April 24, 2008
- California Crowns State Champs
This past weekend, the California High School Speech Association State Tournament was held on the campus of Santa Clara University.
In the final round, Austin Ashford & Lisa Nguyen from James Logan defeated Pathipati & Pathipati from Mira Loma to win the California Public Forum Debate Championship.
If someone knows the first names of Pathipati & Pathipati, [...]
April 20, 2008
- North Carolina Crowns State Champions
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 & [...]
April 19, 2008
- Missouri Crowns State Champs
The Missouri State High School Activities Association State Speech, Debate, and Drama Championships were held this weekend in Columbia, Missouri.
Max Mikitish & Susan Taylor from Liberty High School defeated Dan Schultz & Lindsey Zhang from Springfield Central on a 3-0 decision to win the Public Forum Debate championship.
Complete tournament results are posted on the MSHSAA [...]
April 13, 2008
- Massachusetts Crowns State Champs
Becca Stubbs & Alexander Stubbs from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional defeated Hannah Rosen & Chris Royer from Shrewsbury to claim the Massachusetts state championship.
April 1, 2008
- South Dakota Crowns State Champs
Awhile back, South Dakota crowned Public Forum Debate champions in two classes:
Class AA
1st: Lindsey Hirsch & Tyler Klatt (Watertown)
2nd: Amber Robbins & Johanna Peterson (Watertown)
3rd: Jordan Meyers & Paul Gainey (Spearfish)
3rd: Marie Holtzmann & Meg Henrickson (Yankton)
Class A
1st: Maggie Green & Jane Reasoner (Vermillion)
2nd: Megan Amundson & Mike Feddersen (Vermillion)
3rd: Robert Johnson & Taylor Welling [...]
March 31, 2008
- Arizona Crowns State Champions
Earlier this month, Arizona crowned Public Forum Debate Champions in three different divisions.
1A-3A
Champions
Harmony Nelson & Hannah Peckham
Tempe Preparatory Academy
Finalists
Kamber Turley & Manthei
Winslow
4A
Co-Champions
Nick French & Anthony Conyers
Chaparral
Co-Champions
Justin Hillman & Justin Pirtle
Chaparral
5A
Champions
Emma Lecavalier & Mel Begley
Mountain View
Finalists
Dan Fitzgibbon & Arian Karim
Hamilton - New Jersey Crowns State Champs
The New Jersey state championship tournament was held earlier this month.
In the final round, Alex Bai & Francis Suh from Ridge (Pro) defeated Abhishek Yeleswarapu & Paras Minhas from Bridgewater Raritan Regional (Con) on a 4-1 decision to win the New Jersey Public Forum Debate championship.
March 30, 2008
- Florida Crowns State Champs
The Florida Forensic League state tournament was held earlier this month.
Edie Joseph & Anna Piatyszek from Buchholz (Pro) defeated Devon Arnold & Edward O’Hara from Seminole Ridge (Con) to win the Florida state championship.
Please send us your 2007-08 state champions, even if the information is old.
March 29, 2008
- Pennsylvania Crowns State Champs
The Pennsylvania High School Speech League (PHSSL) held their state championship tournament this weekend.
Vicky Lopez & Greg Vose from North Allegheny (Con) defeated Lauren Haas & Nora Kenty from Harriton (Pro) on a 3-2 decision to claim the Pennsylvania state championship.
March 2, 2008
- South Carolina Crowns State Champions
Graeme Crews & Leigha Mataosky from Academic Magnet defeated Blair Brewer & Jared Marr from Southside on a 3-0 decision to win the South Carolina state championship in Public Forum Debate.
Quarterfinals
Academic Magnet CM over Southside BN (Andrew Bell and Haoran Ning), 1-0
Academic Magnet CC over Mauldin MN (Tatiana Meija and Trinh Nguyen), 1-0
Southside KL over [...]
February 27, 2008
- Georgia Crowns State Co-Champions
Ryan Waye & Jordan Jampol from Pope High School and Demarius Walker & Mike Robinson from Henry W. Grady High School were named Georgia Public Forum Debate Co-Champions.
Co-champions were declared due to an earlier tabbing error that resulted in a delay and finals were not held.
Kelly Harrison & Madison English from Starr’s Mill and Patrick [...]
January 7, 2008
- Iowa Crowns State Champions
The Iowa state debate championships were held this weekend.
In the small school division, the Okoboji/Spirit Lake teams of Alyssa Geinitz & Katelyn Warburton and Leah Hilsabeck & Melissa Osman closed out the final round. Hilsabeck & Osman were also one of two Okoboji/Spirit Lake teams that closed out the small division state championship last year. [...]
January 4, 2008
- Post Your State Champions
It is time to begin crowning state champions. For example, the Iowa State Debate Tournament is this weekend.
Post the information about your state finalists on the PFDebate Wiki. If you have more complete tournament results, please send them by email.
May 8, 2007
- Nevada Crowns State Champs
Brittany Russo & Ashley Artmann from Green Valley defeated John Badwick & Austen Walsh from Galena to win the Nevada state championship.
We have partial results from Utah which is divided into various classifications.
If anyone has any details about either of these state tournaments, please contact us.
May 4, 2007
- South Dakota Crowns State Champs
The South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) state debate and individual events tournament was held in March. There are two classes and therefore two state champions in Public Forum Debate.
AA Champions
Tyler Hemmingson & Nichole Anderson
Spearfish
AA Finalists
Katie Gallup & Lorien Downing
Watertown
A Champions
Lena Howe & Stacy Gravning
Lennox
A Finalists
Alex Weber & Scott Athey
Milbank
May 3, 2007
- West Virginia Crowns State Champs
Whitney Adkins & Lauren Hurley from Huntington High School defeated Freeman & Welsh from Wheeling Park High School to win the Public Forum Debate division at the West Virginia State Forensic Tournament.
May 1, 2007
- New York Crowns State Champs
Scott Kaufman & Herman Singh from Cold Spring Harbor defeated Connor McKeown & James Melvin from Regis on a 3-2 decision to claim the New York State Forensic League Championship in Public Forum Debate this past weekend.
[via Victory Briefs Daily]
April 25, 2007
- California Crowns State Champs
Kyle Curson & Ahmad Asir from James Logan defeated Dharini Subramanian & Carol Shen from Lynbrook on a 4-3 decision to win the Public Forum Debate division at the California High School Speech Association 2007 State Tournament.
- Oregon Crowns State Champs
Sophia Sanders & Casey Wang from Portland Madison defeated Andrei Tutui & Emily Watson from Portland Westview to win the Public Forum Division at the 2007 Oregon State Activities Association Speech State Championships this past weekend.
Complete results are available on the OSAA website.
[via Victory Briefs Daily] - Florida Forensic League Crowns Novice Champs
Christopher Dugre & Jacob Davis from Niceville defeated Veronica Calle & Matthew Green from Trinity Prep to win the Public Forum Debate division at the Florida Forensic League Novice State Tournament.
