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Barkley Forum Information

Mario Herrera — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:34 +0000

This weekend we will be attending The Barkley Forum. The tournament is quite different from other Georgia tournaments, so I want to make sure details are known. Student attending include: Stephanie Styles, Tyler Olson, Emily Atkinson, Scott Bremer, Matt Ward, Taylor Walker, Hannah Snowden, Hannah Mitchell, James Holland, John Holland, Michael Barlow, Erin Dabbs, Kaylin Morton, JP Patterson, Grayson Blake, Lucas Bailey and Mike Robinson. This is a TWO DAY tournament (at miminum), meaning students will need to get to the tournament on Friday. WE WILL NEED PARENTS FOR DROP-OFF AND PICK UP!! Here is a break-down of event locations: Policy Debate will be held at Georgia State. Public Forum will be held at Druid Hills HS. All IE’s, Duo, Congress and LD will be on the Emory University Campus. Here are directions to the BF, Georgia State parking instructions and the parking letter and pass for Emory University. Here is the parent permission form If you would like to see the schedule, go to www.joyoftournaments.com and look for January 23-25 and then “Barkley Forum.” You will see a link that says “Schedules.” Click on this and look for the appropriate event. And, as always, call if you have any questions.

An Autumn Argument- The Results

Mario Herrera — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:47:52 +0000

Sequoyah Stars

This weekend we are attending the “Autumn Argument” at Sequoyah High School in Canton, GA. We have 30 students attending, and I know someone is bound to forget it, so here is the Sequoyah permission slip. Pertinent information regarding the tournament can be found if you scroll down a little bit more.

Mario

Results from the tournament:

Varsity Policy Debate-

9th place Speaker- Ngoc Vu

Lincoln-Douglas Debate-

3rd place: Markeith Conley

2nd place: Tyler Olson

1st place: Lucas Bailey

Public Forum-

1st place: Jonathan Patterson/Grayson Blake

Duo Interp-

2nd place: Laquitta Pearson/Kourtney Outlaw

1st place: Wesley Powell/Hannah Mitchell

Humorous Interp:

3rd place: Wesley Powell

2nd place: Matt Ward

1st place: Hannah Snowden

Dramatic Interp-

3rd place: Marius Jackson

2nd place: Taylor Walker

1st place: Hannah Mitchell

Original Oratory-

2nd place: Jake Simonds-Malamud

1st place: Scott Bremer

Extemporaneous Speaking-

3rd place: Leith Meador

2nd place: James Holland

1st place: Emily Atkinson

Impromptu-

2nd place: Emily Atkinson

1st place: Scott Bremer

Grady Invades Florida Blue Key- And Results

Brandon Sheats — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:26:02 +0000

After five long hours of Lucas’ and Tyler’s foot fiasco, we’re all safe and sound (besides our noses) In Florida. We are at the tournament, it’s round one, and we will continue to update on what we know in this post throughout the weekend.

GO DAWGS (and Grey Knights)!!

(Yes, we realize the irony.)

And here are the results!!

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Double-Octofinalist- Tyler Olson

Octofinalist- Demarius Walker

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Semi-Finalist- Emily Atkinson

Duo Interpretation

Semi-Finalists- Hannah Mitchell and Wesley Powell

Congrats to all!!

Grady Sweeps Debate and Speech Divisions at Northside!

Brandon Sheats — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:45:37 +0000

Winner of Individual Events and Debate Sweepstakes

Extemp

3rd – James Holland
2nd – Emily Atkinson
1st – Scott Bremer

Dramatic Interpretation

2nd – Matt Ward
1st – Laura King

Original Oratory

2nd – Willamae Bolling
1st – Scott Bremer

Impromptu Speaking

3rd – James Holland

Lincoln-Douglas

3rd – Stephanie Styles
2nd – Tyler Olson
1st – Demarius Walker

Public Forum Speaker Awards

9th – Ben Power
8th – Nick Miller
7th – Zoe Hamilton
6th – Jonathan Patterson
4th – Lucas Bailey
2nd – Mike Robinson

Public Forum Team Awards

3rd – Nick Miller & Ben Power
2nd – Mike Robinson & Lucas Bailey

Policy Debate Speaker Awards

Junior Varsity Speakers

2nd – Ben Dean

Varsity Speakers

8th – Jasmine Burnett
5th – Lauren Scott
2nd – John Holland
1st – Michael Barlow

Varsity Team Awards

Quarterfinalists- Lauren Scott and Jasmine Bennett

Quarterfinalists- Michael Barlow and Ngoc Vu

Semi-finalists and Richard B. Russell All State Bid winners- John Holland and Holden Choi

Novice Team Awards

Semi-Finalists- Samantha Chiang and Maragh Girvan

Northside HS Participants

Mario Herrera — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:24:29 +0000

Per parent request, here is a list of students attending the tournament this weekend, October 24 and 25, at Northside HS in Warner Robins, GA. Also, here is the link to the permission form for the tournament.

