New this year, Classic Debate will also be included in the MDTA Cup Award system – here’s how the points look for Classic Debate after 3 tournaments: In team points Eastview has a commanding lead with 14 points over Benilde St. Margarets and South St. Paul who are tied with 9 points. Stillwater is just …
With a month of competition behind us, the MDTA Cup race has truly begun! Varsity debaters in CX, PF, and LD garner MDTA Cup points for in-state tournament participation and placing. The top 2 point-earners for each school at each tournament are counted towards team points. Full rubric of point allocations can be found here: …
The finals are underway and the results are posted here: http://mdta.org/events/fileList.aspx?tag=Anoka Varsity LD (Armstrong AU vs Eagan RL) Novice LD (Mahtomedi vs Eagan BP) Varsity PF (Eastview MS vs SPA MT) JV PF (Blaine DV vs Chanhassen PP) Novice PF (Close Out) Congrats to everyone.
The Chanhassen 2013 Tournament was a huge success. More coming soon!!!! http://mdta.org/events/fileList.aspx?tag=Chanhassen
MDTA Fall Meeting – Held at CTAM. St. Cloud, MN – September 15, 2013. I. Zach – Approval of Past Minutes. II. Chris – Treasurer’s Report. MDTA Endowment Fund’s current balance is $217,587.00. MDTA Checking Account current balance is $15,020.04. Since the Spring of 2013, we have spent $12,500.00 to support the MDTA grant …
The MDTA has created resources for policy and LD coaches for their novice debaters. Below is a quick description of each: MDTA Novice LD Topic The MDTA has adopted a policy of using the following resolution for all Novice LD for tournaments using the Sept/Oct topic. Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified. …
Mark your calendar – the 2013 Novice Policy Case Limits meeting will be held on June 1st. We will be discussing area with the 2013-2014 Policy Topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Cuba, Mexico, or Venezuela. I will update this post with exact time and location as …
Only one more tournament left for the books and it appears we have everything cleared up. In the individual race, Elliot Polsky of STA has a three point lead over Sam Anderson of Lakeville North. In the school race, STA has a three point lead over Lakeville North. Individuals Elliot Polsky STA 21 Sam Anderson …
With only the section tournament remaining we are close to declaring out 2012-2013 Policy MDTA Cup Champions. In terms of a team event we see that Minneapolis South looks set to repeat as Policy Team champions. Looking at the individual race things are much tighter. Jacob Boucher of Minneapolis South has a one point lead …
Here are your near final Public Forum results for the 2012 school year. In terms of team points, it appears we have a tie between Blaine HS and SPA with only the section tournament bonus points remaining. It should be a great finish for the team awards. For our individual results Jed Rothstein from St. …
