Claire Daviss Wins TFA State
EL PASO, Tex. — Hanks High School played host to the 2010 Texas Forensic Association State Meet, at which 154 Lincoln-Douglas debaters vied for the state title. The final round featured Northland Christian School’s Josh Roberts on the affirmative and Winston Churchill High School’s Claire Daviss on the negative. Greg McGee, Andrew Cockroft, and Jennifer Miller adjudicated.
On a 2-1 decision, Claire was crowned this year’s TFA State Champion. (Claire also won TFA State in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking.) Congratulations to both debaters!
Claire is coached by Kandi King; Josh is coached by Kevin Roberts, Sam Duby and Daniel Moerner.
In the final round, McGee affirmed, while Cockroft and Miller negated.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
Results will be properly formatted shortly.
DOUBLES
(32) Greenhill AG def. (1) Anderson MM (Max McCready)
3-0 (Keith Haney, Rhonda Smith, Robert Powell)
(2) Kingwood NG def. (31) Anderson MV (Madeline Vuong)
3-0 (Andrew Cockroft, Perry Beard, Christian Martinez)
(3) Westlake JM def. (30) Lamar VR (Vera Ranneft)
2-1 (Eric Melin, Jennifer Miller, *Jennifer Messer)
(4) Crowley DL def. (29) Hockaday EB (Emily Bao)
2-1 (*Richard Colling, Josh Aguilar, Tammi Raley)
(5) Northland Christian JR def. (28) Cypress Woods TJ (Ty Joplin)
3-0 (Shane O’Neal, Colton Mendez, Timothy Bennett)
(6) Plano West MH def. (27) Strake Jesuit DM (Drew McCormick)
2-1 (Weston Elkins, Audra Langston, *Greg McGee)
(7) Hockaday MM def. (26) Dulles LJ (Logan Jensen)
3-0 (Kris Wright, Robert Perry, Chris Mifflin)
(8) Strake Jesuit NL def. (25) Claudia Taylor BW (Benjamin White)
2-1 (Stacy Thomas, *Nick Kalla, Joey Schwartz)
(9) Southlake Carroll PG def. (24) Hockaday School KB (Kaavya Balan)
2-1 (Keith Haney, Rhonda Smith, *Robert Powell)
(10) Winston Churchill CD def. (23) Hockaday School RB (Rupsha Basu)
3-0 (Andrew Cockroft, Perry Beard, Christian Martinez)
(22) Winston Churchill SH def. (11) Northland Christian CO (Cole Oliver)
3-0 (Eric Melin, Jennifer Miller, Jennifer Messer)
(21) Cypress Falls AK def. (12) Hockaday AR (Anna Ramundo)
3-0 (Shane O’Neal, Colton Mendez, Timothy Bennett)
(20) Strake Jesuit CS def. (13) Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)
2-1 (Richard Colling, Josh Aguilar, *Tammi Raley)
(19) Foster SV def. (14) Winston Churchill TF (Tracy Frydberg)
3-0 (Weston Elkins, Audra Langston, Greg McGee)
(15) Winston Churchill AA def. (18) Stony Point MY (Mirusha Yogarajah)
2-1 (*Kris Wright, Robert Perry, Christian Mifflin)
(17) Salado TS def. (16) Crowley HL (Hailey Lopez)
3-0 (Stacy Thomas, Nick Kalla, Joey Schwartz)
OCTAS
(32) Greenhill AG def. (17) Salado TS (Tyler Sullivan)
3-0 (Paul Tyger, Eric Melin, Rhonda Smith)
(2) Kingwood NG def. (15) Winston Churchill AA (Ally Arias)
3-0 (Andrew Cockroft, Sam Duby, Joey Schwartz)
(19) Foster SV def. (3) Westlake JM (James Monaco)
2-1 (*Shane O’Neal, Ron Hester, Audra Langston)
(4) Crowley DL def. (20) Strake Jesuit CS (Clay Spence)
2-1 (*Ryan Graham, Jennifer Miller, Perry Beard)
(5) Northland Christian JR def. (21) Cypress Falls AK (Ali Khan)
3-0 (Tyler Levy, Brianne Giese, Robert Perry)
(23) Winston Churchill SH def. (6) Plano West MH (Michael Holland)
2-1 (Kris Wright, Skip Koshak, *Nick Kalla)
(10) Winston Churchill CD def. (7) Hockaday School MM (Megha Motgi)
3-0 (Tyler Cook, Michael Mundt, Rock Westfahl)
(8) Strake Jesuit NL def. (9) Southlake Carroll PG (Patrick Graham)
2-1 (Josh Aguilar, Colton Mendez, *Alex Cuellar)
QUARTERS
(8) Strake Jesuit NL def. (32) Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
3-0 (Perry Beard, Eric Melin, Jennifer Miller)
(10) Winston Churchill CD def. (2) Kingwood NG (Neil Grigg)