Ollie Aberle-Grasse,

Jennifer Alexander

Emily Atkinson

Lucas Bailey

Michael Barlow

Mac Barrineau

Willamae Boling

Scott Bremer

Eve Brown

Austin Burch

Jasmine Burnett

Samantha Chiang

Holden Choi

Markeith Conley

Dylan Coyle

Ana Cunningham

Molly Daniel

Ben Dean

Zak Fields

Maragh Girvan

Kahlil Griffin

Asha Haki-Tyler

Zoe Hamilton

Shanise Hodges

James Holland

John Holland

Andrew Jackson

Marius Jackson

Brad Jessup

Taylor Jones

Marquis Junior

Laura King

Max Kocsissozucs

Scottie McWilliams

Leith Meador

Damon Melton

Nick Miller

Sam Moore

Hai Nguyen

Lukas Olson

Tyler Olson

Kourtney Outlaw

Jonathan Patterson

Laquitta Pearson

Myers Pierce

Ben Power

Mike Robinson

Jordan Ross

Lauren Scott

Perth Silver

Jake Simonds-Malamud

Stephanie Styles

Ngoc Tran

Audrey Vaughn

Ngoc Vu

Joss Wakamo

Demarius Walker

Matt Ward

Queen White

Who’s got the Hooch?

Mario Herrera — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:03:20 +0000

This past weekend was the ChattaHOOCHee Cougar Classic and it was a great time to be a Grady Jester! With a team of nearly 60 individuals, Grady was on a mission. I’m glad to report…MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!! (No, Alexis, you don’t have wear a flight suit…)

Policy Debate:

Minh Lam and Bree Gray-Jordan, Co-Champions; Alexis Armand and John Holland, Quarterfinalists.

Bree Gray-Jordan, 3rd place speaker; Minh Lam, 2nd place speaker.

Extemporaneous Speaking:

Emily Atkinson, Champion; Scott Bremer, 2nd place

Original Oratory:

Scott Bremer, 6th place

Dramatic Interp:

Hannah Mitchell, Champion; Taylor Walker, 2nd place

Impromptu Speaking:

Jordon Wofford, 3rd place

Duo Interp:

Wesley Powell and Matt Ward, Champions; Claire Wilson and Ana Cunningham, 3rd place; Abby Deel and Laura Alexander, 5th place; Patti Guzman and John Rogers, 6th place.

Onward to the Peach State Classic this weekend in Carrollton!

The Winfield Scott Classic at Whitewater HS

Mario Herrera — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:54:56 +0000

Okay, so the tournament was a while back… but still… here is how we fared!

Lincoln-Douglas Debate-

Jordon Wofford, Co-Champion and Tyler Olson, Semi-Finalist

Original Oratory-

Scott Bremer, 2nd place and Elliott Erickson, 4th place

Dramatic Interp-

Hannah Mitchell, 2nd place and Laura King, 4th place

Extemporaneous Speaking-

Mike Robinson, 1st place; Scott Bremer, 2nd place; Emily Atkinson, 4th place

Duo Interp-

Laura Alexander and Abby Deel, 1st place; Claire Wilson and Ana Cunningham, 3rd place

Congrats to all!!

St. James: Grady Sweeps, Takes Public Forum!

Brandon Sheats — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:32:01 +0000

We’re on the road back from St. James, and Grady the only Georgia school at the tournament, took home the 3rd place sweepstakes trophy, behind Mountain Brook and Hattiesburg.

Mike Robinson and Demarius Walker took the championship trophy in the Public Forum final round, defeating Mountain Brook on a 3-0 decision.

Impromptu:
1st Demarius Walker
3rd Scott Bremer

Extemp:
1st Mike Robinson
3rd Scott Bremer
5th Emily Atkinson

Prose:
3rd Hannah Mitchell

DI:
3rd Hanna Mitchell