Comments on: Ben Holguin Wins Second Minneapple Championship

By: Kamil Merchant

Kamil Merchant — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:32:01 +0000

COMGRATS MERRILL!!!!!

By: Pat Donovan

Pat Donovan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:21:27 +0000

Outstanding job to Ross, matt, amanda, gurdane, jeff, sasha, and j.p.!

By: hansel

hansel — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:19:44 +0000

How are there two 21 seeds?

By: Sam Duby

Sam Duby — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:25 +0000

Congrats to the Valley Crew for an incredible weekend and confirming my theory about policy debaters.

Congrats to my boy Catterton and a bust out Tournament for Gurdane

Congrats to Walt Whitman on yet another bid recipient. Think you guys are going to make pairing rounds at TOC pretty easy cause everyone who ain’t you is probably going to have to debate you.

Special Props to JRob for battling back from a rough 2-2 start to come up just one ballot short from qualling to the TOC in November as a Sophomore.

By: ryan graham

ryan graham — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:49:00 +0000

congrats to jeff on semis

By: mezzatesta

mezzatesta — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:41:25 +0000

huge congrats to j-schwartz, signorelli, lincenburg, soneff, tyger, and sasha.

By: catterton

catterton — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:25:55 +0000

Apple Valley doesn’t disappoint–thanks + congrats to the entire AV crew for another amazing tournament.
Also, congrats to Ben/Ross/Jeff and especially to Gurdane.

By: dweeks

dweeks — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:21:56 +0000

ballin

By: Juli

Juli — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:23:44 +0000

Yes, there’s an actual crabapple award for 33rd seed – sort of a consolation prize.

Congratulations to Catherine on bid no. 3 and on first speaker!

By: Adam Torson

Adam Torson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:14:30 +0000

As usual another excellent tournament at Apple Valley. Congrats to Pam, Cherian, Colin, Zach, et al for once again running a fantastic tournament.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:05:27 +0000

congrats to sasha, jeff, and larry

By: Todd L

Todd L — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:02:00 +0000

FYI — Strake Jesuit PT (Philip Bartholomew) is a typo. it should be Strake Jesuit PB.

By: Fisch

Fisch — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:34:30 +0000

Is there an actual award to go along with the crabapple position?

By: Peak

Peak — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:20:27 +0000

nice job to the brentwood kids. congrats on getting to the bid round.

and congratulations on the bid, erik. lawrence-donatti represent.

By: jake

jake — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:20:23 +0000

Now “That’s Amore” is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the week. Thanks a lot, CD.

By: shagrin

shagrin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:23 +0000

ya, brentwood ms was michael soneff

By: P.Rai

P.Rai — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:02:17 +0000

(4) Valley RB def. (29) Brentwood MS (Michael Shagrin)

this was not michael shagrin

By: Struver

Struver — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:45:22 +0000

Congrats Bowyer.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:21:41 +0000

gj methlab

By: phelan

phelan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:02:30 +0000

@ 77 – Phil had the best record of all the debaters who did not clear this weekend. They called the award the crab apple since A) it’s the Mineapple, B) it’s APPLE valley, and C) they hand out apples as trophies, so it was fitting to make it the crab apple award for the 33rd seed

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:56:30 +0000

trifectaaaaa

By: Pyzik

Pyzik — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:51:03 +0000

Congrats JP on the qual, also nice job to akshay, adam, chen, and noble for the bid round! And congrats to Danielle for another bid added to the list!
@77: it just meants the strake jesuit PT was the 33rd seed and was the next one to clear to elims

By: Dan Chen

Dan Chen — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:47:38 +0000

Congrats to JP, Alan, David, and JEFF LIU for breaking!

By: s.hess

s.hess — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:23:44 +0000

JEFF!!!!!!

By: Name

Name — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:59:36 +0000

Ben sucks dick.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:48:17 +0000

Congrats to Ben on maintaining ApplEdina Prep heg

By: jesjeang

jesjeang — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:38:50 +0000

and congrats to jeff!

