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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 [...]


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2009 GHSA Policy State Championship Results

The 2009 Varsity State Championship has concluded at Pace Academy.  The winners are as follows:
AAAAA State Champion – Milton High School [First Title Since 2002]
Aff Team – Meredith McKay and Austin Layton
Neg Team – Farzon Lotfi and Ken Bailey
Coaches: Jeremy Spiegel and Adam Grellinger.
AAAA State Champion – Fayette County High School [First Title Ever]
Aff Team [...]


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, [...]


GHSA Policy State Championship Results

After two intense days of debating, the largest GHSA State tournament in the new era has concluded.
AAAAA – Chattahoochee, Coach: James Herndon and Luke Hill
AAAA – Woodward Academy, Coach: Roy Levkovitz
AAA – Grady, Coach: Lisa Willoughby
AA – Pace Academy, Coach: Shunta Jordan and Scott Phillips
A – Trion, Coach: Kevin Trobaugh


Barkley Forum Coverage: Policy Strikes Sheets

ATLANTA, GA: The Barkley Forum begins MPJ today – check out the judging pool for this weekend’s tournament


Chattahoochee: Westminster, Woodward, Grady, and Calhoun share Varsity title!

ALPHARETTA, GA:  This weekend’s competition is over at Hooch and I just recieved a results packet from Judge Bearden from Calhoun.  It looked like great competition including two teams from New York.
They broke to a full octofinal round in Varsity policy which included the # 1 prelim team being upset!  Westminster, Woodward, Grady and Calhoun [...]


GFD Rankings: Updated 10/24

KENNESAW, GA: We quietly debuted a ranking system three weeks ago and are almost finally caught up. Week 1 Rankings were posted. Week two/three are from this past weekend and we have most results in. You can access these rankings on our sidebar.
I have developed a simple statistical analysis for ranking Georgia debaters [...]