Rebecca Vastola and Kevin Daley dine on pepper
The final round of Pepperdine Invitational featured Debbie Garcia and Erin Smith (Valencia GS) defending the topic “The US federal government should invest in a long term job creation program” against the Opposition team of Becky Vastola and Kevin Daley (Bishop O’Dowd VS). On a unanimous decision of the judges, Becky and Kevin went on to take the tournament title.
Ms. Vastola was also named top speaker.
Bishop O’Dowd is coached by Jon Thorpe, Valencia is coached by Joseph Marcucilli. Together, the two schools qualified seven of the eleven octafinalists.
A prelim round between Vastola/Daley and Claremont champions Asemanfar/Johnson (PV Peninsula) has been videotaped.
POI would like to thank the Bishop O’Dowd squad for providing real time coverage of the tournament.
See field report and results after break
Octas – The USFG should pass new comprehensive healthcare legislation.
Valencia DL def Bishop O’Dowd CD (Natalie Dierkx & Peter Counts)
Oaks Christian MP def PV Peninsula BS (Nick Bishop & Alexis Sears)
Valencia MK def PV Peninsula AJ (Kiyana Asemanfar & Aaron Johnson)
Bishop O’Dowd DV advances
Bishop O’Dowd RS advances
Simi Valley CD advances
Valencia GS advances
Valencia LM advances
Quarters – The UN should make one or more member nations a permanent member of the security council.
Odowd DV def Oaks Christian MP (Justin Matthews & Cody Phillips)
Valencia MK def Bishop O’Dowd RS (Celina Reynes & Olivia Seideman)
Valencia GS over Valencia DL (Craig Dermody & Hannah Looney)
Simi valley CD def Valencia LM (Greg March & Zach Lentz)
Semis – Legalize it.
Bishop O’Dowd DV def Simi Valley CD (Keith Corley & Bridges Dickey)
Valencia GS over Valencia MK (Sam Munster & Arshjot Khokhar)
Finals The USFG should invest in a long term job creation program.
Bishop O’Dowd VD def Valencia SG (Erin Smith & Debbie Garcia) [3-0]
Champions
Bishop O’Dowd DV (Rebecca Vastola & Kevin Daley)
Field Report
bishop alemany bridget aragon & pascal varni Open Parli
bishop alemany mark walther & jesse marquez Open Parli
Bishop O’Dowd Celina Reynes & Olivia Seideman Open Parli
Bishop O’Dowd Rebecca Vastola & Kevin Daley Open Parli
Bishop O’Dowd Natalie Dierkx & Peter Counts Open Parli
Campbell Hall Bryan Gee & Ryan Wright Open Parli
Oaks Christian High Joseph Young & Kim Andrews Open Parli
Oaks Christian High Joey Rebbe & Katherine Dorosk Open Parli
Oaks Christian High Ryan Waller & Hunter McMillian Open Parli
Oaks Christian High Justin Matthews & Cody Phillips Open Parli
Oaks Christian High Austin Smith & Taylor Beach Open Parli
Oaks Christian High Dillon Morgan & Candace Coll Open Parli
Polytechnic Pate Sanders & Ayssa Paul Open Parli
Polytechnic Max Harmon & AJ Singh Open Parli
PV Peninsula H.S. Vedika Kumar & Alex Nguyen Open Parli
PV Peninsula H.S. Hannah Nachef & Karen Shibuya Open Parli
PV Peninsula H.S. Nick Bishop & Alexis Sears Open Parli
PV Peninsula H.S. Kiyana Asemanfar & Aaron Johnson Open Parli
Simi Valley HS Keith Corley & Bridges Dickey Open Parli
Simi Valley HS Kevin McKinnon & Zachary Kessler Open Parli
Simi Valley HS Bhavyasri Kodali & Tawni Sasaki Open Parli
Valencia High School Jacob Gerstel & Alex Patel Open Parli
Valencia High School Jacob Washak & Josh Nemiroff Open Parli
Valencia High School Erin Smith & Debbie Garcia Open Parli
Valencia High School Greg March & Zach Lentz Open Parli
Valencia High School Craig Dermody & Hannah Looney Open Parli
Valencia High School Sam Munster & Arshjot khokhar Open Parli
windward grant klein & griffin owens Open Parli
windward aaron siegal & hunter owens Open Parli
Oaks Christian High Cameron McGregor & Asha Culhane Novice Parliamentary
Oaks Christian High Michael Storace & Danny Langner Novice Parliamentary
Oaks Christian High Laura Sullivan & Michael Trout Novice Parliamentary
Polytechnic Anton Meir & Sebastian Hart Novice Parliamentary
windward spencer gooding & austin bliss Novice Parliamentary
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Round 1a: ca should prioritize arts education
Round 1b: ca should institute a voucher system
Round 2a: nuclear weapons are a threat to national security
I freaking love the topic “ca should institute a voucher system”
So many creative advocacies
Arts education would have been my fav
PV Peninsula H.S. Asemanfar & Johnson hit Bishop O’Dowd Daley & Vastola in round 2. Round caught on tape.