2-1 (*Sam Duby, Paul Tyger, Nick Kalla)
(23) Winston Churchill SH def. (19) Foster SV (Stephen Vincent)
3-0 (Michael Mundt, Brianne Giese, Aaron Timmons)
(5) Northland Christian JR def. (4) Crowley DL (Daniel Lumpee)
3-0 (Christy Spruiell-Trussell, Tyler Cook, Josh Aguilar)
SEMIS
(5) Northland Christian JR (Aff) def. (23) Winston Churchill SH (Sam Hamad)
2-1 (Michael Mundt, *Eric Melin, Kris Wright)
(10) Winston Churchill CD def. (8) Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
2-1 (Tyler Cook, *Brianne Giese, Andrew Cockroft)
FINALS
(10) Winston Churchill CD def. (5) Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)
2-1 (*Greg McGee, Andrew Cockroft, Jennifer Miller)
TFA STATE CHAMPION
(10) Winston Churchill CD (Claire Daviss)
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TOP SPEKAERS
1. Megha Motgi — The Hockaday School (TX)
2. Max McCready — Anderson High School (TX)
3. Nick Lassus — Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
4. Neil Grigg — Kingwood High School (TX)
5. Vera Ranneft — Lamar High School (TX)
6. James Monaco — Westlake High School (TX)
7. Madeline Vuong — Anderson High School (TX)
8. Daniel Lumpee — Crowley High School (TX)
9. Brian Berger — Clear Lake High School (TX)
10. Josh Roberts — Northland Christian School (TX)
11. Patrick Graham — Southlake Carroll High School (TX)
12. Claire Daviss — Winston Churchill High School (TX)
13. Apryl Giraudon — Greenhill High School (TX)
14. Nabil Panjwani — Travis High School (TX)
15. Danielle Suh — Westlake High School (TX)
16. Rohun Ati — Plano East High School (TX)
17. Michael Holland — Plano West High School (TX)
18. Cole Oliver — Northland Christian High School (TX)
19. Anna Ramundo — The Hockaday School (TX)
20. Tanya Thanawalla — Greenhill School (TX)
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test
Posted from: 67.201.74.8
March 12th, 2010 01:58
Northland JR: 3-0
Northland JW: 3-0
Northland CO: 3-0
Northland EB: 2-0 (no round 3 disclosure)
Northland SH: 1-1 (no round 3 disclosure)
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March 12th, 2010 02:08
Crowley HL: 2-1
Crowley DL: 3-0
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March 12th, 2010 03:47
Cy-Woods TJ: 2-1
Posted from: 68.117.10.205
March 12th, 2010 12:06
(Cross-posted from Cross-X.com)
Somewhat tangential, but I was curious just how far El Paso is from Dallas—Google Maps says it takes 10 hours and 34 minutes to make that drive, the exact same estimate for driving from Dallas to Nashville. Did squads from the Dallas area drive to TFA State? How ’bout from Houston (11 hours, 39 minutes)? Or Austin (9 hours, 22 minutes)? Or did squads fly to El Paso International Airport?
I’m fascinated by the geography of Texas. Good luck to everyone at TFA State!
Posted from: 70.241.83.144
March 12th, 2010 12:24
There is really a mix. Some teams travel with their entire school district on charter busses, some teams fly.
What really doesn’t make sense is that a roundtrip Greyhound ticket from Houston to El Paso is $170, but a Southwest airlines ticket is $200. I think many of the people driving to El Paso would agree that $30 is worth saving 30 hours of time that would have been spent traveling on a bus.
interesting fact: El Paso is the only texas city not in the central time zone
Posted from: 70.241.83.144
March 12th, 2010 12:45
Kingwood NG: 3-0
Posted from: 128.12.32.108
March 12th, 2010 14:49
Ramin ftw. This kid will win
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March 12th, 2010 16:12
Re: #5
That’s really interesting. It’s hard for someone not in Texas to imagine having to get on an airplane to get to another city in same state. Houston is 746 miles from El Paso; by comparison, that’s the same distance from Philadelphia to Atlanta.
