Sean Janda Wins the Langan

Delbarton Closes Out Novice Tournament

SCRANTON, Penn. — The thirty-first annual James M. Langan Invitational was significantly expanded this year by tournament directors Brian Manuel, Taylor Roth, and Eleanor Langan. The tournament staff looks forward to further expansion next season.

In the final round of varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, La Salle College High School’s Sean Janda defeated Elk Lake High School’s Austin Cohen on a 2-1 decision to win the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Sean is coached by Raymond T. Shay and Steve McElroy; Austin is coached by Keith A. Brosious.

(As we await a picture from Pennsbury, we’ll show Sean with his Pennsylvania state championship plaque.)

The novice division concluded with a close-out from the Delbarton School’s Zachary Posess and James Weldon, who were declared co-champions. (James advanced over teammate Gregory Keiser in the semifinal round.) Congratulations!

James and Zachary are coached by Bro. Kevin Tidd.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Ridge AL def. Elk Lake SS (Shea Skinner)
Newburgh Freek DK over Newburgh Free PW (Phoebe Wolfe)
La Salle College SJ def. Abington Heights AN (Ashley Novak)
Elk Lake AC def. Southern Lehigh JJ (Jacob Jones)

SEMIS
Elk Lake AC def. Ridge AL (Alex Liao)
La Salle College SJ def. Newburgh Free DK (Devin Kasinski)

FINALS
La Salle College SJ def. Elk Lake AC (Austin Cohen)

CHAMPION
La Salle College SJ (Sean Janda)

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NOVICE QUARTERS
Truman JN def. Delbarton VS (Vivek Shimpi)
Delbarton JW over Delbarton RS (Ritchie Shen)
Delbarton GK def. Lexington NS (Noah Star)
Delbarton ZP def. Elk Lake RG (Richard Guiton)

NOVICE SEMIS
Delbarton ZP def. Truman JN (Jennifer Nguyen)
Delbarton JW over Delbarton GK (Gregory Keiser)

NOVICE FINALS
Delbarton ZP and Delbarton JW close out.

NOVICE CO-CHAMPIONS
Delbarton JW (James Weldon)
Delbarton ZP (Zachary Posess)

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