Bronx Science Takes the Northeast Championships

Bronx Science Wins VLD, JVLD, VCX, NCX Titles;
Hendrick Hudson's Sophie Ruff is Novice Champion;
Lincoln-Sudbury and Bronx Science Share PF Title

NEEDHAM, Mass. — The third annual Northeast Championships, hosted this year at Needham High School, concluded early Saturday evening. The varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament concluded with a close out, as the Bronx High School of Science’s Matt Dunay and Adam Silver advanced to the final round. Congratulations to both champions!

Matt and Adam are coached by Jon Cruz and Douglas Jeffers.

This year, champions were declared in three divisions of Lincoln-Douglas debate, two divisions of policy debate, and an open division of Public Forum debate.

The junior varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate division functioned as a seven-round tournament in which ballot count determined the placements. Bronx Science’s Emanuel Schorsch emerged as champion, with teammate Carolyn Clendenin as runner-up.

Emanuel and Carolyn are coached by Jon Cruz and Douglas Jeffers.

The novice Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament ended with a final round that pitted the Bronx High School of Science’s Ellington Kirby against Hendrick Hudson High School’s Sophie Ruff. The round was adjudicated by Les Phillips, YiYang Li, and Aracelis Biel. On a 3-0 decision, Sophie defeated Ellington to win the novice title.

Sophie is coached by Jim Menick; Ellington is coached by Jon Cruz.

The varsity policy debate tournament concluded with a final round that pitted Lexington High School’s Hao Shen and Tyler Engler against the Bronx High School of Science’s Ian Irlander and Zack Elias. In the round, Bronx Science defeated Lexington on a 3-0 decision to win the tournament. Congratulations to both teams!

Ian and Zack are coached by Kathryn Clark, David Marks, and Jon Cruz; Hao and Tyler are coached by Sara Sanchez.

The novice policy debate tournament concluded an identical matchup between Bronx Science and Lexington: the Bronx High School of Science’s Daniel Fabrizio and Aidan McKeever faced off against Lexington High School’s James Fraser and Ben Wobbe. Daniel and Aidan defeated James and Ben on a 2-1 decision to win the novice title. (This round, as an aside, also determined the novice championship at the Westchester Classic, held at the end of February.)

Daniel and Aidan are coached by Kathryn Clark and Jon Cruz; James and Ben are coached by Sara Sanchez.

Congratulations to both teams!

The Public Forum debate tournament cleared all debaters with a winning record to a full Sweet Sixteen. The lateness of the hour caused a declaration of co-champions in finals: the maverick Daniel Cmejla from Lincoln-Sudbury High School shared the title with the team of Katie Wong and Dasha Fayvinova from the Bronx High School of Science.

Daniel is coached by Tom Danko; Katie and Dasha are coached by Joseph Gazzola and Jon Cruz.

The Bronx High School of Science took top honors as the championship school. Sweepstakes awards were based on the preliminary round results of the top seven entries from each program across events. Westford Academy won the tournament’s Small School Award.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

ELITE EIGHT
(1) Bronx Science MD def. (8) Needham KV (Kaushik Vasudevan)
3-0 (Aracelis Biel, Joe Wallerstein, Henry Curtis)
(2) Bronx Science AS def. (7) Hendrick Hudson DE (David Eisenberg)
3-0 (Bridget Millman, Anna Konstantinova, Jordan Michel)
(3) Bronx Science SS def. (6) Hendrick Hudson AG (Alli Gofman)
2-1 (Lawrence Golden, *Ryan Miller, YiYang Li)
(5) Berkeley Carroll DS def. (4) Newburgh Free BW (Ben Weiss)
3-0 (Amanda Liverzani, Les Phillips)

FINAL FOUR
(1) Bronx Science MD def. (5) Berkeley Carroll DS (Dylan Scher)
3-0 (Amanda Liverzani, Aracelis Biel, Lawrence Golden)
(2) Bronx Science AS over (3) Bronx Science SS (Saboor Sheerazi)

THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(1) Bronx Science MD and (2) Bronx Science AS close out.

NORTHEAST CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Bronx Science MD (Matt Dunay)
(2) Bronx Science AS (Adam Silver)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Matt Dunay — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
2. Seth Teleky — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
3. Ben Weiss — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
4. Adam Silver — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
5. Saboor Sheerazi — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)

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J.V. FINALISTS
1. Emanuel Schorsch — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
2. Carolyn Clendenin — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
3. Phoebe Wolfe — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
4. Matt Ross — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
5. Zack Struver — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)

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TOP J.V. SPEAKERS
1. Carolyn Clendenin — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
2. Emanuel Schorsch — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
3. Phoebe Wolfe — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
4. Zach Schuyler — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
5. Tara Kutzbach — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)

