Rufus King/Alverno College Forensics Tournament Results
February 8, 2010 – 11:29 am by: Adam Jacobi
Friday, February 5, Rufus King held its tenth annual Congressional Debate at Milwaukee City Hall. For the second consecutive year, the top six students placing in the Senate advance to the University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions (TOC). Last year, Nicolet’s Gabriella Friedman and Jason Schwartz were the first Wisconsinites to compete in the TOC’s Congressional Debate division. This year, the bid attracted Ft. Dodge, Iowa’s Andrew Chou to join 12 Wisconsin schools and more than five dozen students in vying for the coveted top six spots. West Bend East won the Congress squad sweepstakes award for the best rank quality average for teams with at least eight Congress entries.
Saturday, February 6, Rufus King held its tenth annual invitational forensics tournament, the sixth held in partnership with Alverno College. Thirty six teams attended, constituting 436 entries. Brookfield East won the large school squad sweepstakes; Hartford Union won the medium squad sweepstakes, and The Prairie School won the small squad sweepstakes award. Tournament director Adam Jacobi piloted a new software suite for tournaments, Tabroom.com. While there were a few issues of adjusting to a software package written for a different state/region, overall it performed well, and the tournament was fortunate to have a number of experienced and calm tab coaches!
One Response to “Rufus King/Alverno College Forensics Tournament Results”
Squad divisions were calculated as follows: based on actual number of non-JV entries actually competing in squads of at least 6 entries (meaning the school would have brought at least two judges), the divisions were broken into thirds.
So, large squads were 16-25 entries (8 schools); medium squads (qualitative) were 11-15 entries (7 schools); small squads (qualitative) were 6-10 entries (8 schools).
This was a deliberate decision I made two years ago to mitigate schools leaving students behind to “game” which division they would ultimately fit into.
By Adam Jacobi on Feb 8, 2010