Where Will You Compete?
posted by Jon Cruz on August 25th, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Cali. — I ask one last time, to conclude a summer-long discussion: which tournaments — local, regional, national — do you and your team hope to attend this season? Which tournaments would you encourage others to attend? Why? Beyond the national championship titles, which tournament would you most hope to win?
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Posted from: 75.4.1.208
June 28th, 2008 19:27
my answer to all of the questions is the harvard westlake tournament because its the sweetest
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
June 28th, 2008 19:40
i wish i could win the kaiser
Posted from: 24.30.71.195
June 28th, 2008 20:44
Fayette County (GA) hopes to attend the following:
Sept 12-14: Wake (LD/Policy)
Sept 19-20: Chattahoochee (LD/Policy)
Sept 26-27: St. James (LD)
Oct 10-11: Samford (Policy)
Oct 17-19: St. Marks (LD)
Oct 31-Nov 1: Blue Key (LD)
Oct 31-Nov 1: Westminster (Policy)
Nov 8: Sequoyah (Policy)
Nov 14-15: Fayette County.
Nov 21-22: Carrollton (Policy)
Nov 21-23: Glenbrooks (LD)
Dec 6-8: Ohio Valley (LD/Policy)
Dec 12-13: West Georgia (Policy)
Jan 10-11: Lincoln County (Policy)
Jan 16-18: Crestian (LD)
Jan 23-25: Emory (LD/Policy)
Feb 5-6: State (Policy)
Feb 14-16: Harvard (Policy)
Feb 14-16: Carrollton Sacred Heart (LD)
Feb 20-21: Vestavia (LD/Policy)
Mar 6-7: NFL Districts (LD/Policy)
Mar 6-8: UGA (Policy)
Then maybe NDCA & TOC…and then CFLs and NFLs.
Posted from: 66.233.57.238
June 29th, 2008 00:22
GO TO MEADOWS. LAS VEGAS OR BUST.
Posted from: 24.176.180.161
June 29th, 2008 02:08
Greenhill (pending on other schedules)
MEADOWS
Alta
VBT
Golden Desert/Valley (whatever they’re calling it now)
Berkley
Stanford
TOC (yes I’m presumptuous)
NFLs
Posted from: 24.176.180.161
June 29th, 2008 02:09
forget to mention locals and state
Posted from: 74.167.103.13
June 29th, 2008 10:39
I would encourage people to try to get out to Meadows, Vestavia Hills, St. James, New Orleans Jesuit, and Newman this year. St. James, Jesuit, Newman, and Vestavia are all great programs historically and on the right track to rebuilding their tournaments. Meadows and Jesuit both have great squads and both are in great cities that everyone should visit and experience at some point.
Posted from: 128.255.232.194
June 29th, 2008 12:12
We will be attending in some capacity:
Greenhill
Valley
St. Marks
Glenbrooks
Blake
Emory
Meadows
Hopefully there will be others but these are the ones I know we will be going to.
Also, you should all go to the Minneapple. Its really sweet, trust me.
Posted from: 75.72.79.154
June 29th, 2008 13:56
I know for sure Blake will attend:
Valley
Caucus
Dowling
Glenbrooks
Apple Valley
Harker
Stanford
We just got a new head coach, so we’re trying to work with him to convince him to continue traveling alot. We want to attend:
Greenhill
St. Marks
Wake Forest
VBT
We’re not sure about (scheduling issues mainly, doesn’t have to really do with the tournament):
Bronx
Berkeley/Harvard
Locally, we’ll probably be at Lakeville/Bloomington Jefferson, Highland Park, Sections and Nat Quals.
