Andrew Copland & Mikey Rooney from Cary Academy defeated Robert Kindman & Josh Zoffner from Durham Academy on a 3-0 decision to win the Public Forum Debate division at the 2008 Tarheel Forensic League State Championship Tournament. Cary Academy is coached by RJ Pellicciotta and Carole Hamilton. Durham is coached by Jeff Welty.
Lauren Cary & Cameron Moubray from Carolina Day defeated Brecia Young & Nick Tran from North Mecklenburg on a 3-0 decision to win the JV Public Forum Debate division.
Open Public Forum Debate
Quarters
(8) Cary Academy CR defeated (1)North Mecklenburg DH (Glen Dawson & Joey Heffner)
(2) Durham Academy KZ defeated (7) NC School of Science and Math BZ (Will Burgo & George Zuo)
(3) Pinecrest FP defeated (6) Asheville KM (Jesse Kessel & Ali McGrath)
(4) Myers Park CS defeated (5) Pinecrest PF (Meredith Potter & Caleb Frye)
Semis
(8) Cary Academy CR defeated (4) Myers Park CS (Angelica Chavez & Lucas Scholl) 3-0
(2) Durham Academy KZ defeated (3) Pinecest FP (Jake Flittner & David Pferdekamper) 3-0
Finals
(8) Cary Academy CR defeated (2) Durham Academy KZ (Robert Kindman & Josh Zoffner) 3-0
State Champions
(8) Cary Academy CR (Andrew Copland & Mikey Rooney)
Junior Varsity Public Forum Debate
Quarters
(8) Asheville HB defeated (1) Myers Park ES (Ramy El Kalioby & Lee Schuitema)
(2) Carolina Day CM defeated (7) Durham Academy HA (Tre Hunt & Ted Arapoglou)
(6) North Mecklenburg LD defeated (3) Pinecrest MQ (Sam Middleton & Haden Quinlan)
(4) North Mecklenburg YT defeated (5) Myers Park LE (Everett Lozzi & Sean Ege)
Semis
(4) North Mecklenburg YT defeated (8) Asheville HB (Riley Hurst & Ivanna Beveridge) 2-1
(2) Carolina Day CM defeated (6) North Mecklenburg LD (Cameron Langford & Sam Dawson) 2-1
Finals
(2) Carolina Day CM defeated (4) North Mecklenburg YT (Brecia Young & Nick Tran) 3-0
State Champions
(2) Carolina Day CM (Lauren Cary & Cameron Moubray)
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Jason Kline 04.21.08 at 3:34 am
A great weekend! Congrats to all!
Graeme Crews 04.21.08 at 5:12 am
I heard there was a tab error in JV semis that prevented Asheville from advancing to finals. Apparently, because of the resolution’s negative wording (they used march’s), a judge mixed up pro and con and gave the win to the con even though she wrote that she was persuaded of the negative consequences of the primaries.
Creamery 04.21.08 at 12:59 pm
I wouldn’t be suprised — this tournament was lurking with dubious advancements.
Keith Pittman 04.21.08 at 1:46 pm
There was actually NOT a tab error. It only looked like one. The judge used a double negative “not not” on the ballot in justifying a decision. Our debaters incorrectly (but understandably)read this as just “not.” The “not not” clearly indicates that my team did, indeed, lose the round. As much as I would have liked this to be a tab error, it was not and we take the loss.
Jason Kline 04.21.08 at 6:33 pm
Dubious advancements?
Give it a rest. If we all supposedly know who should win, why bother with a tournament?
Such an argument is as silly as appointing qualifiers to a national tournament.
Graeme Crews 04.21.08 at 7:55 pm
Oh, sorry about that. Just wanted to get to the bottom of that…
Thanks, Mr. Pittman
stevens 04.21.08 at 9:19 pm
Myers Park would win every round otherwise! Congratulations to everyone and Mr. Kline!
Stubbs 04.22.08 at 12:47 am
Good job everyone! North Carolina is a ridiculously strong state in PFD.
Jason Kline 04.22.08 at 3:59 am
There is definately going to be some good PFD in this state next year!
Riley Hurst 04.23.08 at 9:51 pm
I apologize for the errors made, and my lateness in posting a response.
During dinner on Saturday, at 8:30 or so (Big Congratulations to the tab for running a speedy and on-time tournament by the way) my partner and I misread a ballot, and apparently a team-mate over heard us, and then passed this information along.
I’m sorry, it was late at night, and we did intend to make sure we were 100% correct before any action was taken, however it seems we were.. superseded shall we say by people who really perhaps ought not to be speaking of these things without hard evidence.
Once again, thanks to the tab staff for running a great tournament, and congratulations to all of the tournament winners. I apologize for the inconvenience. I also greatly look forward to next years debate field. It will be quite interesting indeed, with so many skilled seniors graduating.
The best of luck to anyone competing in Nationals in June.