Comments on: St. Mark’s: Larry Liu Wins the Heart of Texas

By: Michael Fried

Michael Fried — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:36:48 +0000

Congrats to Bryan Wilder, my extended teammate…way to ball up at the last couple tournaments you have gone to Bry…and tupler good job haha

By: JamesM

JamesM — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:39:47 +0000

Congrats to Mccready and Patrick Graham for balling it up.

By: Daniel Khalessi

Daniel Khalessi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:12 +0000

Congrats to Larry

By: Elijah

Elijah — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:30 +0000

Major congrats to Tuppy Tupp and Neil Grigg.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:49:35 +0000

First, congrats to Jacob on breaking. You’ll get the bid soon. You’re definitely due.

Also, congrats to Apryl, Amanda, Lumpee, and Cory for breaking.

Good job to Jared, JRob, Neil, Josh, and Lassus for the bids.

And congrats to Jeff for bidding and Larry for the victory.

By: Dario Camara

Dario Camara — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:33:01 +0000

Josh Tupler and Bryan Wilder— NDF Represent.

By: steve schappaugh

steve schappaugh — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:43:01 +0000

Congrats to Josh Tupler – a great kid who works extremely hard – sorry I couldn’t be there for you this weekend but I knew you’d be fine without me (and Kris since he unexpectedly got sick :( ).

Congrats to Bryan Wilder from Legacy for breaking as well! Bryan is not known by many people but he is the only LDer at his school, is 15 years old (a senior) and is a great kid and very good debater. He doesn’t have the same resources, opportunities or coaching as others but works very hard and deserves every success he gets. I am glad that I could talk to you before your doubles round on the phone and know that all of us at USchool are glad to have you as an extended teammate!

Congrats to all who did so well this weekend.

By: Ryan Bennett

Ryan Bennett — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:10:27 +0000

Also, get off my nuts Jmon.

By: Ryan Bennett

Ryan Bennett — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:08:42 +0000

Massive congratulations to everyone on a lot of excellent performances and “upsets,” though all this really means is not that you beat someone you should not have, but that you finally came into your own, so hell yeah for doing so. A special congratulations to Patrick Graham on a well deserved bid number one, coaching you is a pleasure sir.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:36:19 +0000

Way to go Patty G!

By: Pgraham

Pgraham — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:31:22 +0000

Congrats to Max on the bid, you most definitely earned it.

By: Thurm

Thurm — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:39:55 +0000

Now that competition on the September-October topic is over, I wonder if anyone would be willing to submit their cases (full text, not the tag/cite form) to the NDCA Wiki?

The first part of a cross-posted thread from lddebate.org (it continues there).
http://forum.lddebate.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&p=4113#p4113

Respond there so the due congratulations for everyone who did well at Marks don’t get screened out. Congrats again to Lius, JROB, Pat, Truth, and Stef.

By: Ben Perotin

Ben Perotin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:54:08 +0000

Big congrats to my labmates Falba for breaking and for Lassus for getting that bid and getting to semis!

Keep up the good work guys.

By: Divya

Divya — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:47:54 +0000

CONGRATS ON QUALLING MONACO! And congrats to Max on bidding!! Austin ftw.

By: Jacob Pritt

Jacob Pritt — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:04:54 +0000

Congrats to J Rob, Tupler, Sipe, Jeff, and Jordan for bidding.

Congrats to Claire, Lumpee, and especially Nick for breaking.

Congrats to Tanya on finals and Larry on winning.

By: Dan Chen

Dan Chen — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:04:25 +0000

LIU BOYS FTW!

Congrats to Jeff on the bid and Larry on the win. Amazing job.

By: Maddy

Maddy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:18:36 +0000

congrats to sipe on the bid!

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:10:56 +0000

Omfg, Larry if you start taunting me about this I’m going to punch you.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:21:42 +0000

Liu boys.

Keep ballin’

By: Seber

Seber — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:16:24 +0000

Congrats Nick on getting to semis!!! Way to take names and grats to Blay for 3rd speaker, tis a lovely trophy.

By: Jalon Alexander

Jalon Alexander — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:53:24 +0000

Congrats to Apryl on the break and bid round iam almost positive seeing her earn a bid this season.
Congrats to Tanya on a finals apperance and completing her qual. Thats very impressive, we should all expect to here great things from you in the near future.
Also great job to farhan on getting some good polishing at a tough tournament, i see good things in your future as well, and you should be very happy that you were able to compete at such good tournaments so early in your career.