Posted from: 68.230.73.179
June 29th, 2008 14:19
Desert Vista will most like have 1 or more debaters at the following:
Yale*
Meadows*
Bronx*
St. Marks
Glenbrooks
Alta*
VBT
ASU
Golden Desert*
Harvard
Harker
* hopefully
And lots of locals…
Posted from: 98.200.243.13
June 29th, 2008 14:54
anyone from out of tx coming to grapevine?
carnegie vanguard will for sure be at
grapevine
greenhill
houston-memorial
st. mark’s
bronx
glenbrooks
vbt
in addition to either emory/churchill, colleyville/stanford, and maybe UT
Posted from: 24.92.39.224
June 30th, 2008 05:27
ALJ hopes to be at:
Wake Forest
Yale
Monticello
U Penn
Bronx
Manchester
Minneapple
Hen Hud
Glenbrooks
Princeton
GMU
Ridge
ALJ (9-10 Jan)
Big Lex
Columbia
Newark
Scarsdale
Harvard
Northeastern Championships
and
of course
we hope to be at several other post-season national championship type-tournies, but I won’t post them by name because I don’t want to jinx Mike, Paco, and Big Al.
Our schedule is dependent on Admin. approval, and with a new interim superintendent (our 7th in 4 years), a new principal, and probably a new VP, the latter two never having worked in a high school before, this schedule is subject to change.
BC
Posted from: 68.44.109.73
June 30th, 2008 08:31
hopefully:
greenhill
yale
upenn
manchester
hen hud
glenbrooks
princeton
lex
harvard
but any additional tournament that is relatively close and offers housing is a possibility as well.
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
June 30th, 2008 08:53
Karlyn - Monticello?
Posted from: 66.233.57.238
June 30th, 2008 10:10
ctheis, who’re y’all sending to meadows?
Posted from: 71.60.209.85
June 30th, 2008 10:24
Answer to all:
Meadows
Why? It’s got a belt. ‘nough said.
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
June 30th, 2008 11:08
Monticello will surely be attending:
Yale
Monticello. duh.
Manchester
HenHud
Glenbrooks
Ridge
Lex
Emory
Newark
Scarsdale
Harvard or Berkely?
Lakeland
NE Champs
as well as many, many local tournaments
and hopefully some post-season tourneys.
There are many that we will most likely attend that I left out only because I am not completely sure of our plans.
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
June 30th, 2008 11:44
and bronxx
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
June 30th, 2008 11:44
and bronxx
Posted from: 137.52.179.6
June 30th, 2008 12:58
University School will be taking LDers to the following tournament (very young LDers):
Yale
St. Marks
Iowa Caucus
Crestian
Emory
Harvard
Apple Valley (potentially)
Glenbrooks
Posted from: 128.255.232.194
June 30th, 2008 14:17
@Rebar
All I know for sure is that me Cherian and Tim will be there. More people might come but I dont know yet.
Posted from: 12.215.129.141
June 30th, 2008 15:05
Come to Valley. The tournament continues to be one of the most competitive quarters bids in the country and the judging pool gets better and better every year. We hope to see you in September.
Posted from: 208.118.184.3
July 1st, 2008 08:43
I wonder what Adam Torson did to Jon to merit getting this picture used on this thread.
Posted from: 62.160.166.53
July 1st, 2008 11:10
Come to Yale! This years tournament promises to be our best yet. We’re assembling a top notch judging pool and the tournament consistently attracts some of the nations best competitors. Check out our website: http://yale.tabroom.com/
Send me an email if you’re interested in being hired to judge.
Posted from: 129.120.4.1
July 1st, 2008 11:51
Everyone should make an effort to attend the University of Pennsylvania tournament and round robin. It’s the weekend of October 18-19, and we’re assembling an amazing judge pool. What’s especially cool is that all of the profits from the tournament will go to support students in need in Philadelphia!
Email me if you have any questions or want to judge. Or, check out upenn.tabroom.com.
Posted from: 12.216.167.34
July 1st, 2008 14:38
I want to second Ernie’s invitation. Come to Valley: top-notch judging, out-of-this-world hospitality, and excellent competition. Our schedule is also very sane so you can enjoy yourselves with teammates and friends in the evening.
We will be attending (for sure):
Greenhill
Marx
Iowa Caucus
Apple Valley
Glenbrooks
Okoboji
Dowling
Blake
Omaha Westside
Emory
Stanford
Harker
We are going to try to attend Bronx, Ohio Valley, and VBT, if we can make it work with the schedule.
Posted from: 71.185.197.94
July 1st, 2008 17:11
I’d just like to second what Ali said.
