Field Report: Grady – Policy

Mario Herrera, director of “The Quest” at Grady High School, has released the field reports for Open and Novice Policy. Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum will come after noon.


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Join The Quest at Henry W. Grady this Fall

Coach Mario Herrera at Grady High School (Atlanta) has announced “The Quest” their second annual tournament. It will offer a full compliment of debate and individual events, as well as offering a new event to Georgia, CIDNI. Registration is available now at their Joy of Tournaments page.
There are a few important details to note from [...]


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Who’s Cooler? Grady or Chattahoochee?

I don’t care who wins, but a debate team should win.  CBS Atlanta spotlighted the Grady and Chattahoochee debate teams throughout the year, and now they’re asking the public who is the coolest academic club.
Vote for a debate team here!
The candidates are:
Brookwood High School – Science Olympiad
Chattahoochee High School – Academic Club
Chattahoochee High School [...]


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GFCA Election Results

The Georgia Forensics Coaches Association has announced the executive committee for the 2009-2010 debate season which includes 6 position changes. We’d like to congratulate everyone on their respective offices and we look forward to the 2009-2010 debate season!
President: Richard Bracknell, Carrollton High School
Vice President: Lee Robinson, Lincoln County High School
Secretary: Mario Herrera, Henry W. Grady [...]


Logan Laduke Wins Grady Round Robin

The winners of the second annual “Joust” , Henry W. Grady’s round robin, were announced at the opening awards ceremony of the Barkley Forum at Emory this weekend. We want to extend our congratulations to Logan Laduke of Mountain Brook, the winner of the 2009 Round Robin! Seth Hobbs of The Montgomery Academy was the [...]


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This Weekend: Barkley Forum, Grady & Pace Round Robins

Our weekend coverage includes:
The 54th Barkley Forum @ Emory:
Policy Coverage – Champions Westminster SJ (Anshu Sathian & Rajesh Jegadeesh) are awarded the Silver Key.
Lincoln-Douglas – The Silver Key is awarded to Jake Nebel of Trinity Prep and the Reserve Key to second place Daniel Garber of Mountain View.
Public Forum – The Silver Key is [...]


Pope and Grady share State Championship in PF!

Pope High School and Grady High School have been dominant this year on the Public Forum circuit and they will both walk away with GFCA State Championships. 
The team of Jordon Jampol and Ryan Waye (Pope) are coached by Betty Whitlock.  The team of DJ Walker and Mike Robinson are coached by Mario Herrera, Matt Johnson, [...]