The Award-Winning Chattahoochee High School Debate Team

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2009-2010 Debate Schedule

2008-2009 Tournament Results

Hooch Sweeps the State Tournament!
The Cougars win state in varsity, JV and novice in 2010!

For up to the minute updates, please visit our blog at hoochdebate.blogspot.com

2009-2010 Resolution

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services to persons living in poverty in the United States.

Chattahoochee Debate is committed to 3 principles:

providing the opportunity to experience and succeed at competitive policy debate for as many students as are interested;
educating and familiarizing students about current events, ethics and philosophical perspectives in order to think about and analyze issues impacting their lives; and
creating out of classroom competitive experiences that educate and prepare students for college and their lives after debate.

2009 Coolest Academic Team

Tournament Results

Westminister - Sept. 5th, 2009

Novice Team

Team Results:
9th place overall - Raegan Holland and Sachin Kanathkar
10th place overall - Christi Koutrelakos and Viveth Karthikeyan

Individual Results:
2nd speaker - Raegan Holland
13th speaker - Christi Koutrelakos
6th speaker, Junior Varsity division - Christina Bills

Wake Forest

Top 8 - Cara Venezia & Kaitlyn Walker (TOC Bid!)
Top 8 - Maggie Davis & Mustafa Inamullah (TOC Bid!)
Top 16 - Sean Robinson & Adam Kostrinsky (TOC "Ghost" Bid!)
Top 16 - Sohan Chatterjee & Matt Azimi
10th Speaker - Kaitlyn Walker
11th Speaker - Maggie Davis
13th Speaker - Mustafa Inamullah
15th Speaker - Sohan Chatterjee

Greenhill Round Robin

8th Speaker - Kaavya Ramesh
10th Speaker - Megan Cambre

Greenhill Tournament

Top 32 - Kaavya Ramesh & Megan Cambre
25th Speaker - Kaavya Ramesh

Sequoyah - Oct. 3rd, 2009

Varsity Awards:
Champions – Kaavya Ramesh and Megan Cambre
2nd Place – Matt Azimi and Sohan Chatterjee
3rd Place – Jeff Zhang and Matt Rosenthal
4th Place – Cara Venezia and Kaitlyn Walker

Novice Awards:
3rd Place - Christi Koutrelakos and Viveth Karthikeyan

LD Awards:
Jeff Patterson - 3rd Place

Varsity Speaker Awards:
2nd – Megan Cambre
5th – Sohan Chatterjee
7th – Kaavya Ramesh
8th – Kaitlyn Walker
9th – Cara Venezia
10th – Jeff Zhang
11th – Matt Azimi
14th – Matt Rosenthal

Novice Speaker Awards:
1st – Christi Koutrelakos
2nd – Viveth Karthikeyan

University of Michigan - Nov 6-8, 2009

Michigan Round Robin:
Cara Venezia and Kaitlyn Walker - Juniors Round Robin Champions
Jeff Zhang and Matt Rosenthal - Seniors Round Robin 3rd Place
Cara - 2nd Speaker
Kaitlyn - 3rd Speaker
Rosie - 2nd Speaker
Jeff - 4th Speaker

Michigan Tournament:
Megan Cambre and Kaavya Ramesh - 3rd Place Semifinalists
Jeff Zhang and Matt Rosenthal - 5th Place Quarterfinalists
Sean Robinson and Adam Kostrinsky - 17th place Double Octofinalists
Kaavya - 7th Speaker
Megan - 12th Speaker

Grady Tournament

Jeff Patterson - 2nd Place in LD

Ohio Valley

The teams of Jeff Zhang & Matt Rosenthal and Cara Venezia & Kaitlyn Walker are now fully qualified to TOC 2010!

Megan Cambre & Kaavya Ramesh - Champions!
Christi Koutrelakos & Viveth Karthikeyan - Novice Second Place!
Jeff Zhang & Matt Rosenthal - 5th
Cara Venezia & Kaitlyn Walker - 9th
Sohan Chatterjee & Matt Azimi - Tied for 17th
Mustafa Inamullah & Maggie Davis - Tied for 17th
Sean Robinson & Shreya Seth - Tied for 17th

Jeff Zhang - 18th Speaker
Megan Cambre - 9th Speaker
Kaavya Ramesh - 5th Speaker

Blake

Maggie Davis and Mustafa Inamullah - Double Octofinalists
Sean Robinson and Adam Kostrinsky - Octofinalists **2nd TOC bid!

Lexington

Matthew Rosenthal and Jeff Zhang - Quarterfinalists
Sean Robinson and Adam Kostrinsky - Quarterfinalists
Kaitlyn Walker and Cara Venezia - Quarterfinalists
Matt Azimi and Sohan Chatterjee - Octofinalists
Maggie Davis and Mustafa Inamullah - Double-Octofinalists

Barkley Forum at Emory University

Jeff Zhang and Matt Rosenthal - Semifinalists
Maggie Davis and Mustafa Inamullah - Double-Octofinalists
Megan Cambre and Kaavya Ramesh - Double-Octofinalists
Adam Kostrinsky and Sean Robinson - Double-Octofinalists

GHSA State

Megan Cambre, Kaavya Ramesh, Jeff Zhang, Matt Rosenthal - Champions!

Harvard Round Robin

Kaavya Ramesh - 2nd Speaker

Harvard University Invitational

Megan Cambre and Kaavya Ramesh - Quarterfinalists
Jeff Zhang and Matt Rosenthal - Octofinalists
Maggie Davis and Mustafa Inamullah - Double-Octofinalists
Cara Venezia and Kaitlyn Walker - Double-Octofinalists
Sean Robinson and Adam Kostrinsky - Double-Octofinalists
24th - Megan Cambre
23rd - Jeff Zhang
22nd - Maggie Davis
15th - Mustafa Inamullah
6th - Kaavya Ramesh

Vestavia Invitational

Mustafa Inamullah and Maggie Davis - Champions
Megan Cambre and Shreya Seth - Semifinalists

LD: Jeff Patterson - Quarterfinalist and 5th speaker

Novice/JV State

Christy Koutrelakos and Viveth Karthikeyan - Novice Debate State Champions
Christina Bills and Will Caplan - Junior Varsity State Champions

UGA Bulldog Debates

Novice Champions - Christi Koutrelakos and Viveth Karthikeyan
10th Place Speaker - Alex Duncan
7th Place Speaker - Christi Koutrelakos
1st Place Speaker - Viveth Karthikeyan
Varsity Quarterfinalists - Sean Robinson & Adam Kostrinsky, Jeff Zhang & Matt Rosenthal
Varsity Octofinalists - Maggie Davis & Mustafa Inamullah, Cara Venezia & Kaitlyn Walker, Shreya Seth & Will Caplan
10th Place Speaker - Sean Robinson
9th Place Speaker - Jeff Zhang
8th Place Speaker - Adam Kostrinsky

Novice Nationals

Christi Koutrelakos and Viveth Karthikeyan - named the 3rd team overall in the nation
Viveth was named 3rd speaker while Christi was 13th and Raegan Holland was 18th

NDCA Tournament

Octofinalists: Megan Cambre and Kaavya Ramesh

26th Speaker - Maggie Davis
20th Speaker - Megan Cambre
16th Speaker - Kaavya Ramesh

Thank you to all the volunteers!

Hooch Sweeps the State Tournament! The Cougars win state in varsity, JV and novice in 2010!