.: Lakeville Debate 2007 :.

http://debate194.net -- the official website for Lakeville North and Lakeville South

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Practice Schedule for Halloween Week

Here is a summary of what the week looks like for us:

ONLY people going to Apple Valley need to come to practice this week.  Everybody else can take a well-deserved week off from practice. 

Monday -- Practice at 5:30 as usual. 

Wednesday -- Practice at 3:30 JV folks with Kenny and Katie; 5:30 for Varsity and Novice. Sorry that it's Halloween and we have practice but it's just the way it is -- we'll bring treats of some kind and you'll still have time for trick-or-treat later.  But we have a BIG tournament and can't skip the practice time.

Thursday -- Practice at 5:30 as usual.

Friday -- Varsity-only practice at 9AM prior to leaving for Apple Valley.

Lettering and All-Conference Awards

We are at the halfway point of the season.  Here are links to some files you might want.

All debaters will want to download and complete the Lettering Worksheet .

Varsity debaters will want to apply for All-Conference awards as well. 

Nov 2 and 3 @ Apple Valley

The Minneapple
Apple Valley High School -- Varsity
Valley Middle School -- JV
Falcon Ridge Middle School -- Novice
November 2-3, 2007

This is your chance to debate at a national-level tournament, the kind that we travel to attend. We are so lucky to have a tournament like this just up the road.  There are 70 schools from 18 states entered. 

The 8 debaters in Varsity will meet to prep at 9AM in the IMC of Lakeville North.  We'll make a run to Subway for a feeding. 

This is a very classy tournament. Apple Valley provides meals as part of the tournament, but you'll still want to bring some snacks because it's going to be a long 2 days of debating.  For sure bring some bottled water to drink.

Finally, we'd love to bring every debater on the team, but we just can't afford the judges and entry fees to enter more than we have. It's great to have a team with so many good debaters.

Bus Times:
Friday -- We do not have school on Friday.
Depart from upper doors of Lakeville North at 1PM.
Return from Apple Valley HS about 9:30PM.

Saturday -- We will drop off debaters at each school they are competing at in this order: Apple Valley, Valley Middle, Falcon Ridge Middle.
Depart from Lakeville North at 6:30AM.
Return from Apple Valley about 7PM.

Tournament Schedules **
** On Saturday afternoon, debaters from all 3 buildings return to Apple Valley High School for elimination rounds. Here is the schedule for Saturday afternoon:
12:45pm Announcement of Varsity, JV, and Novice Elimination Round Participants
in AVHS Cafeteria
1:15pm Varsity Double Octafinals (Flight A) JV & Novice Octafinals
2:30pm Varsity Double Octafinals (Flight B) JV & Novice Quarterfinals
3:45pm Varsity Octafinals JV & Novice Semifinals
5:00pm AWARDS CEREMONY in AVHS Gymnasium
6:30pm Varsity Quarterfinals JV & Novice Finals
7:30pm Varsity Semifinals
8:30pm Varsity Finals

FRIDAY--VARSITY
2:30-2:45 Announcements and Varsity
Postings in Theatre
3:00 Round One
4:00 Round Two
4:45-5:45 Dinner
6:00 Round Three
7:30 Round Four

SATURDAY--VARSITY
The building will be open at 7:00am
7:00-7:30 Notify the tab room of any judges or debaters who are absent for Round FIVE
7:30  Posting in Cafeteria
8:00 Round Five
9:30  Round Six
11:00 Round Seven
11:45-12:45 Lunch

FRIDAY--JV/NOVICE
The building opens at 3:30pm for debaters
and judges.
3:30 Postings available in cafeterias in each building.
4:00 Round One
5:00 Round Two
5:45-6:45 Dinner
7:00 Round Three

SATURDAY--JV/NOVICE
The building will be open at 7:00am
7:00-7:15 Notify the tab room of any
judges or debaters who are
absent for Round FIVE.
7:30 Posting in cafeteria at Valley and Gymnasium at Falcon Ridge
8:00 Round Four
9:30 Round Five
11:00 Round Six
11:45 Shuttle buses leave for AVHS for
lunch and postings.
12:00-12:45 Lunch in AVHS Cafeteria 

Lakeville North Varsity (4):
Tom Caruso
Elisabeth White
Courtney Erickson
Karen Zhou

