MDTA

And here are the MDTA Unofficial results for the 2011-2012 season.  I will be posting the top 5 students along with the top 5 schools for each.  Public Forum, Classic and LD results are complete and ready for community review.

In addition to the results, I will be posting the MS Excel document used to calculate all of the points.  This is for community review because it’s very possible that someones name is misspelled or I mis-calculated something along the way.  A quick explanation of the spreadsheet.  It has four sheets.  RawData is where all the magic is.  It lists students name and schools.  If a tournament offered breaks beyond Quarters, than we mark those tournaments as special otherwise, the top 8 get a point for breaking.  Than one additional point is awarded for each break round won or at a tournament where to breaks exist, a single point awarded to the winner.  We then have Top 8/Breaks bonus, Elim Bonus (each win or first place) to get total bonus points.  Lastly, there is a Y/N used to determine if we count that record for a school awards, remembering only the top 2 entries are counted.

So without further text here goes:

Public Forum Top 5

Public Forum Team

Excel Spreadsheet - PF MDTA Cup 2011

Lincoln-Douglas Top 5

Lincoln-Douglas Team

Excel Spreadsheet - LD MDTA Cup 2011

Classic Top 5

Classic Team

Excel Spreadsheet - Classic MDTA Cup 2011

What is the value of a college education?  We may think we already know the answer, but what we know for sure is the 26 Public Forum teams sure had plenty of arguments on both sides for the second year of the Public Forum State Tournament.

Adithya Balaji and Tony Bigelow of Eastview High School defeated Eagan’s Maggie Parra and David Wickard on a 5-2 decision to take home the championship.  Balaji and Bigelow’s argument of the benefits and costs of a college education followed nine rounds of debate over two days.

Sharing in a weekend of success was the semi-finalists teams from Champlin Park and Blaine High School.  Rounding out Quarter-Finalists were teams from St. Paul Academy, Wazyata and Eagan.  Congrats to all students who participated.

Full Results – Elim Bracket

Registration is open for the 2012 MDTA Public Forum State Tournament to be held at Blaine High School on January 6th and 7th.  Registration can be done by e-mailing rbrynteson -at- brynteson.info.  Because of how the holidays hit, we will leave registration open until January 4th, 2012.  At registration, please have all judges listed so an accurate strike list can be created.

Friday

• 3:30 – 3:45 – Registration
• 4:00 PM – 1
• 5:00 PM – 2
• Dinner
• 6:30 PM – 3
• 7:30 PM – 4

Saturday

• 9:00 AM – 5
• 10:15 AM – 6
• Lunch
• Noon – Quarters
• 1:00 PM – Semis
• 2:30 – Finals
• 3:30 – Awards

A judges/coaches lounge with snacks and food will be available throughout the tournament.  Snacks (candy, chips, granola bars, and fruit) beverages (soda and water) will be available to students during the tournament.  Food is through pre-order only.  Pizza (pepperoni, cheese, annd/or sausage) is $6 and can be ordered for Friday.  6″ subs (veggie, ham, and/or turkey) are $3 and can be ordered for Saturday.  ALL FOOD ORDERS NEED TO BE SENT TO ROSS EICHELE (ross.eichele@anoka.k12.mn.us) BY 5:00 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH.  Students are also welcome to bring their own food or order out if they wish.

Schools Already Registered:

• Blaine – 2 Teams
• Blake School – 3 Teams
• Brainerd – 1 Team
• Eagan – 3 Teams
• Eastview – 3 Teams
• Maple Grove – 2 Teams
• Robbinsdale Cooper – 3 Teams
• Robbinsdale Armstrong – 2 Teams
• SPA – 2 Teams
• St. Francis – 2 Teams