And congrats to Mr.Timmons and the rest of the greenhill coaching staff for a awesome performance. Good luck at the next tournament

By: mischa

mischa — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:50:53 +0000

first and foremost, i want to say FANTASTIC WORK TO JORDAN NERISON FROM REAGAN. this girl is one of the best debaters that you have never heard of. since i first judged you in a camp practice round at ut a few summers ago, i know you would go far. i always judge you at locals and am stunned by both your intellectual curiosity and your ability to cogently strategize with such innovative positions. it’s great to see that you are now competitive with the nation’s best; you deserve it. keep up the good work and rep that san antonio!

huge congratulations to both patrick graham and max mccready. i remember judging doubles at grapevine between the two of you and thinking it should have been semis. you are both obscenely intelligent and your hard work is obviously paying off.

nick lassus. wow, buddy. what a breakout. congratulations and i expect to see more of you in these late rounds.

josh tupler and brian hodge! congratulations to both of you (and to steve and quinn, respectively) for bidding so early in your sophomore years. these young’ns are both forces to be reckoned with.

jrob, no surprise here at all. excellent job holding down your winning territory.

jared woods, congrats on completing the qual. you’re definitely one of the most fun debaters to watch that i’ve seen this year. northland christian is DEEP this year and they’re all different, so make sure you watch out for this kid.

and neil grigg. you’ve been busting ass and i’ve been impressed in every round i’ve seen you this year. congrats on the return, i’m sure there are more bids in your near future.

blay; sorry you went down early, buddy. props on 3rd speaker, and you’ve already got the qual. keep your head up and stay swagnificent.

congratulations to everyone else that i forgot to mention, and good luck to all on the next topic.

p.s. endless thanks to ashan peiris and ajay ketkar. y’all know what’s up, thanks for being good friends.

By: SJanda

SJanda — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:43:31 +0000

Congrats to Ilya and and Stef to breaking.

Nice job to Jeff on getting the first bid of the year and Jared on the qual.

Major congrats to PD and Jrob on getting to quarters (and also to Jrob for that top speaker award).

Finally, huge, huge congratulations to Larry for taking it home to ‘Bama.

By: Dimas

Dimas — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:39:21 +0000

Huge congrats to Tanya for finals, Lassus on semis and the first of many bids to come, Josh on quarters, and Stef and Cory on the break!

By: Thurm

Thurm — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:32:06 +0000

HUGE congratulations to Larry for taking it all, Jeff for picking up the first of many bids, and brother in arms JROB for getting to quarters of another octas bid and being first speaker- keep shining down.

Rough luck Truth, you’ll get it next weekend.

By: Sohail

Sohail — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:30:48 +0000

Congrats to the lius for a strong performance (and Wade for helping them get there)

By: Archith

Archith — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:29:37 +0000

Larry!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:22:14 +0000

Finals decision:
Indian Springs Larry Liu def. Greenhill Tanya Thanawalla

3-0 Dessi, Castillo, Fernandez

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By: Vineet

Vineet — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:17:36 +0000

NICK LASSUS

By: Archith

Archith — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:16:54 +0000

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO LARRY! WIN IT!

By: Jon Cruz

Jon Cruz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:11:09 +0000

(Someone needs to get a VBD finalists picture!)

By: Jon Cruz

Jon Cruz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:53 +0000

CONGRATULATIONS TANYA! CONGRATULATIONS LARRY! What a major achievement for both — nice work.

Special shout out to Andrew and Zack for reaching quarters in policy, and for Dylan and Julia on their first bid round as a team.

By: Samuel Duby

Samuel Duby — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:09:03 +0000

Finals

Greenhill TT vs. Oak Mountain LL

Semis

Greenhill TT def Southlake PG
Oak Mountain LL def Strake Jesuit NL

Quarters

Oak Moutain LL def GBN PD
Greenhill TT def Vestavia KS
Southlake PG def Westlake JM
Strake Jesuit NL def Northland Christian JR

By: Rusty

Rusty — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:26:43 +0000

Greenhill def. Vestavia KS

2-1 (Meyers, Roberts, Wade*)

By: unknown

unknown — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:38:07 +0000

PD we love you!!!

By: Ben Weiss

Ben Weiss — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:21:20 +0000

Congrats to James on a well deserved qual!

By: Dan Jennis

Dan Jennis — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:11:55 +0000

Brian Hodge, Congrats on the bid. I told you that you were really talented and you proved it true today. Keep working as hard as you do, and keep making interesting and challenging decisions that help to distinguish you as a student of this activity. You have an amazing career ahead of you- I wish you the best of luck.

