.: Lakeville Debate 2007 :.

New Website for 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:19:00 +0000

Please update your bookmarks to the 2008 version of this website.

School Forms and MANDATORY Code Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Because debate is interscholastic and competes under MSHSL rules, debaters need to fill out eligibility forms and pay the $110 activity fee. Forms are available on the school website and fees can be paid using a credit card. Please pay the fee to the school you attend (or for 8th graders, the school you plan to attend).

Lakeville North Activities
Lakeville South Activities

NOTE: Debaters do NOT need to complete the physical.

Additionally, there is a mandatory meeting on MONDAY, AUGUST 11 at 6 pm for debaters and their parents. All students must attend because this is a school/ MSHSL requirement, not just debate. The debate team will attend the meeting at North (unless parents need to attend the meeting at South for other sports-- the content of the meeting will be the same but will break off into teams at the end which is why we need most debaters in the same place).

Interested in debate?

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:32:00 +0000

All students are welcome to join the debate team.

The attached file contains information about what debate is and what the Lakeville Debate team is all about.

If you would like to join the team, send us your information and plan on coming to practice on August 12 at 5:30 in the North Library.

For further questions, contact coach Liz Vieira.

08debateinfo.pdf

First Practice of 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:25:00 +0000

The first practice of the 2008 season will be Tuesday, August 12 at 5:30 in the North Library.

Students interested in joining the team should plan to attend.

Experienced debaters, come ready to shake the dust off and get some important skills work in before the topic comes out August 15.

Lakeville Debate Site Back Up!

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:07:00 +0000

After a long hiatus, the website will begin to be updated again.

Please contact head coach Liz Vieira with any questions during the summer.

State Debate Tournament Information

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:18:00 +0000

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)

Sections

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:16:00 +0000

Courtney placed first, Tyler second, Christian third and Tim fourth. Between the four of them, they only dropped one ballot that wasn't in a North/ South round. Congratulations to all and good luck at State!

FOUR Debaters to State

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:07:00 +0000

This just in:

All 4 Lakeville debaters have qualified for State. Congrats to Tim, Courtney, Tyler, and Christian.

I don't know places, records, or anything else. But I know we've got 4!

Section 3 Tournament

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:57:00 +0000

Section 3 Debate Tournament
Providence Academy ( click here for directions)
8-9 January 2007

This is the tournament to qualify for State. The top 4 debaters will debate at state the following weekend. We are debating again Eagan, Sibley, Rosemount, St. Thomas Academy, plus Lakeville North and Lakeville South.

Lakeville North
Courtney Erickson
Tyler Traub

Lakeville South
Tim Jennings
Christian Keil

Round 1 on both days starts at 3:30PM with student info meeting at 3:15 on the first day.

If everything stays on schedule, we should be done debating about 8PM on the first night, which seems likely since the schedule is preset totally on Tuesday.

I will pick you up in my Jeep. Can we all meet at the upper doors of North at 1:45 on both days? I could do a pickup at South if needed too.

Awards Night Postponed

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:40:00 +0000

Hey gang -- we are going to postpone our awards night or do it in some other fashion. I simply have not been able to get everything organized that needs to be done. We'll do something here before the end of year, just not sure what.

Stay tuned to the website for more info.

Andy.

--
Steal from the best and make it your own. -- Tyra Banks

Blake Results

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:12:00 +0000

After two extremely long days of debating at the Hyatt in downtown Minneapolis, here are results.

Christian received his third bid to the Tournament of Champions and lost in finals to Ben Holguin from Edina.

Tyler and Tim both won their triple octafinals and lost in doubles.

Times and Train for Blake

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:08:00 +0000

So...for Friday and Saturday. Meet at the 28th street light rail station (just like last year). Here is the map:

http://www.metrotransit.org/rail/stations/16_28th.asp

Meet there ready to leave at 10AM on Friday and 6:30AM on Saturday. Katie will be with you on both days.

Andy.

--
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special. -- Jim Valvano

--
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special. -- Jim Valvano

Sibley Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:32:00 +0000

JV/ Novice State Results

noreply@blogger.com (Liz Vieira) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:49:00 +0000

In JV, Catherine dropped in Octas on a 2-1.

In Novice, Alex Ryan dropped in Octas to the eventual champion. Wes dropped in quarters to the eventual runner-up.

Congratulations to all on a successful season and thank you for your hard work.

Packets are available here.

The Sibley Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:30:00 +0000

The Sibley Challenge

Henry Sibley High School

7-8 December 2007

Coach in charge:

Andy Charrier

Things to know: Bring food! And make sure you clean up wherever you are eating.

This is the building where I have an office and everybody knows that I coach you guys,

so you better all be on your very best behavior. :)

Times:

Friday -- pickup at Lakeville South at 1:45PM; pickup at upper doors of Lakeville North at 2:00PM;

return to Lakeville about 10:00PM.

Saturday -- pickup from upper doors of Lakeville North at 7AM;

return to Lakeville about 6PM

ALL elimination rounds will utilize the public challenge format using the top-down approach.

This is a weird weekend on the tournament calendar so the tournament will not be huge.

So we're not going to enter a lot of debaters otherwise we'll end up debating each other too much.

Lakeville North Plea Bargaining Topic:

Steven Elliott

Jayant Tripathy
Cody Kaluza

Lakeville North Nuclear Weapons Topic:

Tyler Traub

Courtney Erickson

Tom Caruso

Elisabeth White

Lakeville South Plea Bargaining Topic:

Jackie Caston

Joe Julik

Lakeville South Nuclear Weapons Topic:

Tim Jennings

Christian Keil

Timmy Still Stormin'

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:25:00 +0000

Tim just picks up his doubles round. Jayant says, "It was close. I
don't know what else to say."

