Siddarth Satish is Vestavia Champion
Walt Johnson and Siddarth Satish
VESTAVIA HILLS, AL - Congratulations to the Harker School’s Siddarth Satish and Montgomery Academy’s Walt Johnson for advancing to finals at a tournament with a rich history hosted by a program with a rich history. On a 3-0 decision, Siddarth defeated Walt to claim the title of this year’s Vestavia Hills Over the Mountain Classic. (Thank you to Adam Nelson for once again providing reporting both through comments and via text messaging!)
Siddarth is coached by Dr. Matthew Brandstetter, Rick Brundage, Jessica Huynh, and Anthony Berryhill. Walt is coached by James W. Rye III.
OCTAS
(16) St. James BH def. (1) Battle Ground TL (Trent Linville)
(2) MBA CM def. (15) Oak Mountain SG (Scott Gray)
(14) Harker DR def. (3) Monticello SS (Siegel Spencer)
(4) Montgomery WJ def. (13) Battle Ground AH (Allison Herren)
(5) Salpointe Catholic CO def. (12) Ravenwood SZ (Sasha Zheng)
(10) Harker SS def. (7) Mountain Brook SF (Sam Frank)
(11) Monticello KR def. (6) Harker AK (Anuj Kamdar)
(9) Highlands Ranch AJ def. (8) Harker AU (Akshay Udiavar)
QUARTERS
(9) Highlands Ranch AJ def. (16) St. James BH (Blake Harper)
(10) Harker SS def. (2) MBA CM (Corey Metzman)
(14) Harker DR def. (11) Monticello KR (Kaitlin Rubin)
(4) Montgomery WJ def. (5) Salpointe Catholic CO (Carlos Ochoa)
SEMIS
(4) Montgomery WJ def. (9) Highlands Ranch AJ (Andrew Jarrett)
(10) Harker SS over (14) Harker DR (Deepa Ramakrishnan)
FINALS
(10) Harker SS def. (4) Montgomery WJ (Walt Johnson)
CHAMPION
(10) Harker SS (Siddarth Satish)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Trent Linville (Battle Ground Academy, TN)
2. Andrew Jarrett (Highlands Ranch High School, CO)
3. Spencer Siegel (Monticello High School, NY)
4. Walt Johnson (Montgomery Academy, AL)
5. Siddarth Satish (Harker School, CA)
6. Kaitlin Rubin (Monticello High School, NY)
7. Evan Mayo (Battle Ground Academy, TN)
8. Alisha Tolani (Harker School, CA)
9. Sasha Zheng (Ravenwood High School, TN)
10. Alok Choksi (Battle Ground Academy, TN)
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Posted from: 70.170.6.20
February 25th, 2006 17:42
Way to go Sid! Looks like you got all that bad debate out of the way last weekend in front of me ;-)
Posted from: 68.175.99.147
February 25th, 2006 17:54
Yay to Katie Rubin for reppin’ the Northeast! And yay to Deepa for reppin’ our lab! A ghost bid in your novice year? Pretty incredible!
Andrew Jarrett is the one of the nicest, most genuine, and most humble people I have ever met, not just in debate, but in life. Good luck!
Posted from: 128.12.68.62
February 25th, 2006 18:01
i second jon’s comment - good luck andrew!
Posted from: 24.8.106.164
February 25th, 2006 18:20
Andrew Jarrett is hottt. With three ts.
Posted from: 65.12.227.240
February 25th, 2006 18:21
major congrats to andrew. aiyer/fitch represent
Posted from: 71.12.221.245
February 25th, 2006 18:48
blake harper-representtt.
Posted from: 68.175.99.147
February 25th, 2006 18:49
Congrats to Sid on qualling!!
Good luck Andrew! You totally deserve this!
Posted from: 71.146.3.136
February 25th, 2006 19:00
congrats to corey and blake for quarters!
Posted from: 146.115.115.110
February 25th, 2006 19:08
You can do it Andrew!!!
