Michael Hassin Wins Ridge

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — The fifth annual Ridge Debates drew eighty competitors in Lincoln-Douglas debate. The final round featured Hendrick Hudson High School’s Alli Gofman and Millburn High School’s Michael Hassin. It was adjudicated by Charlie Furman, Adam Gerchick, and Alan Tong.

On a 2-1 decision, Michael defeated Alli to win the title. Congratulations to both finalists!

Michael is coached by Michael Paul, Avi Jayaraman, and Dan Jennis; Alli is coached by Jim Menick.

The varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament attracted eighty competitors; the novice tournament had sixty-three debaters.

The final round of the novice division featured Montville High School’s Deep Dheri and Regis High School’s Kyle Misquitta. On a 2-1 decision, Deep defeated Kyle to win the title. Congratulations to both finalists!

Deep is coached by Mary Gormley; Kyle is coached by Eric Di Michele.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

(25) Stuyvesant LB (Lea Beltramino)

PARTIAL DOUBLES
(1) Hendrick Hudson AG advances without debating
(2) Hendick Hudson SR advances without debating
(3) Hunter College DL advances without debating
(4) Whippany Park BY advances without debating
(5) Timothy Christian KZ advances without debating
(6) Regis BH advances without debating
(7) Millburn MH advances without debating
(8) Regis CK advances without debating
(9) Newburgh Free ZS def. (24) Timothy Christian RF (Ruth Fong)
(10) Byram Hills JM def. (23) Stuyvesant AV (Ady Vijay)
(11) Stuyvesant TA def. (22) Arthur L. Johnson CJ (Chris Judd)
(21) Bronx Science CC def. (12) Hunter College CL (Charlie Lasswell)
(13) Newburgh Free ZS def. (20) Montville MW (Matthew Wolfson)
(19) Chaminade MB def. (14) Stuyvesant GW (Grant Weisberg)
(15) Whippany Park DC def. (18) Hendrick Hudson ZS (Zack Struver)
(17) Regis AG def. (16) Timothy Christian SR (Stephen Rabideau)

OCTAS
(1) Hendrick Hudson AG def. (17) Regis AG (Andrew Giambrone)
(2) Hendick Hudson SR def. (15) Whippany Park DC (Dan Chen)
(3) Hunter College DL def. (19) Chaminade MB (Mihcael Bucaria)
(13) Newburgh Free DK def. (4) Whippany Park BY (Ben Yu)
(21) Bronx Science CC def. (5) Timothy Christian KZ (Kaiwen Zhu)
(11) Stuyvesant TA def. (6) Regis BH (Bobby Hausen)
(7) Millburn MH def. (10) Byram Hills JM (Jeffrey March)
(8) Regis CK vs. (9) Newburgh Free ZS (Zach Schuyler)

QUARTERS
(1) Hendrick Hudson AG def. (8) Regis CK (Chris Kelly)
3-0 (Adam Gerchick, Sabrina Graham, Jonathan Alston)
(7) Millburn MH def. (2) Hendick Hudson SR (Sophie Ruff)
(Alan Tong, Charlie Furman, Rachel Vogel)
(11) Stuyvesant TA def. (3) Hunter College DL (Diana Li)
(Les Phillips, Anthony Berryhill, Brian Kwik)
(13) Newburgh Free DK def. (21) Bronx Science CC (Carolyn Clendenin)
2-1 (Lawrence Golden, *Abdul Beretay, Avi Jayaraman)

SEMIS
(1) Hendrick Hudson AG def. (13) Newburgh Free DK (Devin Kasinski)
3-0 (Alan Tong, Charlie Furman, Brian Kwik)
(7) Millburn MH def. (11) Stuyvesant TA (Taha Ahsin)
3-0 (Lawrence Golden, Rachel Vogel, Les Phillips)

FINALS
(7) Millburn MH def. (1) Hendrick Hudson AG (Alli Gofman)
2-1 (Charlie Furman, Alan Tong, Rachel Vogel)

