State Debate Tournament Information

MSHSL State Debate Tournament
Jan 18-19, 2008
Rosemount High School

Here is the plan: I will excuse you for the whole day. We will meet at my house at 8AM for fruit and Belgian waffles, plus review plan for the tournament.

You will debate 4 rounds on Friday and 2 on Saturday. I have posted a full copy of the schedule here. Round 1 starts at 3PM.

Same rules of evidence apply as Sections -- meaning full cites need to be read.

Here is how the rounds are paired:
Rounds 1 and 2 - Entries will be randomly placed in a schedule for rounds 1 and 2 based on the following criteria: entries shall uphold each side of the resolution; entries shall debate two different sections than their own; entries shall debate either a first and a fourth place finisher from section competition or a second and a third place finisher.

Rounds 3 and 5 - Rounds 3 and 5 will be paired high/low within win-loss records, beginning with the undefeated group, and progressing by number of losses. If a group has an uneven number of entries, the middle ranked entry from the next group shall be drawn up and ranked according to speaker points. If there is not a clear middle team, randomly draw from the middle-most teams. A team shall not be drawn up in both Rounds 3 and 5. Sides for these debates will alternate by the high teams in the pairings; beginning with the high team in the first pairing being placed by draw as affirmative or negative; the high team in the next pairing will then be placed on the opposite side; the high team in each successive pairing will alternate sides following this pattern throughout the win-loss bracket.

Rounds 4 and 6 - Entries will be separated into two groups: those due to uphold the affirmative and those due to uphold the negative. Within each group, entries shall be ranked first by win-loss record, then by speaker points, then by draw. The highest ranked entry scheduled to uphold the affirmative should meet the highest ranked entry scheduled to uphold the negative; the second highest entries should meet; and so on.

2008 Qualifiers:

Section 1:
1st Akshar (Eastview)
2nd Jake (Eastview)
3rd Chris (Apple Valley)
4th Michelle (Apple Valley)

Section 2:
1st place Brian Ashburn, Brainerd
2nd Jenna Riley, Brainerd
3rd Kristen Dorumsgaard, St Francis
4th Tiffany Rootes, St Francis

Section 3
1st Place - Courtney Erickson (Lakeville North)
2nd Place - Tyler Traub (Lakeville North)
3rd Place - Christain Keil (Lakeville South)
4th Place - Tim Jennings (Lakeville South)

Section 4
1st Place - Hannah Johnson (St. Paul Central)
2nd Place - Soren Duggan (Forest Lake)
3rd Place - Kathryn Haglin (Forest Lake)
4th Place - Jonathan Wald (St. Paul Academy)

Section 5
1st Place - Francesca Parente (Wayzata)
2nd Place - John Scoggin (Blake)
3rd Place - Zac Field (Coon Rapids)
4th Place - Dru Svoboda (Wayzata)

Section 6
1st Place - Dan Willey (Cooper)
2nd Place - David McNeil (Edina)
3rd Place - Erik Legried (Cooper)
4th Place - Conor Doherty (Hopkins)