Posted from: 68.38.220.125
February 25th, 2006 19:18
DEEPA!!!! Congrats.. what an unbelievable novice year!!!
Posted from: 71.139.192.118
February 25th, 2006 19:23
congratulations sid on the qual, and corey on the outround appearance. much deserved.
Posted from: 72.164.191.98
February 25th, 2006 19:26
Congrats to Deepa on a ghost bid during her novice year–that’s incredible!
Posted from: 68.175.99.147
February 25th, 2006 19:29
Congratulations to Siddarth and Walt for making it to finals! I also want to second Prashant’s comment regarding Corey.
I seem to have congratulated 7/8 of the outrounds field. I’ve never seen Blake debate, but I am sure he is very solid as well. Good job to all 8 of you! :)
Posted from: 65.81.133.211
February 25th, 2006 19:39
congrats to walt johnson for holdin’ it down for the durty durty and sid because hes cool.
Posted from: 24.5.190.71
February 25th, 2006 19:53
OMG CONGRATULATIONS DEEPA AND SID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted from: 69.249.91.131
February 25th, 2006 20:07
jarrett is legit
Posted from: 140.247.73.223
February 25th, 2006 20:12
congrats jarrett - did you get a reply from Mankiw?
Posted from: 67.167.13.173
February 25th, 2006 20:21
congratulations sid! also, mazel tov metzman
Posted from: 68.119.127.99
February 25th, 2006 20:28
alooook, where are youuuuuu dawg
Posted from: 69.167.124.106
February 25th, 2006 20:30
mazel tov to my one of my favorite little jews, cory metzman. this kid will dominate next year. much love.
congrats to my former roommate sid, on his well deserved qual. and pimp-ness.
Posted from: 24.99.88.224
February 25th, 2006 21:09
congrats metzman and o ya hes just told me that sid picked up finals
Posted from: 66.142.67.96
February 25th, 2006 21:34
props to metzman for being a debate machine.
Posted from: 24.13.82.229
February 25th, 2006 21:39
amazing job Sid! Also, congrats go out to Corey for breaking. Also, id like to second Perelman’s comment.
Posted from: 192.55.52.4
February 25th, 2006 21:52
Awesome Sid!!! Vince thinks you are the coolest!
Posted from: 24.6.187.21
February 25th, 2006 21:56
Awesome dude. You are the man!!!
Posted from: 12.166.72.2
February 25th, 2006 21:58
thanks to everyone for a great tournament. they actually cleared to octas and the seeds were different than above; i heard because of a ballot or tabbing mixup in prelims…?
here were the speaker awards:
1) Trent Linville - BGA
2) Andrew Jarrett - Highland Ranch
3) Siegel Spencer - Monticello
4) Walt Johnson - Montgomery Academy
5) Siddarth Satish - Harker
6) Kaitlin Rubin - Monticello
7) Evan Mayo - BGA
8) Alisha Tolani - Harker
9) Sasha Zheng - Ravenwood
10) Alok Choksi - BGA
Posted from: 71.139.200.144
February 25th, 2006 22:00
ya the mix up occured rd 1
carlos v. jarrett
the judge disclosed the carlos W 30, and Jarrett L 28.5, but wrote it flipped on the ballot
what a screw up :(
Posted from: 207.172.73.154
February 25th, 2006 22:20
COReY METZMAN HAVE MY BABIES!!! seriously man, congratulations. is this tourney a semis or a finals bid this year?
Posted from: 24.90.9.11
February 25th, 2006 22:20
Deep is just downright awesome, way to go
Posted from: 24.6.187.21
February 25th, 2006 22:22
Anyone know the outcome of the finals between SS Vs WJ
Posted from: 207.172.73.154
February 25th, 2006 22:22
wait…how in blazes is this walt johnson type in FINALS? having debated him on this topic, i can safely say that ummm….NO
Posted from: 72.156.180.2
February 25th, 2006 22:26
Harker on a 3-0.
Posted from: 143.183.121.4
February 25th, 2006 22:37
Yeayy!!!! CONGRATS Sid!!! Well done!!!
