Hi all. The Bell Debaters kicked off the 2005 - 2006 debate season on Saturday at the first league tournament at Washington High School in Fremont. Special thanks go to Chris Wolf, who almost single handedly organized and ran the tournament and continues to drag the league coaches into the computerized tabulation world.

Please congratulate the following, especially the sophomores who fared well in their first varsity tournament:

Policy Debate: Six of the 56 teams entered went undefeated.

From Bellarmine:
Phill Baker/Thomas Mathew
Matt Grimes/Dylan Groves
Terry Reilly/Cameron Suhr
Ben Sigrist/Nick Simmons

Lincoln Douglas Debate: Seven of 81 entered went undefeated.

From Bellarmine:
Arvind Kanaan
Esteban Parker
Bobby Holley
Tim McKenzie
Aaron Munda