In the final round, Kelsey Hilbrich & Fred Enea from The Harker School (CA) defeated Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman from Durham Academy (NC) to win the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge III.

The field was reduced from 16 to 14 due to weather-related travel problems.

Octafinalists
Academic Magnet KC (Will Kulp & Medha Chandorkar)
Charlotte Latin DH (Aashana Desai & Kellen Heniford)
Harker JL (Justine Lin & Akshay Jagadeesh)
North Mecklenburg LD (Cameron Langford and Sam Dawson)
Spain Park YS (Sami Yousif & Grant Sides)
Thomas Jefferson YF (Emily Yu & Rebecca Friedman)

Quarterfinalists
Massey Hill Classical BP (Joshua Price & Bilal Butt)
University School RD (Bardia Rahmani & Michael DiMino)
American Heritage NC (Matthias Ng & Alvaro Cuba)
Lake Highland Prep BS (Shannen Bazzi & Hal Shimkoski)

Semifinalists
Spain Park BW (Jefferson Park Wynn & John Blinkerhoff)
Lake Highland Prep MW (Danny Welch & Will Miller)

Finalists
Durham Academy KZ (Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman)

Champions
Harker HE (Kelsey Hilbrich & Fred Enea)

Complete results are available. More photos will be posted. The semifinal and final rounds were recorded and will be posted after they have been edited.

Update: Photos have been uploaded to Flickr.

Congratulations to the following Public Forum Debate teams on being accepted into the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge III. The tournament will be hosted by Myers Park High School in Charlotte, NC and will be held following the Laird Lewis Invitational on January 10, 2010.

Will Kulp & Medha Chandorkar
Academic Magnet (SC)
Coach: Frank Flanigan

Matthias Ng & Alvaro Cuba
American Heritage (FL)
Coach: David Childree

Ali McGrath & Ivana Beveridge
Asheville (NC)
Coach: Keith Pittman

Aashna Desai & Kellen Heniford
Charlotte Latin (NC)
Coach: Julie Strassel

Robert Kindman & Josh Zoffer
Durham Academy (NC)
Coach: Jeff Welty

Danny Welch & Will Miller
Lake Highland Prep (FL)
Coach: Mike Wascher

Joshua Price & Bilal Butt
Massey Hill Classical (NC)
Coach: Gregory Nazario

James McKeon & Claire Young
McDowell (PA)
Coach: Will Caugherty

Cameron Langford & Sam Dawson
North Mecklenburg (NC)
Coach: Chris Rocca

Will Bedwell & Steven Wild
Oak Grove (MS)
Coach: Shane Cole

Jefferson Park Wynn & John Blinkerhoff
Spain Park (AL)
Coach: Oliver Parker

Sami Yousif & Grant Sides
Spain Park (AL)
Coach: Oliver Parker

Kelsey Hilbrich & Fred Enea
The Harker School (CA)
Coach: Carol Green

Justine Lin & Akshay Jagadeesh
The Harker School (CA)
Coach: Carol Green

Emily Yu & Rebecca Friedman
Thomas Jefferson (VA)
Coach: Sherwood Williams

Bardia Rahmani & Michael DiMino
University School (OH)
Coach: Peter Paik

Jason Kline, Director of the National Public Forum Challenge, has issued the following announcement:

The PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge III already has some highly qualified applicants, including last year’s NCFL Grand Champions. However, I have received a number of emails indicating that there has apparently been significant confusion about the deadline for the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge III. In order to accommodate teams who thought the deadline was next week, I am going to extend the regular application period deadline to next Friday, November 20, 2009.

The application can be found at http://www.thenational.lairdlewis.org.

PFDebate.com is pleased to announce that we will once again be sponsoring the National Public Forum Challenge.

The National Public Forum Challenge III will use a challenge format and only 16 teams will be accepted. Finalists will share $1500 in scholarship money.

The National will be held at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, January 10, 2010. The National is held the same weekend as Myers Park’s Laird Lewis Invitational which will be a Tournament of Champions (TOC) octafinal bid tournament.

The tournament invitation and application form for The National is available online. The application deadline is November 13, 2009.

Yesterday the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge II was held at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, NC. In the 10th and final round of the day, Robert Kindman & Josh Zoffer from Durham Academy (NC) defeated Harrison Grussmark & Austin Criden from Ransom Everglades (FL) on a 5–4 decision to claim the championship.

Kindman & Zoffer also won The Laird Lewis Invitational, also hosted by Myers Park, which took place on Friday & Saturday.