I love Texas.
Posted from: 24.17.210.22
March 12th, 2010 16:22
That’s a crazy distance. Jeez.
Posted from: 128.12.32.108
March 12th, 2010 16:46
Ramin is an exceptionally hardworking kid and I am very proud of him for going 3-1 at this tournament so early on in his debate career. The fact that he might break at TFA state at this early stage in his career is mind-boggling. I expect everyone judging at this tournament to pick him up.
Posted from: 208.198.0.53
March 12th, 2010 16:57
tx size sucks; it really adversely affects the judging situation when the tournament is held in deep south or west texas – most non-full time coach judges-coach people are in the 4 major cities, and don’t want to deal with traveling great distances for whatever reason.
cypress falls bh and ak are 3-1 going into 5.
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March 12th, 2010 18:19
Kingwood NG: 5-0
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March 12th, 2010 18:28
Salado TS is 4-1. Even though you will break as a junior, the mavericks still suck.
Posted from: 137.22.234.68
March 12th, 2010 18:55
GO GREENHILL
Posted from: 151.198.125.42
March 12th, 2010 19:56
Greenhill DS – 5-0
Posted from: 166.205.9.68
March 12th, 2010 20:31
5-0s are
Northland JR
Westlake JM
Anderson MM
Crowley DL
Plano West MH
Kingwood NG
2 Dallas, 2 Houston, 2 Austin.
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March 12th, 2010 22:30
Qualifiers for Elimination Rounds
Anderson MM (Max McCready)
Anderson MV (Madeline Vuong)
Claudia Taylor BW (Benjamin White)
Crowley DL (Daniel Lumpee)
Crowley HL (Hailey Lopez)
Cypress Falls AK (Ali Khan)
Cypress Woods TJ (Ty Joplin)
Dulles LJ (Logan Jensen)
Foster SV (Stephen Vincent)
Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
Hockaday School AR (Anna Ramundo)
Hockaday School EB (Emily Bao)
Hockaday School KB (Kaavya Balan)
Hockaday School MM (Megha Motgi)
Hockaday School RB (Rupsha Basu)
Kingwood NG (Neil Grigg)
Lamar (Houston) VR (Vera Ranneft)
Northland Christian CO (Cole Oliver)
Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)
Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)
Plano West MH (Michael Holland)
Salado TS (Tyler Sullivan)
Southlake Carroll PG (Patrick Graham)
Stony Point MY (Mirusha Yogarajah)
Strake Jesuit CS (Clay Spence)
Strake Jesuit DM (Drew McCormick)
Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
Westlake JM (James Monaco)
Winston Churchill AA (Ally Arias)
Winston Churchill CD (Claire Daviss)
Winston Churchill SH (Sam Hamad)
Winston Churchill TF (Tracy Frydberg)
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March 12th, 2010 23:09
Kingwood NG def. Anderson MV (Cockroft, Beard, Martinez)
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March 13th, 2010 00:28
Winston Churchill SH def. Northland Christian CO
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March 13th, 2010 00:42
Salado TS def. Crowley HL
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March 13th, 2010 00:46
Strake Jesuit CS def Northland Christian JW
Northland Christian JR def Cypress Woods TJ
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March 13th, 2010 00:53
(32) Greenhill AG def. (1) Anderson MM (Max McCready)
(2) Kingwood NG def. (31) Anderson MV (Madeline Vuong)
(3)Westlake JM def. (30) Lamar (Houston) VR (Vera Ranneft)
(4) Crowley DL def. (29) Hockaday EB (Emily Bao)
(5) Northland Christian JR def. (28) Cypress-Woods TJ (Ty Joplin)
(6) Plano West MH def. (27) Strake Jesuit DM (Drew McCormick)
(7) Hockaday MM def. (26) Dulles LJ (Logan Jensen)
(8) Strake Jesuit NL def. (25) Claudia Taylor BW (Benjamin White)
(9) Southlake Carroll PG def. (24) Hockaday KB (Kaavya Balan)
(10) Winston Churchill CD def. (23) Hockaday RB (Rupasha Basu)
(22) Winston Churchill SH def. (11) Northland Christian CO (Cole Oliver)
(21) Cypress-Fall AK def. (12) Hockaday AR (Anna Ramundo)
(20) Strake Jesuit CS def. (13) Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)
(19) Foster SV def. (14) Winston Churchill TF (Tracy Frydberg
(15) Winston Churchill AA def. (18) Stony Point MY (Mirusha Yogarajah)
(17) Salado TS def. (16) Crowley HL (Hailey Lopez)
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March 13th, 2010 00:57
Octos
(32) Greenhill AG vs. (17) Salado TS
(2) Kingwood NG vs. (15) Winston Churchill AA
(3)Westlake JM vs. (19) Foster SV
(4) Crowley DL vs. (20) Strake Jesuit CS
(5) Northland Christian JR vs. (21) Cypress-Fall AK
(6) Plano West MH vs. (22) Winston Churchill SH
(7) Hockaday MM vs. (10) Winston Churchill CD
(8) Strake Jesuit NL vs. (9) Southlake Carroll PG
Posted from: 70.241.83.144
March 13th, 2010 01:48
greenhill ag def. salado ts
crowley dl def. strake jesuit cs
northland jr def. cy-falls ak
churchill cd def. hockaday mm
foster sv def. westlake jm
Posted from: 70.253.92.97
March 13th, 2010 02:41
Churchill SH also advanced in Octos.