UPenn is by far one of my favorite tournaments. Everything runs on time, you’re done at a sane hour, there’s five minutes of prep, and you can order cheesesteaks from Pat’s or Geno’s.
And the judging pool is really, really good.
Posted from: 206.135.38.50
July 7th, 2008 16:16
glad to still see wdm valley on the map - classic midwest blood bath.
everyone go to stanford and berkeley. if you get into the round robin, you’re guaranteed like 22 rounds, excluding however many outrounds you survive. and you wonder why cali does so well at the big horse race….
Posted from: 67.163.20.6
July 8th, 2008 14:41
go to any + every tournament in DC so that I can judge rounds and earn enough money for chipotle!
Posted from: 24.176.180.161
July 8th, 2008 17:04
Aaron, you graduated…I thought you were in my grade. Oh snap.
If you’re ever on the west coast around a tournament I’ll hire you to judge.
Posted from: 67.173.227.196
July 8th, 2008 22:05
Our team is based in Colorado at a low ($0) budget, so traveling on the national circuit is a bit challenging for us. We’ve decided on trying a few national circuit tournaments this year. Does anyone have recommendations? (or even more helpful, warnings?) We’re considering Columbia, Stanford, and Glenbrooks.
Posted from: 70.190.24.216
July 9th, 2008 00:02
For Colorado, ASU makes sense sine it’s close.
Posted from: 72.229.4.213
July 9th, 2008 00:03
Alexander —
The New York City Invitational (”Big Bronx”) features very strong national competition at a very affordable price. We provide meals for no additional cost and also provide free housing for out-of-towners. Drop me a line if you’d like to know more; alternatively, you can check out our tournament’s web site, which is now online:
http://www.joyoftournaments.com/ny/bigbronx/
I hope Fairview can join us in the fall.
(And I’m looking forward to seeing you at VBI!)
Posted from: 38.118.23.100
July 9th, 2008 11:13
only the devil’s invitational
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
July 9th, 2008 12:44
There will most likely be people from Millburn at all of the following tournaments (hopefully)
Wake Forest (Maybe)
Yale
Greenhill (still up in the air)
St. Marx (still up in the air)
Big Bronx
Manchester
Monticello
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Mineapple (still up in the air)
Glenbrooks
Devil’s Tournament
Newark
Emory
Columbia
…along with locals and other tournaments I don’t know about yet.
Posted from: 204.198.76.197
July 9th, 2008 13:17
Here’s the schedule of regional/national tournaments that Manchester Essex anticipates attending in 2008-2009
Yale University
Monticello HS
University of Pennsylvania
Bronx HS of Science
Manchester Essex HS
Hendrick Hudson HS
Glenbrook Schools
Myers Park HS
Lexington HS
Columbia University
Emory University
Harvard University
Tournament of Champions
NCFL Nationals, Albany, NY
NFL Nationals, Birmingham, AL
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
July 9th, 2008 14:06
oh yeah i forgot to mention hen hud and lexington are also on our schedule
Posted from: 76.93.137.106
July 10th, 2008 13:29
rancho bernardo high school will be attending:
long beach
usc
fullerton
cps (tentative)
Berkeley
Stanford (tentative)
VBT
Harvard-Westlake
Harkar (tentative)
and a variety of local tournaments
Posted from: 68.121.243.197
July 10th, 2008 23:34
Our program is relatively new, and last year was the first year that we “travelled.” We are planning to attend a couple of national-level tournaments. If we could only choose three, which three would you recommend? Our team is based in Los Angeles.
Posted from: 96.229.143.242
July 10th, 2008 23:54
Don’t forget Harker’s Howard & Diana Nichols Invitational when making your travel plans! The tournament takes place from March 5-8th, with our LD round robin on Thursday, March 5th and our Public Forum round robin on Sunday, March 8th. We have semis bids in LD and PF, a top 6 bid in Congressional Debate, a national-caliber policy debate division, and free food!
Feel free to contact me at adamn AT harker DOT org with any questions, and I hope to see you in San Jose in March!