Dowling Round Robin 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:23:00 +0000

The students who are slated to participate this year are:

Maeshal Abid - Valley High School
Ross Brown or Matt Kawahara - Valley High School
JP Goodheram - Upper St. Clair High School*
Michael Grassmeyer - Fremont High School
Leighton Hutch - Bettendorf High School
Christian Keil - Lakeville North High School
Brian MacDonald - New Trier High School
Ellen Noble - Walt Whitman High School
Louis Paine - Stoneman Douglas High School
Anne Roth - Dowling Catholic High School*
John Scoggin - The Blake School
Catherine Tarsney - St. Louis Park High School

*JP Gooderham is currently unsure any more if he is able to attend as
a family issue has come up - should he not attend then Anne Roth would
not compete to maintain equal pods.

The Judging Pool:

Tom Blaser
Andy Charrier
Laura Kever
Elyse Lyons
Kamil Merchant
Melissa Patel
Daryl Pinto
Robbie Quinn
Stephen Renzi
Ernie Rose
Steve Schappaugh
Timothy Sheaff
Allison Stickley
Julian Switala
Christian Tarsney

Congrats Cody Kaluza

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:05:00 +0000

UT Triples

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:12:00 +0000

Pat vs Colleyville BB
Tyler vs Greenhill CW
Christian vs Alief Kerr JT
Joe vs Altamont SA
Tim vs Colleyville JD

Cody has headed off to his next elim.

It is about 80 here!

--
Pablo Picasso - "It takes a long time to become young."

Updates Across America

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:18:00 +0000

In Texas...Cody wins his doubles round. Tim is 5-0 and Pat, Tyler, and
Christian are 4-1. Joe is doing well but they have not disclosed his
results.

At novice/jv state...Catherine breaks in JV while Alex and Wes clear in novice.

More updates as we have them.

--
Pablo Picasso - "It takes a long time to become young."

Cody in JV Doubles

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:10:00 +0000

Cody Kaluza breaks to doubles at UT-Austin in JV. It took a 3-1 record
and 111 points to clear.

Congrats Cody!

--
Pablo Picasso - "It takes a long time to become young."

Jan-Feb Topic is NUKES

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:21:00 +0000

The National Forensic League has announced that the Lincoln-Douglas
debate resolution for for the January/February time period is:

"Resolved: It is just for the United States to use military force to
prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by nations that pose a
military threat."

The above resolution will also be used for the Tournament of Champions.

--
Pablo Picasso - "It takes a long time to become young."

Awards Night and Awards

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:56:00 +0000

The 2007 Debate Awards Night is Tuesday, December 18th at 6PM -- event will be at Lakeville North. Plan to bring your parents and family. This is not a formal event and is not a banquet-type event. We DO want debaters to wear clothing that would look good in photos -- you don't need to wear your debate outfits, but we don't want any ripped jeans and t-shirts either.

There are a couple things you need to do:

1. Complete the form for lettering. Download the 2007 lettering worksheet.

This form is due to Andy Charrier no later than December 3rd.

2. Varsity debaters will want to apply for Lake Conference awards. Links to the various forms are available here.

Andy.

Novice and JV State

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:12:00 +0000

MDTA Novice-JV State Championships

Eagan High School

30 November and 1 December

Here we are...for many of you, this is the last rumble of the season. Let's make it count!

Coaches in charge:

Liz Vieira and Abbie Gudmundson

Times:

Friday -- Pickup at 1:15PM for Lakeville South; pickup at 1:30 for Lakeville North; Kenwood pickup at 1:40. Return to Lakeville at 10:30PM -- we will drop off at both schools, but people needing rides should have parents meet them at North.

Saturday -- Pickup at 7:30 at upper doors of Lakeville North. Return about 5PM.

What to bring:

Be sure to bring some food for lunch, etc. Be sure to CLEAN UP where you are sitting -- when you leave the table at the end of the day, it needs to be free of all trash .

Lakeville North Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas

Catherine Eichmann

Jessie VonWald

Steven Elliott

Lakeville North Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Alex Ryan

Hailey VonWald

Jevan Hutson
Preeya Bhakta
Sarah Vandelist
Uche Ndubizu

Austin Bock

Lakeville South Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas

Shawn Nelson

Lakeville South Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Ashley Branch
Dylan Slinger
Joe Shim
Ryan Falk
Wes Brand

Joey Machaj

Debate @ UT-Austin

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Charrier) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:42:00 +0000

Longhorn Classic
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Nov 30 and Dec 1

Airport Update:

Be at our usual meeting spot at 12:15. It's the NWA group check-in area on the lowest level (one floor below baggage claim). Best plan is to come in door 4 and take escalators all the way down.

Coach in charge:
Andy Charrier 651.387.8305

Tournament info:
Schedule is online.

You will also for SURE want to print a copy or two of the campus map (and bring a GPS too!) because it's a huge campus. Huge.

Check the weather too so you have the right clothing.

Briana --> Bring comfy shoes for walking, then change into dress shoes when you get to the building where you debate is being held.

Flight Information:
Frontier 107
MSP Thu 29 Nov 1:15 PM to AUS Thu 29 Nov 7:07 PM

Frontier 211
AUS Sun 2 Dec 6:25 AM to MSP Sun 2 Dec 12:34 PM

Hotel:
Days Inn Austin/University/Downtown
3105 N I-35
I-35 & 32nd Street
Austin, TX 78722 US
Phone: 512-478-1631

Lakeville North Varsity:
Tyler Traub
Pat Arnold

Lakeville North JV:
Cody Kaluza
Jayant Tripathy
Briana Lauer

Lakeville South Varsity:
Christian Keil
Joe Julik
Tim Jennings