Catherine Tarsney Takes Blake
Bronx Science Wins Policy Debate Title
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Blake School’s forty-seventh annual John Edie Holiday Tournament concluded late Sunday morning with a final round that brought together Saint Louis Park High School’s Catherine Tarsney and Valley High School’s Ross Brown. The round was adjudicated by Adam Torson, Chris Theis, Danielle Smogard, Matt Wilson, and Charlie Furman.
On a 5-0 decision, Catherine bested Ross to win the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!
Catherine is coached by Christian Tarsney, Heather Hamilton, and Jason Zhou; Ross is coached by Dave McGinnis and Marcus Moretti.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
PARTIAL TRIPLES
(1) Saint Louis Park CT advances without debating
(2) Valley RB advances without debating
(3) Glenbrook North PD advances without debating
(4) Iowa West GT advances without debating
(5) Walt Whitman JK advances without debating
(6) Walt Whitman CS advances without debating
(7) Walt Whitman PG advances without debating
(8) Walt Whitman SF advances without debating
(9) Walt Whitman EM advances without debating
(10) Valley AL advances without debating
(11) Bronx Science CC (Neg) def. (54) Harvard-Westlake BG (Brendan Gallagher)
3-0 (Jason Zhou, Dobrin, Scott Tomsu)
(12) Mercer Island SA def. (53) Hopkins EN (Emily Nuckols)
3-0 (Liz Scoggin, Van Elswyk, Beadle)
(13) Saint Louis Park MP def. (52) Harvard Westlake NP (Nick Pritzker)
2-1 (Ben Holguin, *Amy Lawler, Conor Doherty)
(14) Valley MK def. (51) Robbinsdale Cooper CT (Chyenne Thibodo)
3-0 (Paul Magyar, Alex Stephenson, Allison Stickley)
(15) Harvard-Westlake BSK def. (50) Lakeville North JT (Jayant Tripathy)
3-0 (Adam Torson, Chris Theis, Ian Hopkins)
(16) University [FL] MF def. (49) Apple Valley LS (Luke Stuttgen)
2-1 (Matt Bryrne, *Anjan Choudhury, Derek Green)
(17) Ankeny LB def. (48) Harvard-Westlake AA (Aneri Amin)
2-1 (Danielle Smogard, Dave Pritschet, *Fred Robertson)
(18) Baltimore City College GI def. (47) Eagan WC (Will Cox)
3-0 (Francesca Parente, Joe Vaughan, Mark Ahlstrom)
(19) Barrington KP def. (46) Potomac MR (Madhu Ramankutty)
3-0 (Rick Brundage, Douglas Jeffers, Molly Pittman)
(20) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (45) Apple Valley JG (John Granlund)
3-0 (Steve Schappaugh, Adam Groner, Peter Gokey)
(21) Bronx Science MR def. (44) Isidore Newman SF (Stephanie Fang)
3-0 (Charlie Furman, Chris Kramer, Craig Skelton)
(43) Lakeville North CE def. (22) Benilde-St. Margaret’s BK (Bennet Kenzie)
2-1 (*Dan Jennis, Johanna Russell, Tony Martinet)
(23) Valley AK def. (42) Chattahoochee CW (Conner Watts)
3-0 (Ellen Noble, Joseph Miller, Ben Berkman)
(41) Niskayuna AM def. (24) Eagan MW (Michelle Wagner)
3-0 (Loren Eastlund, Arianna Guzman, David McNeil)
(40) University [FL] JT def. (25) Bronx Science EM (Ellie Merle)
3-0 (Christian Tarsney, Brad Noethe, Krishna Agrawal)
(26) Valley CM def. (39) Fargo Shanley PT (Phil Thelen)
3-0 (Matt Wilson, Dan Willey, Deeksith Velagandula)
(27) Ankeny SS def. (38) Valley MS (Moses Sloven)
3-0 (Eli Mallon, Raymond Mestad, Jack Mullaney)
(37) Scarsdale JY def. (28) Walt Whitman NC (Nathalia Cibotti)
2-1 (Sabrina Graham, *Tara Norris, Michelle Keohane)