Posted from: 70.243.38.60
July 12th, 2008 08:44
2008/2009 Debate Schedule
September
5th & 6th, Grapevine High School in Dallas Crist, Johnson
5th & 6th, Alief Elsik High School in Houston
Auzenne, Arguello
12th & 13th, Elkins High School in Houston
Arguello
13th through 14th, Greenhill School Fall Classic in Dallas (entry limit of two)
Auzenne and Johnson
19th & 20th, Dulles High School in Houston
Auzenne, Arguello, Crist
26th & 27th, Memorial High School in Houston
Auzenne, Arguello, Crist
26th & 27th, Elsik Ninth Grade Center in Houston
Crist
October
3rd & 4th University of Houston
Auzenne, Arguello, Crist
17th through 18th, St. Mark’s School in Dallas (entry limit of two)
Arguello and Johnson
17th & 18th Alief Hastings High School in Houston
Auzenne and Crist
24th & 25th Bellaire High School in Houston
Auzenne and Arguello
24th through 26th, The New York City Invitational (entry limit of fourth; fifth slot possible)
Crist and Johnson
November
31st & 1st Westside High School in Houston
Auzenne, Arguello, Crist
7th & 8th Clear Lake High School
Auzenne, Arguello, Crist
14th & 15th Spring Woods High School
Auzenne and Arguello
15th through 17th, The Glenbrooks (entry limit of three)
Crist and Johnson
21st & 22nd James E. Taylor High School in Katy
Auzenne, Arguello, Crist
December
5th & 6th, University of Texas in Austin
Arguello, Auzenne, Johnson, Crist
19th through 21st Blake High School in Minnesota
Crist, Johnson
January
9th & 10th, Westfield High School in Houston
Arguello and Auzenne
8th through 10th, Victory Briefs Tournament (entry limit of eight)
Crist, Johnson
16th & 17th Churchill High School in San Antonio
Crist, Johnson
16th & 17th, Katy High School in Katy
Auzenne, Arguello,
24th through 25th, The Barkley Forum for High Schools (entry limit of two)
Crist, Johnson
30th and 31st Atascocita High School in Houston
Auzenne, Arguello, Crist
February
6th and 7th Texas City High School
Arguello and Auzenne
6th through 8th Stanford in Palo Alto
Crist and Johnson
13th and 14th Mayde Creek High School
Arguello, Auzenne, Crist
March
5th through 7th, TFA State Tournament, Houston (location TBA)
Posted from: 69.228.25.40
July 12th, 2008 22:32
These are the tournaments that the members of the Granada Hills Charter High School debate team plans to attend:
October:
California State University, Long Beach
Harvard-Westlake
TVFL Novice Debate- Oaks-Christian
California State University, Fullerton
November:
USC
TVFL Open Debate at Valencia High School
January:
VBT
I Have A Dream at Monroe High School
Pepperdine University
TVFL Open Debate at Cleveland High School
February:
Stanford
UC Berkeley
March:
TVFL State Qualifiers at Taft High School
April:
CHSSA State (California, Culver City High School)
May & June:
Hopeful!
Posted from: 66.229.65.57
July 21st, 2008 15:29
Cypress Bay:
locals, states, Nat Quals,
Regional:
Nova Titan
Crestian Classic
Florida State University
Florida Blue Key
National:
Harvard University
Big Bronx (just confirmed with my team)
Posted from: 157.242.209.135
July 24th, 2008 22:16
PWN ALL TOURNAMENTS. ‘NUFF SAID.
Posted from: 12.31.54.25
July 30th, 2008 14:23
as of now, GBN will send people to greenhill, valley, st. mark’s, ohio valley, usc, blake, emory, and berkeley
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
July 30th, 2008 14:43
to edit the list i posted above (13) i’ll be at bronx(!!!), and will not be at greenhill
Posted from: 75.73.220.221
July 30th, 2008 15:11
Right now it looks like Edina will most likely be sending at least a couple people to Greenhill, Valley, Minneapple, Glenbrooks, Blake, Caucus, VBT, and possibly Berkley.
Posted from: 157.242.221.190
July 30th, 2008 15:57
For September-October, Berkley Carroll will be at Wake, Yale, and Bronx.