Lakeville North JV (5):
Bryant Au
Catherine Eichmann
Steven Elliott
Jessica Kanuit
Alexandra Nelson

Lakeville North Novice (6):
Preeya Bhakta
Cody Kaluza
Jayant Tripathy
Sarah Vandelist
Nate Randall
Jevan Hutson
** Tyler Traub to be student novice coach

Lakeville North Judges: (subject to many changes)
Andy Charrier -- AVHS Varsity
Liz Vieira -- AVHS Varsity

Kenny Juskowiak -- Valley Middle School JV
TBA 4 -- Valley Middle School JV
TBA 1 -- Valley Middle School JV (.5 judge shared with South)

TBA 2 -- Falcon Ridge Middle School Novice
TBA 3 -- Falcon Ridge Middle School Novice
TBA 8 -- Falcon Ridge Middle School Novice 

Lakeville South Varsity (4):
Mike Berger
Christian Keil
Jackie Caston
Julie Schmidt

Lakeville South JV (3):
Sarah Lund
Joe Julik
Kelsey Buehrer

Lakeville South Novice (4):
Wes Brand
Joe Shimm
Ryan Falk
Dylan Slinger
** Tim Jennings to be student novice coach

Lakeville South Judges:  (this subject to mass changing)
Katie Whillock -- AVHS Varsity
Steve Kinsella -- AVHA Varsity

TBA 5 -- Valley Middle

TBA 6 -- Falcon Ridge Middle School Novice
TBA 7 -- Falcon Ridge Middle School Novice

--
"ENTJs naturally have little patience with people who do not see things the same way as the ENTJ. "

Eagan Results Packet

Results for Eagan are now available.

Varsity Death Penalty Topic -- full packet
Sara Starita 3-2 Honorable Mention

Novice Plea Bargaining -- full packet
Wes Brand 5-0 Champion
Cody Kaluza 3-2 7th
Jevan Hutson 3-2 8th
Alex Ryan 3-2 Honorable Mention

Varsity Plea Bargaining -- full packet
Elisabeth White 5-0 3rd
Christian Keil 4-1 4th (Top Speaker also)
Steven Elliott 4-1 5th
Tom Caruso 4-1 6th
Courtney Erickson 4-1 7th
Jessica Kanuit 4-1 8th
Karen Zhou 4-1 Honorable Mention
Catherine Eichmann 4-1 Honorable Mention

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Eagan Photos

A couple quick photos of the whole Eagan team plus our award winners as well. Great job to everybody!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

UT Travel List

As of 10AM on Tuesday, here is who I know is planning on going to UT. If you want to go but are not on the list, you need to tell me by the end of the day today (Tuesday).

Alexandra Nelson
Julie Schmidt
Brianna Lauer
Pat Arnold
Christian Keil
Jayant Tripathy
Joe Julik

Thanks.

Andy.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Going to UT

I need to know who wants to go to UT.  It's a semis bid tournament.  We have found a better hotel.  The airfare is about $355 on American right now and that's the best it's been in a long time. 

I need to know by Tuesday morning so that I can start working on travel plans.  Drop me an email to charrier@gmail.com so that I add your name to the list.

Andy.

--
Babe Ruth - "Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."

Oct 27th @ Eagan

Wildcat Invitational Tournament
Eagan High School
Saturday, Oct 27th
Coach in Charge:
Andy Charrier -- charrier@gmail.com or 651.387.8305

Times:
Bus will leave from upper doors of Lakeville North at 8AM. We should return about 6PM or so.
Round 1 9:30 – 10:15
Round 2 10:30 – 11:15
Round 3 12:00 – 12:45
Round 4 1:15 – 2:00
Round 5 2:30 – 3:15
Round 6 3:45 – 4:30
Awards 4:45

What to Bring:
For sure pack a lunch and a snack. Eagan does a good job of having food available as well, but better to have something so you are in control.

Also notice that it is 6 rounds so make sure you have 4 pre-flows for each side.

Remember your timer. A cell phone, while it may have a stop-watch, is not a timer.

Debating -- remember, this is the November-December topic and it's all in one big division of novice, JV, and varsity all thrown together.

This list MAY change depending on how many people enter from other schools. So I might end up having to switch some of you to debate death penalty.