Posted from: 66.68.45.37
March 13th, 2010 09:04
Here’s an up-to=date bracket, including quarters hits:
http://www.joyoftournaments.com/defn/9/6/9600/LincolnDouglasQuarterBracket.pdf
Posted from: 71.41.173.106
March 13th, 2010 09:45
Congrats to Sam Hamad
Posted from: 67.201.74.8
March 13th, 2010 12:01
anyone else think this is the worst judged TFA State they’ve ever attended?
i’ve heard students from about every school I’ve intereacted with this weekend talk of judges not flowing, texting during speeches, not giving RFDs in outrounds, and otherwise refusing to behave as if they have obligations to the students to evaluate rounds respectfully, honestly, and with an open-mind . . . wtf? and what are we going to do about it?
–Kris Wright
Posted from: 70.241.83.144
March 13th, 2010 13:40
quarters
Greenhill AG vs. Strake Jesuit NL
Crowley DL vs. Northland Christian JR
Kingwood NG vs. Winston Churchill CD
Foster SV vs.Winston Churchill SV
Posted from: 66.68.45.37
March 13th, 2010 14:11
From what I’ve been told:
Northland def. Crowley
Churchill def. Kingwood
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March 13th, 2010 14:12
Northland Christian JR def. Crowley Dl (3-0)
Winston Churchill CD def. Kingwood NG (2-1)
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March 13th, 2010 14:15
Strake Jesuit NL def. Greenhill AG
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March 13th, 2010 14:23
Winston Churchill SH def. Foster SV
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March 13th, 2010 14:25
Many Congrats to sam on making it to semis of tfa state
Posted from: 64.148.255.23
March 13th, 2010 14:27
Congrats to Churchill Debaters!!
(:
Posted from: 70.241.83.144
March 13th, 2010 15:06
I’ve been told semis is
Strake Jesuit NL vs. Winston Churchill SH
Northland Christian JR vs. Winston Churchill CD
Posted from: 76.91.28.140
March 13th, 2010 15:08
What an awesome group of semifinalists! Good luck!
Posted from: 99.160.197.200
March 13th, 2010 15:25
Good luck Josh! You got this!
Posted from: 98.198.238.162
March 13th, 2010 15:49
houston v. san antonio
lets go houston!
Posted from: 208.54.4.73
March 13th, 2010 16:01
Ah yes, this is the Houston v San Antonio showdown.
Point of fact: Churchill SH debated in Houston (Katy) for the first two years of his career. Big ups to all the semi-finalist.
Posted from: 24.17.210.22
March 13th, 2010 16:05
Let’s go Josh. You’ve got this.
Posted from: 70.241.83.144
March 13th, 2010 16:16
its an I-10 throw down, even though I am pretty sure none of the debaters live close to I-10
Posted from: 137.22.234.68
March 13th, 2010 16:59
Congratulations, Apryl!!! You are amazing and are going to dominate everything next year. Also congrats to the rest of the Greenhill kids for qualing! I miss you guys.
GO JOSH AND CLAIRE!
Posted from: 24.6.158.21
March 13th, 2010 17:21
major congrats to Ramin for going 4-1 and being the 34th seed. not breaking on speaks is tough man.