Posted from: 157.242.221.192
July 30th, 2008 16:01
I’ll be attending Greenhill, Valley, Bronx, Minneapple, Glenbrooks, Dowling, Blake, VBT (depending on section/state weeks), and Harvard.
I’m not sure about the rest of my team- I expect Tom will go to the octas bids and the tourneys near MN, but I have no clue at all for the others.
Posted from: 72.68.215.200
July 30th, 2008 16:38
i hope to compete in Harvard and Ridge… others i’m not sure yet :]
Posted from: 157.242.208.29
July 30th, 2008 18:07
La Costa Canyon will probably be at Berekely, VBT, Meadows, Fullerton, USC. We will go to more but dont know which ones yet
Posted from: 24.63.191.34
July 30th, 2008 18:41
The Potomac School (Va.) will probably be at Wake, Yale, Bronx, Bump, Princeton, Harvard, and maybe Greenhill, Emory, NCFL, NFL, and, — fingers crossed — TOC.
Posted from: 24.63.191.34
July 30th, 2008 18:41
The Potomac School (Va.) will probably be at Wake, Yale, Bronx, Bump, Princeton, Harvard, and maybe Greenhill, Emory, NCFL, NFL, and, — fingers crossed — TOC.
Posted from: 157.242.223.102
July 30th, 2008 18:44
Torrey Pines will be at Fullerton, Alta, CPS, Berkeley, Long Beach, and the Glenbrooks for sure.
We will most likely have people at either Wake, Greenhill, or both, and will attend either Harker, Harvard-Westlake, or USC (or, once again, in any combination).
Posted from: 157.242.223.102
July 30th, 2008 18:45
And of course we might have people at the TOC. :)
Posted from: 68.11.25.35
July 30th, 2008 19:10
New Orleans Jesuit will be @
Greenhill
Memorial Houston
St. James
St. Mark’s
Apple Valley
Glenbrooks
UT @ Austin
Isidore Newman
VBT
Crestian
Emory
Stanford
Vestavia Hills
as well as local Louisiana tourneys
Posted from: 210.211.176.233
July 30th, 2008 20:19
Berkeley
Harker
Glenbrooks
Big Bronx
Posted from: 71.139.13.140
July 30th, 2008 20:45
The Mountain will be at:
Greenhill
Valley
St Marks
Bronx (maybe)
Apple Valley
Glenbrooks
MBA
Emory
Stanford
Berkeley
Harker
TOC
Posted from: 69.107.120.70
July 30th, 2008 20:54
ECHS will probably do CPS, Berkeley, Stanford and some assorted local tournaments.
Posted from: 75.7.18.49
July 30th, 2008 21:24
Depending on how many people are ready to travel, we might send people to these besides the local tourneys:
Santa Clara
Fullerton
USC
La Costa Canyon
Stanford Berkeley
Posted from: 75.35.115.44
July 31st, 2008 09:11
the mountain may also send novices and people who want to compete more to other tournaments like alta, wake, cps…
Posted from: 69.128.228.155
July 31st, 2008 10:51
I don’t really know where Westlake will be going.
But I’d like to go to Grapevine, Greenhill, UT, Marks, Glenbrooks, VBT, Emory, Harvard, maybe Bronx…
Uhh
Yeah.
Posted from: 157.242.217.217
July 31st, 2008 12:35
Wake
St james
Bronx
St. Marks (hopefully)
Glenbrooks (hopefully)
Isidore Newman (Hopefully)
Mt. Brook
Emory (hopefully)
VESTAVIA everyone should come to The Vestavia Hills Turny The Over Mt. Classic
Woodward (judge Hopefully)
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
July 31st, 2008 14:18
Monticello may also attend Wake…it’s up in the air.
Posted from: 75.56.213.4
August 1st, 2008 02:05
Hopefully:
Harvard Westlake
Cal. Long Beach
USC
Cal. Fullerton
VBT
(James Logan)?
Berkeley
(Harker)?
(Stanford)?