We might also find a few more judges and be able to enter more people -- this tournament requires 1 judge for every 2 debaters.

North Varsity -- Plea Bargaining:
Courtney Erickson
Tom Caruso
Karen Zhou
Elisabeth White
Steven Elliott
Catherine Eichmann
Jessica Kanuit

North Varsity -- Death Penalty
Sara Starita (DP topic)

North Novice -- Plea Bargaining:
Alexandra Nelson
Preeya Bhakta
Cody Kaluza
Jayant Tripathy
Austin Bock
Jevan Hutson
Alex Ryan

South Varsity -- Plea Bargaining:
Christian Keil
Julie Schmidt
Jackie Caston
Kelsey Buehrer
Joe Julik
Sarah Lund

South Novice -- Plea Bargaining:
Wes Brand
Amy Sullivan
Joe Shim
Dylan Slinger
Ashley Branch

Judges:
Chris Malone
Danni Bayne
Shauna Moerke
Tim Moerke
Eric Lund
Andrew Lau
Megan Moolah
Kenny Juskowiak
Liz Kraut
Katie Whilock
Adam Arling
Kevin Blake

Friday, October 19, 2007

Saturday Work Session

We have an optional work session at Lakeville South on Saturday from 1-3PM.  Liz and I will be there to help with casing and other debate fun.

All are welcome.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Oct 24th @ Edina

Edina High School
Wednesday, October 24th

Bus Times:
Wednesday, Oct 24th we are going to debate at Edina High School.
Pickup at Lakeville South athletic doors at 2:30 and pickup at
Lakeville North upper doors at 2:45.

We will return to Lakeville about 8PM and will drop-off at both
schools.

Coach:
Liz Vieira

Lakeville North
Steven Elliott
Tom Caruso
Catherine Eichmann
Elisabeth White
Karen Zhou
Cody Kaluza *
Jayant Tripathy *
Austin Bock *

Lakeville South
Christian Keil
Mike Berger
Jackie Caston
Amy Sullivan *

* Observing, not debating vs. Varsity


--
Babe Ruth - "Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."

Sunday, October 14, 2007

No TNT this Tuesday

I have too much homework. Seriously. But the real reason is that it
will just end up being another Lakeville vs. Apple Valley night and
we've had plenty of Lakeville vs. Apple Valley in the last 2 weeks.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Lakeville North Results










Novice LD -- Full Packet Download
1. Apple Valley JS (Jon Slater)
2. Apple Valley SC (Sean Cheren)
3. Lakeville South JS (Joe Shim)
4. Apple Valley KH (Kathryn Horski)
5. Lakeville South WB (Wes Brand)
6. Lakeville North ACo (Allie Cole)
7. Apple Valley SB (Stephen Bishop)
8. Apple Valley KT (Kassia Tomlinson)
9. Benilde-St. Margaret' SS (Sean Simonson)
10. Roseville Area MS (Meera Sury)










Public Forum -- Full Packet Download
1. Eagan GM (Haben Ghebregergish & Rachel Markon)
2. Eastview PP (Michelle Patten & Alison Prater)
3. Eagan BS (Nick Bosiacki & Chris Schumacher)
4. Forest Lake CL (Leeta Carlson & Helen Lininger)
5. Eastview RM (Keith Rice & Jennifer Miller)
6. Eastview HE (Ryan Henry & Jacob Edwinson)
7. Eastview RS (Jason Vanderlinden & Anthony Stagner)
8. SPA SF (Sam Schwartz & Kevin Fields)
9. SPA MH (Ben Markhart & Bailey Houston)
10. SPA FN (Maren Frisell & Pierce Norton)











Varsity LD -- Full Packet Download
1. Lakeville North CE (Courtney Erickson)
2. Edina JM (Jack Mullaney)
3. Apple Valley CTh (Chris Theis)
4. Lakeville North TT (Tyler Traub)
5. Hopkins CD (Conor Doherty)
6. Edina DM (David McNeil)
7. Lakeville South CK (Christian Keil)
8. Lakeville South MBe (Mike Berger)
9. Wayzata FP (Francesca Parente)
10. Eagan ND (Namita Desai)











