Apple Valley Results

Lakeville Debaters competed against students from Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, California, Nevada, Texas, Florida and Alabama this past weekend. The team had an excellent showing, proving just how competitive the team is this year.

The collective performance of Lakeville South students resulted in Lakeville South receiving the third place sweepstakes award.

In novice, Lakeville South's Ruthie Nelson (2012) was undefeated throughout preliminary rounds. Ruthie was an octafinalist (top 16), along with Kayla Dharampaul (LNHS 2011). Raffi Garnighian (LSHS 2012) was a quarterfinalist (top 8). Grace O'Brien (LSHS 2012), Jacqueline Schmitt (LSHS 2012) and Yaphet Getachew (LNHS 2012) all had enough wins, but not enough points to clear to octafinals.

In JV, Lakeville South's Dylan Slinger (2011) was a quarterfinalist.

In Varsity, Lakeville South's Christian Keil (2009) advanced from a field of 150 top competitors into the top 8. He lost on a 2-1 decision to Ross Brown from Iowa. Christian was also the fourth place speaker. His performance at this tournament resulted in his second bid to the Tournament of Champions, securing him a spot in that competition to be held in Lexington, KY in May.

In Public Forum debate, Lakeville North's Steven Elliott and Karen Zhou (2010) advanced to octafinals (top 16). Steven was the fourth place speaker.

Although not a tournament result, it should also be noted that Karen is currently ranked 10th in the nation for her NFL points. Her placement may shift slightly as other students have points entered, but it is an amazing accomplishment to be recognized for this honor as one of the top National Forensics League competitors in the country.

Dowling Tournament (IA)

The following students are registered for the Dowling tournament in Iowa December 12-14, 2008:

Vanessa Johnston Novice South
Dylan Slinger Varsity South
Grace O’Brien Novice South
Wes Brand Varsity South
Christian Keil Varsity South
Hayden Rutan/ Sam Amodeo Public Forum South


Austin Bock Varsity North
Alex Ryan Varsity North
Sarah Lunkenheimer Novice North
Jayant Tripathy Varsity North
Catherine Eichmann Varsity North
Tom Caruso Varsity North

No Practice MONDAY

There will be NO PRACTICE TODAY (11/10/08).

Megan will be available on TUESDAY (4-6, room 309 at North). You should plan to do rebuttal redos from Saturday.

There is no tournament this upcoming weekend (sleep in!).