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2016 NDHSAA State Debate Results

The 103rd Annual North Dakota High School Activities Association Debate Tournament was held at Fargo Davies High School on Friday and Saturday, February 5-6, 2016.  Fargo Davies was crowned Champion with 71 points and Shanley received Runner-Up with 29 points.

 

The CSTAND coach of the year as elected by her peers was Jake Thomas, coach at Mandan High School.

 

Individual place winners in each division are as follows:

Division I Lincoln-Douglas Debate --1st Place - Casey Orvedal, Fargo Davies; 2nd Place – Elizabeth Erickson, Shanley; Semi-finalists - Isaac Spanjer, Fargo North; Katherine Gladitsch, Shanley; Quarterfinalists –Gurvir Johal, Oak Grove; Francine Dong, Grand Forks Central; KayCee Fry, Mandan; Nidhi Mahale, Fargo Davies; Superior Medalist - Mingyu Yang, Fargo Davies.

 

 

Division II Lincoln-Douglas Debate -- 1st Place - Ishika Gupta, Fargo Davies; 2nd Place - Preeti Chemiti, West Fargo Sheyenne; Semi-finalists - Charley Planteen, West Fargo; Evan Welsh, Grand Forks Central; Quarterfinalists –Elyce Kinzer, Fargo North; Anna McDonald, Minot; Laurel Schley, Shiloh Christian; Davis Ekman, Shanely; Superior Medalist - Jacob Smith, Fargo North.

 

 

Division III Lincoln-Douglas Debate -- 1st Place - Nicholas Korom, Bismarck Century; 2nd Place - Allen Wu, Fargo Davies; Semi-finalists - Austin Whitney, Grand Forks Central; Galilee Mengesha, Shiloh Christian; Quarterfinalists –Dhruvika Y Patel, West Fargo Sheyenne; Joshua Gronneberg, Fargo Davies; Gabriela Samaniego, Fargo North; Josher Quevedo, Minot.  Superior Medalist - Paolo Panales, Minot; Esofi M Nunyi, West Fargo Sheyenne; Luke Miller, Bismarck Legacy; Daniel Coffinet-Crean, Minto; Monika Sauer, Fargo South; Rishab G Advani, West Fargo; Tasha Branden, Fargo North; Amine J Berriche, West Fargo Sheyenne; Lauren Michel, Shiloh; Gabrielle A Anderson, West Fargo.

 

 

Division I Public Forum Debate -- 1st Place Team - Nathaniel Thoreson/Matthew Thibert, Fargo Davies; 2nd Place Team – William Fleck/Madison Goetzfridt, Mandan; Semi-finalists – Rylee Lindemann/Page Schoer, Fargo Davies; Sofia Flores/Martha Denton, Fargo North; Quarterfinalists – Casey Beck/Skylar Moody, Mandan; Grace Ward/Austin Weigel, Shanley; Andrew Taszarek/Raini Endicott, Fargo South; Saige Thurlow/Kirstin Kuntz, Fargo Davies.

 

Division II Public Forum Debate -- 1st Place Team – Zoey Sours/ Shiori Kudo, Fargo South; 2nd Place Team – Yasmine Bettina Mojica/Brendan Gerdts, Minot; Semi-finalists – Astrid Axtman/Kaitlyn Kidder, Fargo Davies; Easton Hoffman/Sanggu Lee, Fargo Davies; Quarterfinalists – Sondos Abdelrahman/Haley Kringlie, West Fargo; Erica Flores/Kristie Qiu, Fargo North; Tejas Bajwa/Gideon Kamau, West Fargo Sheyenne; Zaynab Said/Crystal Deng, West Fargo Sheyenne; Superior Medalists - Brittany Benson/Rosalie Grijalva, Grand Forks Central.

 

 

Division III Public Forum Debate -- 1st Place Team – Tyler Dufault/Micha Hallingstad, Fargo Davies; 2nd Place Team – Joshua  Ward /Mitchell  Krings, Shanley; Semi-finalists – Hayat Ahmed/Lasya Anand, West Fargo; Alyssa Stutlien/ Ellie Hempel, Fargo South; Quarterfinalists – Collin Polasky/Ryan Prusak, Grand Forks Red River; Jason Xiong/Everett Glower, Fargo Davies; Madeline Robinson/Jasmyn Ellis, Fargo South; Armand  Andersen/Clara Connor; Shanley; Superior Medalists - Maryam Al-Kaabi/Abdelrahman Abdehahman, West Fargo; Madison Hanenberg/Mary Yeboah, Fargo South; Laila Kantarevic/Skyler Folk, Fargo South.

 

 

 

 

Schools participating were Bismarck Century, Bismarck Legacy, Fargo Davies, Fargo North, Fargo South, Grand Forks Central, Grand Forks Red River, Mandan, Minot, Minto, Oak Grove, Shanley, Shiloh Christian, West Fargo, and West Fargo Sheyenne.

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