Tyler Cook Wins UT
Westlake Wins Policy Championship
AUSTIN, Tex. — This year’s Longhorn Classic at the University of Texas has come to a close. The tournament drew nearly 160 Lincoln-Douglas debaters and featured five preliminary rounds and a break to triple-octafinals. Late in the night, Westlake High School’s Andrew Waks affirmed against Salado High School’s Tyler Cook. On a 2-1 decision, Tyler took the tournament. Cody Gray and Taylor Stakes negated; Ajay Ketkar affirmed. Congratulations to both debaters!
Tyler is coached by Josh Aguilar and Tim Cook; Andrew is coached by Terry Hunt and Kris Wright.
TRIPLES
Alief Kerr JT def. Kinkaid PA (Philip Angelides)
Strake Jesuit AE over Strake Jesuit DS (Danny Siso)
Strake Jesuit PT def. Kinkaid RN (Ruchit Nagar)
Greenhill AG def. Kinkaid JL (Jonathan Liu)
Salado TC def. Elkins JS (Joey Schwartz)
Northland Christian JR def. Katy Taylor JZ (Jeff Zhao)
Winston Churchill TF def. Kinkaid MF (Michael Flatter)
Churchill LB def. Stony Point SW (Sabine Wakim)
Dulles KG def. Anderson MM (Max McCready)
Strake Jesuit RH def. Elkins JW (Jordon Walker)
Altamont SA def. Strake Jesuit SW (Stephen Weisenberger)
Reagan SD def. Houston-Memorial KC (Kimberly Chiu)
Austin SFA JM def. Hightower AC (Andrew Chaco)
Jesuit NF def. Anderson MV (Madeline Vuong)
Dulles SC def. Edmond North AS (Austin Sell)
Hockaday SR def. Elkins SA (Sally Ashkar)
Greenhill EC def. Stony Point MY (Mirusha Yogarajah)
Hockaday DB def. Kinkaid WM (William Montgomery)
Hockaday JR def. Dulles KV (Kelsey Valadez)
Jesuit JP def. Churchill SC (Sam Chacon)
Greenhill TT def. Southlake Caroll KL (Kathy Lee)
Southlake Caroll def. Churchill (Karl Goering)
Strake Jesuit CW def. Hockaday LG (Lara Gatehouse)
LBJ-LASA JB def. Strake Jesuit JH (John Heizelman)
Burleson KY def. Strake Jesuit JL (Jason Lee)
Strake Jesuit NL def. New Orleans Jesuit EW (Edward Wu)
Strake Jesuit TD def. New Orleans Jesuit MB (Micah Boyd)
Westlake AW def. Austin SFA JT (James Tobey)
Westlake DR def. Hockaday RB (Rupsha Basu)
Westwood AA def. Hockaday TJ (Trishla Jain)
Winston Churchill CD def. Hockaday CV (Chinmayee Venkatraman)
DOUBLES
Dulles SC def. Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)
Burleson KY def. Greenhill TT (Tanya Thanawalla)
Hockaday JR def. Strake Jesuit TD (Travis Donnelly)
Greenhill ED def. Hockaday SR (Sarah Ridout)
Jesuit NF def. LBJ-LASA JB (John Buterbaugh)
Reagan SD def. Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
Southlake Caroll RB def. Jesuit WS (Will Simoneaux)
Strake Jesuit NL over Strake Jesuit AE (Alejandro Esquino)
Jesuit JP def. Strake Jesuit CW (Chris Wang)
Strake Jesuit PT def. Hockaday DB (Divya Balan)
Salado TC def. Strake Jesuit RH (Roddy Hernandez)
Westlake AW def. Dulles KG (Kiwi Gupta)
Austin SFA JM def. Westlake DR (Devin Race)
Westwood AA def. Winston Churchill TF (Tracy Frydberg)
Winston Churchill CD def. Alief Kerr JT (Joshua Tang)
Altamont SA def. Winston Churchill LB (Lynn Bimler)
OCTAS
Austin SFA JM def. Greenhill EC (Ed Culham)
Winston Churchill CD def. Burleson KY (Kendric Young)
Strake Jesuit PT def. Dulles SC (Sasha Chada)
Hockaday JR def. Reagan SD (Sanjana Dubey)
Strake Jesuit NL def. New Orleans Jesuit NF (Nick Falba)
Salado TC def. Southlake Carroll RB (Ryan Bennett)
Westlake AW def. Altamont SA (Sasha Arijanto)
New Orleans Jesuit JP def. Westwood AA (Abhay Agarwal)
QUARTERS
Salado TC def. Hockaday JR (Jessie Risman)
Austin SFA JM def. Strake Jesuit PT (Paul Tyger)
Winston Churchill CD def. Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
Westlake AW def. New Orleans Jesuit JP (Jacob Pritt)
SEMIS
Westlake AW def. Austin SFA JM (James Monaco)
Salado TC def. Winston Churchill CD (Claire Daviss)
FINALS
Salado TC def. Westlake AW (Andrew Waks)
CHAMPION
Salado TC (Tyler Cook)
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test
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
December 6th, 2008 20:50
come on squashface
Posted from: 68.95.49.233
December 6th, 2008 21:06
I know one semifinal round is Salado TC vs Churchill CD
Posted from: 72.83.128.211
December 6th, 2008 21:09
Congratulations on the bid Claire!