Challenge Round 1 (Round 4)
Cary Academy RC challenged American Heritage DB, winner is Cary Academy RC
McDowell YS challenged Asheville KM, winner is Asheville KM
Harker GH challenged American Heritage NW, winner is Harker GH
Durham WP challenged Asheville KS, winner is Durham WP
Harker BA challenged Cold Spring Harbor EH, winner is Cold Spring Harbor EH
Durham Academy KZ challenged Roosevelt OK, winner is Durham Academy KZ
Ransom Everglades GC challenged North Mecklenburg HS, winner is Ransom Everglades GC
Charlotte Latin HO challenged Academic Magnet GC, winner is Charlotte Latin HO

Challenge Round 2 (Round 5)
Durham Academy WP challenged American Heritage DB, winner is Durham Academy WP
Charlotte Latin HO challenged American Heritage NW, winner is Charlotte Latin, HO
Harker GH challenged Asheville KS, winner is Harker GH
Ransom Everglades challenged Roosevelt OK, winner is Roosevelt OK
Cold Spring Harbor EH challenged North Mecklenburg HS, winner is Cold Spring Harbor EH
Durham Academy KZ challenged McDowell YS, winner is McDowell YS
Cary Academy RC challenged Harker BA, winner is Cary Academy RC
Asheville KM challenged Academic Magnet CM, winner is Academic Magnet CM

Eliminated Teams:
Harker BA
North Mecklenburg HS
American Heritage DB
American Heritage NW
Asheville KS

Challenge Round 3 (Round 6)
Roosevelt HS draws the BYE
Durham Academy WP challenged Cold Spring Harbor EH, winner is Durham Academy WP
Harker GH challenged Academic Magnet CM, winner is Harker GH
Cary Academy RC challenged Charlotte Latin HO, winner is Cary Academy RC
McDowell YS challenged Ransom Everglades GC, winner is Ransom Everglades GC
Durham KZ challenged Asheville KM, winner is Durham Academy KZ

Eliminated Teams:
Academic Magnet CM
McDowell YS
Asheville KM

Challenge Round 4 (Round 7)
Cary Academy RC challenged Roosevelt OK, winner is Cary Academy RC
Durham Academy KZ challenged Charlotte Latin HO, winner is Durham Academy KZ
Ransom Everglades GC challenged Cold Spring Harbor EH, winner is Ransom Everglades
Durham Academy WP challenged Harker GH, winner is Harker GH

Eliminated Teams:
Charlotte Latin HO
Roosevelt OK
Cold Spring Harbor EH

Challenge Round 5 (Round 8 )
Cary Academy RC draws the BYE
Harker GH challenged Durham Academy KZ, winner is Durham Academy KZ
Ransom Everglades GC challenged Durham Academy WP, winner is Ransom Everglades GC

Eliminated Teams:
Durham Academy WP

Challenge Round 6 (Round 9 – Semi-final)
Cary Academy RC challenged Ransom Everglades GC, winner is Ransom Everglades GC
Durham Academy KZ challenged Harker GH, winner is Durham Academy KZ

Eliminated teams:
Cary Academy RC
Harker GH

Challenge Round 7 (Round 10 – Final)
Durham Academy KZ vs. Ransom Everglades GC, winner is Durham Academy KZ

The Myers Park High School Speech and Debate Team is proud to announce the 2009 accepted teams for the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge II competition to be held following the Laird Lewis Invitational at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, NC on January 11, 2009.

Teams will be competing in three prelim rounds, which will determine seeding. The subsequent rounds will be double-elimination and challenge-style where the winning teams pick their opponents!

Leigha Matoasky & Graeme Crews
Academic Magnet High School (SC)

Zachary Winder & Matthias Ng
American Heritage High School (FL)

Wesely Dixon & Shannon Farrell
American Heritage High School (FL)

Alex Kennedy & Zach Simonetti
Asheville High School (NC)

Ali McGrath & Jesse Kessel
Asheville High School (NC)

Andrew Copland & Mikie Rooney
Cary Academy (NC)

Jay O’Brien & Kellen Heniford
Charlotte Latin School (NC)

Josh Elkin & Rahman Haq
Cold Spring Harbor High School (NY)

Grace Wallack & Dede Pless
Durham Academy (NC)

Robert Kindman & Josh Zoffer
Durham Academy (NC)

Lindsay Young & Deanne Steffy
McDowell High School (PA)

Eimile Stokes & Joey Heffner
North Mecklenburg High School (NC)

Jordan Flanzraich & Harrison Grussmark
Ransom Everglades (FL)

Taylor Karns & Christopher Oman
Roosevelt High School (IA)

Mohit Bansal & Raghav Aggarwal
The Harker School (CA)

Kaavya Gowda & Kelsey Hilbrich
The Harker School (CA)

The application deadline for the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge II is today: November 10. Late applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis from the wait list. Late applications should be faxed.

The application deadline for the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge II is approximately one month away: November 10. Late entries will only be considered for the wait list.

The application for The National Public Forum Challenge II sponsored by PFDebate.com is now available. Only the top 16 applicants will be accepted. Over $1200 in scholarship money will be awarded to the finalists.

Tournament Director Jason Kline points out that participants in Challenge I included the champions from Wake Forest, Harvard, the Tournament of Champions, and NFL Nationals.

I apologize for the delay in getting this posted.

Photos from the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge have been posted. In the above photo, the runner-ups,  Glen Dawson & Joey Heffner from North Mecklenburg (NC) are on the left and the champions, Aaron Rogoff & Dania Toth from East Chapel Hill (NC) are on the right.

The NFL has posted a tournament report.

The 2nd Annual National Public Forum Challenge will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2009.