(29) Monticello DC def. (36) Valley YZ (Yale Zhu)
3-0 (Patrick Diehl, Tyler Traub, Cathy Baker)
(35) Greenhill AG def. (30) Scarsdale JB (Jonathon Bowyer)
2-1 (Ari Parker, *Jessica Bailey, Jeff Gans)
(34) Apple Valley JS def. (31) Lakeville South DS (Dylan Slinger)
2-1 (*Ernie Rose, F. Jenkins-White, Dana Rognlie)
(33) Walt Whitman SR def. (23) Scarsdale GK (Geoffrey Kristof)
2-1 (Michael Roytman, Doug Hoverson, *Dave McGinnis)
DOUBLES
(1) Saint Louis Park CT def. (33) Walt Whitman SR (Stefanie Rohde)
3-0 (Paul Magyar, Francesca Parente, Danielle Smogard)
(2) Valley RB def. (34) Apple Valley JS (Jon Slater)
3-0 (Paul Magyar, Francesca Parente, Danielle Smogard)
(3) Glenbrook North PD def. (35) Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
2-1 (Rick Brundage, *Loren Eastlund, Patrick Diehl)
(4) Iowa City West GT def. (29) Monticello DC (Dan Cook)
3-0 (Rick Brundage, Loren Eastlund, Patrick Diehl)
(5) Walt Whitman JK def. (37) Scarsdale JY (Jared Young)
3-0 (Michelle Keohane, Alex Stephenson, Charlie Furman)
(6) Walt Whitman CS def. (27) Ankeny SS (Sarah Sutter)
3-0 (Michelle Keohane, Alex Stephenson, Charlile Furman)
(7) Walt Whitman PG def. (26) Valley CM (Christopher Miller)
3-0 (Joe Vaughan, Matt Wilson, Adam Torson)
(8) Walt Whitman SF def. (40) University JT (Josh Tupler)
2-1 (Joe Vaughan, *Matt Wilson, Adam Torson)
(41) Niskayuna AM def. (9) Walt Whitman EM (Emily Massey)
2-1 (*Christian Tarsney, Chris Theis, Dan Jennis)
(10) Valley AL over (23) Valley AK (Alex Kramer)
(11) Bronx Science CC def. (43) Lakeville North CE (Catherine Eichmann)
3-0 (Christian Tarsney, Chris Theis, Dan Jennis)
(12) Mercer Island SA def. (21) Bronx Science MR (Matt Ross)
2-1 (Eli Mallon, Conor Doherty, *Ari Parker)
(20) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (13) Saint Louis Park MP (Michael Prideaux)
2-1 (Eli Mallon, *Tara Norris, Sabrina Graham)
(19) Barrington KP def. (14) Valley MK (Matt Kawahara)
2-1 (Jason Zhou, *Ellen Noble, Ben Holguin)
(18) Baltimore City College GI def. (15) Harvard-Westlake BSK (Ben Sprung-Keyser)
3-0 (Jason Zhou, Ellen Noble, Ben Holguin)
(16) University [FL] MF def. (17) Ankeny LB (Lauren Burdt)
3-0 (Michael Roytman, Brad Noethe, Matt Byrne)
OCTAS
(1) Saint Louis Park CT def. (16) University [FL] MF (Mike Fried)
3-0 (Ellen Noble, Brad Noethe, Jeff Gans)
(2) Valley RB def. (18) Baltimore City College GI (Gareth Imparato)
2-1 (*Johanna Russell, Christian Tarsney, Allison Stickley)
(3) Glenbrook North PD def. (19) Barrington KP (Kanisha Parthasarathy)
3-0 (Matt Wilson, Patrick Diehl, Jason Zhou)
(20) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (4) Iowa City West GT (Graham Tierney)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, F. Jenkins-White, Dave McGinnis)
(5) Walt Whitman JK def. (12) Mercer Island SA (Steven Adler)
3-0 (Ari Parker, Dana Rognlie, Joe Vaughan)
(11) Bronx Science CC def. (6) Walt Whitman CS (Caroline Sherrard)
2-1 (*Tara Norris, Ben Holguin, Ernie Rose)
(7) Walt Whitman PG def. (10) Valley AL (Anna Lyons)
3-0 (Michelle Keohane, Tyler Traub, Danielle Smogard)
(41) Niskayuna AM def. (8) Walt Whitman SF (Stephanie Franklin)
2-1 (Charlie Furman, Rick Brundage, *Chris Theis)
QUARTERS
(1) Saint Louis Park CT def. (41) Niskayuna AM (Archith Murali)