Posted from: 71.191.251.116
December 6th, 2008 21:30
Congrats Claire!
Posted from: 128.62.122.213
December 6th, 2008 21:33
Semis:
Westlake AW affirming against Austin SFA JM
Salado TC affirming against Churchill CD
Posted from: 128.62.122.213
December 6th, 2008 21:34
Scratch that, Austin SFA JM is affirming
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
December 6th, 2008 21:35
CONGRATULATIONS ANDREW WAKS!!! The curse has been broken! I told you so!! Congratulations as well to Claire, Tyler, and James!
Posted from: 68.230.73.179
December 6th, 2008 21:42
congrats claire!
Posted from: 71.145.145.145
December 6th, 2008 21:59
Congratulations Claire, Andrew, James and Tyler!!!
Posted from: 68.95.49.233
December 6th, 2008 22:13
finals is tyler vs andrew
Posted from: 98.218.230.121
December 6th, 2008 22:23
Major props to the Shadow Lab for representing big time, esp. Mr. Waks – told you this would come!
Posted from: 72.83.128.44
December 6th, 2008 22:38
Congrats Claire!!
Posted from: 12.5.152.114
December 6th, 2008 22:44
Congrats to Jacob Pritt for making it to a bid round as a freshman. I expect great things for you this year and in the future.
Posted from: 12.5.152.114
December 6th, 2008 22:48
watch out kids. we got a new sheriff in town–JP.
(and the bestest part is: he’s only a freshmen)
Posted from: 128.62.150.159
December 6th, 2008 22:58
JV results? Who was in finals?
Posted from: 70.240.217.10
December 6th, 2008 23:05
good job james, i told you to keep your head up kid.
Posted from: 70.240.217.10
December 6th, 2008 23:05
good job james, i told you to keep your head up kid.
Posted from: 71.145.142.216
December 6th, 2008 23:07
Andrew, way to destroy with moral discourse.
Also, when did Devin drop in out rounds?
Posted from: 63.238.152.12
December 6th, 2008 23:10
Tyler and Andrew!!!! Hurray.
win it tyler.
Posted from: 216.171.248.2
December 6th, 2008 23:14
Devin dropped in Doubles to James Monaco.
Major congrats to Claire. Also to Tyler on another stellar performance.
Posted from: 68.95.49.233
December 6th, 2008 23:22
tyler picked up on a 2-1
Posted from: 63.238.152.12
December 6th, 2008 23:48
WOO HOO!!! Congratulations tyler.
Posted from: 24.174.27.25
December 7th, 2008 00:27
Major congrats to Andrew and Claire. Congrats Tyler on another successful weekend prompted by lots of spooning.
Posted from: 67.9.148.107
December 7th, 2008 00:31
Congrats to waks, claire and tyler!
Posted from: 70.112.61.21
December 7th, 2008 08:21
CONGRATS ANDREW!!
And of course, Tyler, James, and Claire!
