Breaking News: LD Finals — Nebel vs. Vohra
posted by Victory Briefs on June 18th, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — And then there were two.
The Hockaday School’s Shivani Vohra and Trinity Preparatory School’s Jake Nebel will face off in the final round of Lincoln-Douglas debate at the 2009 National Tournament. Victory Briefs Daily will provide coverage of finals and of the awards ceremony.
In the fifteenth round, Jake defeated Cherry Creek High School’s Stephen Lurie; Shivani defeated Leland High School’s Aparna Ramanan.
(Please pardon the camp photograph; a more appropriate photograph will be taken tomorrow!)
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Posted from: 98.14.255.196
June 18th, 2009 14:15
CONGRATULATIONS to Jake and Shivani, two of the very best debaters of perhaps the most competitive graduating class in Lincoln-Douglas debate history.
Congratulations as well to Aparna and Stephen (a loyal “Ask Cruz” questioner!) on their performances this week.
Finally, special shout out to Adam Gerchick from your friends at Bronx Science.
Posted from: 67.173.227.196
June 18th, 2009 14:34
Stephen, here’s a shout out from a three-time opponent Colorado. Congratulations on making it so far! I repeatedly refreshed VBD to see these results. And Adam, I could tell from your ability in lab at VBI that you would go far at nationals, and ha, I was right. Congratulations, and have a happy end to high school debate (or at least try to suppress the nostalgia).
Posted from: 12.110.168.66
June 18th, 2009 14:52
Wow. The family Vohra kind of owns this tournament. Jon Cruz must be salivating over possible new trivia. Congrats to Shivani.
Congrats to Jake as well.
This is going to be a fantastic final round
Posted from: 76.211.232.244
June 18th, 2009 15:31
Congrats to Shivani and Jake for setting up a phenomenal final round. I’m sure it’ll be a great round; best of luck to both of you!
Congrats, too, to Aparna. I remember telling Mrs. Brasher during your freshman year that you had the talent to win nationals…the dedication you’ve shown to the game is why you’re making me look like a genius. I’m glad that the LD side of things has had you around to shepherd it into the future. Great job, and way to make all of us proud!
Posted from: 75.73.210.103
June 18th, 2009 15:45
jake looks like a dork
Posted from: 128.36.76.173
June 18th, 2009 15:49
For those who want to watch the final round live…. go to this site for details
(they will also be broadcasting the finals of oratory, extemp and policy)
http://debatevideoblog.blogspot.com/
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
June 18th, 2009 15:50
I will confirm this later, but I am fairly certain Hockaday is the first school to ever be in three consecutive final rounds of Lincoln-Douglas debate — Taarini, Joan, and now Shivani — and I know Hockaday is certainly one of the only schools (the only?) to to be in finals three times. I’ll confirm with details later.
Posted from: 68.119.213.200
June 18th, 2009 16:36
@bhill
Is the video feed showing up for anyone? I’m not getting anything here.
Posted from: 67.186.56.66
June 18th, 2009 16:41
congratulations to jake, maybe youll follow in todd “the national champion” liipfert’s footsteps showing up at UNT fresh off a win.
Posted from: 209.240.89.108
June 18th, 2009 16:51
videos not working for me either
Posted from: 76.242.38.34
June 18th, 2009 18:19
Wasn’t Jake also salutatorian at his school too?…this kid is insane…
Posted from: 12.187.249.130
June 18th, 2009 18:36
congratulations jake and shivani.
Posted from: 128.36.149.4
June 18th, 2009 18:57
re: posts 8, 10
lol, guys note the details on the blog.
The final rounds (as the blog says) do not happen until tomorrow, the 19th.
So the videos aren’t working because well, there’s nothing to broadcast yet…
Posted from: 71.139.38.92
June 18th, 2009 19:13
the reason people were confused is that there are final rounds tonight (Thurs) in HI, DI and duo, but yes the blog makes it clear that it’s only Friday.
Posted from: 166.137.4.131
June 18th, 2009 19:14
This is the kind of mainstream media attention 40-7 rekordz needs to get it’s feet off the ground.
Posted from: 68.117.247.229
June 18th, 2009 20:44
UNT FTW!!!!!!!!!!
Posted from: 24.6.158.21
June 18th, 2009 20:45
To post 11- I think he also wrestles with tigers
Posted from: 97.65.12.207
June 19th, 2009 01:37
Congratulations to Jake and Shivani. Should be a really great final round!
Posted from: 68.82.39.209
June 19th, 2009 09:54
Congrats and good luck to both Jake and Shivani!
Posted from: 69.115.18.52
June 19th, 2009 10:25
@ whoever has trouble with the live feed you need:
1) internet explorer not firefox
2) latest version of quick time
and it takes a few seconds to load
then you the stage and all the trophies
hope i helped
Posted from: 76.238.241.16
June 19th, 2009 23:39
@17
so he also wrestles with tigers, was 2nd in class, won practically every LD invitational, is going to Princeton…geezes…wow, wtf