I’m going to say this once to everyone who will be judging this kid. Give him higher speaks- he deserves them.
Posted from: 70.241.79.188
March 13th, 2010 17:38
um, all 4-1s broke….
the 34th seed was a debater from plano east named rohun, he went 3-2, is that what you meant?
Posted from: 99.6.172.88
March 13th, 2010 18:10
did churchill manage to close out?
anyway, big ups to sam, claire, and josh. especially sam. you’ve come a long, long way.
Posted from: 166.205.9.68
March 13th, 2010 18:19
Northland def Churchill 2-1
(Wright, Mundt, *Melin)
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March 13th, 2010 19:05
Josh over Sam Hamad on a 2-1, Claire Daviss over Nick Lassus in a 2-1.
Posted from: 71.93.97.212
March 13th, 2010 19:13
Nick — great job!!! you’ve kicked so much ass this year, you da best
and great job Claire, you’ve had an awesome jan/feb…march!
Posted from: 71.41.173.106
March 13th, 2010 19:52
Amazing job Sam you are a beast!
Posted from: 208.54.4.61
March 13th, 2010 20:12
Churchill CD (NEG) def Northland JR on a 2-1
McGee*, Cockroft, J. Miller.
Posted from: 99.8.217.26
March 13th, 2010 20:13
Josh Roberts SUCKS.
He should have lost to Sehar Hirani….
Posted from: 71.41.173.106
March 13th, 2010 20:18
the above really wasn’t Deep
thats bs it was a troll
Posted from: 71.41.173.106
March 13th, 2010 20:26
I’m pretty sure that no one knows who wins until award ceremony.
Posted from: 74.70.100.230
March 13th, 2010 20:43
congrats to nick lassus
Posted from: 166.205.9.180
March 13th, 2010 21:11
@Deep Barot: Deep, you really should not say such things.
-Beard
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March 13th, 2010 21:14
Congrats to JRob for a great tourament. Kudos to Claire and her coaches for a well earned state title. Props to Kandi for ending her last TFA tournament with a championship.
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March 13th, 2010 21:41
Congrats to all the Churchill kids for doing so well.
A special congrats to Claire for winning the whole thing. I remember coaching you when you were just a freshman and you’ve come so far by winning state.
An equal congrats to Kandi for getting her second L-D title. Perfect way for you to go out! Not a more deserving person in the activity to have this happen to you!
Makes me proud to be a Churchill alum.
-Tristan
Posted from: 98.211.130.27
March 13th, 2010 21:53
congrats Apryl, you are amazing :D
Posted from: 98.218.230.121
March 13th, 2010 22:45
Congrats to Claire (Whitman kids were bugging me all day to check for VBD updates on you while we were at a tourney) and Josh and the great coaching staffs at Churchill and Northland!
Posted from: 98.227.73.253
March 13th, 2010 22:54
This makes the first female TFA LD champ since the close-out w/ Kristen Ray & Sarah Smith in 2002, right?
Congrats to all those who qualled. Additional congrats to those who won and their coaches.
Posted from: 141.140.176.29
March 13th, 2010 22:57
Huge congrats to Claire for the big win! You’re an amazingly hard worker and really deserve this. Also congrats to the whole Churchill crew for dominating this weekend and Josh on finals. Congrats to all those who broke from the Old Testament Lab as well!
Posted from: 72.83.117.244
March 14th, 2010 00:11
Congratulations Claire!! This is such an amazing accomplishment!
Posted from: 67.201.74.8
March 14th, 2010 00:51
Congrats to Claire and Jrob on balling it up as usual!
And yeah this tournament had some awful judging. The fact that it was in El Paso was definitely a deterrent for good judges. El Paso is not only incredibly far away from everything else in Texas but its arguably the worst place Ive ever been, period. hah. I really hope TFA decides to step it up next year and run a better tournament.
Posted from: 24.227.182.26
March 14th, 2010 01:56
Congratulations, Claire! You are an amazing debater!
Posted from: 209.136.25.146
March 14th, 2010 02:52
side note: claire daviss also won DX. Yes, she is that amazing. Congratulations Claire and thanks for being such an awesome teammate! Also, congrats to J-Rob on the finals appearance, cya next year buddy.
Posted from: 68.95.48.17
March 14th, 2010 05:28
@ Kris:
“anyone else think this is the worst judged TFA State they’ve ever attended?”
