Hi Everyone. We've just returned from the grueling and exciting three day weekend that is the State Championships, held this year at Cal State Northridge. In short, there were many positive results, including a second place team performance in the large school division. The Bells earned 118 points as a team, usually enough to win the title; however, James Logan of Union City, having been denied for the last two years, quite simply would not take second again. Logan won with an all-time high score of 143 points. We congratulate Mr. Tommie Lindsey and the James Logan team on a monumental effort; please take a minute and congratulate our own guys, listed below, who won and lost with equal grace...

Public Forum Debate
Quarterfinals Patrick Go/Amar Naik

Parliamentary Debate
First Jonathan Weed/Brian Stephan

Impromptu
First Brian Stephan
Fifth Dylan Groves
Sixth Rustin Kashani
Semifinals Nihaal Karnik

Original Prose/Poetry
Semifinals George Bayuga

International Extemporaneous
Semifinals Nihar Shah
Semifinals David Chiang

Expository
Second Sameer Jain
Fifth Alex Muller
Semifinals Yung Jae Chen

Humorous Interpretation
Seventh Greg Lambrecht

National Extemporaneous
Second Jonathan Weed
Semifinalist Pierce Stanley
Semifinalist Mike Guimarin

Duo Interpretation
Semifinalist Alan Wu/Brandon Garrett

Lincoln Douglas Debate
Semifinalist Bobby Holley
Octafinalist Christopher Lin
Octafinalist Mike Jin

Policy Debate
Second Dylan Groves/Matt Grimes
Octafinalist Arun Badhwar/Chris Weldon
Octafinalist David Chiang/Vikram Mahal
Octafinalist Gaurev Kumar/Chirag Shah
Octafinalist Nikhil Matani/Jon Williamson


Team Sweepstakes
First James Logan 143 points
Second Bellarmine 118 points
Third Leland 81 points
Fourth Gabrielino
Fifth Miramonte

(Medium School- Lynbrook Fifth Place; Small School- Presentation Third Place)