CHAMPION
(7) Millburn MH (Michael Hassin)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Ben Yu — Whippany Park High School (NJ)
2. Kaiwen Zhu — Timothy Christian School (NJ)
3. Bobby Hausen — Regis High School (NY)
4. Michael Hassin — Millburn High School (NJ)
5. Alli Gofman — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
6. Sophie Ruff — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
7. Chris Kelly — Regis High School (NY)
8. Diana Li — Hunter College High School (NY)
9. Andrew Giambrone — Regis High School (NY)
10. Zach Schuyler — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
11. Zack Struver — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
12. Jeffrey March — Byram Hills High School (NY)
13. Michael Bucaria — Chaminade High School (NY)
14. Matthew Wolfson — Montville High School (NJ)
15. Carolyn Clendenin — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)

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(25) Scarsdale HG (Harris Gurney)

NOVICE PARTIAL DOUBLES
(1) Regis KM advances without debating
(2) Regis RM advances without debating
(3) Millburn YY advances without debating
(4) Millburn SM advances without debating
(5) Timothy Christian AM advances without debating
(6) Montville DD advances without debating
(7) Lakeland EO advances without debating
(8) Scarsdale MY advances without debating
(24) Randolph NS def. (9) Chaminade JM (John McKay)
(10) Chaminade JD def. (23) Newark Science KC (Kyle Coutinho)
(11) Regis JO def. (22) Timothy Christian GM (Gerritt Maniguet)
(12) Regis JC def. (21) Newark Science TM (Thais Marques)
(13) Randolph SL def. (20) Bronx Science SS (Shai Szulanski)
(19) Newark Science FB def. (14) Bronx Science PS (Piper Sheren)
(15) Regis BK def. (18) Scarsdale MM (Mukand Murari)
(16) Newark Science JB def. (17) Millburn JB (Jonah Birnberg)

NOVICE OCTAS
(1) Regis KM def. (16) Newark Science JB (Jaysen Bazile)
(2) Regis RM vs. (15) Regis BK (Barrett King)
(19) Newark Science FB def. (3) Millburn YY (Yang Yi)
(13) Randolph SL def. (4) Millburn SM (Shiv Malhotra)
(12) Regis JC def. (5) Timothy Christian AM (Andrew Meleta)
(6) Montville DD def. (11) Regis JO (Jack O’Malley)
(7) Lakeland EO def. (10) Chaminade JD (Jordan Duprey)
(8) Scarsdale MY def. (24) Randolph NS (Neal Shah)

NOVICE QUARTERS
(1) Regis KM def. (8) Scarsdale MY (Matthew Yaspin)
(2) Regis RM def. (7) Lakeland EO (Eseosa Olhumhense)
(6) Montville DD def. (19) Newark Science FB (Flavia Bortoleto)
(12) Regis JC def. (13) Randolph SL (Scott Levinson)

NOVICE SEMIS
(1) Regis KM def. (12) Regis JC (Jaime Cobham)
(6) Montville DD (Deep Dheri) def. (2) Regis RM (Ryan McEvoy)

NOVICE FINALS
(1) Regis KM (Kyle Misquitta) vs. (6) Montville DD (Deep Dheri)

NOVICE CHAMPION

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Kyle Misquitta — Regis High School (NY)
2. Ryan McEvoy — Regis High School (NY)
3. Yang Yi — Millburn High School (NJ)
4. Barrett King — Regis High School (NY)
5. Shiv Malhotra — Millburn High School (NJ)
6. Andrew Meleta — Timothy Christian School (NJ)
7. Jaysen Bazile — Newark Science Park High School (NJ)
8. Bernice Chan — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
9. Deep Dheri — Montville High School (NJ)
10. Eseosa Olumhense — Lakeland High School (NY)

POLICY DEBATE

(13) Newburgh Free CC (Matt Challes & Mahin Choudhury)