- Yes
“what are we going to do about it?”
- Not schedule TFA State in El Paso? I mean, it’s already bad enough having to drive 9 hours.It’s weird though, if I remember the judging from 2006 was really good, and that tournament was basically in Mexico.
In any case, congrats to everyone who did well.
Special congrats go to Tyler Sullivan of Salado. I’m officially declaring him the best ever debater to come from Salado named Tyler.
- Tyler Cook
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
March 14th, 2010 09:03
CONGRATULATIONS to Claire Daviss on this tremendous and very deserved honor. To be State Champion in both LD and DX is especially awesome. Congratulations as well to Kandi King for ending her final TFA State at the helm of Winston Churchill with state titles!
There is so much talent at this event year after year. Congratulations in particular to Josh for reaching finals, to Megha for placing as top speaker, to Max for placing as top seeed, to Nick for reaching semis, to Neil, Apryl, and Daniel for reaching quarters, and to each and every person who excelled at this most competitive of tournaments.
Posted from: 68.35.78.185
March 14th, 2010 12:32
congratulations to maxwell mccready who is enormously talented for getting to outrounds and especially for being 2nd speaker! also for being a wonderful and warm person in general.
Posted from: 204.111.254.220
March 14th, 2010 13:04
if i remember correctly, they rotate the location of the tournament through each of the 5 regions every year, which means that el paso gets it roughly once every 5 years. last time was 2005 and i don’t remember the judging being that bad.
congrats to claire and jrob.
Posted from: 75.55.119.158
March 14th, 2010 14:44
Congrats to all! Especially Claire, Sam and Ms. King for an amazing career.
Also, Claire and Sam were coached this year by Josh Aguilar.
Posted from: 72.130.137.75
March 14th, 2010 15:43
congrats to claire and josh
Posted from: 98.194.132.99
March 14th, 2010 15:57
Congrats to Cole Oliver for clearing and Ali Khan for octos.
Super congrats to quaterfinalists Lumpee, Apryl, and Neil Grigg. All of you have the talent to be finalists.
HUGE HUGE HUGE congrats to semifinalist Sam Hamad. Sam, welcome back to the world buddy. You’re a great person and friend. You deserve this 100% man. See you on the circuit!
Congrats to semifinalist Nick Lassus for repping H-town well. Great job sir. See you at TOC.
Big congrats to our TFA champion, Claire Daviss. You’re one of the nicest girls I’ve met. You’re also INCREDIBLY talented! To also win both LD and DX? That’s amazing! You deserve this 100%. Great showing by Churchill. Congratulations not only to the competitors, but also Mrs. King and the coaching staff.
Finally, BIG BIG congrats to friend and teammate Jrob. A finalist at TFA state as a junior is phenomenal. Next year is the year man. You’re incredibly talented and hardworking. I can’t wait to see the results of our amazing team next year!
- Jared
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March 14th, 2010 16:02
Nice job sam on making semis and neil on quarters. UNT was fun with you guys.
Posted from: 166.183.189.239
March 14th, 2010 20:27
TFA is what it has been in the past…a tough tournament. In the days before MJP the reality was the judge (whoever they may be) was god (thank you The Great Debaters). Many kids who “should have cleared” didn’t and that sucks. octafinal
For those of you that were not there – some of the judging was appalling by any imaginable standard. texting during an round is unacceptable by any standard.
However, there were some truly special performances that overcame all the obstacles. Congrats Claire! DX and LD…is this the 1990’s??? I know you made your coaches proud. I truly believe this was the best final round there has been in a long time and I was glad I got to see it.
Josh persuasive is an understatement
Nick – you defined good standards debate for the year in quarters
Sam – never saw you and wish I had seen more this year. You have a bright future ahead.
Team Hockaday – Megha: top speaker – I told you so! 11 out of 13 with winning records is something to be proud of. Keep it up kiddos!
Melin
Posted from: 98.195.122.16
March 14th, 2010 23:11
@Perry Beard
listen i didnt say such a thing…. somebody trolled my name on vbi… josh is an amazing debator and very much deserves the 2nd place win
Posted from: 71.43.121.210
March 14th, 2010 23:35
Congrats to Sam on making it to semis as a junior, dude thats amazing. I’m looking forward to more rounds against you haha
Congrats to Jared for breaking, Ali for octas, Lumpee for quarters and, James for octas.
