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TOC 2008 Archive



Chris Theis Wins the TOC

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Featured, TOC 2008 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — This year’s Tournament of Champions concluded with an intense final round between Apple Valley High School’s Chris Theis and the Kinkaid School’s Becca Traber.
Chris Castillo, Wesley Craven, Jon Cruz, Dave McGinnis, Adam Nelson, Liz Scoggin, and Aaron Timmons adjudicated. On a 6-1 decision — Craven dissented — Chris took home the […]

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Live from the TOC: LD Prelims

Posted by Jon Cruz in the TOC 2008 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Tournament of Champions features seven preliminary rounds in Lincoln-Douglas debate. The first two are preset; the remainder are powered high-low.
LD ROUND 1
Lakeville South CK vs. Scarsdale MH (Wesley Craven)
Walt Whitman JK vs. Analy CC (Wesley Craven)
Scarsdale KH vs. Pace AZ (Michael Mangus)
New Trier BM vs. Apple Valley CT (Michael Mangus)
Scarsdale NL […]

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An Epic Final Round: Watch a Piece of Debate History

Posted by Jon Cruz in the TOC 2008 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — I’ve received a tremendous number of e-mails after I uploaded a set of images from the 2003 Tournament of Champions to the VBD Photo Archives. People were very excited to see this blast from the (recent) past.
Well, today I made a little discovery: talk about a piece of debate history! There […]

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On Golden Horses, Epic Rounds, and Waffle House

Posted by Jon Cruz in the TOC 2008 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Whenever I see posts from Cherian Koshy and Michelin Massey, I’m hoping they’re war stories. I love war stories. Unfortunately, the most recent post from the former was a tease, and the most recent posts from the latter have been calls for my candidate of choice to withdraw from the presidential election. […]

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J.W. Patterson Releases Final Fields for the TOC

Posted by Jon Cruz in the TOC 2008 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The countdown to Victory Briefs Daily’s live coverage of the National High School Tournament of Champions continues today with an important set of logistical updates from the director of the TOC himself, Dr. J.W. Patterson.
Today, Patterson e-mailed the coaches who are in attendance with the most updated lists of competitors and judges. […]

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The TOC Countdown Begins

Posted by Jon Cruz in the TOC 2008 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The countdown to Victory Briefs Daily’s live coverage of the National High School Tournament of Champions begins with a blast from the past. Ashan Peiris has delivered a collection of images from the 2003 TOC, which featured a final round between Mission San Jose’s Andrew Garvin and Lincoln Southeast’s Tom Evnen.
But […]

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TOC Features…Coffee!

Posted by Jon Cruz in the TOC 2008 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — This morning I bring you a bit of breaking news from the Tournament of Champions.
“After years of searching I have found a store in Lexington that sells
coffee,” noted J.W. Patterson in an e-mail. “Thus, we will run a coffee house in room 106 of the classroom building from 7:30 AM to 3 […]

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