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NOVICE RUN-OFF ROUND
(1) Sacred Heart MP advances without debating
(2) Bronx Science EK advances without debating
(3) Bronx Science MW advances without debating
(4) Hendrick Hudson SR advances without debating
(5) Bronx Science VM advances without debating
(6) Brooklyn Tech NA advances without debating
(7) Bronx Science AT def. (10) Hendrick Hudson BT (Ben Toll)
(9) Sacred Heart DM def. (8) Sharon NH (Nicole Hodgkinson)

ELITE EIGHT
(1) Sacred Heart MP over (9) Sacred Heart DM (Dale Morgan)
(2) Bronx Science EK over (7) Bronx Science AT (Alex Tablan)
(3) Bronx Science MW def. (6) Brooklyn Tech NA (Neal Alacha)
(4) Hendrick Hudson SR def. (5) Bronx Science VM (Vishal Mahadeo)

FINAL FOUR
(1) Hendrick Hudson SR def. (1) Sacred Heart MP (Matt Pink)
(2) Bronx Science EK over (3) Bronx Science MW (Max Weinreich)

THE NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(1) Hendrick Hudson SR def. (2) Bronx Science EK (Ellington Kirby)

NORTHEAST NOVICE CHAMPION [In Memory of Michael Bacon]
(1) Hendrick Hudson SR (Sophie Ruff)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Neal Alacha — Brooklyn Technical High School (NY)
2. Matt Pink — Sacred Heart High School (MA)
3. Ellington Kirby — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
4. Alex Tablan — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
5. Max Weinreich — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)

POLICY DEBATE

THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(1) Bronx Science IE def. (2) Lexington SE (Hao Shen & Tyler Engler)

NORTHEAST CHAMPIONS
(1) Bronx Science IE (Ian Irlander & Zack Elias)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Ian Irlander — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
2. Hao Shen — Lexington High School (MA)
3. Jeffrey Boxer — Lexington High School (MA)
4. Tyler Engler — Lexington High School (MA)
5. Zack Elias — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)

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NOVICE FINAL FOUR
(1) Lexington FW def. (4) Newburgh Free KS (Nicholas Keywork & Stavan Shukla)
(3) Bronx Science FM def. (2) Bronx Law PM (Ermira Pashtriku & Betty Mahmud)

THE NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(3) Bronx Science FM def. (1) Lexington FW (James Fraser & Ben Wobbe)

NOVICE NORTHEAST CHAMPIONS [In Memory of Michael Bacon]
(3) Bronx Science FM (Daniel Fabrizio & Aidan McKeever)

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. James Fraser — Lexington High School (MA)
2. Daniel Fabrizio — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
3. Nicholas Keywork — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
4. Aidan McKeever — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
5. Ben Wobbe — Lexington High School (MA)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

SWEET SIXTEEN
(1) Westford SW def. (16) Lexington MR (Joseph Marques & Scoop Ruxin)
(2) Shrewsbury CD def. (15) Sharon KR (Alison Kozol & Matt Russell)
(3) Manchester Essex KP def. (14) Lynnfield AB (Tarek Abdalla & Robert Benson)
(4) Newton South FS def. (13) Sharon BD (Brandon Dewji — Maverick)
(5) Shrewsbury HR over (12) Shrewsbury DL (Lindsay Donovan & Robbie Li)
(6) Lincoln-Sudbury CW def. (11) Westford SW (Joanna Yu & Billy Zhao)
(10) Bronx Science HK def. (7) Westford BM (Paavan Bhavsar & Taher Motiwalla)
(8) Bronx Science WF over (9) Bronx Science LL (Thomas Lloyd & Max Lesser)

ELITE EIGHT
(8) Bronx Science WF def. (1) Westford SW (Anushi Shah & Hannah Wang)
(2) Shrewsbury CD def. (10) Bronx Science HK (Kaching Ho & Rachel Kaplan)
(6) Lincoln-Sudbury CW def. (3) Manchester Essex KP (Justine Kane & Caleb Pearce)
(4) Newton South FS def. (5) Shrewsbury HR (Nick Huang & Nate Richardson)

FINAL FOUR
(8) Bronx Science WF def. (4) Newton South FS (Nahuel Fefer & Jonathan Schmidt)
(6) Lincoln-Sudbury CW def. (2) Shrewsbury CD (Priyasha Chatruvedi & Madhavi Duvvuri)

THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(6) Lincoln-Sudbury CW and (8) Bronx Science WF are declared co-champions.

NORTHEAST CO-CHAMPIONS
(6) Lincoln-Sudbury CW (Daniel Cmejla — Maverick)
(8) Bronx Science WF (Katie Wong & Dasha Fayvinova)

TEAM SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS

1. The Bronx High School of Science (NY) — Jon Cruz, Director of Forensics
2. Lexington High School (MA) — Sara Sanchez, Director of Debate
3. Newburgh Free Academy (NY) — Sheryl Kaczmarek, Director of Debate

SMALL SCHOOL AWARD
Westford Academy (MA) — Jane Heaney, Director of Forensics

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