Posted from: 206.251.74.247
December 7th, 2008 08:33
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Posted from: 207.172.84.123
December 7th, 2008 09:05
Congrats on the bid, Claire!!
Posted from: 151.205.168.227
December 7th, 2008 09:23
CONGRATS ANDREW
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
December 7th, 2008 09:27
Once again, congratulations to Andrew on finals — so, so deserved!
And BIG congrats to TYLER COOK for winning the tournament!!
Posted from: 208.54.4.70
December 7th, 2008 09:36
Congrats to Claire on the bid, Tyler on the win, and Andyyyyyy Waks on the much deserved bid. Also congrats to mean Chris Wright on the coaching skills. And to everyone else who did well. And to Paul Tyger
Posted from: 66.108.128.126
December 7th, 2008 09:38
congrats to jacob pritt for repping lewis/mcgough and HUGE congrats to andrew waks for getting to finals and getting a very well deserved bid.
Posted from: 206.251.74.247
December 7th, 2008 10:57
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Posted from: 24.174.12.201
December 7th, 2008 11:03
Congrats to Claire and Shane for their bid, Andy and Kris for the super super showing (yayyyyyy I’m so excited for you guys!), Tyler for bid # 100000000 and the win, and James and Nathan even though Nathan is still mine and I hate you for stealing him.
Posted from: 206.53.144.85
December 7th, 2008 11:10
Congrats to tyler cook for being a champion at life and UT. PIMPIN IN SUH-LAY-DOH! Also props to sash for breaking and and tyger for being tearing shit up.
Posted from: 63.246.171.199
December 7th, 2008 11:20
The people who got bids here are some of the nicest, coolest, most well-deserving in debate: congrats to Claire, James, Tyler, and most of all
ANDREW!!
Also congrats to Sasha on an intense octs round, Nick on the bid round, and Paul for being awesome and really funny in those rounds.
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
December 7th, 2008 11:28
Congrats tyler, waks, paul, and sasha
Posted from: 98.199.5.195
December 7th, 2008 11:30
Congrats to James Monaco, for Monacrushing the Monacompetition. Also, congrats to my teammate Sasha Chada for (as Devon said) a pretty intense octs round. And good job Waks, you deserved it man.
Posted from: 68.95.49.233
December 7th, 2008 11:31
John Lewis strikes again… congrats to James, Claire, and Andrew
Posted from: 68.241.214.134
December 7th, 2008 12:07
Congrats to everyone this weekend. Some overdue bids were finally earned. Congrats to WAKS on the Westlkae crew- hard work pays off, to James and Nathan on tough road to the first bid, to where is Salado? TC – another fantastic tournament (and four bids?), and Claire on a great run and very enjoyable semis round.
Last, and most of all, to Patrick Graham on continuing an awesome year and winning JVLD. Southlake has a very bright future ahead.
Paul Tyger sucks at pocket tanks
one last shout out to the LC extempers who earned a bazillion bids to the TOC this weekend
Posted from: 68.241.214.134
December 7th, 2008 12:08
*and the Westlake crew
Posted from: 68.241.214.134
December 7th, 2008 12:11
*SLC extempers
sorry – UT is a rough wekend
Posted from: 67.9.148.107
December 7th, 2008 12:40
The panel for quarters with Monaco and Tyger was LeGrand*, Clancy, Evnen
Semis with Waks and Monaco was Vaughan*, Olivarez, and Gray
Posted from: 63.246.171.199
December 7th, 2008 13:46
I was waiting for someone to say this, but nobody has:
UT got Cooked.
Posted from: 207.114.147.200
December 7th, 2008 14:05
abhay is my favourite! wooo.
Posted from: 98.195.66.198
December 7th, 2008 14:05
Congrats to Andrew, JMonaco, Nick, Paul, Sasha Ari-yanto, Abhay and others. special congrats to Tyler. I told you Tyler on friday that you would win the entire thing. and i think it’s awesome that tyler, like many others, prove that you don’t need to run non-stock cases to win tournaments. great tournament in general, it was fun
Posted from: 209.30.203.249
December 7th, 2008 14:52
Congrats to P. Graham for kicking butt this weekend, totally algebraic.