3-0 (Francesca Parente, Adam Torson, Danielle Smogard)
(2) Valley RB def. (7) Walt Whitman PG (Perry Green)
2-1 (Charlie Furman, Patrick Diehl, *Peter Van Elswyk)
(3) Glenbrook North PD def. (11) Bronx Science CC (Carolyn Clendenin)
3-0 (Chris Theis, Deeksith Velagandula, Jason Zhou)
(20) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (5) Walt Whitman JK (Jane Kessner)
2-1 (Steve Schappaugh, Matt Wilson, *Christian Tarsney)
SEMIS
(1) Saint Louis Park CT def. (20) Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski)
3-0 (Charlie Furman, Adam Torson, Matt Wilson)
(2) Valley RB def. (4) Glenbrook North PD (Pat Donovan)
3-0 (Chris Theis, Jason Zhou, Francesca Parente)
FINALS
(1) Saint Louis Park CT def. (2) Valley RB (Ross Brown)
5-0 (Adam Torson, Chris Theis, Charlie Furman, Danielle Smogard, Matt Wilson)
CHAMPION
(1) Saint Louis Park CT (Catherine Tarsney)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Catherine Tarsney — Saint Louis Park High School (MN)
2. Ross Brown — Valley High School (IA)
3. Jane Kessner — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
4. Pat Donovan — Glenbrook North High School (IL)
5. Caroline Sherrard — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
6. Graham Tierney — Iowa City West High School (IA)
7. Perry Green — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
8. Stephanie Franklin — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
9. Karlyn Gorski — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
10. Emily Massey — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
11. Matt Ross — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
12. Anna Lyons — Valley High School (IA)
13. Bennet Kenzie — Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School (MN)
14. Steven Adler — Mercer Island High School (WA)
15. Carolyn Clendenin — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
16. Michael Prideaux — Saint Louis Park High School (MN)
17. Alex Kramer — Valley High School (IA)
18. Michelle Wagner — Eagan High School (MN)
19. Ellie Merle — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
20. Matt Kawahara — Valley High School (IA)
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Posted from: 98.14.255.196
December 19th, 2009 22:35
Results will be properly formatted soon…but they’re up!
Posted from: 76.176.139.23
December 19th, 2009 23:01
Adler. DO IT BABYYYYY!!!
Posted from: 76.201.61.251
December 19th, 2009 23:08
Go Carolyn, doing great!
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
December 19th, 2009 23:08
Niskayuna AM def Whitman SF 2-1 (Brundage, Furman, Theis*)
Posted from: 70.107.76.216
December 19th, 2009 23:11
CONGRATULATIONS TO CAROLYN! for getting her bid!
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
December 19th, 2009 23:20
Looks like Niskayuna might be making an appearance at the TOC’s
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
December 19th, 2009 23:20
TOC*
Posted from: 138.28.194.114
December 19th, 2009 23:32
congrats to big sexy on completing the qual
Posted from: 68.192.31.163
December 19th, 2009 23:50
ARCHITHSMASHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Congrats!
Posted from: 69.121.164.236
December 19th, 2009 23:50
Congrats Carolyn on a well deserved bid! YAY!
