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

Scoreboard, as of 2/22/08

2 Bids: Fully Qualified to the TOC '07-'08

1. Jared Dummit (Stuyvesant, NY)
2. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY)
3. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ)
4. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
5. Arti Bhatia (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
6. Stephanie Caravias (Ridge, NJ)
7. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake Highland, FL)
8. Rusty Mawn (Vestavia Hills, AL)
9. Deepa Ramakrishnan (Harker, CA)
10. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
11. Rahim Sayani (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
12. Sohail Syed (Niskayuna, NY)
13. Ellen Noble (Walt Whitman, MD)
14. Karlyn Gorski (Perkiomen Valley, NY)
15. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
16. Fred Willett (Brophy Prep, AZ)
17. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)
18. Amanda Signorelli (Meadows, NV)
19. Lulu Danzig (Bainbridge, WA)
20. Greg Bigelow (Gig Harbor, WA)
21. Adrienne Kearney (Meadows, NV)
22. Conor Doherty (Hopkins, MN)
23. Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto, CA)
24. Om Alladi (Monta Vista, CA)
25. Cameron Baghai (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
26. Tara Norris (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
27. Ross Brown (Valley, IA)

3 Bids:
1. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins, TX)
2. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
3. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
4. Todd Liipfert (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Christian Keil (Lakeville, MN)
6. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
7. Brian MacDonald (New Trier, IL)
8. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
9. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
10. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
11. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)
12. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)
13. Devin Race (Westlake, TX)
14. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
15. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, CA)
16. Corey Metzman (MBA, TN)
17. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)

4 Bids:
1. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
2. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
3. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN)
4. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
5. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
6. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
7. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)
8. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
9. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, NY)
10. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)

5 Bids:
1. Wade Houston (Oak Mountain, AL)
2. David McNeil (Edina, MN)
3. Marc Wallach (Colegiate, NY)
4. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)

6 Bids:
1. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
2. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
3. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
5. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)

7 Bids:
1. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)

8 Bids:
1. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)
2. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)

Auto-Quals To The TOC:
1. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
2. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
3. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

Total Number Of Students Qualified To The 2008 TOC in LD: 69

Schools With The Highest Bid Count:
1. Strake Jesuit, TX (17 Bids): David Donatti (8), Paul Tyger (6), Todd Liipfert (3)
2. Mountain View / Los Altos, CA (15 Bids): Daniel Moerner (6), Daniel Khalessi (2), Daniel Garber (3), Natalee Pei (3), Jeff Merrill (1)
3. Scarsdale, NY (15 Bids): Matt Hershey (2), Ken Hershey (3), Nikita Lalwani (4), Marcus Moretti (2), Daniel Daks (3), Eric Thurm (1)
4. Hockaday, TX (13 Bids): Joan Gass (6), Shivani Vohra (4), Lindsey Dolan (3)
5. Trinity Prep, FL (12 Bids): Jake Nebel (6), Ravi Sankar (5), Daniel Deciccio (1)

As an explanation of the team ranking system, i have been calling tie-breakers based on the number of people on the team with bids. The system sees teams with more bids and less debaters as stronger programs than those who have many people with a small number of bids; subequently, the smaller team is the tie breaker. I.E., in the case of Scarsdale and MVLA, MVLA is the #2 because they only have 5 debaters with bids, whereas Scarsdale has 6.

In the weeks following Harker, I will try my best to publish a list of at large candidates. Thanks for reading

Only 4 Bids Left. . .

Harvard (Octas Bid):
1. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
2. Peter Damsroch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)
3. Ben Lewis (Whitman, MD)
4. Stephanie Caravias (Ridge, NJ)
5. Jesse Klinger (Great Neck South, NY)
6. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)
7. Matt Salant (Scarsdale, NY)
8. Will Hix (Grapevine, TX)
9. Bobby Esnard (Bronx Science, NY)
10. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
11. Jane Kessner (Whitman, MD)
12. Coulter King (Regis, NY)
13. Michael Calavano (A.L. Johnson, NJ)
14. Ryan Zehner (St. Joseph's, PA)
15. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, NY)
16. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)
17. Karlyn Gorski (Perkiomen Valley, NY)

Cal Invitational (Octas Bid):
1. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)
2. Ross Brown (Valley, IA)
3. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
4. Cody Fielder (Foothill, NV)
5. Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto, CA)
6. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
7. Tara Norris (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
8. Rusty Mawn (Vestavia Hills, AL)
9. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
10. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
11. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)
12. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
13. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
14. Nadia Arid (Presentation, CA)
15. Jing Wang (Los Altos, CA)
16. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, CA)
17. Tarun Galagali (Monta Vista, CA)

