Michael Erickson Wins the 1992 TOC
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The 1992 Tournament of Champions concluded with the only junior-junior final round in the tournament’s history. La Cueva High School’s Michael Erickson defeated Vestavia Hills High School’s Jason Baldwin on a 2-1 decision. (Minh A. Luong and Hank Archuleta made up the majority; Jane Eldredge dissented.) Congratulations!
The complete field for the 1992 TOC is also available, as are the field reports for 1993 and 1994. (As part of my ongoing project of insuring an institutional memory for Lincoln-Douglas debate, I have been carefully organizing, transcribing, and digitizing materials I have found in the Chellgren Center Debate Office at the University of Kentucky.)
Michael was coached by Carol Anderson; Jason was coached by Marilee Dukes.
This was a banner year for a junior class: in addition to closing out the final round, the class of 1993′s Josh Sheptow of South Plantation High School also took the top speaker award.
In addition to Erickson, Baldwin, and Sheptow, underclassmen Emily Chiang of Hunter College High School and Colleen Grogan of Brookwood High School advanced into the elimination rounds and received auto-qualifications to the 1995 Tournament of Champions.
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The first judge listed on each panel served as the chair.
OCTAS
(1) Lincoln East AL def. (16) Duncanville JC (Jason Ciarochi)
2-1 (John Mangan, Dowd, *Carol Anderson)
(2) South Plantation JS def. (15) James Logan NM (Niki Mehan)
2-1 (Paul Lewellan, Gerald Larson, *Julie Sheinman)
(3) La Cueva ME over (14) La Cueva BT (Brian Thompson)
(4) Vestavia Hills JB def. (13) Brookwood CG (Colleen Grogan)
2-1 (*Lee Myers, G. David Richardson, Pete Ruscitti)
(5) Battle Ground HV def. (12) Hunter College EC (Emily Chiang)
3-0 (Gary Arndt, Niomi, Marjory Ridgway)
(6) Stuyvesant GM def. (11) Head-Royce AW (Andrew Wilmar)
2-1 (*Harriet Medlin, Douglas Tschetter, Evars)
(7) Stuyvesant BK def. (10) Clinton EP (Eric Peden)
2-1 (Minh A. Luong, *Yelton, Victor Jih)
(9) College Prep AY def. (8) Bronx Science JM (James Mallios)
2-1 (Hank Archuleta, Besdugo, *Marilee Dukes)
QUARTERS
(9) College Prep PA def. (1) Lincoln East AL (Amy Lee)
2-1 (*Robert Levinson, Julie Sheinman, Rose M. Joyce)
(2) South Plantation JS def. (7) Stuyvesant BK (Billy Kroeger)
2-1 (*Erick Berdugo, Marilee Dukes, Carol Anderson)
(3) La Cueva ME def. (6) Stuyvesant GM (Gideon Manning)
2-1 (Charles Oakes, Minh A. Luong, *Marjorie Ridgeway)
(4) Vestavia Hills JB def. (5) Battle Ground HV (Hal Vincent)
2-1 (Virginia O’Keefe, Noel Selegzi, *John Mangan)
SEMIS
(4) Vestavia Hills JB def. (9) College Prep PA (Priya Aiyar)
2-1 (Carol Anderson, Rose M. Joyce, *John Mangan)
(3) La Cueva ME def. (2) South Plantation JS (Josh Sheptow)
2-1 (*Julie Sheinman, Marilee Dukes, Robert Levinson)
FINALS
(3) La Cueva ME def. (4) Vestavia Hills JB (Jason Baldwin)
2-1 (Minh A. Luong, Hank Archuleta, *Jane Eldredge)
TOC CHAMPION
(3) La Cueva ME (Michael Erickson)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Josh Sheptow — South Plantation High School (FL)
(I am still attempting to recover the full list of top speakers from the 1992 TOC.)
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My thanks to Linda Barker, J.W. Patterson, and Roger Solt for their assistance!
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Posted from: 72.229.4.213
July 9th, 2008 09:50
Juniors took first place, second place, and the top speaker award. Impressive.
Posted from: 70.56.13.88
July 9th, 2008 11:48
Did anyone else notice that there was only one 3-0 decision during outrounds of that year? Were split decisions much more prevalent then, than they are now?
Posted from: 72.229.4.213
July 9th, 2008 12:13
You’ll see this as I upload more results, but ’92 seems to be an aberration. I didn’t notice a huge discrepancy in the balance between 3-0s and 2-1s in other early years relative to more recent tournaments.
I *will* be posting Aff/Neg splits later on, since I have some of those. Interesting stuff to note.
Posted from: 76.84.156.221
July 9th, 2008 13:03
Wow, a Lincoln East debater was 1st seed. Crazy.
Posted from: 24.7.64.100
July 9th, 2008 13:21
nebraska used to be an ld powerhouse until fairly recently–had debaters in finals of both the 02 (jenn larson from millard west) and 03 (tom evnen from lincoln southeast) TOC
Posted from: 75.73.219.151
July 9th, 2008 14:51
class of 09 just got PWND!!!
Posted from: 67.205.59.174
June 26th, 2009 18:25
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