Shawn Tuteja Wins AFEA State Championship
Hamilton Bloom Wins J.V. State Championship;
Brandon Herrin Wins Top Novice Honors
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Forensic Educators Association State Tournament was held this year at the Courtyard Marriott and on the campus of Saint James School, providing a culminating event for one of the historical powerhouse states in forensics.
In the final round of varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, the Altamont School’s Shawn Tuteja defeated Mountain Brook High School’s Carter Bielen to win the state title. Congratulations to both debaters!
Shawn is coached by Shaun Thislethwaite; Carter is coached by Jeff Roberts.
Mountain Brook took home top school honors, its first championship sweepstakes in fifteen years.
In the junior varsity tournament, the Montgomery Academy’s Hamilton Bloom defeated Mountain Brook High School’s Mary Sellers Shaw to win top honors. Congratulations to both debaters!
Hamilton is coached by Jay Rye; Mary Sellers is coached by Jeff Roberts.
In the novice division, Saint James School’s Brandon Herrin defeated Mountain Brook High School’s Clinton Taylor to win the novice championship. Congratulations to both!
Brandon is coached by Melanie Eller; Clinton is coached by Jeff Roberts.
(Regan Williams contributed to this report.)
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
SEMIS
Altamont ST def. Vestavia Hills KS (Kevin Sipe)
Mountain Book CB over Mountain Brook LE (Lizzie Ernstberger)
FINALS
Altamont ST def. Mountain Brook CB (Carter Bielen)
CHAMPION
Altamont ST (Shawn Tuteja)
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J.V. SEMIS
Montgomery HB def. Mountain Brook KJ (Kevin Jiang)
Mountain Brook MS def. Lamp OB
J.V. FINALS
Montgomery HB def Mountain Brook MS (Mary Sellers Shaw)
AFEA J.V. STATE CHAMPION
Montgomery HB (Hamilton Bloom)
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NOVICE SEMIS
Mountain Brook CT def Saint James KE (Kayla Eller)
Saint James BH over Saint James BR (Ben Richardson)
NOVICE FINALS
Saint James BH def. Mountain Brook CT (Clinton Taylor)
AFEA NOVICE STATE CHAMPION
Saint James BH (Brandon Herrin)
TEAM SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS
OVERALL
1. Mountain Brook High School — Jeff Roberts, Director of Forensics
2. The Montgomery Academy — Jay Rye, Director of Forensics
3. Prattville High School (AL) — Katy Olienyk, Director of Forensics
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
The Montgomery Academy — Jay Rye, Director of Forensics
STUDENT CONGRESS
The Montgomery Academy — Jay Rye, Director of Forensics
DEBATE
Mountain Brook High School — Jeff Roberts, Director of Forensics
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Posted from: 67.205.7.31
April 24th, 2009 19:56
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Posted from: 24.197.9.113
April 25th, 2009 01:04
As far as novice goes.
3-0′s
1. Mims Windam MB
2. Clinton Taylor MB
3. Kayla Eller STJ
2-1′s
1. Alex Cordover MB
2. Brandon Herrin STJ
3. Bruce Parrish MA
4. Shanna Liu VHHS
5. Ben Richardson STJ
Posted from: 66.168.220.167
April 26th, 2009 02:00
Novice LD:
Finals: Saint James BH (Brandon Herrin) over Mountain Brook CT (Clinton Taylor) on a 2-1 decision.
JV LD:
Finals: The Montgomery Acadamy HB (Hamilton Bloom) over Mountain Brook MS (Mary Sellers Shaw) on a 2-1 decision.
Varsity LD:
Finals: Altamont ST (Shawn Tuteja) over Mountain Brook CB (Carter Bielen) on a 2-1 decision.
Posted from: 67.205.7.31
April 26th, 2009 15:38
[...] AFEA State (AL) — Finals: Altamont’s Shawn Tuteja defeated Mountain Brook’s Carter Bielen. CHSSA State (CA) — Awaiting Results NYSFL State (NY) — Finals: Stuyvesant’s Georgia Stasinopoulos defeated Hunter College’s Alex Bores. Perspectives RR — Finals: Scarsdale’s Nikita Lalwani defeated Millburn’s Tess McNulty on a 3-2 decision. TFL State (NC) — Awaiting Results Voices of Philadelphia — Finals: Bodine’s Jalon Alexander defeated Bodine’s Melanie Young. Novice Finals: Science Leadership’s Jeff Kessler defeated Shaw’s Michael Watson [...]
Posted from: 74.171.15.70
April 27th, 2009 16:43
Congrats to every one it was all well deserved
and thanks to Shanna Liu for letting me use the camera for the Photo