY def. (5) Ridge KS (Kevin Shia)
3-0 (Nicole Cata, Matt Hershey, Bill Cooper)
(2) Millburn MH def. (3) Hendrick Hudson AG (Alli Gofman)
2-1 (Rob Zambito, Charles Wolf, *Oliver Roth)
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(2) Millburn MH def. (1) Whippany Park BY (Ben Yu)
3-0 (Chetan Hertzig, Jimi Morales, Bryce Adams)
J.V. NORTHEAST CHAMPION
(2) Millburn MH (Michael Hassin)
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TOP J.V. SPEAKERS
1. Ben Yu — Whippany Park High School (NJ)
2. Michael Hassin — Millburn High School (NJ)
3. Alli Gofman — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
4. David Eisenberg — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
5. Kevin Shia — Ridge High School (NJ)
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PARTIAL SWEET SIXTEEN
(1) Berkeley Carroll DS advances without debating
(2) Bronx Science MR advances without debating
(3) Ridge AD advances without debating
(4) Ridge EF advances without debating
(5) Bronx Science RD advances without debating
(6) Bronx Science ES advances without debating
(7) Bronx Science AE def. (10) Stuyvesant CD (Carolyn Dean Wolf)
3-0 (Lucia Moreno, Rob Zambito, Andrew Berg)
(8) Newburgh Free PW def. (9) Ridge LZ (Linda Zhong)
2-1 (Matt Hershey, *Oliver Roth, Charles Wolf)
ELITE EIGHT
(1) Berkeley Carroll DS def. (8) Newburgh Free PW (Phoebe Wolfe)
3-0 (Anthony Berryhill, Katy Becko, Marta Abel)
(2) Bronx Science MR over (7) Bronx Science AE (Abhi Elisetty)
(3) Ridge AD def. (6) Bronx Science ES (Emanuel Schorsch)
2-1 (*Lucia Moreno, Aracelis Biel, Robbie Grabowitz)
(5) Bronx Science RD def. (4) Ridge EF (Erin Fitzgerald)
3-0 (Ben Weiss, Henry Curtis, Ariel Seiersen)
FINAL FOUR
(1) Berkeley Carroll DS def. (5) Bronx Science RD (Rupert Deese)
2-1 (*Aracelis Biel, Gerald Ferrintino, Oliver Roth)
(2) Bronx Science MR def. (3) Ridge AD (Alison Douglis)
3-0 (Rebecca Hansen, Charles Wolf, Matt Hershey)
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(1) Berkeley Carroll DS and (2) Bronx Science MR are declared co-champions.
NOVICE NORTHEAST CO-CHAMPIONS — In Memory of Michael Bacon
(1) Berkeley Carroll DS (Dylan Scher)
(2) Bronx Science MR (Matt Ross)
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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Matt Ross — The Bronx High School of Science (NY) [In Memory of Michael Bacon]
2. Dylan Scher — Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
3. Susanna Vogel — Ridge High School (NJ)
4. Erin Fitzgerald — Ridge High School (NJ)
5. Alison Douglis — Ridge High School (NJ)
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SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS
1. The Bronx High School of Science (NY) — Jon Cruz, Director of Forensics [44 Wins]
2. Newburgh Free Academy (NY) — Sheryl Kaczmarek, Director of Debate [22 Wins]
3. Stuyvesant High School (NY) — Julie Sheinman, Director of Forensics [21 Wins]
SMALL SCHOOL AWARD
Whippany Park High School (NJ) — Rebecca Hansen, Director of Debate
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Posted from: 206.251.74.247
April 11th, 2008 21:02
[…] Post-Season: Northeast Championships […]
Posted from: 24.105.150.110
April 11th, 2008 21:07
end of day 1:
Novice:
Millburn SR 1-2
Millburn DH 1-2
JV:
Millburn MH 3-0
Varsity:
Millburn AL 2-1 or 1-2
Posted from: 24.105.150.110
April 11th, 2008 21:07
Novices record i know.
NFA PW:2-1
NFA VY:1-2
NFA ML:1-2 or 0-3
and i know
Bx Mr:3-0
bx rd:2-1
Posted from: 76.15.48.71
April 11th, 2008 21:08
GO NFA and BRONX
Posted from: 24.105.150.110
April 11th, 2008 21:10
From Bronx Science:
Melanie Plaza and Adam Silver are undefeated in varsity; Matt Ross is undefeated in novice. Vineet Singal is 2-1 in varsity; Rupert Deese and Emanuel Schorsch are 2-1 in novice.
Dylan Scher from Berkeley Carroll is undefeated in novice.
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
April 11th, 2008 21:13
Um…
Whippany Park BY is 2-1
Whippany Park DC is 1-2 or 2-1
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
April 11th, 2008 21:23
GO WPark
People will be hearing about these guys more often now
Posted from: 68.198.183.157
April 11th, 2008 21:52
how’s pf doing?
Posted from: 68.196.204.206
April 12th, 2008 03:55
Come on Ben and Dan, close out for Whippany Park.