By: JSun

JSun — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:08:24 +0000

SIIIIIIIIIIIPE IS A BEAST
GREAT WHITE HOPE

By: Phelan

Phelan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:37:07 +0000

I should get 2 bids 4 winning hopkinz lol

By: Steven Adler

Steven Adler — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:28:21 +0000

Does anyone know when Quarters will be?

By: Larry Liu

Larry Liu — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:06:52 +0000

Some octas decisions:
Indian Springs LL def. Meadows NS 3-0 (K. Roberts, J. Tyler, J. Massey)
GBN PD def. Indian Springs JL 2-1 (K. Dessi, A. Peiris, *S. Duby)
Vestavia KS def. University JT 2-1 (E. Melin, C. Castillo, *A. Parker)
Northland JR def. Cypress Falls BH 3-0 (Fernandez, Ketkar, Donatti)

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By: Samuel Duby

Samuel Duby — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:33:44 +0000

(Unofficial Quarters)
This is from my looking at the bracket and is not officially released by St. Marks so I do not claim it to be official or 100% accurate but for those interested.

Quarters (according to my bracket)
Greenhill TT vs. Vestavia KS this round will feed into
Westlake JM vs. Southlake PG

Northland Christian JR vs. Strake Jesuit NL this round will feed into
GBN PD vs. Indian Springs LL

By: Archith

Archith — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:23:29 +0000

congrats to the liu twins on the bid!

By: Ian Gunn

Ian Gunn — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:15:06 +0000

Congrats to Jacob for his second bid round in as many tournaments and to Nick for his first bid round of the year. I know y’all are gonna continue to be great this year

By: Jorge

Jorge — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:51:00 +0000

how did neil do???

By: quinn olivarez

quinn olivarez — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:13:07 +0000

i forgot to mention brian is also only a sophomore. woo!

By: mmanuud

mmanuud — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:08:35 +0000

PD, you’re an amazing debater! Congrats so far – MM

By: quinn olivarez

quinn olivarez — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:01:38 +0000

octas
northland christian JR def cypress falls BH 3-0

CONGRATS BRIAN HODGE on the bid. he is a ridiculously hard working, smart kid, and this should be the first of many bids to come. i am very proud to be your coach, let’s make it happen again.

also, congrats to a handful of other people: first, jrob, monaco and jared, who are ridiculously talented. next, to neil and nick on their first bids – you guys are more deserving than anyone else i can think of. also to blay on 3rd speaker.

good, good weekend. nice weather, too.

By: kelly

kelly — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:34:50 +0000

CONGRATS KEVIN SIPE. you really deserved it.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:20:30 +0000

How about Jeff himself?

By: Rusty

Rusty — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:05:47 +0000

Sipe picked up

By: Jeff Liu

Jeff Liu — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00:41 +0000

In octas, Indian Springs LL def. Meadows NS (3-0)

By: D Alexander

D Alexander — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:44:27 +0000

Congrats to Jared on the TOC qual!

And Neil for that well-deserved bid.

Greenhill TT over Northland JW

By: Hendrick Hudson SR

Hendrick Hudson SR — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:36:19 +0000

PATRICK GRAHAM YOU GOT A BID!!!!!!!

ARMY ARMY ARMY ARMY ARMY

By: JSun

JSun — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:28:19 +0000

congrats to kevin sipe aka the great white hope on the bid. keep it up

By: Steven Adler

Steven Adler — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:12:05 +0000

Congrats to Kevin Sipe on the bid. You were really good in our round at Bronx, and I’m glad you broke through.

By: Nick Bubb

Nick Bubb — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:01:27 +0000

Congrats Neil on your first bid! You worked hard! Posted with iDebate

By: nathan abell

nathan abell — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:51:59 +0000

YAY for james max and brian. wooo

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:48:59 +0000

Good job LIU BOYS! :D

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:38:17 +0000

Octos:

Indian Springs JL v. Glenbrook North PD
Meadows NS v. Indian Springs LL
Northland Christian JR v. Cypress Falls BH
Northland Christian JW v. Greenhill TT
Southlake Carroll PG v. Kingwood NG
Strake Jesuit NL v. Raegan JN
Vestavia Hills KS v. Univeristy JT
Westlake JM v. Anderson MM

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:13 +0000

Congrats to Jared on the bid and the qual!

