2020 Results for the Wildcat at Winnersville Speech and Debate Invitational

Winner of the Sherwood Cup in Extemporaneous Speaking: George Lefkowicz from Henry W. Grady High School coached by Mario Herrera

Winner in the Langdale Vallotton Lincoln Douglas Debate: Chansey Agler from Sequoyah High School coached by Matt Bartula

Winner in the Coleman Talley Public Forum Debate: Team of Cole Parker and Duncan Tanner from Henry W. Grady High School coached by Mario Herrera

Thank you to our tabroom staff of Richard Bracknell, Robert Walker, and Brianna Crockett.

Thank you to all coaches and judges for giving this opportunity to our competitors

Thank you and good luck to all of the competitors!

Big Questions Debate:

Champion: Megan Whittel from Oak Hall

Second: Haobai Chen from Oak Hall

Third: Aidan Freund from Oak Hall

Dramatic Interpretation:

Champion: Rylee Linous from Morristown West

Second: Kimber Strumski from Morristown West

Third: Emory Starcher from Morristown West

Extemporaneous Debate:

Champion: George Lefkowicz from Henry W. Grady

Second: Oliver Gray from Henry W. Grady

Third: Jorge Navarrete from Henry W. Grady

Humorous Interpretation:

Champion: Cayden Keltgen from Morristown West

Second: Marlee Smerdel from Morristown West

Third: Faith Hodge from Morristown West

Impromptu Speaking:

Champion: Brenna Newsom from Sequoyah 

Second: Ryan St. Peter from Sequoyah

Third: Raquel Sokol from Oak Hall

Informative Speaking:

Champion: Emma Whitaker from Morristown West

Second: Esmeralda Cerritos from Morristown West

Third: Eleanor Ball from Henry W. Grady

Lincoln Douglas Debate - Novice:

Champion: Hannah Childress from Valdosta High School

Second: Haider Zaidi from Oak Hall

Semi-finalist: Carra Carpenter from Calhoun

Semi-finalist: Jacob Eifler from Sequoyah

Lincoln Douglas Debate-Open:

Champion: Chansey Agler from Sequoyah 

Second: Lauren Scaffidi from Henry W. Grady

Semi-finalist:TJ Riggs from Lassiter

Semi-finalist: Aneesh Gogineni from Oak Hall

Original Oratory:

Champion: Delaney Miksa from Morristown West

Second: Oliver Gray from Henry W. Grady

Third: Kaliyah Smith from Morristown West

Policy Debate - Open

Champion: Aneesh Gogineni and Haider Zaidi

Second: Quinten Dragstedt and Anish Vedrapaneni

Third: Haobai Chen and Raquel Sokol

Program of Oral Interpretation

Champion: Rylee Linkous from Morristown West

Second: Delaney Miksa from Morristown West

Third: Emory Starcher from Morristown West

Public Forum Debate - Novice

Champion: Ava Godbey and Charlotte Llop from St. Pius

Second: Drew McCarthy and Ashton Lewandowski from Starrs Mill

Semi-Finalist: Collin Roberts and Nirmay Bhanderi from Maclay Upper School

Semi-finalist: Kristen LaRocco and Bella Perez from St. Pius 

Public Forum Debate - Open

Champion: Cole Parker and Duncan Tanner from Henry W. Grady

Second: Elyse Robbins and Audrey Brown from Sequoyah

Semi-finalist: Aaditya Majundar and Charlie Moreno from Lassiter

Semi-finalist:Caitlin Noble and Ana Pichanick from St. Pius

Middle School Results

Daily Show - Extemp Commentary

Champion: Marziya Khambaty from Oak Hall

Second: Haobai Chen from Oah Hall

Impromptu:

Champion: Jacob Wang from Georgia Connections

Second: Marziya Khambaty from Oak Hall

Third: Elijah Swift from Oak Hall

Just Talk - Informative/Oratory

Champion: Elijah Swift from Oak Hall

Program or Oral Interpretation:

Champion: Jacob Wang from Georgia Connections

The Valdosta High School Speech and Debate Team hope to see you at our first Virtual tournament for High School and Middle School Students.  This year’s meet is Friday and Saturday, October 23-24, 2020 using NSDA Campus.

A variety of events will be offered:

Debate: Policy, Lincoln Douglas, and Public Forum debates on both the Novice and Varsity level (please be aware that if entries warrant, the divisions may be collapsed within each type of debate).  Four preliminary round and one break round for each debate division is planned. LD and PF will use the September/October topics from the NSDA.  Policy novices will follow the GFCA’s Novice Packet.  

Debate entries can double enter into asynchronous speech events as well.

  Public Forum Debate is sponsored by Coleman Talley, LLP

  Lincoln Douglas Debate is sponsored by Langdale Vallotton, LLP

Individual events will be offered live for Extemp, Impromptu,  and MS-Impromptu and pre-recorded for all other speech  events. We are offering a new event this year - FL-Social Justice/ Equity OO.

Students can double enter into one live event and unlimited asynchronous events.

Extemporaneous Students will the Sherwood Cup in Extemporaneous Speaking.

Middle School Events - BQD, Impromptu, OO/INF, Interp, POI, Daily Show (Extemp Commentary)

Fees and Obligations

School Fee: $25

Debate (except BQD) - $30

Individual Events, BQD, and Middle School  - $15/entry

Judge obligations are as follows:

LD/PF/CX - 1 judge for every 2 entries

Extemp and Impromptu  - 1 judge for every 4 entries

IEs/BQD/MS - 1 judge for every 4 entries 

There are limited judge hires, especially in the Varsity Debate events, please request a judge hire early.  

This tournament will follow GFCA guidelines and best practices for all high school events.  It will also follow the GFCA recommendations for Middle School participants.