Posted from: 75.137.184.111
December 7th, 2008 15:19
congrats to nick and especially to jacob for going to quarters as a freshman
Posted from: 70.138.99.19
December 7th, 2008 15:20
james monaco with some upsets. good job.
Posted from: 69.105.30.19
December 7th, 2008 16:05
wow. shadow lab rep.
great job, sasha and tyger and especially waks. and THE ONE, THE ONLY TYLER COOK FOR THE WIN.
isn’t this a new record? tyler cook has won UT for the 7th time in a row, i don’t think that’s ever been done
Posted from: 71.169.247.202
December 7th, 2008 16:44
Congrats to:
Waks for breaking his curse and effective fundraising
Paul for what seem like 7-minute 1ARs
My teammate, Kiwi, for a good performance
Ryan for shooting me with a (Nerf) gun while reading an ethic of care K (irony, anyone?)
Devin for punning in #43
Monaco for Monakritiking and Monabidding
Claire and Tyler for bidding
and Andrew Cockroft for his name.
Posted from: 70.118.127.70
December 7th, 2008 16:48
Congrats to Tyler and Waks. Great job, guys.
Posted from: 24.27.38.35
December 7th, 2008 17:48
Thanks everyone! Congratulations to all the competitors at what is undoubtedly a very grueling tournament – special shout-outs and congratulations to Claire, James, and Tyler. You all are fantastic people and debaters, and your bids and successes are very well deserved.
Also, to help out with filling in the triples pairings:
Westlake AW def. Austin SFA JT (James Tobey)
Posted from: 98.199.87.105
December 7th, 2008 18:06
congrats to waks on bidding.
Posted from: 68.92.207.135
December 7th, 2008 19:32
Reagan SD def. Houston Memorial KC in triples
Posted from: 75.53.148.152
December 7th, 2008 21:30
thanks hunter, i was just about to write that hahaha
CONGRATS TO CLAIRE DAVISS ON THE BID! claire, i definitely called it on friday. i told you you would bid! i’m ridiculously happy for you!!!
Posted from: 71.190.114.107
December 7th, 2008 21:31
NICE JOB ANDREW!
Posted from: 98.198.229.111
December 7th, 2008 22:24
Congrats Tyler…Avenging my loss and don’t call who Im going to hit in anymore of my rounds lol it seems to be bad luck rofl….And it’s only the 6th time Tyler has won UT, mezz.
Posted from: 150.212.2.28
December 7th, 2008 22:54
MV WILL RISE AGAIN.
NO ONE ON THE CORNER. NO ONE. NOT NOW, NOT NEVER. DON’T EVEN TRY.
WE SEE YOU THROW UP SIGNS AND IT MAKES US PUKE ON OUR NIKE BOOTS. THOSE ARE DAMAGES YOU WILL PAY FOR.
YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. THE MEANING OF A CLASSIC IS DEFINED.
Posted from: 98.201.178.59
December 7th, 2008 23:10
special congrats go out to tyler (now at 4 bids) and james (his FIRST BID), 2 CAD alumni and really nice kids in general.
major congrats also go out to waks for ending the skid at 8. you did it in a big way, and you were really impressive in semis. great job
congrats to claire on a hard-earned bid, paul on having 6 bids so far, etc
Posted from: 209.30.203.249
December 7th, 2008 23:29
(In reply to 58)
Are you speaking of Madeline’s round?
Posted from: 70.116.19.103
December 8th, 2008 00:09
congrats to andrew and tyler on finals, claire and james on their first bids, jake for being in a bid round as a FRESHMAN, both sashas, abhay, strake, dulles, and especially kimberly chiu for representing memorial.
and finally, congrats to hunter lewis on quarters of jv.
Posted from: 70.116.19.103
December 8th, 2008 01:26
This was my seventh consecutive year at the Longhorn Classic, and it just keeps getting better and better every year.
I would like to offer my most sincere congratulations to Tyler, Andrew, James, and Claire, as well as their respective coaches Josh, Kris, Nathan, and Shane. A nicer, more deserving group could not be found. I am particularly proud of Andrew–this bid is well earned and long overdue. Westlake represent.
