January Wyatt Tournament
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John Docter
Fairdale High School
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Tim Hanson
DuPont Manual High School
Last changed on
Fri February 10, 2017 at 8:59 AM EDT
Parent/lay judge. Spread at your own risk.
Janet Heston
Jeffersontown HS
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Gerri Monsour
DuPont Manual High School
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Randy Perkins
Trinity High School
Last changed on
Fri January 25, 2019 at 12:00 PM EDT
I prefer persuasion over speed and substance over technicality. Please do not spread. If I can't understand your arguments and evidence, you will not score well. Be sure to define appropriate terms, and structure your contentions so that they fit comfortably with your value and value criterion. I prefer the use of both logical reasoning and convincing evidence in arguments and contentions, so I don't mind the use of cards in cases and rebuttals. I believe that the argument should be easy to follow and concise (no policy style cases).
Pedro Sanchez-Villa
Trinity High School
Last changed on
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.
Myrdin Thompson
DuPont Manual High School
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Alissa Weston
Assumption High School
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Emilee Weston
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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