Live from the TOC: The Policy Sweet Sixteen

VBD has received requests, both in comments on this site and through e-mail, for policy results. While we have no contacts in the policy division, you click below to read he names of those clearing to the octafinals in policy. Congratulations to the thirty-two individuals who broke!

Blake GR (Josh Garen and Nathan Rattner) (6-1)
Clear Lake […]

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Live from the TOC: “It’s Like the Superbowl for Dorks”

Yes, I think Neha Gupta put it best. And, indeed, we love the TOC because of that.
A major congratulations to the “Sweet Sixteen” of the 2004 TOC! Breaking with form by not utilizing the “continue reading” format - it seems appropriate to display all sixteen names on the front page, after correcting an error that […]

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Live from the TOC: Run-off Rounds

MBA Spence Patton def. Granada Hills Ryan Lawrence
Judges: Vaughan, Paciotti, Bietz
Logan Justin Hinojonza def. DM North Ernie Rose
Judges: Fitch, Hertzig, Prax
Lake Highland Ryan O’Hara def. MSJ Hirsh Jain
Judges: Berryhill, Gelfand, Dessi
Congrats to all.
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Live from the TOC: Very Partial Break Results

We know that the following people will break….

Apple Valley TH(MN) 7-0
Menlo JM(CA) 6-1
Edina JM(MN) 6-1
Edina JG(MN) 5-2
James Logan JH(CA) 5-2
MSJ HJ(CA) 5-2
Churchill PS(TX) 6-1
Valley SB(IA) 5-2
Howland EP(OH) 5-2
Green Valley MS(NV) 5-2
Menlo TB(CA) 5-2
Granada Hills RL(CA) 5-2
MBA SP(TN) 5-2
RL Turner BA(TX) 5-2/6-1
DM North ER(IA) 5-2
Scarsdale DL(NY) 5-2/6-1
which means, there should be 2 or 3 more we’ll […]

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Live from the TOC: Select Round 7 Pairings/partial results

4-2:
Howland EP defeats Greenhill DW / Judge: Dave McGinnis
Edina JG defeats Highland Park KP
Lynbrook SS v. Granada Hills RL / Judge: Greg Miller
Monte Vista WL vs. Immaculate Heart TC
Valley SB defeats whomever she debated
5-1:
Edina JM v. James Logan JH
Churchill PS defeats MSJ HJ/ Judge: Steve Clemmons
Scarsdale DL vs.
6-0:
AV TH defeats Menlo JM / Judge: Sonja […]

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Live from the TOC: We Overheard These Records…

The competitors are awaiting the round that could determine it all.
Word of mouth has allowed us to learn the records of a few debaters after the first six rounds, with some records after the fifth round. Check back; we’ll have more as we get it.
Last Updated: 4:48 PM EST

John McKay - 6-0
Tim Hogan - […]

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Live from the TOC: Word of Mouth

Seeing that tab isn’t open, here are the results we have by word of mouth which as always may not be 100% accurate. Hope everyone is enjoying the jugding :)

Schiano 3-1
Hogan 4-0
E. Palmer 4-0
W. Palmer 3-1
Poulous 4-0
Leiter 4-0
Conrad 2-2
Wolfish 2-2
Mckay 4-0
Brugatto 3-1
Mcneil 3-1
Glickstein 3-1
Flaherty 2-2
Bentley 3-1
Jain 3-1
McGrath 3-1
Trombley 2-2
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