Posted from: 24.25.137.12
December 19th, 2009 23:53
ARCHITH!
way to rep nisky
Posted from: 67.246.56.7
December 20th, 2009 00:02
CONGRATZ ON THE QUAL ARCHITH!!!
Posted from: 12.20.33.10
December 20th, 2009 00:13
Octos Results (unofficial):
Glenbrook PD def. Barrington KP
St. Louis Park CT def. University MF
Bronx Science CC def. Walt Whitman CS (2-1)
Walt Whitman JK def. Mercer Island SA (3-0)
Walt Whitman PG def. WDM Valley AL (3-0)
Niskayuna AM def. Walt Whitman SF (2-1)
WDM Valley RB def. Baltimore City College
Perkiomen Valley KG def. West GT (3-0)
Congrats to all — especially Whitman’s own Roo, we are so proud of you for making the bid round at Blake as a Sophomore!
Posted from: 97.116.0.74
December 20th, 2009 01:21
Congrats, Catherine, on yet another bid and on being top speaker and top seed at Blake – wow!
Congrats also to Michael for breaking and Kanisha for the bid round.
Posted from: 68.196.203.109
December 20th, 2009 01:37
YEE ARCHITH! asldkajsld YOU ARE GOING TO TOC DUDE!!
Posted from: 72.193.177.156
December 20th, 2009 02:02
I think tournaments will have to start capping Walt Whitman entries. That’s amazing — I’m so impressed by that team’s performance.
Posted from: 162.97.118.86
December 20th, 2009 11:02
Quarterfinals currently underway
Glenbrook North PD v Bronx Science CC Theis, Velagandul, Zhou
Perkiomen Valley KG v Walt Whitman JK Schappaugh, Wilson, Tarsney
St. Louis Park CT v Niskayuna AM Smogard, Parente, Torson
West Des Moines Valley RB v Walt Whitman PG Furman, Diehl, Van Elswyk
Posted from: 74.70.108.195
December 20th, 2009 11:04
congrats to archith for qualling!
Posted from: 97.116.0.74
December 20th, 2009 11:31
Catherine and Karlyn are one semis pairing.
Posted from: 97.116.0.74
December 20th, 2009 11:43
Ross and Pat is the other semis pairing.
Posted from: 162.97.118.86
December 20th, 2009 13:04
Finals is
Valley’s Ross Brown v Saint Louis Park’s Catherine Tarsney
Posted from: 74.70.98.175
December 20th, 2009 13:13
Congrats to Karlyn for sems
BIG congrats to my boy archith for repping nisky and completing the qual.
Posted from: 69.115.18.52
December 20th, 2009 14:03
congrats archith for qualing!
Posted from: 199.120.105.20
December 20th, 2009 14:15
Who is judging the final?
Posted from: 67.220.28.38
December 20th, 2009 15:43
5-0 for Catherine (AFF). Adam Torson, Chris Theis, Danielle Smogard, Matt Wilson, Charlie Furman.
Posted from: 216.171.248.2
December 20th, 2009 15:59
Great job Karlyn!
Posted from: 97.116.0.74
December 20th, 2009 16:09
Congrats, Catherine, on an amazing tournament …
Posted from: 216.250.178.113
December 20th, 2009 17:13
Congrats!
Posted from: 216.250.178.113
December 20th, 2009 17:17
Congrats Catherine!
Posted from: 199.120.105.20
December 20th, 2009 18:25
Congrats Catherine for an incredible December!
Posted from: 32.129.84.118
December 20th, 2009 20:07
Congrats to Catherine on winning the tournament and being top speaker. You’re ridiculous. Also a huge congrats to Walt Whitman, Valley, and Harvard-Westlake for having one third of the outrounds pool.
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
December 20th, 2009 20:28
Congrats to Robro and Matt
Posted from: 98.218.230.121
December 20th, 2009 21:56
Congratulations in the most expected way possible to Catherine & the SLP crew, and Ross & the Valley crew. Fantastic job as always!
