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Los Gatos: MLK Champions!

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The Los Gatos duo of Adam Silverman & Christina Gilbert (right) defeated Windsor’s Jason Fauss & Jonathan Jeffrey (left) in the championship round of the 2012 MLK Invitational hosted by James Logan High School. Los Gatos (aff) and Windsor (neg) debated the resolution “the biggest political issue of the 2012 campaign is the decline of the middle class” with Los Gatos securing their victory on a 2-1 split decision.

The MLK Invitational is the largest Parliamentary Debate event in the invitational season, save only for the Stanford Invitational. This year, 100 teams competed in the open division.

Double Octofinals

[1]Dougherty Valley KW def. [32]Centennial RK (Janelle Reed & Lyle Kleineman)

[25]James Enochs MW def. [8]Claremont AC (Mahdi Ali & Adam Cusic)

[28]Mira Loma ML def. [5]Centennial BH (Kelsey Brewer & Shad Hicks)

[4]Bishop O’Dowd ZV def. [29]Analy MD (Kota Mizutani & Grayson Dimick)

[31]Windsor FZ def. [2]Bishop O’Dowd CD (Audrey Carson & Natalie Dierkx)

[26]Redlands KK def. [7]James Logan CC (Wells Chang & Ashley Chang) [3-0: Tierney, Raskin, ?]

[3]Granite Bay GH def. [30]Sanger TO (Valerie Taboada & Drew Oakes)

[27]Bentley PP def. [6]Saratoga AC (Shauray Agrawal & Justin Chiang)

[16]Bishop O’Dowd PA def. [17]Leland HC (Jason Han & Vincent Chiu)

[9]Santa Rosa BF def. [24]Washington CC (Angela Chung & Afreen Chaus)

[12]Los Gatos SG def. [21]Clash Debate Club TS (Michael Tcheau & Garrett Soiland)

[20]El Dorado MR def. [13]Mira Loma RL (Aleks Ryabov & Michael Liu)

[15]Leland NW def. [18]Saratoga TZ (Rohil Taggarsi & Michael Zhang)

[10]Windsor FJ over [23]Stockdale KM (Jotthe Kannappan & Kasey Munoz) [drop]

[19]Lynbrook RY def. [14]Granite Bay AT (Gokul Asokan & Michael Tom)

[11]Foothill Technology BM def. [22]Bishop O’Dowd WC (Caitlin Walsh & Jordan Crosby)

Octofinals

[16]Bishop O’Dowd PA def. [1]Dougherty Valley KW (Karthik Konath & David Wang)

[12]Los Gatos SG def. [28]Mira Loma LM (Jeff Leibenhaut & Keizra Mecklai)

[15]Leland NW def. [31]Windsor FZ (Patrick Foster & Ivy Ziedrich)

[3]Granite Bay GH def. [19]Lynbrook RY (Anjana Rao & Robert Ying)

[25]James Enochs MW def. [9]Santa Rosa BF (Isabella ‘Buddy’ Burch & Sumner Fields)

[4]Bishop O’Dowd ZV def. [20]El Dorado MR (Niki Moore & Claire Rapp)

[10]Windsor FJ def. [26]Redlands KK (Sonny Kim & Gia Karpouzis)

[11]Foothill Technology BM def. [27]Bentley PP (Alexis Pracar & Shane Pracar)

Quarterfinals

[25]James Enochs MW def. [16]Bishop O’Dowd PA (Nadia Perl & Nicholas Accinelli)

[10]Windsor FJ def. [15]Leland NW (Bang Nguyen & Young Wu)

[12]Los Gatos SG def. [4]Bishop O’Dowd ZV (Marco Zepeda & Cate Vegis)

[3]Granite Bay GH def. [11]Foothill Technology BM (Luke ‘Totally’ Ballmer & Anaika Miller) [3-0]

Semifinals

[12]Los Gatos SG def. [25]James Enochs MW (Jacob Marsh & Mickey Walbridge)

[10]Windsor FJ def. [3]Granite Bay GH (Ishaan Gupta & Justin Habashi)

Finals

[12]Los Gatos SG def. [10]Windsor FJ (Jason Fauss & Jonathan Jeffrey) [2-1]

Champions

[12]Los Gatos SG: Adam Silverman & Christina Gilbert

Topics

1a: This House would talk to Iran.

1b: THW create a new exit strategy for Afghanistan.

2a: This House prefers principles over outcomes

2b: This House would rather fight the wave than ride it

3a

3b: The USFG needs to be downsized

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4b

5a

5b

Da

Db

Oa: Steve Jobs is the most influential American since WWII.

Ob: The United States is still the land of opportunity.

Qa: Federal elections should be held on weekends.

Qb: People on Social Security should do public service.

S

F: The biggest political issue of the 2012 political campaign is the decline of the middle class.

Top Speakers

1. David Wang
2. Gia Karpouzis
3. Shane Pracar
4. Audrey Carson
5. Jacob Marsh
6. Mickey Walbridge
7. Wells Chang
8. Nathalie Dierkx
9. Mahdi Ali
10. Kelsey Brewer

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