Live from the TOC: A Semifinal Decision

Live from the TOCLEXINGTON, KY - Following a well-received round, Greenhill’s David Wolfish advances over Monte Vista’s Will Leiter, who negated, to the final round on a 4-1 decision. Andy O’Connell sat out, with Jon Cruz, Tom Evnen, Pete Petraro, and Chad Henson affiming.
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Live from the TOC: Round III

Live from the TOCLEXINGTON, KY - Round III pairings were released after a scheduled lunch break. As a special note, we know that many parents are logging onto the VBD to check the status of their kids - we’d like to give a special hello to Ms. J.C. Glendinning of Niskayuna!

Lake Highland MH v. […]

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Things We Learned at the TOC

David Lebowitz has started a light-hearted conversation on lddebate.org about factoids competitors learned at the TOC. The initial list of “The 25 Things I Learned at the TOC” has grown quickly, with contributions from many community members. Check it out.
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John McNeil Wins the TOC

TOC finalists John McNeil and Tim Hogan
It all came down to this: the final round of the 2004 Tournament of Champions featured Edina’s John McNeil and Apple Valley’s Tim Hogan. The national circuit championship ended with a round between students who attend schools fifteen minutes apart from one another!
On a 3-2 decision, John defeated Tim […]

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Live from the TOC: While You’re Waiting…

For your reading pleasure, here are the results of the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 Tournaments of Champions.
Check back at Victory Briefs in the next few hours to find out which debater will join - to name only a few of the winners since 1986 - Andrew Garvin, Seamus Donovan, Tom Pryor, Jason Baldwin, […]

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Live from the TOC: Bietz Calls In

According to my phone call with Bietz (and his talking to Nick Coburn-Palo on the side), as of 11:01 am Pacific Time:
LD SEMIS
Tim Hogan will debate John McKay
John McNeil will debate Paul Schiano
POLICY QUARTERS
Chattahoochee HW versus Westminster BD
Blake GR versus Glenbrook North RZ
Colleyville LM versus MBA LR
CPS AB versus CPS RS
Update: We will try to […]

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Live from the TOC: And Results Trickle In…

Thank you to Adwait Parker, Michael Mangus, Sean Mumper, and, of course, Mike Bietz for reporting in with the results thus far.

QUARTERS
Edina JM def. Howland EP (Eric Palmer)
Apple Valley TH def. Monte Vista WL (Will Leiter)
Churchill PS def. R.L. Turner (Bryce Adams)
Menlo-Atherton JM def. S.F. Austin WP (Will Palmer)
OCTAS
Apple Valley TH def. James Logan JH […]

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