Josh way to continue to wreck anywhere we go. I cant even imagine what next year is going to be like for you. This is only the beginning to what will be one of the best years for any debater.
Finally, congrats to Elizabeth and Sarah for going 3-2 and just not clearing on speaks.
Posted from: 70.124.52.133
March 14th, 2010 23:48
First and most importantly, congratulations to Claire, that is quite frankly the shit. Shout out to JMon and Patrick, my brothers.
And yeah, I had a judge ask me the resolution before the round, and others quite simply not be invested in, or familiar with, the activity. I do realize that it is important to incorporate various perspectives on debate, but I really didn’t feel that was the case here. I felt as if there was a dissymmetry and imbalance between the debaters investment in the activity (these were the kids that worked all year for this tournament and put in endless hours journeying in it) and (obviously with exceptions) the judges’ investment in the activity and true understanding of what this activity and tournament meant to most, if not all, the debaters in it. Maybe I say that out of frustration, but it felt very unfair to work so hard and have my tournament experience (and more or less my debate experience) be cut off by judges whom I felt really hadn’t the level of familiarity with the event to understand what I was trying to communicate.
Posted from: 71.177.17.73
March 15th, 2010 00:48
Congrats to Claire and Josh!
and a BIG BIG SUPER HUGE congrats to NICK LASSUS for sems!
Posted from: 67.180.151.98
March 15th, 2010 00:59
big big big super duper huge ginormous congrats to nick lassus!!
Posted from: 166.205.10.245
March 16th, 2010 00:14
Super major congrats to Claire. You fully deserved both wins, and I’m glad your hard work and dedication paid off in such a spectacular way.
Congrats to JRobo on a great showing. Also thanks for starring and putting a star on the AC.
Finally, congrats to Sam and Tracy. You guys rock, and I can’t wait for next year
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Posted from: 141.161.133.79
March 16th, 2010 12:26
Major congrats to Claire and Josh on a great tournament!
Also, congrats to the Strake boys, Lassus for finishing TFA strong in semis and to Clay and Drew for breaking and doing well as sophomores. Awesome job!
Posted from: 206.111.183.254
March 16th, 2010 13:55
Congrats Claire!
Posted from: 67.63.161.182
March 16th, 2010 18:35
Congrats to Max, Jared, Monaco, Patrick, Apryl, Lumpee, Sam, Nick, Josh, and, of course, Claire! Also, Sam, you deserve mega congrats. You’ve made amazing strides. I wish I could have seen you debate! Hopefully, I’ll be able to judge you next year some time!
Posted from: 69.171.164.144
March 16th, 2010 19:49
In regards to judging and upping the quality,
TFA state should have dealt with their MPJ ahead of time
I was told that many people preffed me in LD yet I was removed from the pool to judge 9 CX rounds
(not that I’m complaining at all :P)
A lot of preference was given to CX (judges.room quality) and not LD. A lot needs to be done in the community in order to get that same respect.
however they should have been more clear on WHO would judge WHAT event
Also there were some no shows which led alot of people to get their 2/3s
Those judges with less than respectful behavior should have been reported to tab so that their contract would have been nullified and or they would have lost their judge bond.
One example is all I think it would take to fix a lot of these issues.
Lastly you get the issue of (some not all) Coaches (who have at least some skill at the event who prefer to judge IEs cause they will get out faster
Thanks to all the coaches who judged debate rounds because without them the pool would have been 100% worse
Posted from: 65.188.33.85
March 17th, 2010 15:20
Claire’s weekend was easily one of the most impressive showings I’ve ever seen at TFA. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer person or a more dedicated head coach. Claire and Kandi both deserved such a nice ending.
I also wanted to congratulate Josh Roberts as he continues to put together an amazing junior year as well as Cole Oliver and Jared Woods on their second straight year of breaking at TFA state. Including Jared Woods who was in quarters as a sophomore last year, next year’s edition of TFA state will return 5 students who have been in at least the quarters.
On a sidenote, the way speaker points are given out in Texas needs to be reexamined.
33/154 at TFA averaged 29+ H/L
104/154 at TFA averaged 28+ H/L
I believe there were 2 students who had 4 out of 5 30s and a handful with 3 30s. Given the way speaker points seem to be awarded in Texas, I’m not so convinced they are serving any real purpose as meaningful differentiators amongst those with the same record.