Each year we at USC The David Damus Trojan Fall Championships. It is one of the largest policy tournaments on the west coast. It is open to all schools and features policy and LD debate. Beginning in 2007 the tournament has been officially renamed for long-time Trojan debater, coach and director, David Damus. Teams reaching the quarterfinals in policy debate t earn a bid for the Tournament of Champions. This year we are pleased to also have a finals TOC bid for the LD division.
The David Damus Trojan Championships will be held from November 7 through November 9 (Fri, Sat, Sun) on the USC campus. Please email us if you would like to receive an invitation.
2007 Results
Policy Debate - Varsity Division
The 2006 Champion in the open division was the College Pepatory team of Tyler He and Leo Chingcuanco who defeated the Notre Dame team of Cecilia Bonaduce and Quinn Powell. Tyler He was also recognized as the top individual speaker. The full results packet, including preliminary round results, elimination round results and speaker awards is available.
Policy Debate - Junior Varsity Division
The Damien High School team of Steven Cassettari and Eric Berggren won the JV division by defeating the La Costa Canyon team of Adrianna Lucero and Carolina Palmer in the finals. Vinay Kumar of the Harker School was recognized as the top individual speaker. The full results packet, including preliminary round results, elimination round results and speaker awards is available.
Lincoln Douglas Debate - Open Division
Justin Pearce from Esperanza High School earned the LD championship by defating Stephen Wu from the Polytechnic School in the final round. Tony Baker of Harvard Westlake was recognized as the top individual speaker. The full results packet, including preliminary round results, elimination round results and speaker awards is available.
Lincoln Douglas Debate - JV Division
Sebastian Park of Grenada Hills High defeated Nathaniel Pribil of Lone Peak High School in the final round. Jessica Warr of Spanish Fork High School was recognized as the top individual speaker. The full results packet, including preliminary round results, elimination round results and speaker awards is available.
2006 Results
Policy Debate - Varsity Division
The 2006 Champion in the open division was Glenbrook North team of Matt Fisher and Stephanie Spies who defeated the Damien Team of Clint Ehrlich-Quinn and Ian Nelson. Nelson had won the JV division of the Trojan Champs in 2005. Matt Fisher, who successfully defended his 2005 Trojan Championships open division First Place finish, was also recognized the top individual speaker. Full elimination round results are available as well as full preliminary round results.
Policy Debate - Junior Varsity Division
Damien High School successfully earned a co-championship of the JV division as well as advancing over another Damien team in the semi-finals. The following three Damien teams were undefeated in the preliminary debates as shared portions of the Championship: Christan Bato, Greg Rodarte, Kevin O'Connell, Kurt Yeager, Colby Brown and Sean Hernandez. Christine Yu of the Harker School was recognized as the top individual speaker in JV. Full elimination round results are available as well as full preliminary round results.
Lincoln Douglas Debate - Open Division
Ellen Morris of La Costa Canyon defeated Josh Motley from Phoenix Central High. Taylor Pfeifer of Calabasas High School was recognized as the top individual speaker. Results for both elimination rounds and preliminary rounds are available.
Lincoln Douglas Debate - JV Division
Kanna Song and Phenia Hovsepyan of Grenada Hills Charter High School were the co-champions of the JV LD division. Sachin Rangarajan of the Harker School was the top seed, going undefeated in preliminary rounds, and top individual speaker in the JV division. Results for both elimination rounds and preliminary rounds are available.
Earlier Results
Full results from earlier Trojan Fall Championships and the California Cup are available in the results archive. |