Posted from: 72.156.180.2
February 25th, 2006 22:51
sid is a baller
Posted from: 71.141.16.9
February 25th, 2006 22:52
YESSS
congrats sid
Posted from: 24.5.190.71
February 25th, 2006 23:14
CONRATULATIONS SID
Posted from: 128.12.58.143
February 25th, 2006 23:18
Congrats to Sid for the well-earned qual…way to go buddy.
Posted from: 24.20.200.89
February 25th, 2006 23:28
Congratulations, Sid.
Posted from: 68.119.127.99
February 25th, 2006 23:52
congratsss to sid and deepa for an amazing weekend, to walt johnson for bidding, and to corey for clearing
Posted from: 70.241.85.99
February 26th, 2006 05:33
My comment when semis was posted dind’t go through wishing Andrew gluck. So I now I say congrats Andrew.
Posted from: 64.109.248.249
February 26th, 2006 06:30
way to go Sid!
Posted from: 71.70.246.134
February 26th, 2006 07:08
Congrats to Corey and Blake (pssst- come back to Iowa!)! Congrats are also in order for Sasha, Kathleen and Alokomotion for just being cool
Posted from: 67.187.25.235
February 26th, 2006 07:50
congrats corey! you deserve it
Posted from: 141.150.16.55
February 26th, 2006 07:59
Congratulations to the following New Jersey NFL members who have qualified for the National Student Congress, or who earned a slot as a National Alternate, as result of yesterday’s fine District Congress at Lazar Middle School, Montville, NJ.
HOUSE A
Qualifier–Sundeep Iyer from Ridge HS
Alternates—
1st–Eric Meyers from Randolph
2nd–Sam Hocking from Randolph
3rd–Patrick Keating from ALJ
4th–Alex Zhao from Randolph
5th–Bharat Ayyar from Ridge
HOUSE B
Qualifier–Jackie Kang from Ridge HS
Alternates–
1st–Deepa Cherla from Ridge
2nd–Casey Buckley from Ridge
3rd–Victoria Fang from Montville
4th–Christopher Gibson from Randolph
5th–Joseph Broccoli from ALJ
6th–Michael Calavano from ALJ
SENATE
1st Qualifier–Joshua Meah from ALJ
2nd Qualifier–Reid Spitzer from Ridge
Alternates
1st–Aravind Sreenath from Randolph
2nd–Paul Bennett from Ridge
3rd–Nick Iluzado from Randolph
4th–Dean Fleyzor from ALJ
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL COMPETITORS AND THEIR COACHES!
Posted from: 24.6.251.224
February 26th, 2006 10:08
Congrats sid on the qual…
flying to alabama turned out well for you :)
Posted from: 68.196.117.239
February 26th, 2006 12:27
dear mr cooper,
my last name is iluzadA.
thanks!
Posted from: 208.54.95.129
February 26th, 2006 12:35
Vestavia Octas:
(5) Salpointe Catholic CO def. (12) Ravenwood SZ (Sasha Zheng)
(11) Monticello KR def. (6) Harker AK (Anuj Kamdar)
(10) Harker SS def. (7) Mountain Brook SF (Sam Frank)
(9) Highlands Ranch AJ def. (8) Harker AU (Akshay Udiavar)
(16) St. James BH def. (1) Battle Ground TL (Trent Linville)
(2) Montgomery Bell CM def. (15) Oak Mountain SG (Scott Gray)
(14) Harker DR def. (3) Monticello SS (Siegel Spencer)
(4) Montgomery Academy WJ def. (13) Battle Ground AH (Allison Herren)
Posted from: 68.7.197.22
February 26th, 2006 12:36
GO SID!!! YEAHHH!!!!
Posted from: 69.181.134.86
February 26th, 2006 14:04
Congrats to Sid and Deepa on the bids and to all the Harker students who broke in LD and Policy! I’m hella proud of you guys.
Posted from: 141.150.42.66
February 26th, 2006 16:25
Panda,
I know. I’m a debate coach, not a typist.