^ that round must have been epic
as a side note, if anyone can tell Peninsula about CalCup, that’d be nice
Topic 2B: Environmental degradation is a threat to national security.
Round 3B: Stop the flood
Round 4A: Open the borders
lol these resolutions get right to the point…
Round 4B: Tear down the wall.
according to Iain,
Valencia High School Erin Smith & Debbie Garcia
Valencia High School Greg March & Zach Lentz
Valencia High School Craig Dermody & Hannah Looney
Valencia High School Sam Munster & Arshjot khokhar
All broke.
Alex Patel (Valencia) was 2nd Speaker.
What’s the list of teams that broke? Congrats to Valencia so far!
Tournament is breaking to partial octos. Some teams receive byes into the quarterfinals.
The list:
Bishop O’Dowd CD
Bishop O’Dowd DV (advances without debating)
Bishop O’Dowd RS (advances without debating)
Oaks Christian MP
PV Peninsula AJ
PV Peninsula BS
Simi Valley CD (advances without debating)
Valencia DL
Valencia GS (advances without debating)
Valencia LM (advances without debating)
Valencia MK
Top Speaker Award: Becky Vastola
Way to go BOD! Rep Norcal.
We’ll try to remember the rest of the resolutions and fill in the gaps at some point in the near future.
Resolutions have been very solid and very, very policy oriented. The tournament is run very well by the Pepperdine Debate Team and has not fallen too far behind schedule. Judging has also been solid and the pool seems to have a higher percentage of experienced parent judges and college judges than other tournaments. O’Dowd contributed Carey Appeldron and Miles Pember to the judging pool. While it may not be the largest tournament, the tournament does work hard to take care of the teams. There is free food and beverages and, what we think is a masterstroke, they assign one event to a building. So the communications building we were debating in the last two days hosted only parliamentary debate. Each event has its own tab room, and the tab room is in the same building in which the events are occurring. This leads to shorter delays than normal between rounds.
Odowd DV takes Pepperdine 3-0.
5a: The UN should intervene in north africa.
6a: China should significantly increase its development assistance to pakistan.
Octos: the usfg should pass new comprehensive healthcare legislation.
Valencia DL def odowd CD
Oaks Christian MP def pv peninsula BS
Valencia MK def pv peninsula AJ
Top five seeds bye to quarters
Quarters: the UN should make one or more member nations a permanent member of the security council
Odowd DV def oaks christian MP
Valencia MK def odowd RS
Valencia GS def Valencia DL (walkover)
Simi valley CD def Valencia LM
Semis: legalize it
Odowd DV def simi valley CD
Valencia GS def Valencia MK (walkover)
Finals: the usfg should invest in a long term job creation program
Valencia Gs
Quarters: the UN should make one or more member nations a permanent member of the security council.
Odowd DV def oaks Christian MP
Valencia MK def odowd RS
Valencia GS def Valencia DL (walkover)
Simi valley CD def Valencia LM
Semis: legalize it.
Bishop odowd DV def simi valley CD
Valencia
Semis were cut off:
Valencia GS def Valencia MK
Finals: the usfg should invest in a long term job creation program
Valencia GS aft vs odowd DV neg
Champions: odowd Daley and Vastola
Im sorry for any mistakes; I’m doing this mostly from memory
Sorry it posted twice…on 3G coverage. Kinda.
I like how Valencia GS advanced directly from Round 6 to Finals due to walkovers.
Pepperdine does not break brackets. Valencia ended up being paired against Valencia teams in the quarters and semis. Pepperdine requires the coach choose who advances, thus Valencia ended up walking over two of its teams to reach the finals.
Wow! Congrats to Kevin and Becky!
Is it just me or did the octo’s resolution seem opp heavy being that there are bound to be holes in comprehensive healthcare if there is only 15 minutes to prep. I mean the current bill is 3000 pages long. Just a thought.
I agree…
^ Gov could probably just say “pass public option through normal means.” Parli has a rather liberal approach to plantext specificity.
i agree; the octo resolution was a fairly tough one. opp teams did seem to hit on lack of specificity and/or holes.
Is there a website that would show what the state rankings for parli teams?
I think you are referring to this -
http://www.pointofinformation.org/news/california-cup-2011-update/
So where’s the packet?