Scoreboard, As Of 2/12/08

2 Bids: Fully Qualified to the TOC '07-'08
1. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
2. Jared Dummit (Stuyvesant, NY)
3. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY)
4. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ)
5. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
6. Arti Bhatia (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
7. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
8. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake Highland, FL)
9. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)
10. Deepa Ramakrishnan (Harker, CA)
11. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
12. Rahim Sayani (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
13. Sohail Syed (Niskayuna, NY)
14. Ellen Noble (Walt Whitman, MD)
15. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
16. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
17. Fred Willett (Brophy Prep, AZ)
18. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)
19. Amanda Signorelli (Meadows, NV)
20. Lulu Danzig (Bainbridge, WA)
21. Greg Bigelow (Gig Harbor, WA)
22. Adrienne Kearney (Meadows, NV)
23. Conor Doherty (Hopkins, MN)
24. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, CA)
25. Om Alladi (Monta Vista, CA)
26. Cameron Baghai (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
27. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)

3 Bids:
1. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins, TX)
2. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
3. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
4. Todd Liipfert (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Christian Keil (Lakeville, MN)
6. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
7. Brian MacDonald (New Trier, IL)
8. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, FL)
9. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
10. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
11. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)
12. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
13. Devin Race (Westlake, TX)

4 Bids:
1. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
2. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
3. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN)
4. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)
5. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
6. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
7. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)


5 Bids:
1. Wade Houston (Oak Mountain, AL)
2. David McNeil (Edina, MN)
3. Marc Wallach (Colegiate, NY)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
5. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
6. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)

6 Bids:
1. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
2. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
3. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)

7 Bids:
1. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)
2. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)

8 Bids:
1. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)

Auto-Quals To The TOC:
1. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
2. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
3. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

Total Number Of Students Qualified To The 2008 TOC in LD: 59

Schools With The Highest Bid Count:
1. Strake Jesuit, TX (17 Bids): David Donatti (8), Paul Tyger (6), Todd Liipfert (3)
2. Scarsdale, NY (13 Bids): Matt Hershey (2), Ken Hershey (3), Nikita Lalwani (3), Marcus Moretti (2), Daniel Daks (2), Eric Thurm (1)
3. Hockaday, TX (13 Bids): Joan Gass (6), Shivani Vohra (4), Lindsey Dolan (3)
4. Mountain View / Los Altos, CA (11 Bids): Daniel Moerner (4), Daniel Khalessi (2), Daniel Garber (2), Natalee Pei (2), Jeff Merrill (1)
5. Edina, MN (10 Bids): David McNeil (5), Ben Holguin (4), Jack Mullaney (1)
5. Trinity Prep, FL (10 bids): Jake Nebel (5), Ravi Sankar (4), Daniel DeCiccio (1)

Stanford

Here are results for this year's Stanford Invitational

Stanford (Octas Bid):
1. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
2. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
3. Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto, CA)
4. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
5. Jeff Merrill (Mountain View, CA)
6. Anna Ward (Monte Vista, CA)
7. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)
8. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
9. Joan Gass (Hocakday, TX)
10. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, TX)
11. Marc Wallach (Collegiate, NY)
12. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)
13. Cameron Baghai (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
14. Conor Doherty (Hopkins, MN)
15. Om Alladi (Monta Vista, CA)
16. Matt Slemon (San Dieguito, CA)

Congrats to all.

Another weekend, another northeast tournament. . .

The Newark Debates (Finals Bid):
1. Saboor Sheerazi (Bronx Science, NY)
2. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)

Congrats to Scarsdale on yet another qual, and congrats to Bronx Science for 4 bid-holders.

A Little Shout Out

Thanks to VBD for linking the nation's finest debaters (the VBD readers) to my humble site!!!! If you want to quickly navigate to the scoreboard (via VBD), simply click on the 'debaternation' tab, and look to 'news from other sites;' sure enough, there will be scoreboard update in the area. But remember, you can also bookmark the page; many browsers now support button bookmarks that hang out right below where you enter URL's. Yay!

So yes, as a break from all of the hustle and bustle of posting results, I'd like to thank VBD for the linkage, and of course all of the people who check this site more often than i do. The comments and emails as to how I've messed up are really helpful (seriously), and i would love for more comments to be left, as well as for more of you to get others you know in the community to check out the site.