By: jesjeang

jesjeang — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:37:44 +0000

what does “(33) Strake Jesuit PT (Philip Bartholomew) [Crabapple]” mean?

By: jesjeang

jesjeang — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:36:58 +0000

congrats to joey, paul, and sasha!!!

By: varun

varun — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:44:05 +0000

congrats to AT and david chen on breaking. also congrats to adam, ellen, jane, and JP

By: matt hershey

matt hershey — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:30:12 +0000

huge congrats to ross brown

By: Ament

Ament — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:19:19 +0000

Brentwood MS is Michael Soneff, not Shagrin.

By: wmarble

wmarble — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:07:43 +0000

BOWYER! good job, man

By: Ellie

Ellie — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:51:00 +0000

Is anyone keeping track of who has bids this year?

By: Ryan Lester

Ryan Lester — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:42:39 +0000

A huge congrats to Mr. Jeff Merrill on not only getting the bid you’ve deserved for a while now, but getting to semis.

Gurdane, I expected nothing less from you. Awesome job.

Also congrats to Sasha Arijanto on getting a bid. I knew you could!

In addition, a big congrats to Joey Schwartz on getting to the bid round. Way to represent Fort Bend ISD!

By: Thurm

Thurm — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:34:52 +0000

Congrats to Gurdane, Ross, and esp. to Bowyer and Jared for wrecking JV.

By: kelly

kelly — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:03:16 +0000

alabama FTW! congrats sasha, jeff, and larry… (but you guys do have amazing coaches)) vestavia= no coach..

By: David McNeil

David McNeil — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:52:44 +0000

conserned debator ftw

By: susanna

susanna — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:45:23 +0000

awesome job Jonathon!

By: Joe Vaughan

Joe Vaughan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:35:18 +0000

Thanks to the whole AV crew for the always well-run and hospitable Minneapple.

By: Brad Noethe

Brad Noethe — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:51:43 +0000

I am amazed how many spelling errors the concerned debater could put into one post.

By: Sahil

Sahil — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:02:54 +0000

Congrats to Jared Young and Jon Bowyer for an amazing victory

By: Sachin

Sachin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:01:17 +0000

Congrats to Akshay and Christian

By: michael o'connell

michael o'connell — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:58:57 +0000

congratulations to jeff aka j reefer frymill on ending the struggle in a bold and valiant way. this train’s goin’ straight to the top.

also rachel no sadness. gbn.

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Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:08:17 +0000

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By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:48:24 +0000

major congrats to the SHS JV debaters – Jon Bowyer and Jared Young. First victory of many, guys.

also congrats to Ben, Ross, Merrill, Gurdane

By: Rebar Niemi

Rebar Niemi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:07:16 +0000

daps to merill, gurdane, and rosser. the whole goon too.

By: Anjan

Anjan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:12:51 +0000

Thanks as always to Mrs. Wycoff and the entire Apple Valley community for a wonderfully hospitable weekend. And Emily – YES! Way to go!

To help fill in some results I remember:

VARSITY LD

DOUBLES
Valley MK OVER Valley JE
Lake Highland GB def. Meadows AK
Edina DM def. Walt Whitman EN
St. Louis Park CT def. Ridge DC
Valley RB def. Brentwood MS
Lakeville South CK def. Newtown AA
Edina BH def. Brentwood JL
Greenhill DS def. Northland Christian JR
Meadows AS def. Elkins JS
Walt Whitman EM def. Scarsdale MM
Altamont SA def. Oak Mountain JL
Edina JM def. Hopkins CD
Strake Jesuit PT def. Wayzata FP
Upper St. Clair JG def. Walt Whitman JK
Blake EL def. Ridge AT
Mountain View JM def. Bronx AS

OCTOS
Greenhill DS def. Altamont SA(Choudhury, Liipfert, Dessi)
Meadows AS def. Walt Whitman EM (Russell, Huberlie, Ramakrishnan)

