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Greenhill 2011

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Schedule:

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

8:00 PM    Registration for coaches in Presidential Suite of Intercontinental Hotel

Thursday September 15, 2011 (Held at Intercontinental Hotel - Dallas)

7:30 - 8:15        Breakfast for students/coaches
8:15        Pictures for students/Pairings Released after photos are complete

9:00 – 10:30 Round One
10:30 - 12:30 Round Two
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:45 - 3:45 Round Three
3:45 – 5:45 Round Four (Snacks and Drinks)  
7:30 Dinner (The Blue Mesa)

Friday September 16th, 2011 (Held at Intercontinental Hotel - Dallas)
8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast (schedules released)
9:15 – 11:15 Round Five
11:30 – 12:15 Lunch

12:30 – 2:30 Round Six
2:30 – 4:30 Round Seven   
6:30 Dinner/Awards

7:30 Final Round

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Rolando Velasquez Finishes in Top 10

Rolando Velasquez finished as 10th Place Best Speaker this weekend.  That is a great accomplishment at a TOC tournament.  Most TOC tournaments recognized the Top 20 speakers in each event.

Katia Takes on Entire Grapevine NLD Squad

Katia Ramirez dominated the NLD field throughout the preliminary rounds, defeating four Grapevine debaters in route to a 5-0 record. Katia defeated another Grapevine debater in the Quarter Finals, setting up yet another debate against Grapevine. Having had five previous opportunities to hear her arguments, the Grapevine debater prevailed and Katia finished in 3rd Place. According to Mr. Gonzalez, he could not recall a single time in which a debater or team was required to debate one squad so many times and questioned the tab room's management of the tournament.  On a bright note, Katia finished the season with three TFA points, the most ever accumulated by a freshman JBS LD debater.

The varsity debaters were in the hunt for a TOC bid.  Ivan Garcia and Rolando Velasquez finished in 9th Place and missed the bid round by .5 speaker points. Rodolfo Velasquez and David Webb once again finished with a winning 3-2 record, but it was not enough to break.

The JBS Law Magnet Debate Team closed out the TFA regular debate season at the Colleyville TOC Winter Classic. Garcia-Velasquez and Kelsey Annu-Essuman will be competing at TFA state March 10-12.

Heard Through the Grapevine: Kelsey Breaks at TOC Qualifier & Wins 4th Best Speaker

Kelsey Annu Essuman became the first junior debater to ever break at a TOC tournament and the first JBS debater to win a top speaker award at a TOC tournament.  

Kelsey had a solid 4-1 prelim performance which garnered her the 6th seed in the tournament. Her Double Octo's appearance also earned her an additional TFA point.

The CX squad helped make this the most successful Law Magnet weekend at Grapevine in ten years.  All three policy teams debated in break rounds. Rolando Velasquez and Emilio Lozano finished with a 3-2 record and earned the 24th spot.  Rolando also placed 38th best speaker.  Colton Donica and Lucero Pina also finished 3-2.   Normally, a 3-2 record is enough to clear at Grapevine, but this year even a 4-1 team did not break since the tournament decided to only break to Octo's

The full squad next debates at Newman Smith where the novices will debate for the first time.

Grapevine Classic - September 17-18

The Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet team will be competing at the Grapevine Classic, a TOC and TFA qualifier.  Below is important information for the weekend:

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Students need to bring money for dinner Friday night and lunch Saturday. Breakfast will be available for the students in the hotel lobby.

Nothing Plain About Top Ten Finish at Plano Sr.

The Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Debate Team called in the new season with a Top Ten finish at the Plano Senior Wildcat Roundup. 

Kelsey Annu-Essuman placed tenth in Varsity LD earning two TFA points.

Mike Garcia and Reuben Howard, debating in their first varsity tournament, debated in a 2-1 break round and finished 2-2.  Yastril Nanez won her first round as a varsity debater and Quetzabel Benavides missed breaking in VLD by a few speaker points.

The team next competes at the Greenhill (TOC) Classic, September 10th-13th.