A sappy sentimental holiday-ish thank you to Whitman* for being such a terrific group of debaters to work with. I couldn’t ask Santa for a better team. Also, a special congratulations to Ms. Karlyn — I’ve never seen a debater work as hard as you did this summer, and I’m glad it is paying off.
Last but not least, I’d really like to thank Shane Stafford and the entire Blake program. From the first time I talked to Shane about coming to the tournament in the middle of last summer to the minute we left, everyone involved with this program went out of their way to run an excellent tournament and make us welcome. It may seem odd at first to consider coming to Minneapolis in the middle of December, but this tournament is simply Holidazzling!
I’d also like to thank karma for bringing me to Minneapolis when DC was experiencing the worst storm on record.
Posted from: 206.111.183.254
December 20th, 2009 22:30
Congrats Catherine..top speaker and tournament champion – dominating! Also congrats to Jane…3rd place speaker…watch out people.
Posted from: 68.80.3.219
December 20th, 2009 23:21
Huge congrats to Catherine and Ross for dominating as usual – you guys are awesome.
Congrats to Jane and Perry on the bids… and thanks to Jane for making our round one of my favorites ever.
Caroline, you got an awesome bear, be happy :)
And ROOOOO — Bid round at Blake as a soph? and 8th speaker? You’re awesome, girl!
Finally, congrats to Emily, Stef, and Nathalia for breaking.
Thanks to Anjan for being the most amazing coach ever and to the whole Blake crew for putting on a really fantastic tournament.
Posted from: 72.152.187.144
December 20th, 2009 23:36
congrats to kashmoney on the bid round! woot
Posted from: 67.81.16.10
December 20th, 2009 23:39
HUGE congrats to carolyn on the bid!!!! also congrats to matt, ellie, geoff, and gareth on the breaks.
Posted from: 207.172.84.9
December 20th, 2009 23:55
HUGE congrats to Karlyn! You definitely all of this recent success, and I’m sure it’ll be rolling in for the rest of the year.
Congrats to Perry and Jane on the bids, Caroline and Roo on the bid rounds (that is ridiculous as a sophomore Roo, congrats!), and to Emily, Stef, and Nathalia on the breaks!
Posted from: 75.134.152.182
December 21st, 2009 00:52
congrats to catherine on the win!
also, congrats to karlyn on sems, catherine, michael, slater, and alex on doubles, dylan, bennett, slater, granlund, luke, yale, will and michelle on breaking,steven and karen for sems of pf, and traub for not squirreling.
finally, thanks to blake for once again making this a great tournament. if you didn’t come this year you should go next year.
Posted from: 24.90.208.7
December 21st, 2009 01:05
congrats to matt and ellie on breaking!!!! =)
Posted from: 67.247.7.87
December 21st, 2009 01:14
Huge congrats to Carolyn on a well deserved bid and Ellie for clearing!
Posted from: 70.231.228.19
December 21st, 2009 02:56
congratulations to Stephanie and Nathalia!
Posted from: 173.48.164.151
December 21st, 2009 05:24
Congrats Catherine on another win and top speaker/seed.
Congrats to everyone who cleared and did well, but to single out a few people.
Steven Adler – you were super impressive when I judged you, I expect big things.
Pat – you are stylistically the best debater I’ve seen all year. I swear there are times where if I closed my eyes I would have thought I was hearing Seth Gannon give a 2NR.
Posted from: 207.28.99.97
December 21st, 2009 10:08
Any word on the PF side or the Round Robin?
Posted from: 67.220.28.38
December 21st, 2009 13:34
The Lake Highland Preparatory School team of Danny Welch and Will Miller beat Eagan High School’s Iaan Reynolds and Rachel Markon 2-1 to win the Public Forum Division of The Blake High School annual Edie Debate Tournament in Minneapolis. Lake Highland is coached by Mike Wascher and Eagan is coached by Rob Baron, both members of the staff for the Harvard Institute for Public Forum Debate. Lake Highland advanced to finals by defeating New Trier in semi finals while Eagen defeated Lakeview North.