JUNIOR VARSITY LD

QUARTERS
Eagan JG def. Apple Valley JP
Scarsdale JB def. Apple Valley SC
Scarsdale JY def. Walt Whitman AZ (Alex Zimmermann)
Walt Whitman DI def. Lakeville South DS

SEMIS
Scarsdale JB OVER Scarsdale JY
Walt Whitman DI def. Eagan JG

FINALS
Scarsdale JB def. Walt Whitman DI (Daniel Imas)

CHAMPION
Scarsdale JB

By: conserned debator

conserned debator — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:59:41 +0000

i find it 2 be extrmelu troubling that arguments like edinas are starting to win tournaments. there substantive arguments without value strctures leave no room for us spreaders. to be honest i think more a preorees are necessary to combat edinas silly case strctures and return any sort of legitimasy to the activity.

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:16:34 +0000

Oops…I’m a gigantic idiot and totally forgot that I was supposed to be sending pairings. Sorry, Jon… :-( Since quarters and finals are already on this thread, I can at least fill in sems, which was Ben over Jeff and Ross over Gurdane.

Anyway, huge congrats to Catherine on finally being top speaker somewhere. Also, congrats to SLP’s Talia Teplinsky for making it to outrounds in JV.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:07:23 +0000

congrats squasha among others.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:38:01 +0000

Congrats Sasha and Emily on the BIDs!!!! you guys really deserve them!

By: arielle

arielle — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:27:21 +0000

j. reefer frymill, you’z a balla.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:25:36 +0000

Prelim results packet: http://www.mdta.org/cgi-bin/mdta/File/MinneApple2008Packet.pdf

By: Yo babemoochla

Yo babemoochla — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:22:29 +0000

CONGRATS BEN HOLGUIN (: good job. we knew you could do it baby!

By: Jason Zhou

Jason Zhou — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:15:16 +0000

congrats on top speaker and quarters Catherine

Akshay, stop dropping doubles

By: Jack M

Jack M — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:05:55 +0000

hoglund

By: David McNeil

David McNeil — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:54:15 +0000

HOLGUIN

By: John Scoggin

John Scoggin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:34:06 +0000

the year of the repeats

By: Ian Gunn

Ian Gunn — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:33:41 +0000

congrats to amanda on another great showing this year!

By: wmarble

wmarble — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:23:59 +0000

congrats to JP on the qual… less than a week into your season

By: Moerner

Moerner — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:50:04 +0000

Finals:

Edina BH def. Valley RB (Huberlie, Choudhury, Hogan, Liiperft, *Rai)

By: rachel

rachel — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:34:17 +0000

jefferson mcloveten,
i am so proud of you of you sir.

By: Daniel Khalessi

Daniel Khalessi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:33:20 +0000

congrats jeff!

By: phelan

phelan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:10:14 +0000

other results I remember:

Mountain View JM def. Edina DM 2-1 (Switala, Torson, *Pinto)

quarters was:

Edina BH def. SLP CT
Mountain View JM def. Greenhill DS
Lake Highland GB def. Meadows AS
Valley RB def. Lakeville South CK

By: B.D.

B.D. — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:09:00 +0000

FINALS: Ross Brown vs. Ben Holguin

By: phelan

phelan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:02:28 +0000

Blake EL defeated Alan Tong on a 3-0 (Tarsney, Zhou, Catterton) in doubles.

SLP CT defeated Blake EL on a 3-0

By: Matt Ross

Matt Ross — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01:49 +0000

congrats to adam for clearing and sasha for bidding!

By: phelan

phelan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:00:12 +0000

Ben Houglin, Ross Brown, Jeff Merrill and Gurdaine were in semis

By: tess

tess — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:49:57 +0000

Congrats J Reefer Frymill on semis and Michael for the coachin’
You are best.
plus Rachel- you aight.

By: Moerner

Moerner — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:12:01 +0000

Jeff Merrill beat Smogard in quarters and is in sems.