JV -- Full Packet Download
1. Providence Academy MO (Michael Offerman)
2. Benilde-St. Margaret' VA (Victor Alicea)
3. Apple Valley KK (Kayla Koboski)
4. Apple Valley XX (Abby Gotter)
5. Edina SS (Sharanya Srinivasan)
6. Lakeville North SS (Sara Starita)
7. Lakeville North AN (Alexandra Nelson)
8. Apple Valley AR (Austin Ritz)
9. Lakeville North BL (Brianna Lauer)
10. Eagan KL (Kayla Lynch)

















Thursday, October 11, 2007

October 13 @ Lakeville North

Ray Kolbe Memorial Tournament
Lakeville North High School
13 October 2007

Everybody needs to meet in room 248 at 7:30AM. Don't be late. Round 1 is at 8AM.
Debates are flighted like they were last week at Jefferson.
Rounds run at 8, 10, Noon, and 2PM.

Everybody cleans! When you are done with Round 4, come down to the IMC and the floor captains will give you directions. Nobody leaves until the whole building is cleaned up, which is usually about 5:30 or so. This tournament is put on for your benefit, so you have an obligation to contribute. No exceptions, got it?

Invite your parents to watch you debate.

Here is the list of who is debating -- if you are listed for the wrong school, send an email to Coach Liz Vieira immeidately.

Lakeville North Varsity:
Pat Arnold
Tom Caruso
Karen Zhou
Steven Elliot
Elisabeth White
Tyler Traub
Bryant Au
Courtney Erickson
Catherine Eichmann
Jessica Kanuit

Lakeville North JV:
Sara Starita
Alexandra Nelson
Jesse VonWald
Brianna Lauer

Lakeville North Novice:
Alex Ryan
Cody Kaluza
Jevan Hutson
Preeya Bhakta
Alexie Castrellon
Alexa Balhorn
Henisha Dhandhusaria
Briley Fenimore
Jayant Tripathy
Heather Peterson
Sarah Vandelist
Allie Cole
Hailey VonWald
Aaron Crenshaw
Paige Leclerc
Nate Randall
Hannah Sorenson
Tommy Hanson

Lakeville South Varsity:
Christian Keil
Julie Schmidt
Mike Berger
Kelsey Buehrer
Joe Julik
Tim Jennings

Lakeville South JV:
Michelle Bradley
Sarah Lund
Carissa VanSlooten

Lakeville South Novice:
Wesley Brand
Amy Sullivan
Uche Ndubizu
Joey Machaj
Joe Shim
Ryan Falk
Dylan Slinger
Ashley Branch
Taylor Vonasek

--
Babe Ruth - "Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

All-Conference Awards

As I mentioned at practice on Monday, our varsity debaters are eligible for All-Conference awards.  To be considered, you need to keep track of your results using the guidelines and summary sheet below.  I'm not going to hound you to enter, but should enter.

Lake Conference Guidelines

Debate Summary Sheet -- the "entry" form for awards

Student Congress Summary Sheet

Monday, October 08, 2007

No TNT This Tuesday

We are not going to attend the TNT up at Forest Lake on Tuesday.  More details at practice tonight.

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Results from Jefferson

The results for the Bloomington Jefferson are now available for download.  The packet does not list all of the speaker awards and places, so if you have been left off the list, let me know and I'll add your award.

Varsity -- click for a full copy of the Varsity results

Courtney Erickson 4-0 -- Champion and Top Speaker
Tim Jennings 4-0  -- 2nd place
Karen Zhou 4-0 -- 4th place
Elisabeth White, Steven Elliott, Tom Caruso, Lindsay Kubina, Julie Schmidt, Kelsey Buehrer, and Mike Berger were all 3-1.

Junior Varsity -- click for a full copy of the JV results

Alexandra Nelson and Shawn Nelson were both 3-1.

Novice -- click for a full copy of the Novice results

Cody Kaluza 4-0 -- 2nd place
Jayant Tripathy, Nate Randall, Jevan Hutson, Preeya Bhakta, and Wes Brand were all 3-1.


Saturday, October 06, 2007

Jefferson Photos


I have posted a few more pictures on my Facebook album -- click here to see them.

Friday, October 05, 2007

Monday Practice

A note about practice on Monday -- we will meet in room 248 at Lakeville North.  We will talk about getting ready to host the tournament on Saturday.

Also, all experienced debaters should prepare themselves to start working on the plea bargaining topic as part of each practice.