On Sunday, twelves teams competed in The Blake School’s Public Forum Round Robin and the Lake Highland Prep team of Welch and Miller defeated the team of Fred Enea and Kelsey Hilbrich from The Harker School, coached by Carol Green, also on the staff for the Harvard Institute. The final round was on a 3-2 vote of a panel of four judges with the fifth vote being the combined vote of the remaining twenty debaters that participated in the round robin. Lake Highland advanced to the finals by defeating Walt Whitman in the semi finals while Harker defeated Eagan. Both semi final rounds were 2-1 decisions.
Posted from: 71.163.39.224
December 21st, 2009 13:35
Congrats to Catherine on winning and Ross on finals!
Congrats to Whitman* on a strong team performance and particularly Karlyn on a great start to the new topic.
Posted from: 66.191.157.67
December 21st, 2009 18:45
Congrats to camp buddies jane kessner and bennet kenzie!! If i have any other camp friends that broke lemme know. I mighta missed ya!!
Posted from: 75.72.248.181
December 22nd, 2009 00:02
Great tournament as usual, just wanted to note that I really liked the idea of semis and finals trophies with picture frames that were filled by a photographer at the tournament–the trophies themselves are very nice, and it’s always cool to get something a little bit personalized. When the finalists picture goes up it’ll be clear how cool they are. :-)
Posted from: 75.167.99.30
December 22nd, 2009 00:54
ross brown.
finals.
yeeeee
Posted from: 207.28.99.97
December 22nd, 2009 10:20
Congrats to the Miller and Welch. The quarter round between Lakehighland Prep MW and Walt Whitman was the best PF round I have ever seen. Great speakers, great evidence, great analysis, and great demeanor.
If we ever wanted to show the rest of the debate world that PF is real debate, watching that round would make believers out of them. Mr. Schapaugh, there were even warrants!
Posted from: 206.188.60.93
December 22nd, 2009 21:30
Congrats to Adler for reaching octos! You’re pushing errybody in the Northwest to up their games and I’m super stoked for the next year and a half. Also congrats to Catherine for putting on such a clinic in round awareness during the two rounds I saw. Finally, thanks to the Blake team for putting on such a solid tournament. We’ll definitely be back next year.
Posted from: 76.189.240.231
December 22nd, 2009 22:08
What kind of arguments were run there?
Posted from: 71.82.120.201
December 23rd, 2009 00:13
Great job to the Lakeville Crew in PF and LD. The performance by the Whitman team as a whole was amazing this weekend. Congrats to Karlyn on another bid and advancing to semis. Catherine, you had another awesome tournament and im sure there will be more in the future.
Posted from: 71.82.120.201
December 23rd, 2009 00:14
Also I forgot to thank the whole Blake team for another great tournament as it is every year.
Posted from: 32.155.196.209
December 23rd, 2009 01:46
Adler, congrats on the bid round. Don’t worry, you’ll finish the qual soon. Keep your head up, slugger.
PS Nice job on the speaker award too. Repping MI.
Posted from: 99.74.31.151
December 23rd, 2009 03:00
congrats to catherine, matt, carolyn, stephanie, jared, dan, and anyone else i missed!
Posted from: 75.32.147.160
December 23rd, 2009 13:08
is ross not also coached by ernie?
Posted from: 76.17.171.2
December 23rd, 2009 15:01
@hello – i currently have 61 flows which will be going online once i receive jason zhou’s flows. hopefully before the new year.
Posted from: 76.189.240.231
December 23rd, 2009 15:33
yeah i saw your post on lddebate.org
yay
Posted from: 76.17.171.2
December 23rd, 2009 22:28
Flows from Blake are at the URL below. If anyone has flows from CPS or flows from VBT in the future and wants to put them up, then email me.
http://freeldfiles.blogspot.com/