Connecticut Debate Association State Finals, Wilton High School March 28, 2015 Resolved: Businesses should have the right to freely exercise their religious beliefs. Varsity Teams Place School Team 1 New Canaan Casey Manzella & Steven Singer 2 Stamford/Greenwich Sam Aldershof & Olivia Scharfman 3 Hartford Classical Ben McGowan & Henry Moir 4 Wilton Jack Kaelin & George Mgalobishvili 5 AITE Tanusri Balla & Brian Fleischer 6* Immaculate Harper Hunt & Hannah Hunt 7* Staples Ryan Fanning & William Vester Varsity Speakers Place School Speaker 1 Stamford Sam Aldershof 2 St. Luke’s Eliza Posner 3 Hartford Classical Ben McGowan 4 Watkinson Meghan Henderson 5 New Canaan Casey Manzella * Had a 3-0 record. Connecticut Debate Association State Finals, Wilton High School March 28, 2015 Resolved: Businesses should have the right to freely exercise their religious beliefs. Novice Teams Place School Team 1 Lauralton Hall Rachelle Ambroise & Katherine Canavan 2 Wilton Cameron Berg & Michael Wallace 3 Joel Barlow Maxwell Matejka & Joseph Laske 4 Greenwich Emily Philippides & Shobhita Sundara 5 Darien Will Brandon & Jonathan Stimpson Novice Speakers Place School Speaker 1 Lauralton Hall Katherine Canavan 2 Glastonbury Delaney Hurley 3 Simsbury Jonathan Aiyathura 4 Greenwich Maddie Arnold 5 Wilton Michael Wallace CDA State Finals 2015 2 Connecticut Debate Association State Finals, Wilton High School March 28, 2015 Resolved: Businesses should have the right to freely exercise their religious beliefs. Side Report The side report gives the percentages of Affirmative wins. If there are no factors influencing the results, we would expect the numbers to be close to 50%, indicating an equal number of Affirmative and Negative wins. Total Round 1 40.00% Round 2 38.00% Round 3 24.00% Total 34.00% CDA State Finals 2015 3