By: Heizelman

Heizelman — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:59:40 +0000

Strake Jesuit NL over legacy BW

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:55:45 +0000

kingwood. def. ilya

By: catterton

catterton — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:47:11 +0000

Anderson MM def Brentwood CW (Tyler, Melin, me*)

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:43:37 +0000

Greenhill TT def. Crowley DL 2-1, Wade*

By: Cole

Cole — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:43:04 +0000

Congrats to Jared on the TOC qual and to Brian for the bid!!!

By: D Alexander

D Alexander — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:21:29 +0000

Congrats to Brian Hodge for his first TOC bid!

As a sophomore, I find that impressive.

By: DMeyers

DMeyers — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:11:36 +0000

Both b flight

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:08:30 +0000

How are the Indian Springs boys doing?

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:57:20 +0000

Dear unkown: i beat ya by a minute ;)

By: steve schappaugh

steve schappaugh — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:55:45 +0000

University JT picked up on a 2-1 ….

By: unknown

unknown — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:53:55 +0000

oops

By: unknown

unknown — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:53:23 +0000

Northland Christian JR def. Kingwood Neil Grigg

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:56 +0000

Northland Christian JR def. Awty International PH
Northland Christian JW def. Winston Churchill Al

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:45:32 +0000

Vestavia KS def. WW SR 2-1 Ari on bottom

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:43:27 +0000

Reagan JN def. Jesuit JP

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:40:17 +0000

Pat Donavon wins 2-1
Nate Socolof wins 2-1

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:24:53 +0000

Go Ilya!

By: elora

elora — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:23:19 +0000

let’s go ilya!

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:21:15 +0000

Good luck to Brian Hodge, Max Mcready, Amanda Legrand, Claire Daviss, Patrick Graham, Cathy Creighton, Philips Hogan, Lumps, Alejandro, Josh Roberts and James Monaco.

By: Cole

Cole — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:20:48 +0000

Good Job Josh and Jared. U guys got it. Also, congrats to Brian and Alejandro.

By: Ajay Ketkar

Ajay Ketkar — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:57:02 +0000

Doubles

Northland Christian JR vs. Awty International PH
Westlake JM vs. Southlake Carrol CC
Glenbrook North PD vs. Greenhill AG
Crowley DL vs. Greenhill TT
Loyola AB vs. University JT
Indian Springs JL vs. Strake Jesuit AE
Southlake Carroll PG vs. Hockaday JE
Strake Jesuit NL vs. Legacy BW
Walt Whitman SR vs. Vestavia Hills KS
Winston Churchill CD vs. Indian Springs LL
Meadows NS vs. Jesuit NF
Torrey Pines IG vs. Kingwood NG
Jesuit JP vs. Reagan JN
Anderson MM vs. Brentwood CW
Northland Christian JW vs. Winston Churchill Al
Cypress Falls BH vs. Potomac EB

By: Heizelman

Heizelman — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:56:51 +0000

Does anyone know how Alejandro and Nick Lassus are doing?

and congrats to Northland, this is becoming a pattern. Way to represent Houston debate

By: Moerner

Moerner — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:30:15 +0000

Northland Christian JR: 1st Speaker
Northland Christian JW: 2nd Speaker

By: NaveenK

NaveenK — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:29:07 +0000

Bring it home for TP Ilya!!!

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:16:36 +0000

Ilya go kick some ass bud

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:56:58 +0000

Ya it is.
Round 5 pairings
Anderson MM v. Whitman SR Liz Scoggin
Southlake CC v. GBN PD Travis Smith
Churchill AL v. Jesuit JP Kris Wright
NLand JW v. Meadows NS McGinnis
Churchill CD v Newman Smith Rhonda Smith
Westlake AB v, Nland JR Mundt
Loyola AB v Hockaday JE Traber

By: wartinbee

wartinbee — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:19:27 +0000

is the “Blat” in Spirtos’ post actually Blay?

By: DMeyers

DMeyers — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:09:52 +0000

Pritt is 3-1

By: spirtos

spirtos — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:28:00 +0000

Jared: 4-0
Josh: 4-0
Nate: 4-0
Blat 3-1
Pritt: 3-0, unsure about the fourth
Good luck everyone

By: Michael Fried

Michael Fried — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:52:45 +0000

Lets go josh

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:44:19 +0000

LIU BOYS!

By: Ben Weiss

Ben Weiss — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:32:51 +0000

Good Luck Alex and James!

By: wartinbee

wartinbee — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:56:55 +0000

LOYOLA

By: Cole

Cole — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:11:57 +0000

Good luck Jrob and Jared. You guys got this! and Danny

By: Cole

Cole — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:11:35 +0000

Good luck Jrob and Jared. You guys got this!