jjdebate 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2017 Let me know who y'all think the best sophomore team is on the Texas circuit, hopefully after TFA state everyone has had more debates to know more teams!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CalculusBC 94 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 I think LASA AC is a sophomore team? I know for a fact Hendrickson GS is. They're both phenomenal debate teams based on their performance at TFA state. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jswegthefuture 85 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 I think LASA AC is a sophomore team? kalyani is a junior Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 I know Reagan has a sophmore team that is very good. is it Volz and Chavez? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioBrah 32 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 Hendrickson GS LASA BV LASA BK There are a few not bad westwood sophmore teams, Westwood had an absurd number of qualled tfa teams. Kinkaid HK(not sure if they are soph are juniors) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 LASA BV LASA BK Isabelle, Caroline, Alex and Ayush are all juniors. I went to middle school with them all, they were a grade above me, and I'm a sophomore now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioBrah 32 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 Oh damm I didnt know that. maybe they are soph debaters i guess? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Oh damm I didnt know that. maybe they are soph debaters i guess? Like second years? Nah they were novices when I was. I just know because I used to debate with LASA. Edit - I should mention even though they're a grade ahead of me we're all third years, I started CX in eighth grade Edited March 13, 2017 by AQuackDebater Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjdebate 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 Like second years? Nah they were novices when I was. I just know because I used to debate with LASA. Edit - I should mention even though they're a grade ahead of me we're all third years, I started CX in eighth grade That doesn't make sense b/c LASA BV debated in novice CX finals vs Hendrickson GS at UT last year? https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/results/round_results.mhtml?tourn_id=3576&round_id=142770 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 That doesn't make sense b/c LASA BV debated in novice CX finals vs Hendrickson GS at UT last year? https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/results/round_results.mhtml?tourn_id=3576&round_id=142770 Shite I was thinking of Kalyani and Katherine for some reason I'm an idiot yeah Isabelle and Caroline are second years Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dndjcmds 11 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 I'm pretty sure Hendrickson GS are freshmen actually. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 I'm pretty sure Hendrickson GS are freshmen actually. Second years. They were also in novice finals at UT last year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vmanAA738 372 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Westwood always has a large number of teams get to state- large program and they lock down austin locals- that being said they have at least 2 or 3 sophomore teams who should be watched for next year depending on summer growthHarris wilson's partners are only sophomores now- they should be watchedi think an even bigger threat that hasnt been mentioned yet is watch out for greenhill ge- they're only sophomores now but they qualed to the toc and made it to quarters at tfa and lasa ms beat them on only on a 2-1 Edited March 13, 2017 by vmanAA738 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jswegthefuture 85 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 i think an even bigger threat that hasnt been mentioned yet is watch out for greenhill ge- they're only sophomores now but they qualed to the toc and made it to quarters at tfa and lasa ms beat them on only on a 2-1 100% agree but the reason why they haven't been mentioned yet is b/c little eckert is a soph but his partner is not Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DefendTheWall 35 Report post Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Westwood always has a large number of teams get to state- large program and they lock down austin locals- that being said they have at least 2 or 3 sophomore teams who should be watched for next year depending on summer growth Harris wilson's partners are only sophomores now- they should be watched i think an even bigger threat that hasnt been mentioned yet is watch out for greenhill ge- they're only sophomores now but they qualed to the toc and made it to quarters at tfa and lasa ms beat them on only on a 2-1 Yea they were the only team to beat us in prelims as well. I'm glad Ezra and Mason will be gone next year, even though they're awesome guys! (from Greenhill ge) Edited March 13, 2017 by DefendTheWall Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted March 14, 2017 I'm glad Ezra and Mason will be gone next year, even though they're awesome guys! (from Greenhill ge) You're mini-Eckert right? You did really well at state, congrats! Did you guys not have any LDers there? And yeah honestly having seen LASA up close part of the reason I switched to LD is sheer terror. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canttouchwarming 3 Report post Posted March 14, 2017 What about freshman teams. A lot of good teams tend to shine as first year debaters. I know there were a few freshman only teams at TFA state this year, but I'm not entirely sure if there were any that did well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioBrah 32 Report post Posted March 14, 2017 I heard westwood had a fresh team(just checked, they went 3-3) but i heard that they just got carried to the tfa qual. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vmanAA738 372 Report post Posted March 15, 2017 You're mini-Eckert right? You did really well at state, congrats! Did you guys not have any LDers there? And yeah honestly having seen LASA up close part of the reason I switched to LD is sheer terror. greenhill did have LDers at state but all 3 of them failed to clear the westwood freshman team wasn't bad- i judged them in december at a austin local and they were alright- read a japan da against a K aff but they made the round close nonetheless Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioBrah 32 Report post Posted March 15, 2017 greenhill did have LDers at state but all 3 of them failed to clear the westwood freshman team wasn't bad- i judged them in december at a austin local and they were alright- read a japan da against a K aff but they made the round close nonetheless Oh out of curiosity what's wrong with reading the Japan da in that round? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vmanAA738 372 Report post Posted March 15, 2017 i mean the aff was: "we advocate a spectral analysis of the political forcing of the debate space to deconstruct the epistemological hauntings caused by the Maoist understanding of China" a japan da clearly doesn't link to that aff so I had no idea why it was in the 1NC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioBrah 32 Report post Posted March 15, 2017 Do you think they might have read to prove the abuse story? I know a lot of teams in hs policy that read disads like China against k affs just to cross apply the no link to prove fairness etc. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SerbianNihilist 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2017 Hendrickson GS and LASA BV are very good sophomore teams. I think Montgomery CW is pretty good too, I watched them at a local at the beginning of the season. I know they broke at UT this year and went to the RR. I don't think they broke at state, but i still think they're up there with the people previously mentioned. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vmanAA738 372 Report post Posted March 15, 2017 Do you think they might have read to prove the abuse story? I know a lot of teams in hs policy that read disads like China against k affs just to cross apply the no link to prove fairness etc. idk maybe- but still don't like the time trade-off and namely reading things that can't be in the 2NR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioBrah 32 Report post Posted March 16, 2017 idk maybe- but still don't like the time trade-off and namely reading things that can't be in the 2NR fair point Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