PARTIAL OCTAS
(1) Bronx Science MR advances without debating
(2) Newburgh Free BS advances without debating
(3) Edgemont MX advances without debating
(4) Stuyvesant GK advances without debating
(5) Bronx Science KL def. (12) University TB (Amna Tariq & Omer Bhatti)
(6) University KD def. (11) Edgemont KS (Eugene Kim & Ashish Shrestha)
(7) Monticello AB def. (10) Newburgh Free CM (Gerald Cowen & Stephanie McCormick)
(9) Newark Science MP def. (8) Monticello BB (Nick Burton & Anthony Bisignano)

QUARTERS
(1) Bronx Science MR def. (9) Newark Science MP (Devane Murphy & Christine Poveda)
(2) Newburgh Free BS def. (7) Monticello AB (Luis Aguirre & Savannah Behrent)
(3) Edgemont MX def. (6) University KD (Shagun Kukreja & Rashawn Davis)
(4) Stuyvesant GK def. (5) Bronx Science KL (Scott Khamphoune & Daniel Lee)

SEMIS
(1) Bronx Science MR vs. (4) Stuyvesant GK
(2) Newburgh Free BS vs. (3) Edgemont MX

FINALS

CHAMPIONS

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Andrew Markoff — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
2. Anuj Bapodra — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
3. Daniel Lee — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
4. Helen Xu — Edgemont High School (NY)
5. Devane Murphy — Newark Science Park High School (NJ)
6. Shagun Kukreja — University High School (NJ)
7. Isaac Marshall — Edgemont High School (NY)
8. Julia Reinitz — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
9. Anna Gordan — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
10. Sandesh Kataria — Stuyvesant High School (NY)

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(9) Bronx Science BD (Michael Blenner & Soum Das)

NOVICE QUARTERS
(1) Bronx Science AK over (8) Bronx Science LT (Samantha Lee & Madeline Tien)
(2) Bronx Science BK def. (7) Kempsville LL (Bo-kum Lee & Bo-eun Lee)
(6) Bronx Law MC def. (3) Bronx Science TT (Aaron Tam & Joyce Tang)
(4) Nashua DS over (5) Nashua SW (Hari Santhragahavan & Dillon Wright)

NOVICE SEMIS
(4) Nashua DS def. (1) Bronx Science AK (Sadie Alperson & Mimi Kang)
(6) Bronx Law MC def. (2) Bronx Science BK (Abla Belhachmi & Anastasia Kazteridis)

NOVICE FINALS
(6) Bronx Law MC vs. (4) Nashua DS

NOVICE CHAMPIONS

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Bo-kum Lee — Kempsville High School (VA)
2. Maria Morales — Bronx School of Law, Justice, and Government (NY)
3. Charles Athanaopolous — Bronx School of Law, Justice, and Government (NY)
4. Mimi Kang — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
5. Sean Stempler — Nashua High School (NH)
6. Samantha Lee — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
7. Mayank Dubey — Nashua High School (NH)
8. Gopals Srinivasan — Lakeland High School (NY)
9. Tanay Bhandarkar — Lakeland High School (NY)
10. Pritten Shah — Lakeland High School (NY)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

(9) Potomac Senior SS (Shadi Sabbagh & Colin Mohnacs)

QUARTERS
(1) Millburn SM over (8) Millburn MB (Tim Matchen & Rachel Bain)
(2) Regis CO over (7) Regis LN (Vik Lobo & Tim Nowak)
(3) Regis AE def. (6) Livingston GL (Devin Grossman & Zachary Lustbader)
(5) Regis GM def. (4) Millburn PS (4) Millburn PS (Zack Pitkowsky & Hannah Silverman)

SEMIS
(1) Millburn SM def. (3) Regis AE (Mark Andriola & Joseph Eddy)
(2) Regis CO over (5) Regis GM (Joe Gowen & Pat Moran)

FINALS
(2) Regis CO def. (1) Millburn SM (Matthew Summers & Jimmy Matin)

CHAMPIONS
(2) Regis CO (Parick Cooney & John O’Brien)

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