THe Scoreboard: 10/3/2008

*NOTE TO ALL*: This is not meant to be condescending, but the list of those qualified is not done in any sort of chronological order. If that is how it is now, that is wholly coincidental; however, I will still put Adam Silver at #4

2 Bids (Fully Qualified to the 2009 TOC):
1. Devin Race (Westlake, TX, 2009)
2. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX, 2009)
3. Tyler Cook (Salado, TX, 2009)
4. Adam Silver (Bronx Science, NY, 2009)
5. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN, 2009)
6. David McNeil (Edina, MN, 2009)
7. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman, MD, 2010)
8. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN, 2010)

Automatically Qualified to the 2009 TOC:
1. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN, 2009)
2. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA, 2009)
3. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL, 2009)
4. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA, 2009)
5. Shivani Vohra (Hocakday, TX, 2009)
6. Ross Brown (WDM Valley, IA, 2010)

Valley, Yale Results

Valley (Quarters Bid):
1. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA) - 8 Points
2. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN) - 7 Points
3. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN) - 6 Points
4. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake Highland, FL) - 6 Points
5. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY) - 4 Points
6. Charlie Cao (New Trier, IL) - 4 Points
7. David McNeil (Edina DM) - 4 Points
8. Adrienne Keamy (Meadows, NV) - 4 Points

Yale (Quarters Bid):
1. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ) - 8 Points
2. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, NY) - 7 Points
3. Alex Bores (Hunter College, PA) - 6 Points
4. David Winer (Walt Whitman, MD) - 6 Points
5. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman, MD) - 4 Points
6. Seth Teleky (Bronx Science, NY) - 4 Points
7. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ) - 4 Points
8. Matt Dunay (Bronx Science, NY) - 4 Points
9. Adam Silver (Bronx Science, NY) GHOST BID - 2 Points

The Point Scoreboard: Post - Greenhill

Here is the ranking system so far. Since there are so many ties after 6 points, I am only going to go through the top 13. My tie-breaker system is still very much in a draft form. In regard to the tie between Jake Nebel, Paul Tyger and Tyler Cook: I used Jake's octas win to break the tie. Concerning the tie between Paul and Tyler: Tyler lost to the eventual tournament winner (Grapevine), therefore, I am giving him a higher rank than Paul. Additionally, Danielle Smogard and Chris Theis were tied; I gave preference to Danielle because she was in finals of a tournament whereas Chris was in semis. Adam Silver is given a higher rank than seeds 10-13 because he won a tournament, whereas they were in quarters of an octas bid.

1. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX, '09) - 12 Points
2. Devin Race (Westlake, TX, '09) - 11 Points
3. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL, '09) - 10 Points
4. Tyler Cook (Salado, TX, '09) - 10 Points
5. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX, '09 - 10 Points
6. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX, '09) - 9 Points
7. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX, '09) - 8 Points
8. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN, '09) - 8 Points
9. Adam Silver (Bronx Science, NY, '09) - 6 Points
10 - 13. Daniel Garber, Catherine Tarsney, Ken Hershey, David Mcneil - 6 Points

New Features Begin to Kick In

State Bid Counts
1. Texas: 9 Bids
2. Maryland: 5 Bids
2. Minnesota: 5 Bids
3. New York: 4 Bids
4. Tie: California, Arizona, Florida

Here is the rough draft for the point system. The top 20 debaters in the country will be listed, based on the point system:

Octas Bids:
Win - 10 points
Finals - 9 points
Semis - 8 Points
Quarters - 6 Points
Octas - 4 Points
Doubles - 2 Points

Quarters Bids:
Win - 8 Points
Finals - 7 Points
Semis - 6 Points
Quarters - 4 Points
Octas - 2 Points
Doubles - 1 Point

Semis Bids:
Win - 6 Points
Finals - 5 Points
Semis - 4 Points
Quarters - 2 Points
Octas - 1 Points
Doubles - .5 Points

Finals Bids:
Win - 4 Points
Finals - 3 Points
Semis - 2 Points
Quarters - 1 Point
Octas - .5 Points
Doubles - No Points

Feel free to comment on the legitimacy [or lack thereof] of my rough draft. I will update the point scoreboard after every octas bid.

Old Tricks and New Features

Hello All,

In order to keep the scoreboard interesting this year, I thought it would be best to bring back some old features, and add some new ones I've thought about over the summer.

First, what's coming back (or is already being utilized):

• Team Bid Counts: This feature attracted a fairly decent amount of attention last season, so it will be coming back. Just like last year, tie-breakers will be determined based on the number of students who belong to a certain team. If two teams have a matching number of bids, the team with less students will be ranked higher than the team with more students.
• List of Auto-Qual students: this feature is self explanatory.