Quinn

The Scoreboard, as of 1/27/08

2 Bids: Fully Qualified to the TOC '07-'08
1. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
2. Jared Dummit (Stuyvesant, NY)
3. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY)
4. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ)
5. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
6. Arti Bhatia (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
7. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
8. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake Highland, FL)
9. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
10. Deepa Ramakrishnan (Harker, CA)
11. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
12. Rahim Sayani (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
13. Sohail Syed (Niskayuna, NY)
14. Ellen Noble (Walt Whitman, MD)
15. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
16. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
17. Fred Willett (Brophy Prep, AZ)
18. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)
19. Amanda Signorelli (Meadows, NV)
20. Lulu Danzig (Bainbridge, WA)
21. Greg Bigelow (Gig Harbor, WA)
22. Adrienne Kearney (Meadows, NV)
23. Devin Race (Westlake, TX)


3 Bids:
1. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins, TX)
2. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
3. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
4. Todd Liipfert (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Christian Keil (Lakeville, MN)
6. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
7. Brian MacDonald (New Trier, IL)
8. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, FL)
9. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
10. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
11. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)
12. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)


4 Bids:
1. Marc Wallach (Collegiate, NY)
2. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
3. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)
4. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN)
5. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)
6. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
7. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
8. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
9. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)


5 Bids:
1. Wade Houston (Oak Mountain, AL)
2. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
3. David McNeil (Edina, MN)
4. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

6 Bids:
1. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)
2. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)

7 Bids:
1. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)

8 Bids:
1. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)

Auto-Quals To The TOC:
1. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
2. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
3. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

Total Number Of Students Qualified To The 2008 TOC in LD: 53

Schools With The Highest Bid Count:
1. Strake Jesuit, TX (16 Bids): David Donatti (8), Paul Tyger (5), Todd Liipfert (3)
2. Scarsdale, NY (12 Bids): Matt Hershey (2), Ken Hershey (3), Nikita Lalwani (3), Marcus Moretti (2), Daniel Daks (1), Eric Thurm (1)
3. Hockaday, TX (11 Bids): Joan Gass (5), Shivani Vohra (3), Lindsey Dolan (3)
4. Edina, MN (10 Bids): David McNeil (5), Ben Holguin (4), Jack Mullaney (1)
4. Trinity Prep, FL (10 bids): Jake Nebel (5), Ravi Sankar (4), Daniel DeCiccio (1)
5. Mountain View / Los Altos, CA (8 Bids): Daniel Moerner (4), Daniel Khalessi (2), Daniel Garber (2)

Emory / The Barkley Forum, and Columbia

Emory (Octas Bid):
1. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
2. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
3. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
4. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
5. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)
6. Arti Bhatia (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
7. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)
8. Devin Race (Westlake, TX)
9. Rahim Sayani (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
10. Corey Metzman (MBA, TN)
11. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
12. Ross Brown (Valley, IA)
13. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, CA)
14. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
15. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)
16. Rusty Mawn (Vestavia, AL)

Columbia (Finals Bid):
1. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
2. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)


Congrats to everyone!

Whoops, The Golden Desert

This year, bids are hard to keep track of because bid-status changes so much.

Golden Desert (Semis Bid):
1. Amanda Signorelli (Meadows, NV)
2. Nick Bratton (Meadows, NV)
3. Meadows AK (Meadows, NV) <--- Name Please
4. West JZ (___) <--- Information Please!

I'll edit the scoreboard; this changes 1 thing.

The Scoreboard, as of 1/22/08

2 Bids: Fully Qualified to the TOC '07-'08
1. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
2. Jared Dummit (Stuyvesant, NY)
3. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY)
4. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ)
5. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
6. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
7. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
8. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake Highland, FL)
9. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
10. Deepa Ramakrishnan (Harker, CA)
11. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
12. Corey Metzman (MBA, TN)
13. Sohail Syed (Niskayuna, NY)
14. Ellen Noble (Walt Whitman, MD)
15. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
16. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
17. Fred Willett (Brophy Prep, AZ)
18. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)
19. Amanda Signorelli (Meadows, NV)
20. Lulu Danzig (Bainbridge, WA)
21. Greg Bigelow (Gig Harbor, WA)

3 Bids:
1. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins, TX)
2. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
3. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
4. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
5. Todd Liipfert (Strake Jesuit, TX)
6. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
7. Christian Keil (Lakeville, MN)
8. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
9. Brian MacDonald (New Trier, IL)
10. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)
11. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, FL)
12. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)
13. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
14. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)
15. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)


4 Bids:
1. Marc Wallach (Collegiate, NY)
2. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
3. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
4. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN)
5. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)

5 Bids:
1. Wade Houston (Oak Mountain, AL)
2. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)
3. David McNeil (Edina, MN)
4. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
6. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)

6 Bids:
1. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)
2. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)

7 Bids:
1. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)


Auto-Quals To The TOC
1. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
2. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
3. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