Andy.

--
Babe Ruth - "Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

First TOC Bid!

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Congrats Novices

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Monday, October 01, 2007

October 6th @ Jefferson

Bloomington Jefferson High School
Saturday, October 6h

Coach in charge is Andy Charrier. Any questions, call 651.387.8305 or send an email to charrier@gmail.com.

Bus times:
We will leave from the upper doors of Lakeville North at 7AM -- for Saturday tournaments we will always leave from this same place.
Awards are scheduled for 4PM so we ought to be home about 5PM.

If you have a homecoming crisis, your parent can pick you up with two limitations -- one is that you must bring a written note with you on the bus in the morning and the other is that you cannot ride home with a parent that is not your own.

What to bring:
Bring a lunch and a snack. Also make sure you have the right shoes, belt, no bright nail polish, hair up and neat, etc.

Time schedule:
Registration 7:00 – 8 AM
Rd1A - 8:30
Rd1B - 9:15
Rd2A - 10:15
Rd2B - 11:00
Rd3A - 12:15
Rd3B - 1:00
Rd4A - 2:00
Rd4B - 2:45
Awards will be at 4 PM


Debating:

If I've left your name off this list by mistake -- meaning, you wanted go but I don't have you on the list, please let me know and I'll try to get you into the tournament.

Lakeville North Varsity (9):
Tom Caruso
Tyler Traub
Elisabeth White
Steven Elliott
Catherine Eichmann
Courtney Erickson
Karen Zhou
Lindsay Kubina

Lakeville South Varsity (6):
Julie Schmidt
Tim Jennings
Jackie Caston
Mike Berger
Joe Julik
Kelsey Buehrer

Lakeville North JV (3):
Alexandra Nelson
Brianna Lauer
Jesse VonWald

Lakeville South JV (3):
Carissa VanSlooten
Shawn Nelson
Sarah Lund

Lakeville North Novice (8):
Hailey VonWald
Cody Kaluza
Sarah Vandelist
Henisha Dhandhusaria
Jayant Tripathy
Allie Cole
Alexa Balhorn
Alex Ryan

Lakeville South Novice (10):
Uche Ndubizu
Amy Sullivan
Dylan Slinger
Wes Brand
Ryan Falk
Ashley Branch
Joseph Shim
Erin Breen
Preeya Bhakta
Jevan Hutson
Joey Machaj

Judges:
Andy Charrier
Liz Vieira
Aaron Weiner
Katie Whillock
Abbie Gudmudson
Danni Bayne
Shauna Moerke
Tim Moerke
Andy Post
Pat Kaluza
Christian Keil

Nov-Dec Topic Released

Here is the topic for November-December:

Resolved: In the United States, plea bargaining in exchange for
testimony is unjust.

Debate Parents

A message for all debate parents from Diane Schmidt --

Hello debate parents!

Four quick items regarding our parent-run concession stand for the
October 13th tournament at North:

1. If you have not yet sent in your $20 donation to the food shopping
fund, please do so ASAP. You know how budgets go- the more money we
have to work with the easier it is to plan & prepare. Our team has
over 50 debaters and so far 34 families have contributed, so the extra
funds will be a big help!

2. If you have not received debate e-mails from me and would like to,
please send your e-mail address to rodneyanddiane@charter.net. Being
a part of the group mailing is totally optional, but we want to make
sure no one is left out unintentionally.

3. Please remember to send a dessert item with your debater the
morning of the tournament. These will be served to the coaches &
judges who work the tournament for us.

4. We could use a few more volunteers to work the concession stand
with us. E-mail or call Diane at 469-4318 to find out which time
slots are still open. Within the next few days e-mail recipients will
receive confirmation of the shift scheduling.

It's exciting to be the host school for a tournament and as history
does repeat itself, it will be a very fun day!

--
Babe Ruth - "Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."

TNT on October 2nd

The plan will be this -- we want all of our novices to plan to debate
on Tuesday night. Rather than make a list, just assume that you are
all debating. Steve and Abbie will make a list of names at practice
on Monday.

We want all experienced debaters to judge.

Be at Lakeville South by 3PM -- you will need to get a ride on your
own -- and be dressed and ready to go.

Round 1 is at 3:30 with the other rounds at 4:15 and 5:00.

Should be done by 6 or a little bit after.