Now, for some new features:

• State Bid Count: The 5 states with the highest number of students who have received bids will be listed. Student names will be included, but not the number of bids each student has.
• A Potential At-Large List: Following Harker, I will compile the list of all students who are at-large candidates. From there, students may (via comments) let the rest of the community know if they are applying for an at-large or not. The list will display the student, their school, and where they received a bid at.
• Class Listing: Each student who receives bids and/or qualifies to the TOC will have their graduation year listed. This may also lead to a bid count determined by graduating classes, please send me feedback via comments letting me know if you think this is a viable feature to the scoreboard.
  
• Point System: I am in the process of determining a point system in which to 'rank' debaters based on how they do at a given tournament. Ideally, I will have a point system created by the end of October.

Thank you all for continuing to visit the LD Scoreboard, and be sure to check back every weekend that a bid tournament occurs.

The Scoreboard: 9/14/08

2 Bids (Fully Qualified to the 2009 TOC)
1. Devin Race (Westlake, TX, c/o 2009)
2. Tyler Cook (Salado, TX, c/o 2009)
3. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX, c/o 2009)

Auto-Qualled to the 2009 TOC
1. Chris Theis (Apply Valley, MN, 2009)
2. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA, 2009)
3. Ross Brown (WDM Valley, IA, 2010)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL, 2009)
5. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA, 2009)
6. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX, 2009)

Greenhill, Wake Forest 2008

Hello All,

Sorry, I would've updated earlier but Hurricane Ike has kind of made life miserable here in Houston (day 2 and counting without power).

Greenhill (Octas Bid)
1. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, Fl, 2009)
2. David Mcneil (Edina, MN, 2009)
3. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN, 2009)
4. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX, 2009)
5. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN, 2010)
6. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA, 2009)
7. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY, 2009)
8. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX, 2009)
9. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN, 2009)
10. Xi Lin (Desert Vista, AZ, 2009)
11. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY, 2009)
12. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX, 2009)
13. Tyler Cook (Salado, TX, 2009)
14. Devin Race (Westlake, TX, 2009)
15. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman, MD, 2010)
16. Ben Lewis (Walt Whitman, MD, 2010)

2008 Wake Forest Early Bird
1. Adam Silver (Bronx Science, NY, 2009)
2. Rachel Umans (Walt Whitman, MD, 2010)
3. Erik Legried (Blake, MN, 2010)
4. Perry Green (Walt Whitman, MD, 2010)
5. Stefanie Rohde (Walt Whitman, MD, 2010) [Ghost Bid]

And. . .We're Back: Grapevine 2008

Hello all and welcome back to the LD Scoreboard, and to the beginning of the 2008-2009 season. Here are results from the Grapevine Classic:

Grapevine (Semis Bid):
1. Devin Race (Westlake, TX, 2009)
2. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX, 2009)
3. Tyler Cook (Salado, TX, 2009)
4. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX, 2009)

Random Trivia: No one from outside of Texas has received a bid from Grapevine since before 2004.

Automatically Qualified to the 2009 TOC:
1. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN, 2009)
2. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA, 2009)
3. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL, 2009)
4. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA, 2009)
5. Shivani Vohra (Hocakday, TX, 2009)
6. Ross Brown (WDM Valley, IA, 2010)

The Forgotten One

Ladies and Gentleman,

I have regrettably forgotten to post Mr. Matthew Lionel* Dunay on the list of qualified debaters for the 2008 Tournament of Champions in Lincoln-Douglas debate. For that, I am giving him his own post, letting those of you who want to know that he is, indeed, more than qualified to compete at the Tournament of Champions. He also looks like Navot Tidhar. Hats off to you, Matt Dunay, and good luck at the most prestigious of debate tournaments this May.

Also, this brings the competitor list to 70, I believe.

Sincerely,
Quinn Olivarez
Founder: The LD TOC Scoreboard
Coach: Carnegie Vanguard HS
University of Houston, c/o 2010

*- I don't know what Matt Dunay's middle name is. That one just sounded cool

Setting Things Straight

First, up, the bids not included yet.

Harker (Semis Bid):
1. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)
2. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
3. Matt Dunay (Bronx Science, NY)
4. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)

Vestavia (Finals Bid):
1. Aaseesh Polavarapu (Brentwood, CA)
2. Will Simoneaux (New Orleans Jesuit, LA)

Next up, I will be posting an at-large list in the next week or 2

Thanks for tolerating my low posting rate, prep for TFA state and school caught me off guard

Quinn