+ Locals/State qualls
Others are still undecided
Posted from: 76.176.200.56
August 1st, 2008 08:56
SDA will go to Long Beach, Berkeley, Winter Classic, Fullerton, and some others that I don’t know yet
Posted from: 71.104.137.196
August 1st, 2008 10:40
Claremont High will go to
CSULB
Harvard Westlake (maybe)
Fullerton (yay bid)
USC (yay bid)
La Costa
Cypress
VBT
Stanford
Berkeley
+ local tournaments and qual tournaments
Posted from: 68.192.172.63
August 1st, 2008 11:00
prashant, does that mean stanford will have the round robin this year?
Posted from: 98.200.243.13
August 1st, 2008 14:00
grapevine
houston-memorial
st. mark’s
big bronx
apple valley
the glenbrooks
vbt
churchill
stanford
Posted from: 157.242.214.9
August 1st, 2008 14:05
you got some eligibility left, quinn?
Posted from: 71.106.30.26
August 1st, 2008 20:44
brentwood will be sending people to these:
grapevine
greenhill
long beach
st. marks (maybe)
meadows
harvard westlake
apple valley
glenbrooks
blake
stanford
berkeley
Posted from: 68.196.201.226
August 3rd, 2008 13:33
I’ll be at grapevine, yale, monticello, upenn, and manchester for September and October. In january and february I’ll be at PDAA, VBT (maybe), Crestian, Columbia, Newark, and Harvard. I’m taking a break in november and december to finish up college apps.
Posted from: 66.229.65.57
August 3rd, 2008 14:39
from what i understand Columbia and Crestian are the same weekend, so you would have to pick one.
Posted from: 74.73.177.96
August 3rd, 2008 15:35
I believe that’s incorrect. Lexington and Crestian have both traditionally been on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Weekend.
Posted from: 66.229.65.57
August 3rd, 2008 15:47
Right, I mixed up Lexington and Columbia there, lol. Columbia was the weekend before Crestian and Lexington this year.
Posted from: 74.73.177.96
August 3rd, 2008 19:49
No, Columbia is (and always has been) the week after. :o)
Posted from: 68.38.86.140
August 4th, 2008 23:13
I will probably be in wake bronx and monti early season.
Posted from: 69.249.69.107
August 5th, 2008 14:14
I’ll go to anything on the east coast that I can.
Posted from: 205.202.204.222
August 7th, 2008 08:14
As far as travel tournaments, we hope to get to the following:
valley (a great tournament always)
indianola, iowa
cr wash caucus
KCK
Minneapple
Glenbrooks
Dowling
Blake (always first-rate competition and judging)
Omaha Westside (local for us)
Maine East (we hope)
Fred Robertson
Millard West
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
August 8th, 2008 13:34
Adam, what school are you from.
Posted from: 66.25.150.155
August 27th, 2008 22:24
As Devin said… the Westlake schedule is somewhat unknown. However, I will be attending:
Grapevine
Greenhill
St. Mark’s
Bronx
Hendrick Hudson (Yes Jon Cruz, I am actually going to attend.)
Glenbrooks
University of Texas
Emory
Churchill
Colleyville
Harvard
And some locals. This is assuming I don’t break down midway through from tournament overload.
As for tournaments I would encourage others to attend… why the Westlake Holiday Classic of course!
Actually, if you’re in Texas or especially the central Texas area and need another local on your schedule… we tend to have relatively good judging for a smallish local tournament. Check out the posts on VBD from last year’s tournament if you want to see (Ryan Cooper, John Lewis, Brittany Paxman, Shane O’Neal… to name a few from last year).
Posted from: 66.25.150.155
August 27th, 2008 22:26
Change “relatively” to “very” good judging. I should properly credit those judges I listed for how awesome they are.
Posted from: 71.229.103.39
August 29th, 2008 15:50
Cypress Bay High School’s updated list:
locals, states, nat quals
Regionals:
University of Miami
Winter Springs
Carrolton Sacred Heart
Florida Blue Key
Florida State University
Nova Titan
Crestian Classic
University School Invitational
National:
Harvard University
Big Bronx
Possible tournaments:
University of Pennsylvania
Emory University
Iowa Caucuses (we know nothing about this tournament so we would need info in order to consider going)