Total Number Of Students Qualified To The 2008 TOC in LD: 50

Schools With The Highest Bid Count:
1. Strake Jesuit, TX (15 Bids): David Donatti (7), Paul Tyger (5), Todd Liipfert (3)
2. Scarsdale, NY (12 Bids): Matt Hershey (2), Ken Hershey (3), Nikita Lalwani (3), Marcus Moretti (2), Daniel Daks (1), Eric Thurm (1)
3. Edina, MN (10 Bids): David McNeil (5), Ben Holguin (4), Jack Mullaney (1)
3. Trinity Prep, FL (10 bids): Jake Nebel (5), Ravi Sankar (4), Daniel DeCiccio (1)
4. Hockaday, TX (9 Bids): Joan Gass (4), Shivani Vohra (3), Lindsey Dolan (2)
5. Mountain View / Los Altos, CA (7 Bids): Daniel Moerner (3), Daniel Khalessi (2), Daniel Garber (2)

An Enormous Update

204 Bids Have Been Awarded Thus Far

Lexington (Quarters Bid):
1. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
2. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
3. Marc Wallach (Collegiate, NY)
4. Eric Thurm (Scarsdale, NY)
5. Karlyn Gorski (Perkiomen Valley, NY)
6. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, NY)
7. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
8. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)

Churchill (Finals Bid):
1. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins, TX)
2. Khurram Ali (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
3. Rahim Sayani (Colleyville-Heritage, TX) [ghost bid]

Federal Way (Finals Bid):
1. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
2. ???

The Crestian (Quarters Bid):
1. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake HIghland, FL)
2. Hana Ahmed (Lake Highland, FL)
3. Alex Zhang (Pace Academy, GA)
4. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
5. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
6. Hillsborough NS (Hillsborough, FL) <---(Name please?)
7. Nicole Satar (Taravella, XX) <---(State please?)
8. ???

If viewers could please leave comments to help fill in the blanks, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

I'm Catching Up!!!!

I have been recently informed that the Auburn tournament was actually a semis bid.

Therefore, bids went to:

1. Lulu Danzig (Bainbridge, WA)
2. Greg Bigelow (Gig Harbor, WA)

Congratulations. I will add these now-qualified students to the scoreboard when results for the Crestian, Lexington, Churchill, Federal Way, and James Logan are released.

Oh yeah, Omaha-Westside

Omaha-Westside (Finals Bid):
1. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
2. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)
3. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA) [ghost bid]

The Scoreboard, as of 1/6/08

2 Bids: Fully Qualified to the TOC '07-'08
1. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
2. Jared Dummit (Stuyvesant, NY)
3. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY)
4. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ)
5. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
6. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)
7. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, NY)
8. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins , TX)
9. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
10. Deepa Ramakrishnan (Harker, CA)
11. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
12. Corey Metzman (MBA, TN)
13. Sohail Syed (Niskayuna, NY)
14. Ellen Noble (Walt Whitman, MD)
15. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
16. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
17. Fred Willett (Brophy Prep, AZ)
18. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)

3 Bids:
1. Marc Wallach (Collegiate, NY)
2. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
3. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
4. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
5. Todd Liipfert (Strake Jesuit, TX)
6. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
7. Christian Keil (Lakeville, MN)
8. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
9. Brian MacDonald (New Trier, IL)
10. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)
11. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
12. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)

4 Bids:
1. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
2. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
3. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
4. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
5. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN)
6. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)

5 Bids:
1. Wade Houston (Oak Mountain, AL)
2. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)
3. David McNeil (Edina, MN)
4. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)

6 Bids:
1. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)

7 Bids:
1. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)


Auto-Quals To The TOC
1. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
2. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
3. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

Total Number Of Students Qualified To The 2008 TOC in LD: 42

Schools With The Highest Bid Count:
1. Strake Jesuit, TX (15 Bids): David Donatti (7), Paul Tyger (5), Todd Liipfert (3)
2. Edina, MN (10 Bids): David McNeil (5), Ben Holguin (4), Jack Mullaney (1)
3. Scarsdale, NY (10 Bids): Matt Hershey (2), Ken Hershey (3), Nikita Lalwani (2), Marcus Moretti (2), Daniel Daks (1)
4. Trinity Prep, FL (9 bids): Jake Nebel (4), Ravi Sankar (4), Daniel DeCiccio
5. Hockaday, TX (9 Bids): Joan Gass (4), Shivani Vohra (3), Lindsey Dolan (2)

VBT '08

VBT (Quarters Bid):
1. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)
2. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
3. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)
4. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
6. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)
7. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)
8. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)

Congrats