The North Dakota NFL District has qualified two Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas.

Q1: Fargo South: Matthew Budke & John Mitzel
Q2: Mandan: Sarah Nitschke & Meghan Nitschke

The NCFL Grand Nationals 2008 issue of Crossfire Briefs (Indigenous Peoples) is now available for purchase and immediate download. The book has already been sent to subscribers and those who pre-ordered the NCFL issue.

The PRO & CON sections are now complete!

Pro & Con Evidence Indexes

$15 for the single issue.

The Rushmore NFL District (South Dakota) has qualified three Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in June.

Q1: Yankton: Marie Holtzman & Marie Hussein
Q2: Sioux Falls Washington: Allison Hout & Alissa Olson
Q3: Vermillion: Maggie Green & Jane Reasoner

Glenbrook North High School from the Northern Illinois NFL District has qualified two Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas.

Q1: Glenbrook North: Kara Brandeisky & Jordan Baker
Q2: Glenbrook North: Ben Gordon & Stefanie Rubinstein
A1: Glenbrook North: Paul Weinger & Zack Parker

The Tennessee NFL District has qualified three Public Forum Debate Teams to the NFL National Tournament in June.

Q1: Rossview: Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
Q2: Morristown West: Tim Woodard & Ben Jarnigan
Q3: Brentwood: Matt Stern & Chris Kaczmarek
A1: Brentwood: Maulin Shah & Marshall Cottrell

I received The Rostrum last Friday and freaked out when I saw the topic release schedule on page 4. The schedule does not match what I used for the Crossfire Briefs brochure. It shows one topic for March & April.

After a quick exchange of emails with a few people, including the NFL National Office, it was determined that the topic release schedule in The Rostrum was wrong.

The corrected version of the topic release schedule is in the online version of The Rostrum.

The Hoosier Crossroads NFL District has qualified two Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in June.

Q1: Brebeuf: Barrett Tenbarge & Jacob Bonifield
Q2: Boonville: Matt Miller & Lynnzee Matthews

The Louisiana NFL District has qualified two Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas.

Q1: Comeaux: Daniel Raborn & Jonathan Monte
Q2: Lafayette: Jean-Paul Jacquet & Megan Hebert
A1: Lafayette: Albert Pickney & Austin Hix

The Northern Wisconsin NFL District has qualified two Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in June.

Q1: Sheboygan North: Erin Britton & Mayr Biemann
Q2: Appleton East: Leah Talbert & Mark Lindsey

Naz El-Khatib & Claire Kairys from North Allegheny (PA) defeated Charles Giardina & Jonathan Yip from The Collegiate School (NY) on a 4-3 decision to win the Public Forum Debate division at the 2008 Tournament of Champions in Lexington, KY.

Complete results below via Victory Briefs Daily.

Two things:

1. I’m assuming that KK advanced over the other North Allegheny team, Greg Vose & Vicky Lopez, without a debate.
2. If the finalists have photos, especially with the TOC trophies, we would love to post them.

Octafinals
Montgomery HJ def. Bronx Science RJ (Lev Raslin & Rohan Jotwani)
North Allegheny VL def. Harker HG (Kelsey Hilbrich & Kaavya Gowda)
Collegiate YG def. Manchester Essex EP (Max Elder & Jamie Pates)
New Trier GC def. Chapparral RU (Riley Roberts & Max Ullman)
North Allegheny KK def. Durham ZK (Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman)
Ransom Everglades BB def. Harker AB (Raghav Aggarwal & Mohit Bansal)
Walt Whitman SE def. Ransom Everglades CS (Austin Crider & Amanda Scherker)
Timber Creek WS def. Walt Whitman WU (Ben Wolcott & Rachel Umans)

Quarterfinals
North Allegheny KK def. Montgomery HJ (George Harwood & Rush Jones)
North Allegheny VL def. New Trier GC (Joey Glickman & Zach Collins)
Timer Creek WS def. Ransom Everglades BB (Joe Bengochea & Charles Barr)
Collegiate YG def. Walt Whitman SE (Aaron Schifrin & Alex Edelman)

Semifinals
North Allegheny KK over North Allegheny VL (Greg Vose & Vicky Lopez)
Collegiate YG def. Timber Creek WS (Kaitlyn Westerberg & Dave Schneider)

Finals
North Allegheny KK over Collegiate YG (4-3)