By: sam james

sam james — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:35:56 +0000

good luck sash! WIN WIN WIN

By: Moerner

Moerner — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:26:40 +0000

Quarters I know:

Keil vs Ross

Ben vs Catherine

Gurdane vs Amanda

Jeff vs. winner of Smogard v Arijanto

By: Robert Parker

Robert Parker — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:44:49 +0000

Good luck JP, Amanda (NV Pride), and of course ALL of SHADOW LAB!

AYYYYYYY!

By: Karlyn

Karlyn — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:48:56 +0000

YAY emily, gurdane, JP, danielle, and, of course, CK :)

By: Adam Nelson

Adam Nelson — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:25:20 +0000

Go Erik go! Congratulations on the qual!

By: Fisch

Fisch — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:07:15 +0000

WAHOO GRENADE

By: Lumpee

Lumpee — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:05:47 +0000

Mad props to J-Rob on another amazing showing. Also to Danielle for a great tournament as well.

By: Lumpee

Lumpee — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:05:47 +0000

Mad props to J-Rob on another amazing showing. Also to Danielle for a great tournament as well.

By: David W

David W — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:31:04 +0000

Congrats emily

By: Ian Gunn

Ian Gunn — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:29:15 +0000

congrats to emily on the bid

By: Ben Lewis

Ben Lewis — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:21:32 +0000

Congrats on the bid, Emily. Take it home.

By: Jon Cruz

Jon Cruz — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:16:41 +0000

Thank you, Eric!

Doubles:

Mountain View JM def. Bronx Science AS
2-1 (*Ravi Sankar, Josh Marshall, Jason Zhou)

By: Thurm

Thurm — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:13:41 +0000

Octas:

Edina BH Edina JM
Edina DM v. Mountain View JM (Switala, Torson, Pinto)
Greenhill DS v. Altamont SA (Choudhury, Liipfert, Dessi)
Lake Highland GB v. Upper St. Clair JG (Diehl, Houston, Hogan)
Lakeville South CK v. WDM MK (Rai, Spirtos, Tarsney)
Meadows AS v. Walt Whitman EM (Huberlie, Russell, Ramakrisha)
St. Louis Park CT v. Blake EL (Conrad, Brundage, Gelfand)
WDM RB v. Strake PT (Catterton, Zhou, Wallach)

By: Matt Ross

Matt Ross — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:36:38 +0000

does anyone know any doubles results?

By: friend

friend — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:51:59 +0000

Brentwood: how’s everybody doing?

By: Dan Chen

Dan Chen — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:24:22 +0000

Liu twins!

By: Matt Ross

Matt Ross — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:23:38 +0000

good luck to bx sci and lewis/mcgough lab!

By: Avi Jayaraman

Avi Jayaraman — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:28:30 +0000

Liu heg FTW. Good luck to ridge also.

By: Archith

Archith — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:19:53 +0000

Good luck to the Lius!

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:39:14 +0000

Oak Mountain JL and LL are 4-0 and 3-1 in that order.

Get ‘em boys :D

By: Travis Smith

Travis Smith — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:35:49 +0000

New Orleans Jesuit’s Jacob Pritt = 3-1.

By: Dave McGinnis

Dave McGinnis — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:23:56 +0000

The Brown family of West Des Moines is collectively 7-0.

Valley MK, AL, and JE (Joe Ellerbroek, watch out for him) are all 3-1.

By: Daks

Daks — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:00:36 +0000

I was in the field report, but unfortunately i had to drop-out last minute. good luck to scarsdale

By: Jason Zhou

Jason Zhou — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:44:09 +0000

SLP CT is 4-0
Barrington AR is 2-2
Newtown AA is 3-1

By: catterton

catterton — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:27:54 +0000

gurdane is 4-0

By: phelan

phelan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:49:27 +0000

erik and I are both 2-2

By: Dan Jennis

Dan Jennis — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:35:17 +0000

From Hopkins:

CD 4-0
EM 3-1
RM 3-1
CK 1-3

By: John Scoggin

John Scoggin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:17:13 +0000

phelan o’neill is predicted to close out finals

By: David McNeil

David McNeil — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:07:56 +0000

Edina BH, JM, and DM are 4-0