2010 State Debate Tournament
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Kaplan, Hall of St. Paul Highland Park win Policy title;
Legried of The Blake School claims Lincoln-Douglas title
Using economic sanctions to achieve foreign policy objectives and increasing social services for persons living in poverty were the topics argued at the 2010 State Debate Tournament – the 109th edition and longest-running event of the Minnesota State High School League.
Erik Legried of The Blake School of Minneapolis defeated Will Cox of Eagan 7-0 to win the Lincoln-Douglas competition. Legried’s argument against using economic sanctions to achieve foreign policy objectives followed nine rounds of debate conducted over two days. The win was an improvement for Legried, who was eliminated in the semifinals in 2008 and 2009.
The results of eight rounds of debate proved that Tamar Kaplan and Andrew Hall of St. Paul Highland Park were the very best policy debaters. Kaplan and Hall drew the affirmative argument, arguing for the United States federal government increasing social services for persons living in poverty. They won the debate by a 4-3 margin over Trevor Aufderheide and Nick Khatri of Edina. In 2009, Kaplan fell in the semifinals with Jillian Jordan and Hall did not compete.
Daniel Bernick of Henry Sibley of Mendota Heights, who won the Policy title with Robert Ciborowski last year, fell in the quarterfinals. He competed with Anna Koelsch this year.
Legried, Kaplan, and Hall emerged as champions after two days of debate that began with 64 students from 25 schools. The qualifiers were the first- through sixth-place finishers in Lincoln-Douglas debate and the first- through fifth-place finishers in Policy debate from four section tournaments.
The Policy debate portion of the tournament has been conducted since 1902 and the Lincoln-Douglas portion of the tournament, which was an invitational event from 1986 through 1989, was added to the tournament in 1990. This year’s tournament was held at the University of Minnesota.
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Section Tournaments
(B indicates a Bracket is available) |
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B |
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January 8-9, 2010 |
Mankato West High School |
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| 4 |
January 5-6, 2010 |
Macalester College |
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| 5 |
Jan. 8&9, 2010 |
Augsburg College |
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| 6 |
2010
Jan 6,7 |
Wayzata |
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