Courtney Ballentine Wins the 1996 TOC

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The 1996 Tournament of Champions concluded with a victory for Iowa over Minnesota when Valley High School’s Courtney Ballentine defeated Apple Valley Hills High School’s David Singh on a 3-2 decision. Congratulations are still in order for both!

(I’m returning to my ongoing project of insuring an institutional memory for Lincoln-Douglas debate, in which I have been carefully organizing, transcribing, and digitizing materials I have been finding in the Chellgren Center Debate Office at the University of Kentucky and that have been donated to me by R.J. Pellicciotta. My thanks to R.J. and to Linda Barker, J.W. Patterson, and Roger Solt for their assistance!)

Courtney was coached by Nick Nelsen; David was coached by Pam Cady.

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(17) Vestavia Hills MM (Michelle Myers)

OCTAS
(1) Christopher Columbus JC def. (16) Cedar Hill KP (Katie Pollock)
(2) College Prep AP def. (15) Coral Gables NN (Newman Nahas)
(3) McQuaid Jesuit JM def. (14) Vestavia Hills TW (Tyrenda Williams)
(4) Apple Valley LH def. (13) Hopkins MM (Maya Mikhailov)
(12) Regis DB def. (5) Saint James JC (Jonathan Carr)
(6) Winston Churchill DS def. (11) Grapevine TS (Tejal Shah)
(10) Apple Valley DS def. (7) Clark CM (Caleb McDaniel)
(8) Valley CB def. (9) Vestavia Hills HD (Hetal Doshi)

QUARTERS
(8) Valley CB def. (1) Christopher Columbus JC (John Couriel)
(10) Apple Valley DS def. (2) College Prep AP (A.C. Padian)
(3) McQuaid Jesuit JM def. (6) Winston Churchill DS (Derek Smith)
(12) Regis DB def. (4) Apple Valley LH (Leah Halvorson)

SEMIS
(8) Valley CB def. (12) Regis DB (David Browne)
(10) Apple Valley DS def. (3) McQuaid Jesuit JM (John Morrison)

FINALS
(8) Valley CB def. (10) Apple Valley DS (David Singh)

TOC CHAMPION
(8) Valley CB (Courtney Ballentine)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Jonathan Carr — St. James School (AL) [Walter Alan Ulrich Award]
2. Derek Smith — Winston Churchill High School (TX)
3. John Couriel — Christopher Columbus High School (FL)
4. Caleb McDaniel — Clark High School (TX)
5. Michelle Myers — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
6. Courtney Ballentine — Valley High School (IA)
7. Hetal Doshi — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
8. David Singh — Apple Valley High School (MN)
9. Beau Gratzer — Taylor High School (TX)
10. Nathan Foy — Saint James School (AL)
11. Michael Edwards — College Preparatory School (CA)
12. Brian Fletcher — Valley High School (IA)
13. Lori Calvasina — The Montgomery Academy (AL)
14. Allison Snow — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
15. Anjan Choudhury — Taylor High School (TX)

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PAST TOC RESULTS ON VBD
1986 | Hee-Sun Hong — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
1987 | Scott Tucker — Twin Lakes High School (NY)
1988 | Jonathan Koppell & Peter Colavito, The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
1989 | David Kennedy — Regis High School (NY)
1990 | Chris Keller — Tampa Jesuit High School (FL)
1991 | Jeff Marcus — Miami Palmetto High School (FL)
1992 | Michael Erickson — La Cueva High School (NM)
1993 | Jason Baldwin — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
1994 | Ann Miura — Palo Alto High School (CA)
1995 | Greg Goldfarb — Miami Palmetto High School (FL)
1996 | Courtney Ballentine — Valley High School (IA)
1997 | Hetal Doshi — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
1998 | Ari Simon — Valley High School (IA)
1999 | Tom Zimpleman — Valley High School (IA)
2000 | Seamus Donovan — Edmond North High School (OK)
2001 | Tom Pryor — Hopkins High School (MN)
2002 | Jenn Larson — Millard West High School (NE)
2003 | Andrew Garvin — Mission San Jose High School (CA)
2004 | John McNeil — Edina High School (MN)
2005 | David Wolfish — Greenhill School (TX)
2006 | Stephen Hess — Mountain View High School (CA)
2007 | Patrick Diehl — Lynbrook High School (CA)
2008 | Chris Theis — Apple Valley High School (MN)
2009 | Chris Theis — Apple Valley High School (MN)

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