The PRO team Aaron Rogoff & Dania Toth from East Chapel Hill (NC) defeated the CON team Joey Heffner & Glen Dawson from North Mecklenburg (NC) on a 9-0 decision to win the the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge.

Rogoff & Toth each received $400 scholarship checks. Heffner & Dawson each received $200 scholarship checks.

East Chapel Hill is coached by Willie Warren. North Mecklenburg is coached by Chris Rocca.

Congratulations to both teams and thanks to all 16 teams for participating.

Tournament Format

Four preliminary rounds were used to seed the 16 participating teams. Seedings were not revealed.

Each elimination round began with The Challenge. The lowest seeded team in the round selects an opponent, then the next lowest remaining seed selects an opponent, etc. Teams cannot choose a team that they debated in the preliminary rounds.

Results

Octafinals
Manchester-Essex BE (Pro) defeated Charlotte Latin HO (3-0)
Stoneman Douglas EP (Pro) defeated Chaparral RU (2-1)
Cary Academy RC (Pro) defeated Randolph-Macon MF (3-0)
North Mecklenburg DH (Con) defeated Academic Magnet CM (2-1)
North Allegheny KE (Pro) defeated Pinecrest FP (3-0)
East Chapel Hill TR (Con) defeated Green Valley AR (2-1)
Snohomish JH (Con) defeated Durham Academy WP (2-1)
Lincoln-Sudbury LS (Con) defeated Manchester-Essex PL (2-1)

Quarterfinals
Cary Academy RC (Con) defeated Stoneman Douglas EP (3-0)
North Mecklenburg DH (Con) defeated Manchester-Essex BE (2-1)
East Chapel Hill TR (Con) defeated North Allegheny KE (2-1)
Snohomish JH (Pro) defeated Lincoln-Sudbury LS (2-1)

Semifinals
North Mecklenburg DH (Pro) defeated Cary Academy RC (4-1)
East Chapel Hill TR (Pro) defeated Snohomish JH (4-1)

Final Round
East Chapel Hill TR (Pro) defeated North Mecklenburg DH (9-0)