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
April 12th, 2008 09:01
GO Bronx Science TEAM!
congrats to matt for an undefeated record + rupert + emmanuel for 2-1.
i reali wish i could be there =( (stupid virus)
close out novice!!!!!
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
April 12th, 2008 09:42
mike hassin ftw
Posted from: 69.121.162.215
April 12th, 2008 09:59
go bronx!
keep it up everybody!
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
April 12th, 2008 12:17
brx sci closeout
neone no the cuurent records or whose breaking?
Posted from: 68.196.204.206
April 12th, 2008 12:29
I heard that Whippany Park Ben Yu and Millburn Mike Hassin are first and second seeds in the second year division. (Not sure which one is which)
Posted from: 68.198.183.157
April 12th, 2008 12:33
Any news about public forum? who broke?
Posted from: 72.80.228.104
April 12th, 2008 13:10
LD breaks I know of:
Varsity Partial-Octas:
Bronx Science AS advances without debating
Bronx Science MP advances without debating
Bronx Science VS def. Stuyvesant YS
Novices just finished round 6
GO BRONX
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
April 12th, 2008 13:36
wat r the novice records?
Posted from: 68.198.183.157
April 12th, 2008 14:13
how is pf going? did any byram pf teams break? can someone post the pf prelim schems?
Posted from: 68.173.223.220
April 12th, 2008 14:13
bxscience pf closeout
novice broke to partial octas:
bxscienc mr advances without debating
bxscience rd advances without debating
bxscience es advances without debating
bxscience ae debating octas
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
April 12th, 2008 14:57
congrats abbhi, emanuel, matt, + rupert!!!!
also congrats 2 vineet, melanie + adam (and any other varsity ppl who broke)
Posted from: 24.168.63.179
April 12th, 2008 16:34
congrats to tom, yan and jared for clearing
jared’s in finals…go jared go!!
Posted from: 68.196.204.206
April 12th, 2008 16:49
Finals in Second Year is
Whippany Park BY (Ben Yu) vs. Millburn MH (Mike Hassin)
Finals in Varsity is
Stuyvesant JD (Jared Dummitt) vs. Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
Come on Ben Yu…bring it home for Whippany Park. You’d better not let Hassin beat you.
Posted from: 209.30.244.131
April 12th, 2008 17:15
Nice showing Calvano!!! Congrats to Coop and the whole squad.
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
April 12th, 2008 17:37
WOOT GO BEN
he is coached by Alex Williams and yours truly <3
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
April 12th, 2008 17:38
who won varsity? it says:
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(9) Scarsdale ET vs. (7) Stuyvesant JD
2-1 (Eric Perelman, Ben Bassoff, Anthony Berryhill)
Posted from: 66.233.57.238
April 12th, 2008 17:39
thurm? ye? done.
Posted from: 24.168.63.179
April 12th, 2008 17:50
jared won. berryhill dissented.
Posted from: 96.234.23.173
April 12th, 2008 17:51
Congrats to Yan, Tom, Carolyn, and especially Jared. You’ve worked so hard this year, and you really deserve it!! There will definitely be more of StuyvesantJD next year :)
Posted from: 24.168.63.179
April 12th, 2008 17:56
i second what caitlin said. TOCers are lucky jd isn’t going this year, it’d be a massacre, i suspect.
congrats to yan, carolyn, tamir, tom, and of course JARED who owned and totally deserves this
CONGRATS JARED!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the one-man closeout. :)
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
April 12th, 2008 17:56
Mike Hassin won J.V. on a 3-0. Congrats man, you deserve it. Also congrats to Ben YUUUU, on a pretty spectacular end to the season. Congrats also to Vineet, Adam, Melanie and Thurm
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
April 12th, 2008 18:00
O and congrats to ma boi Alex Williams, great way to end the debate career
Posted from: 68.196.204.206
April 12th, 2008 18:04
Ben dropped in finals 3-0
Posted from: 208.120.129.235
April 12th, 2008 18:06
congrats to jared dummitt, varsity north-eastern champion
Posted from: 98.15.241.103
April 12th, 2008 18:40
Congrats to Phoebe Mackenzie Wolfe.
YOU OWNED, best quarterfinalist ever.
GO PMW!!!
Posted from: 69.249.72.27
April 12th, 2008 19:36
well done mike, congrats on kicking some serious new england ass, and driving all the way up north just to beat another NJ local debater, maybe know you’ll realize that short hair is the way to go.
good job millburn novice, I hope sid stopped laughing finallllllly?.
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
April 12th, 2008 19:43
congrats to my teammate Ben Yu on getting to finals and to Mike Hassin for winning JV. And to Kevin Shia for getting to Semis
also congrats to Alex Williams on quarters.
Thanks to Mr. Cruz for a small but fun tournament. Small School Sweeps ftw. and awesome trophies
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
April 12th, 2008 19:44
Good job Mikey.
You clearly won the round, I just regret not running a po-mo AC–but I couldn’t, with that panel, I just had little choice. Especially since they said it would be bad for (us) to go fast since it was so late (2 were tired and 1 was hungry).
Also, Max, I was side locked as AFF–we hit already in round 5, and I picked up. I’m sorry to say my chances of picking up affirming in outrounds with that sort of a panel is really hard.
