James Madison Memorial Closes Out Wisconsin State Tournament

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — 286 competitors from twenty-nine schools qualified for the 2009-1010 Wisconsin State Debate Tournament held at South Milwaukee High School back in December.

The Lincoln-Douglas debate championship was shared by James Madison Memorial High School’s Arjun Seshadri and Brendan Caldwell, who closed out the final round. Congratulations to the State Champions!

Arjun and Brendan are coached by Tim Scheffler, Nick Bubb, and Krishna Agrawal.

The policy debate final round brought together Marquette University High School’s team of Matthew Cekanor and Tyler Thur and Nicolet High School’s team of Abby Loxton and Jason Schwartz. On a 3-2 decision, Nicolet bested Marquette University to take the tournament. Congratulations to all four finalists!

Abby and Jason are coached by Justice Platt and Devin Merget; Matthew and Tyler are coached by Bill Batterman.

In the final round of Public Forum debate, James Madison Memorial High School’s Lingran Kong and Valerie Shen defeated Nicolet High School’s Rachel Wilkinson and Alexis Wilkinson to claim the title. It was a 5-0 decision. Congratulations to both teams!

Lingran and Valerie are coached by Tim Scheffler, Nick Bubb, and Krishna Agrawal; Rachel and Alexis are coached by Justice Platt and Devin Merget.

At the State Tournament, Bill Batterman was named Wisconsin Coach of the Year. Congratulations!

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

PARTIAL QUARTERS
(1) James Madison Memorial AS advances without debating
(2) Brookfield East AS def. (7) Middleton MK (Masha Krupenkin)
(3) James Madison Memorial BC def. (6) Appleton East MK (Miriam Keep)
(5) Brookfield East AG def. (4) James Madison Memorial PK (Pratyusha Kalluri)

SEMIS
(1) James Madison Memorial AS def. (5) Brookfield East AG (Alyce Ge)
(3) James Madison Memorial BC def. (2) Brookfield East AS (Advik Shreekumar)

FINALS
(1) James Madison Memorial AS and (3) James Madison Memorial BC close out.

WSDT STATE CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) James Madison Memorial AS (Arjun Seshadri)
(3) James Madison Memorial BC (Brendan Caldwell)

POLICY DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Nicolet LS advances without debating
(2) Marquette University CT def. (5) Neenah HE (Matt Heider & Sam Epley)
(3) Appleton West KS def. (6) Cedarburg BS (Lucas Burgan & Tyler Schultz)
(5) Neenah OH def. (4) Marquette University SW (Sam Scheurell & Ryan Welsh)

SEMIS
(1) Nicolet LS def. (5) Neenah OH (Amen Okundaye & Caitlin Holzem)
(2) Marquette University CT def. (3) Appleton West KS (Colton Karoses & Jordan Swanson)

FINALS
(1) Nicolet LS def. (2) Marquette University CT (Matthew Cekanor & Tyler Thur)

WSDT STATE CHAMPIONS
(1) Nicolet LS (Abby Loxton & Jason Schwartz)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

OCTAS
(1) James Madison Memorial KS advances without debating
(2) Nicolet WW advances without debating
(3) Appleton East LM advances without debating
(13) Sheboygan North SM def. (4) Brookfield East WT (Chih-wei Wu & Aditya Trivedi)
(5) Sheboygan North PT def. (12) Cedarburg SQ (Griffin Schauer & Jon Quick)
(11) Sheboygan North RR def. (6) Nicolet MP (Joe Margolies & Beni Pazar)
(10) Cedarburg DA def. (7) James Madison Memorial YY (Yi Yi & Michelle Yang)
(8) Sheboygan North ZL def. (9) James Madison Memorial CS (Kevin Chen & Abhilash Sandireddy)

QUARTERS
(1) James Madison Memorial KS def. (8) Sheboygan North ZL (Alice Zhao & Grace Leppanen)
(2) Nicolet WW def. (10) Cedarburg DA (Matt De Boer & Sammy Anderson)
(11) Sheboygan North RR def. (3) Appleton East LM (Mark Lindsay & Ruth Markwardt)
(5) Sheboygan North PT def. (13) Sheboygan North SM (Jacob Sams & Sam Mihelic)

SEMIS
(1) James Madison Memorial KS def. (5) Sheboygan North PT (Brandon Pakkebier & Christina Theodoroff)
(2) Nicolet WW def. (11) Sheboygan North RR (Jake Raleigh & Nick Raleigh)

FINALS
(1) James Madison Memorial KS def. (2) Nicolet WW (Rachel Wilkinson & Alexis Wilkinson)

WSDT STATE CHAMPIONS
(1) James Madison Memorial KS (Lingran Kong & Valerie Shen)

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