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Cedarburg Sweeps All Four Divisions at West Bend Debate Invitational

The West Bend East and West debate teams hosted the annual West Bend Debate Invitational this Saturday at the combined West Bend High Schools building. Students from 16 schools gathered for competition in Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Novice four-person policy debate as well as Public Forum. In all four divisions, the winning teams hailed from nearby Cedarburg as the Bulldogs swept the top spots and brought home a significant amount of hardware.

In the varsity division, the team of Kevin Glamm, Nathan Nowicki, Alex Pook, and Steve Ward combined for a 5-1 record to best teams from Mukwonago, Marquette, and their teammates from Cedarburg. In JV, the top spot went to the 4-2 team of B.J. Dworak, Andrea Heidtke, Biana Brandoline, and Nor Ehlers; on the basis of strength-of-opposition points, the Bulldogs beat out West Bend, Nathan Hale, and a second Cedarburg quartet. In novice, Kat Moore, Tyler Schultz, Lizzy Salvaygio, and Amanda Barang won five while losing one to top Marquette and their teammates from Cedarburg. The Bulldogs also claimed the top two spots in the Public Forum division, but names are not available as of press time. Congratulations to Cedarburg and their coach, Peg Erbes!

Complete results in all divisions are available below the fold.

Complete List of Schools Competing:

• Brookfield East
• Cedarburg
• Greendale
• Homestead
• Janesville-Parker
• Kimberly
• Madison Memorial
• Marquette
• Martin Luther
• Mukwonago
• Muskego
• Nathan Hale
• Sheboygan South
• Slinger
• Waukesha South
• West Bend

Wisconsin State Debate Tournament Qualifiers

Six policy debate teams qualified for the Wisconsin State Debate Tournament at the West Bend Debate Invitational. The Public Forum division was not large enough to qualify any students to the WSDT.

1. Varsity – Cedarburg (Glamm/Nowicki and Pook/Ward)
2. Junior Varsity – Cedarburg (Dworak/Heidtke and Brandoline/Ehlers)
3. Junior Varsity – West Bend (Zurn/Bermborn and Werbelow/Marx)
4. Junior Varsity – Cedarburg (Weisolek/Karcher and COllins/Petrie)
5. Novice – Cedarburg (Moore/Schultz and Salvaygio/Barang)
6. Novice – Marquette (Glaubke/Schott and Mewissen/Balistreri)

Varsity Four-Person Policy Debate

There were nine four-person teams from seven schools in the varsity division.

Team Awards:

1. Cedarburg (3) – Kevin Glamm & Nathan Nowicki, Alex Pook & Steve Ward (5-1)
2. Mukwonago (9) – John Skic & Julie Steinbach, Rachel Ferestad & Shannon Wojciechowski (4-2, 9 strength-of-opposition)
3. Cedarburg (7) – Amanda Hughes & Steph Eldridge, Emily Wilfoung & Andrew Kobin (4-2, 8 strength-of-opposition)
4. Marquette (1) – Ben Benson & David Gebhardt, Jake Sirus & Noah Charles (4-2, 7 strength-of-opposition)

Speaker Awards:

1. 1A John SKic – Mukwonago (76 points)
2. 2A Sam Irwin – Greendale (82 points)
3. 1N Lucas Moench – Janesville-Parker (82 points)
4. 2N Shannon Wojciechowski – Mukwonago, Steve Ward – Cedarburg (80 points)

Junior Varsity Four-Person Policy Debate

There were ten four-person teams from nine schools in the junior varsity division.

Team Awards:

1. Cedarburg (205) – B.J. Dworak & Andrea Heidtke, Bianca Brandoline & Nor Ehlers (4-2, 11 strength-of-opposition)
2. West Bend (208) – Derek Zurn & Briana Bermborn, Wayne Werbelow & Stephanie Marx (4-2, 8 strength-of-opposition)
3. Cedarburg (201) – John Weisolek & Tim Karcher, Mitch Collins & Mike Petrie (4-2, 7 strength-of-opposition)
4. Nathan Hale (209) – Peter Olson & Paul Kasinski, Tom Raley & Josh Albrecht (4-2, 6 strenght-of-opposition)

Speaker Awards:

1. 1A Bridget Heiking – Slinger (81 points)
2. 2A Devin Merget – Slinger (88 points)
3. 1N Jake Jochem – Slinger (73 points)
4. 2N Stephanie Marx – West Bend (75 points)

Novice Four-Person Policy Debate

There were 16 four-person teams from thirteen schools in the novice division.

Team Awards:

1. Cedarburg (402) – Kate Moore & Tyler Schultz, Lizzy Salvaygio & Amanda Barang (5-1)
2. Marquette (434) – David Glaubke & Brendan Schott, Pierre Mewissen & Joe Balistreri (5-1)
3. Cedarburg (406) – Elaine Wang & Jared Beck, Jacob Eichers & Michael Carpenter (4-2)

Speaker Awards:

1. 1A Kate Moore – Cedarburg (83 points)
2. 2A Zach Benin – Sheboygan South (81 points)
3. 1N Molly Harrison – Nathan Hale (79 points)
4. 2N Alex Rodriguez – Waukesha South (82 points)

Public Forum Debate

There were six teams in the Public Forum division from four schools (Brookfield East, Cedarburg, Madison Memorial, West Bend). Cedarburg finished in the top two places but complete results are unavailable as of press time. If anyone can provide them, please post a comment!

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