—-
Thanks a lot Glen, also great job to Alex Williams for doing so well. Even though you were pulled up twice, you were absolutely dominating.
I ended 6-2, and Mikey 7-1.
Congratulations to Daniel Chen, for just doing so well, even if there were some bad decisions made.
Also, Glen, I still have the round-robin next week. My season is NOT over yet :D
Posted from: 96.234.65.85
April 12th, 2008 20:10
Congrats Mike Hassin
Maybe now you can have your hair back.
Posted from: 72.68.76.55
April 12th, 2008 20:42
first off, i’d like to thank Jon, Jim, Sheryl, and Joe for an awesome, excellently-run tournament. also, many thanks to rob zambito and his cool family for housing me and sid.
congrats to the ridge freshies for hegemonizing novice outs, dan chen and kevin shia for breaking in JV, ben yu for finals and an awesome prelim, jackie for speaks and octas, alex williams for being a baller, and thurm for varsity finals.
also, good job to the millboo novices for rounding out even records in the competitive field.
see you all next year.
Posted from: 69.249.72.27
April 12th, 2008 21:55
omg tess, we (the system) gained an inch and you’re letting him take a mile? The hair stays at its current length or less….tsk tsk tess.
btws congrats to vineet and calavano for great showings, oddly, when I posted before I only checked the JV bracket and now I’ve seen VLD.
Posted from: 72.80.228.104
April 12th, 2008 22:32
who won novice finals?
Posted from: 72.68.76.55
April 12th, 2008 22:34
dylan and matt co-championed because everyone was tired
Posted from: 24.90.8.81
April 12th, 2008 22:58
Awesome job, Dylan.
Posted from: 66.108.54.50
April 12th, 2008 23:31
props to melanie, alex, thurm and hassin.
Posted from: 68.196.204.206
April 13th, 2008 04:55
Why is Jon Cruz’s name written next to Whippany Park for the small school award?
Posted from: 24.29.40.158
April 13th, 2008 05:54
mad props to ben yu and dan chen for small school sweepstakes… Whippany is the new NJ hegemon
Posted from: 72.80.228.26
April 13th, 2008 05:59
Congrats:
Mikey
Thurm
Ben
nice job!
More Congrats to:
Melanie
Adam
Vineet
Rupert
Emmanuel
Abhi
Matt
Stefan
For reppin the BX!
Bx heg
Posted from: 72.80.228.26
April 13th, 2008 06:00
oh and nice finalist picture
Posted from: 69.249.72.27
April 13th, 2008 06:49
anyone else think mikeys hair looks satanic?
Posted from: 70.141.120.102
April 13th, 2008 07:28
nice job ben and michael.
Posted from: 68.192.31.214
April 13th, 2008 07:53
Lol, thanks everyone.
I feel like my hair looks huge too =P What ever.
Good job to Daria also–I know, sometimes judges make some bad decisions :[
Posted from: 68.173.160.15
April 13th, 2008 09:36
Nice job Ross, Rupert, Emanuel, and the rest of the Bx Sci. That may be the creepiest picture I’ve ever taken.
Posted from: 206.251.74.247
April 13th, 2008 09:47
[…] Northeast Championships, […]
Posted from: 66.108.131.237
April 13th, 2008 10:19
congrats vineet, rupert, emanuel, abhi, melanie, adam, and of course dylan. Thanks to cruz, of course, and everyone else at tab. Great awards and overall great tourney for its size. I look like i am wearing false teeth in the picture, but w/e.
Posted from: 69.121.162.215
April 13th, 2008 10:29
bronx, you guys are incredible! Major congrats to all!
Also good job to Thurm and Jesus (BTW, where is the hair)
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
April 13th, 2008 11:01
and congrats to ridge novi and Jackie for representing NJ.
Ben looks like a chipmunk in the picture
Posted from: 24.46.207.84
April 13th, 2008 12:20
Congrats to Alex Williams!! nice job man.
Posted from: 208.120.129.233
April 13th, 2008 14:01
a big congratz to matt nd dylan for owning the field, rupert for being one ballot away from closing out, nd emanuel 4 breaking.
mr.cruz- YOU ARE A PIRATE!
Posted from: 72.68.76.55
April 13th, 2008 16:03
are the full results packets and master tab sheets up online anywhere? we forgot to pick ours up, oops.
Posted from: 69.249.95.27
April 13th, 2008 17:22
yay mikey
Posted from: 141.155.132.103
April 13th, 2008 17:44
what hassin said; even though i’ll probably get my ballots back soon enough i’m impatient.
and congratulations to everyone, matt ross and dylan for sudo-closing out, abhi for breaking (walkovers suck, dude), and emanuel for making it to quarters. also vineet, melanie, and adam. good job all.
Posted from: 66.207.67.11
April 13th, 2008 18:19
Congrats to Mike, Ben, and assorted other NJers who did well.
Posted from: 67.80.215.195
April 14th, 2008 19:12
dear matt hershey,
because you didn’t vote for my kid, we’re even from blake
;o)