We started with 241 teams, and now we down to the final 2:

PRO (Speaking First)
William J. Beshears & Evan T. Lee
Monsignor Kelly Catholic (TX)

CON (Speaking Second)
Meredith Potter & Caleb Frye
Pinecrest High School (NC)

The 15-member judging panel consists of a mixture of coaches, representatives from corporate sponsors, and political types.

Information out of Las Vegas has been slow today and we’re not sure what happened after Round 14, but we do know the codes of the final two teams:

N214 vs N220

We believe that the final round will pit William J. Beshears & Evan T. Lee from Monsignor Kelly Catholic in Beaumont, TX against the unbeaten team of Meredith Potter & Caleb Frye from Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, NC.

Don’t forget that Debate Central will be streaming the final rounds of PF, CX, LD, U.S. Extemp, International Extemp, and Oratory. You must have Apple’s Quicktime 7 or later installed to view the stream. Quicktime can be downloaded for free. The address for viewing the final round is: http://www.uvm.edu/debate_theater/.

The Public Forum Debate Final Round will begin at 1:30pm Pacific Daylight Time. The Awards Assembly will begin at 5:30pm Pacific daylight Time.

Congratulations and good luck to the finalists!

Victory Briefs Daily has posted the Public Forum Debate pairings for Round 14. Please help us crack the codes for the four teams that we don’t know.

N214 vs N252
N220 vs N191
N144 vs N266

N191: from Idaho
N144: Rossview (TN) - Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
N266: Durham Academy (NC) - Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman

Victory Briefs Daily has posted the Public Forum Debate pairings for Round 13. Please help us crack the codes for the six teams that we don’t know.

N191 vs N214
N266 vs N211
N183 vs N144
N220 vs N315
N252 BYE

N144: Rossview (TN) - Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
N183: Harker (CA) - Kaavya Gowda & Kelsey Hilbrich
N191: from Idaho
N211: from Ohio?
N266: Durham Academy (NC) - Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman
N315: Neosho (MO) - Alexsandra McMahan & Thomas Bentz

Round 12 is the last round for today (Wednesday) and only 16 teams remain. Surely we can break the codes for the 14 unknown teams.

N104: Chesteron (IN) - Tyler Fabbri & Michael Hadley
N121
N144: Rossview (TN) - Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
N152: Okoboji (IA) - Melissa Osman & Leah Hilsabeck
N183: Harker (CA) - Kaavya Gowda & Kelsey Hilbrich
N191: from Idaho
N204: Glendale (MO): Thomas Fritts & Allyson Strickland
N211: from Ohio?
N214
N220
N225: Woodstock (VT) - Noah Gray & Charles Harris
N252
N266: Durham Academy (NC) - Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman
N310: Chaparral (AZ) - Nick French & Anthony Conyers
N315
N341

N104
N108
N121
N129
N142
N144
N152
N183
N191
N204
N211
N212
N214
N220
N225
N236
N252
N266
N267
N281
N305
N307
N310
N315
N341

Victory Briefs Daily has provided a photograph of the Round 10 pairings for Public Forum Debate. Please help us provide meaning to these listing by breaking the school codes in the comments.

N341 vs N315
N203 vs N108
N191 vs N211
N252 vs N189
N121 vs N221
N212 vs N220
N231 vs N142
N122 vs N267
N307 vs N312
N236 vs N330
N215 vs N129
N206 vs N183
N104 vs N144
N331 vs N204
N214 vs N281
N334 vs N305
N310 vs N106
N145 vs N152
N266 vs N171
N178 vs N225

N129: Walt Whitman (MD) - Rachel Umans & Tom Niblock
N152: Okoboji (IA) - Melissa Osman & Leah Hilsabeck
N266: Durham Academy (NC) - Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman
N281: Springfield Central (MO) - Samantha Maerz & Brian McGarry

Victory Briefs Daily has posted the list of Public Forum Debate teams advancing to Round 9. Please help us provide meaning to these listing by breaking the school codes in the comments.

266 v 220
116 v 152
203 v 272
312 v 243
206 v 133
212 v 142
253 v 310
207 v 171
293 v 189
301 v 129
334 v 265
331 v 341
191 v 236
294 v 204
221 v 316
144 v 122
215 v 252
145 v 281
315 v 330
104 v 106
307 v 261
225 v 291

N128: Walt Whitman (MD) - Ben Lewis & Elena Stojic
N129: Walt Whitman (MD) - Rachel Umans & Tom Niblock
N152: Okoboji (IA) - Melissa Osman & Leah Hilsabeck
N203: Rockhurst (MO) - Phil Cardarella and Patrick Shami
N266: Durham Academy (NC) - Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman
N281: Springfield Central (MO) - Samantha Maerz & Brian McGarry
N316: Sylvania Northview (OH) - Brian X & Elizabeth X

Public Forum Debate pairings for the first elimination round, Round 7, have been posted by Victory Briefs Daily. There are 79 teams remaining. Please help us break these team codes!

N307 vs BYE
N210 vs N112
N253 vs N221
N316 vs N139
N301 vs N292
N252 vs N262
N214 vs N204
N183 vs N309
N144 vs N264
N123 vs N193
N310 vs N272
N215 vs N296
N106 vs N287
N108 vs N207
N268 vs N206
N330 vs N189
N234 vs N236
N341 vs N225
N255 vs N145
N331 vs N121
N294 vs N231
N333 vs N267
N191 vs N116
N261 vs N178
N334 vs N293
N291 vs N315
N187 vs N171
N211 vs N169
N122 vs N133
N194 vs N312
N265 vs N243
N126 vs N104
N338 vs N212
N105 vs N220
N142 vs N182

N152: Okoboji: Melissa Osman & Leah Hilsabeck
vs
N305

N278
vs
N266: Durham Academy: Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman

N159
vs
N281: Springfield Central: Samantha Maerz & Brian McGarry

N203
vs
N128: Walt Whitman: Ben Lewis & Elena Stojic

N129: Walt Whitman: Rachel Umans & Tom Niblock
vs
N279: Vermillion: Maggie Green & Jane Reasoner

Preliminary rounds at NFL Nationals in Las Vegas end this morning and the elimination rounds begin this afternoon. The pairings will be meaningless if we only know that N999 is debating N888. We need your help breaking the codes. Here is what we have compiled so far:

N128 - Walt Whitman - Ben Lewis & Elena Stojic
N129 - Walt Whitman - Rachel Umans & Tom Niblock
N152 - Okoboji - Melissa Osman & Leah Hilsabeck
N202 - Wayzata SW - ? & ?
N256 - Ft. Lauderdale - Lonex Luisidor & Anthony Fye
N266 - Durham Academy - Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman
N279 - Vermillion - Maggie Green & Jane Reasoner
N281 - Springfield Central - Samantha Maerz & Brian McGarry
N282 - Springfield Central - Lindsay Zhang & Dan Schultz
N302 - Manchester Essex - James Pates & Robert Longcor

Please help us fill in the gaps by commenting on this post to add additional information.