And finally, I would like to thank the tournament for providing a massive amount of HEB fried chicken, and the entire pool of judges and coaches for–with some notable exceptions–adhering to the two piece limit.
Posted from: 74.192.143.66
December 8th, 2008 04:33
I’d like to echo previous poster’s sentiments about the success of some very hard-working and deserving debaters this past weekend at the Longhorn Classic. I only judged quarters, semis, and finals, so I’m sure I missed a lot of fantastic rounds earlier in the tournament, but the debaters in those rounds I did judge really stood out. I would like to extend a special congratulations to Tyler Cook on winning a bid tournament. Every time I judge this kid, it seems like he gets better and better, and that doesn’t happen by accident. I am very glad to see your dedication and talent go recognized this year.
I watched Andrew Waks deliver some of the best speeches I’ve seen yet this weekend, and though I made up the majority of a decision that denied him the honor of taking the tournament (and my RFD may have seemed a little disoriented and overly critical), I am consistently impressed with his debate talent. Congrats on a long overdue bid this weekend–you more than deserve it, even if I don’t always agree with your strategic decisions.
Finally, congrats to Claire Daviss for an outstanding breakout this weekend. I knew when I judged you as a novice that this day would not be long in coming. For several years, you have been consistently amazing on the local circuit, and I’m happy to see your talent and dedication finally pay off for you in a big way.
Posted from: 70.253.196.126
December 8th, 2008 08:37
Congrats, Tyler, for representing small schools!
Posted from: 66.240.48.106
December 8th, 2008 10:26
Congratulations to Phil and Abhay on clearing!
Posted from: 69.151.202.154
December 8th, 2008 12:25
congrats to Nick, Sashaa, Claire, James, Andrew and Tyler.
Posted from: 168.69.134.240
December 8th, 2008 12:44
congrats to kim chiu for reppin memorial, phil a, jeff z, nick l, and paul.
also congrats to ally and patrick on a well deserved jv finals round. anyone know who won?
Posted from: 66.91.82.161
December 8th, 2008 21:35
Major congrats to Tyler Cook
Posted from: 98.195.66.198
December 8th, 2008 23:11
i just wanted to give an additional congrats to cammie wolf on jv quarters, elina on jv semis, hunter lewis (the better of the two lewis brothers) on quarts, erin and ace on octos, brad on dubs and patrick graham on winnng it all.
Posted from: 207.80.142.5
December 9th, 2008 08:35
Sunil Pai is a felon
Posted from: 75.53.146.22
December 9th, 2008 22:10
further congrats to HUNTER LEWIS from memorial for a) quarters in jv and b) 2nd speaker (how ridic awesome are you??), annie wang (memorial) for semis in jv, cameron wolf for making it to quarters, phyllis angelides for clearing (i told you you would), elina for jv semis, and of course, ED WU for breaking and misplacing a large bright orange sweater.
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
December 10th, 2008 17:13
This is late…but…
YAY CHRIS WANG!!!! Cruz/Chernick VBI Session II ’08 represent!!!
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
December 10th, 2008 17:20
Is a speakers list available somewhere? The results for LD aren’t on Joy of Tournaments.
Posted from: 98.195.66.198
December 10th, 2008 17:28
I saw the packet today. The top 3 speakers were
1. Devin Race
2. Ryan Bennett
3. Sasha Chada
they all had perfect 90s
Posted from: 68.104.1.44
December 10th, 2008 18:31
@ 74: That’s absurd. We all need to look at how we assign speaks.
Posted from: 72.177.194.67
December 10th, 2008 20:05
ryan bennett did not have perfect speaks since i gave him a 29
Posted from: 64.183.228.140
December 10th, 2008 20:21
Where did you see that packet?
Posted from: 67.184.55.189
December 10th, 2008 20:43
great job tyler and andrew!
Posted from: 98.195.66.198
December 10th, 2008 20:59
ajay– 90s with dropped H/L
the packet was sent to the coaches of teams
Posted from: 72.177.194.67
December 11th, 2008 05:23
yeah, i misread your post philip, my bad