Brentwood School (CA) — Kyle Allen-Niesen
The Bronx High School of Science (NY) — Ellington Kirby
The Bronx High School of Science (NY) — Max Weinreich
Harvard-Westlake School (CA) — Adam Bennett
Harvard-Westlake School (CA) — Brendan Gallagher
Hendrick Hudson High School (NY) — Sophie Ruff
The Hockaday School (TX) — Kay Dannenmaier
The Hockaday School (TX) — Rupsha Basu
Hunter College High School (NY) — Charlie Lasswell
New Orleans Jesuit High School (LA) — Jacob Pritt
Northland Christian School (TX) — Robbie Dillard
Saint Agnes School (TX) — Keni Sabath
Scarsdale High School (NY) — Geoffrey Kristof
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (TX) — Drew McCormick
Stuyvesant High School (NY) — Andrew Eckholm
Walt Whitman High School (MD) — Stephanie Franklin

CHAMPIONSHIP LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [34 Entries]

Evan Dougal Anderson High School
Savannah Kumar Anderson High School
Dianna Radpour Anderson High School
Amanda Wolf Anderson High School
Nicholas Medina Connally High School
Jake Van Syckle Connally High School
Lauren Van Syckle Connally High School
Shelby Van Syckle Connally High School
Tre Williams Connally High School
Mary Finkenhagen Harker Heights High School
Aaron Overheim Hendrickson High School
Samantha Wooster Hendrickson High School
Gibson Duncan Hatch Jack C. Hays High School
Jeremy A. Franklin Katy High School
Dariush Namazi Katy High School
Adrianna C. Stamps Katy High School
Tyler Sullivan Salado High School
Haylee Young Salado High School
Gabriela Hindera St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Laura Chang Stony Point High School
Tyler Haulotte Stony Point High School
Sierra Nutt Stony Point High School
Jonathon Taylor Stony Point High School
CJ Vines Stony Point High School
Mirusha Yogarajah Stony Point High School
Taylor Zavala Stony Point High School
Jorge Wong W. B. Travis High School
Tanmay Gaglani Westlake High School
Mark Gorthey Westlake High School
Danielle Suh Westlake High School
Jake Webber Westlake High School
Urmilla Banerjee Westwood High School
David Emelianov Westwood High School
Jessica Jiang Westwood High School

NOVICE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [13 Entries]

Neetika Bhargava Anderson High School
Kyle Ford Anderson High School
Luke Humphrey Anderson High School
Hannah Rosenblatt Anderson High School
David Kazanci Katy High School
Josh Koerth Katy High School
Natalie Cole McNeil High School
Mustafa Monk McNeil High School
Jennifer Sloan McNeil High School
Janson Oyler Salado High School
Sydney Walter Salado High School
Judy Albrecht Westlake High School
Pierce Wermund Westlake High School

CHAMPIONSHIP LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [33 Entries]

Jay Meza Alief Kerr High School
Kevin Boyd Angleton High School
Jared Jackson Barbers Hill
Tabatha Keton Barbers Hill
Ashleigh Pike Barbers Hill
Jerry Chen Bellaire High School
Siddharth Prasad Bellaire High School
Gil Shaulsky Bellaire High School
Michael Ferrer Cypress Woods High School
Samantha Heldman Cypress Woods High School
Grant James Cypress Woods High School
Ty Joplin Cypress Woods High School
Enrique Martinez Cypress Woods High School
Connor Miller Cypress Woods High School
Jacoby Hamilton Eisenhower
Eric Tillis Eisenhower
Drew Hoffmaster Elsik High School Alief
Robert Whitaker Montgomery High School
Cole Oliver Northland Christian School
Josh Roberts Northland Christian School
Jared Woods Northland Christian School
Jonathan Acevedo Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
David Clifton Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Jeremy Dang Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Cyrus Duque Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Scot Freysinger Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
William Kim Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Aaron McAughan Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Jobin Murickan Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Steffen Seitz Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Clay Spence Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Adam Wesely Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Latravion Golden Westfield High School

NOVICE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [16 Entries]

Princess Adentan Alief Kerr High School
Christian Galang Alief Kerr High School
Jim Luu Alief Kerr High School
Dan Trinh Alief Kerr High School
Syeda Zaidi Alief Kerr High School
Michelle Huang Bellaire High School
Rachel Lee Bellaire High School
Pooja Prasad Bellaire High School
Elaine Shen Bellaire High School
Jimmy Ha Elsik High School Alief
Dylan Stanfill Spring Woods High School
Matt Digoy Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Chris Eumont Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Morgan Landers Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Richard Van Natta Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Eisha Khan Tomball High School

Writing a book and having it published at any age is an impressive feat; accomplishing this at fourteen is truly impressive.

You can read more about The Invasion of Morrigan and more about Steffen at the book’s official web site.

Many thanks to Jerry Crist for the photograph.

The tournament will take place on November 12, 13, and 14. Scranton will also play host to this season’s NDCA Championships.

The official tournament invitation appears below.

Dear Directors and Coaches,

On behalf of the Scranton High School Speech and Debate Team, we invite you to the Thirty-Second annual James M. Langan Invitational Tournament from Saturday, November 13th, 2010 thru Sunday, November 14th, 2010 (registration will be held the evening of November 12th). The tournament will consist of competition in Varsity and Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Policy Debate, Congressional Debate, and Speech.

Scranton, besides being home to one of the most historic Speech and Debate teams in Pennsylvania, is known as the “Electric City” for being the nation’s first successful, continuously-operating electrified streetcar (trolley) system. Beyond that, Scranton has situated itself as a pillar of the railroad industry and serves as the background for NBC’s Emmy Award Winning show “The Office”.

This year’s tournament will host a number of schools from around the country. We are aiming at providing national caliber competition for a regional expense. To that end, we’ve secured some of the best tab room staff throughout the country in their respective events and are aiming at serving “True Scranton Hospitality” for all our visitors.

In addition to a great tournament experience, this year’s Varsity Policy Debate division has received a final round qualifying bid to the Tournament of Champions.

We encourage you to take advantage of our facilities and Scranton looks forward to seeing you in November.

We also plan on hosting a Policy Round Robin on Thursday November 11th and Friday November 12th, 2010 This Round Robin will be extremely inexpensive due to our partnership with the University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Debate Union. We have also been able to secure the same tournament hotel rate for the Round Robin at the Radisson – Lackawanna Station Hotel. All interested teams/directors should contact me at Langan.Invitational@gmail.com. Invitations to the Round Robin will be sent out in early September.

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