BC
Posted from: 209.98.146.245
February 26th, 2006 16:40
Congratulation to Sid on a very well-deserved qual and to Harker in general on a successful weekend.
Corey Metzman is also intense.
Posted from: 24.151.51.112
February 26th, 2006 16:43
Ya Siddarth Sattish!
Posted from: 69.165.219.190
February 26th, 2006 17:10
In response to ???,
Your comment about Walt Johnson getting to finals is quite disturbing and obnoxious for four reasons:
1. Having spent a full two days with Walt, I can say that he might just be one of the nicest and most humble debaters out there in contrast to some people aka like you who may be alittle to cocky about their debating success or lack thereof.
2. Just because you have debated Walt before and may not think he is talented, that is only your opinion and since it is a negative one you shouldn’t be posting it online for everyone to see. People with nasty things to say about other people like you should keep it to themselves, especially because I know Walt wouldn’t be saying that about you.
3. Just becase you may think that Walt is “bad” because you have a more progressive style of debate doesn’t mean he is bad. He is probably one of the most talented slow/traditional styled debaters today, which definently displays true talent because LD is consistently becoming more “progressive” and those that are still debating traditionally and can do it effectively are in the minority.
4. And last, you really should shut up because a. it is possible that people improve as they debate more and more, so your statement is quite hasty and b. YOU WERE NOT THE ONE IN FINALS THAT GOT A BID AT VESTAVIA SO DONT RAG ON SOMEONE ELSES SUCCESS.
Posted from: 141.150.42.66
February 26th, 2006 17:13
Why bother responding to someone who is so un-self-aware that they have to adopt the moniker “???”? If they wish to be unknown, let them be unknown and unacknowledged.
BC
Posted from: 69.165.219.190
February 26th, 2006 17:19
that is very true, apparently they are “un-self-aware”
Posted from: 162.83.252.116
February 26th, 2006 17:28
Go Sid!
Posted from: 65.9.109.149
February 26th, 2006 17:52
YAY WIGGITY
Posted from: 24.161.65.19
February 26th, 2006 18:18
good job katie
Posted from: 67.190.146.70
February 26th, 2006 21:11
Walt is awesome.
Posted from: 134.173.92.61
February 26th, 2006 22:41
congrats sid
Posted from: 68.0.151.205
February 26th, 2006 22:50
Well it was a hell of a tournament congrats to sid and deepa you guys are amazing deepa I had no idea this was your first year….. You hella almost beat me wow your going to be amazing next year. Congrats to Andrew to bad for our little screw up first round but hey what ever it made it more fun, and good job to every one who didn’t break : even mayo, Heather, alok (sorry about the racist judge)
And as for ?????
Walt is a good debater he took out me and Andrew both of whom are very progressive and he never went fast it just goes to show you a little adaptation and some good skill will get you a bid so congrats Walt good luck
Heck of a tournament yall
`carlos
Posted from: 64.107.156.234
February 27th, 2006 11:05
1st: Congrats to Sid on winning and getting the Bid, also congrats to Corey for being awesome, and congrats to all who broke.
now, Ive come to notice that when tournament results come up that some1 has to complain about some debater being horrid at debate, but doing extremely well at a tourney. All I have to say is that these people (like Walt, sry to generalize) got to late outrounds for a reason, they debated better than almost everyone else.
I just want to ask ppl to stop posting these stupid comments on VBD. It turns into everyone posting responses to them and not using VBD for what its here for. So can we plz just put a stop to the stupidity? And if some1 is being stupid, why not just not respond at all. It’s common knowledge that whoever theyre complaining about is probably good, and theyre just sour about it.
Posted from: 67.190.146.70
February 27th, 2006 17:44
Who adjudicated the final round?
Posted from: 69.180.210.210
February 27th, 2006 18:34
the final round panel was ben osbourne, willie warren, and a policy judge i think
Posted from: 65.8.109.49
February 28th, 2006 21:15
yay sid for qualling