RESULTS & BIDS

2025-2026 RESULTS
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Newton South's Winter Fest, January 2026
  • Adwait Acharya, Varsity Public Forum Debate, Speaker Award: 1st place
  • Jeremy Therien, Varsity Public Forum Debate, Speaker Award: 2nd place
  • Adwait Acharya & Jeremy Therien, Varsity Public Forum Debate, Semifinalists

The Holly Festival, December 2025
  • Zak Abji, Congressional Debate, Finalist
  • Maggie Lee, Congressional Debate, Finalist
  • Sarah Singer, Congressional Debate, Finalist
  • Ethan Ren, Extemporaneous Lit, 7th place
  • Sanji Das, Extemporaneous Speaking, 6th place
  • Julia Cohen & Katie Ou, Novice Public Forum Debate, 5th place
  • Christa Belev & Doris Yu, Varsity Public Forum Debate, 3rd place
  • Doris Yu, Varsity Public Forum Debate, Speaker Award: 7th place

Arlington's St. Nick Showdown, December 2025
  • Kiely Chiaruttini, Radio Broadcasting, 1st place
  • Adwait Acharya & Jeremy Therien, Varsity Public Forum Debate, 3rd place
  • Corin D'Orsi & Dylan Steinberg, Varsity Public Forum Debate, 4th place

Lincoln Sudbury Showdown, December 2025
  • Maggie Lee, Congressional Debate, Finalist

Gracia Burkill Memorial Tournament, November 2025
  • Katie Dole, Children’s Literature, 5th place
  • Zak Abji, Congressional Debate, Finalist

Yale University Invitational, September 2025

  • Corin D’Orsi & Dylan Steinberg, JV Public Forum Debate, Semifinalists

Results ARCHIVE

HOW TO EARN STATE BIDS

Students must earn two bids in order to qualify for States in speech events. A cumulative average rank in preliminary rounds of 3 or less in an event will earn one bid towards States in that event. All students who advance to finals, regardless of their cumulative ranks, will also receive one bid each in the event in which they reach finals.  

The State qualification for Multiple will be by piece and one more than 50% of the cast in that piece. Alternatively, 100% of a cast may qualify together and may enter with another piece. In order to qualify for States, casts and pieces must receive two bids.

Students must earn two bids to qualify for the State Championship tournament in Student Congress. A student may earn no more than one bid per League-sanctioned tournament. All students who rank in the top six of their preliminary chamber, including students tied for sixth place, shall earn one bid regardless of chamber size. A student who does not rank in the top six of their chamber, but who qualifies for the Super Session of a League-sanctioned Congress tournament, shall, similarly, earn one bid.

Public Forum Debaters qualify for the State Championship Tournament if the two debaters have a winning preliminary round record at an MSDL sanctioned tournament debating together as a pair.

2025-2026 Bids 

Qualified for States:
  • Children’s Literature:
    • Katie Dole
  • Congressional Debate:
    • Zak Abji
    • Maggie Lee
  • Novice Public Forum Debate:
    • Julia Cohen & Katie Ou
  • Radio Broadcasting:
    • Kiely Chiaruttini
  • Varsity Public Forum Debate:
    • Adwait Acharya & Jeremy Therien
    • Ben Avitzur & Dylan Benoit
    • Corin D'Orsi & Dylan Steinberg
    • Anica Patel & Saanika Desai
    • Arnab Karanjit & Dylan Benoit 
    • Daniel Ibraev & Arnab Karanjit
    • Kenny Chiu & Eitan Cohen
    • Corin D'Orsi & Emma Lam
    • Raphael Camerini & John Landgren
    • Christa Belev & Doris Yu

State Bid Earned (need one more): 
  • Congressional Debate:
    • Sanji Das (Gracia)
    • Sarah Singer (The Holly)
  • Declamation:
    • Claire Sun (The Holly)
  • Group Discussion:
    • Ben Avitzur (Arlington)
    • Jack Dimmick (The Holly)
  • Varsity Extemp:
    • Sanji Das (The Holly)