October Wyatt Tournament
2015
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KY/US
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Brian Birch
Larry A Ryle High School
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Jeff Darnell
Covington Latin School
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Brenda Freeman
Sacred Heart Academy
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Janet Heston
Jeffersontown HS
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Brian Hinkle
Larry A Ryle High School
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Ken Moellman
Covington Latin School
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Raghwendra Pathak
DuPont Manual High School
Last changed on
Fri February 12, 2016 at 1:31 AM EDT
I like good argumentation and a slow pace. I am a parent judge, and I've judged tournaments before.
Pedro Sanchez-Villa
Trinity High School
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Tue January 16, 2024 at 5:12 AM EDT
If competitors are doing an email chain for evidence; Sanchez-villa@trinityrocks.com
Competed in the Louisville, Kentucky Circuit in high school for three years. Graduated with a major in Political Science from the University of Louisville. I am an assistant coach of Trinity High School for the Speech & Debate team and have held that role for four years now. I say this to highlight that I have years of experience in this event and am familiar with many debate styles, philosophies, frameworks and am aware of changing trends in the debate world, that being said Debate is an educational tool and a time for students to practice analytical thinking and persuasive skills in a unique environment unlike school, so please do not spread at a rate that is so fast that it can never be repeated in a public environment, dont go so fast that the only way to flow is off a speech doc because I will ignore it. Evidence calling is a new thing with the advent of technology post-covid but do not make the evidence calling period so long that it delays the debate and ends up being wasted, call for cards that matter to the judge, not your team. Great debate, for me, is one where both sides are understanding of what the other person's case is stating and evaluating and clashing at that crucial point. There are a lot of debates where people run past each others points and do not actually attack the meat of what is being debated causing me to weigh two worlds that have very little to differentiate from. Competitors should be critical of evidence (yes please do stake the round on thats not what your evidence says, and I will read evidence of contention if I believe there is merit to it not claiming what it means, bad card cutting happens to everyone) and claims being made and any connection that they do not make for me as a judge I will not flow. Make my decision for me with your final speech.
Rob Schwartz
DuPont Manual High School
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Tue September 6, 2016 at 5:27 PM EDT
My only debate experiance is from about a year of judging. In that time I've judged mostly traditional rounds (with little to no philosphy). I try to keep up on current events so informed arguments with reasonable probabilty are the best strategy when debating in front of me. Critical, progressive, or philosophical agruments will have to be explained very clearly to ressonate; I don't have any issue with these arguments, I'm just not familiar with them.
Russ Wallace
Assumption High School
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Spencer Zimmerman
Ballard High School
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Woody Zorn
Assumption High School
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