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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Congratulations to all who competed at this year's State Championship tournament. It's been a great year of speech and debate! A few final notes:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) <b>Survey:</b> Please
complete this <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/eb1Y9bHRZ2MKCc4H3" target="_blank">survey </a>regarding the State Championship
tournaments. The feedback you provide helps the Executive Committee design the
State Championships. The survey includes questions for 1st/2nd Year State AND
Varsity State, so please fill out the section(s) applicable to your school.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">You can complete the
survey at <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/eb1Y9bHRZ2MKCc4H3" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/eb1Y9bHRZ<wbr>2MKCc4H3</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The survey also
includes a question regarding dates for the Spring Meeting. At the very least,
please fill out that section.</span></u><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2) Sweepstakes and President's Cup Winners</span></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Congratulations to our winners in Debate,
Speech, and Overall Sweepstakes!<span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Debate Sweepstakes:</span></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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High School<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Speech Sweepstakes:</span></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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High School<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2nd - Dunwoody High
School<span></span></span></p>
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School<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Overall Sweepstakes:</span></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">1st - Henry W. Grady
High School<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2nd - Marist School<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">3rd - Woodward Academy<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i><b>Congratulations to Alpharetta High School, the 2017 President's Cup winner</b>! </i></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Current standings and a few fun facts:</i></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">1st - Alpharetta, 752 rounds<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">2nd - Marist School, 525 rounds</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">3rd - Sequoyah, 347 rounds</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">4th - Carrollton, 335 rounds</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">5th - Lassiter, 332 rounds</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><ul><li><i style="font-size:12.8px">Grady set a new record for rounds for one school at a State Tournament with 333!</i><br></li><li><i style="font-size:12.8px">Two schools reached the "100 rounds" milestone at the State Tournament: Grady, for the 7th year in a row, and Marist, for the third year in a row.</i></li></ul></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Some additional fun facts:</div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.8px">We had <u>three</u> schools attend their first ever State Tournament this weekend -</span><i style="font-size:12.8px"> Cherokee, Paulding Co, and Riverwood</i></li><li><span style="font-size:12.8px">We have had only <u>nine</u> schools that have attended all seven state championships: </span><i style="font-size:12.8px">Alpharetta, Carrollton, Grady, Marist, Pace, Sequoyah, Starr's Mill, Sequoyah, St Pius X, and Woodward</i></li></ul></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">3) State Champions:</span></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> Congratulations - with some more fun
facts! - to each of our 2017 Varsity State Champions!<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"></p><ul><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Congressional
Debate (Senate): </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Gregory Federov, Grady High School, coached by Mario Herrera. <i>This is Grady High
School's third consecutive state title in the Senate.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Congressional
Debate (House)</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">: Morgan Pace, Columbus High School, coached by Lyndsey Hinckley. <i>This is Columbus
High School's first state title in Congressional Debate.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Extemporaneous
Speaking: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Sam Lombardo, Grady High School, coached by Mario Herrera. <i>This is the eighth
consecutive state title in Extemporaneous Speaking for Grady High School</i> </span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Impromptu
Speaking: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Sam Lombardo, Grady High School, coached by Mario Herrera. <i>Grady has won six state
titles in Impromptu Speaking.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Original
Oratory: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Katie Krantz, Lovett School, coached by Mary Kay Waterman. <i>Lovett is the fifth school to win Original Oratory in the past five years. This is
Lovett's first state title in Original Oratory.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Dramatic
Interpretation: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Maya Nnaeto, Alpharetta High School, coached by Sarah Stoffle. <i>Alpharetta has won
back-to-back state titles in Dramatic Interpretation.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Humorous
Interpretation: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Patrick Clinch, Dunwoody High School, coached by David Gay. <i>Dunwoody has won
back-to-back state titles in Humorous Interpretation, and David Gay has coached nine of the past ten state champions in this event.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Duo
Interpretation: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Christina Nguyen & Karthik Ramaswami, Alpharetta High
School, coached by Sarah Stoffle. <i>Alpharetta has won five of the last six state championships in
Duo Interpretation.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Program
of Oral Interpretation: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Kailyn Gibson, Lovett School, coached by Mary Kay Waterman. <i>Lovett
is only the third school in state history to win state championships in two or
more speech events in the same season.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Policy
Debate:</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt"> Tripp Haskins & Max Abramson and Arjun Srinivasan
& Alanna Pearson, Woodward Academy (close-out), coached by Maggie Berthiaume and Bill Batterman. <i>Woodward has won
back-to-back state titles in policy debate.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Public
Forum Debate: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Mason Bussey & Craig Cronin, Marist School, coached by Jeffrey Miller and Abby Schirmer. <i>Marist
has won three state champions in the past six years in Public Forum.</i></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:9pt">Lincoln
Douglas Debate: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt">Liam Mullican, Marist School, coached by Jeffrey Miller, Abby Schirmer, and Jonathan Waters. <i>This is Marist's first
state championship in Lincoln Douglas. Marist becomes the third school school to win a state championship in more than one debate event in the same season.</i></span></li></ul><div><b>4) Summit Debate Scholarships:</b> Thanks to the generosity of our tournament sponsor, 9th-11th grade students who reached FINALS in IEs or SEMIS in debate events at the Varsity State Tournament earned a $200 scholarship to a Summit Debate summer institute. Remember that the scholarship is nontransferable, and students who reached finals in multiple events only receive ONE scholarship. For more information or to redeem scholarships, please visit the Summit Debate website at <a href="http://summitdebate.com/" target="_blank">http://summitdebate.com/</a> or email <a href="mailto:info@summitdebate.com" target="_blank">info@summitdebate.com</a><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><i><br></i></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you again for a great year and all you do to support speech and debate in Georgia!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p></p></div>