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Edith House and Bella House Win CDC2025 LD and PF House Cups!

Edith House won the 2025 House Cup with a total of 40 points. They had the LD runner-up, Amelia Butler, and two quarterfinalists, Reagan Carnes and Annie Chiang. Also earning points for Edith House were Most Improved Lab Member Reagan Carnes and Competitors' Choice Award winner Shrin Vaitheeswaran. Congratulations to all the members of Edith House and to their house advisor Olivia Declercq​ This year, Isaiah House came in 2nd place with 33 points, Katie House came in 3rd with 30 points, Lewis House was 4th with 27 points, Gonda House was 5th with 26 points, and Schaller House was 6th with 23 points. 
For the first time, the Public Forum division also did houses. The three PF houses were Abraham House, Bella House, and Madelynn House, each named after legendary CDC PF instructors. At the end of the prelim rounds of the camp tournament, the four PF teams in Bella House were seeded 1-4, and Bella House went on to close out the tournament with Hannah Rosenfeld and Zoe Mei winning 1st place and Ben Lyndall and Jack Shein winning 2nd. Thanks to their dominating run in the camp tournament, Bella House took home the 2025 PF House Cup. Their house advisor was Avery Johnson
CDC2025 Competitors' Choice Award Winners, Most Improved Lab Members, and Camp Tournament Results:
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Arya Tangirala
  • Most Improved Lab Member: Arya Tangirala
  • 1st Place: Andrew Hetrick
  • 2nd Place: Arshiya Moolchandani
  • 3rd Place: Matthew Lewis
 
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Ava Flansburg
  • Most Improved Lab Member (GBM Lab): Emma Shearin
  • Most Improved Lab Member (LCA Lab): Yangfan Liu
  • Champion: Hannah Rosenfeld and Zoe Mei
  • Runner-Up: Ben Lyndall and Jack Shein
  • Semifinalist: Ananya Goli and Jessie Wang
  • Semifinalist: Tessa Johnson and Mitch Wu
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Shrin Vaitheeswaran
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 1): Yuxuan Lin
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 2): Shaurya Lunkad
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 3): Reagan Carnes
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 4): Zehra Daglioglu 
  • Champion: Joyce Xiao
  • Runner-Up: Amelia Butler
  • Semifinalist: Camryn Harris
  • Semifinalist: Claire Witalec
  • Quarterfinalist: Shaashwatiyaa Balamurugan
  • Quarterfinalist: Reagan Carnes
  • Quarterfinalist: Annie Chiang
  • Quarterfinalist: Venya Gulati

Gonda House Wins 2024 LD House Cup!

Gonda House (shown above) won the 2024 House Cup with a total of 50 points. They had the camp tournament champion (Neil Heckman), a semifinalist (Chris Rhodes), a quarterfinalist (Addy Gerbick), and an octafinalist (Salma Fareed). Chris Rhodes also won a Competitors' Choice award. Congratulations to all the members of Gonda House and to their house advisor Abby Poprocki! 
Schaller House came in 2nd place with 48 points, Edith House came in 3rd with 40 points, the new Isaiah House was 4th with 36 points, Lewis House was 5th with 31 points, and the new Katie House was 6th with 29 points. 
CDC2024 Competitors' Choice Award Winners, Most Improved Lab Members, and Camp Tournament Results*
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Matthew Walton and David Rivera-Velez
  • Most Improved Lab Member (BLS Lab): Jessie Zhang
  • Most Improved Lab Member (ABC Lab): David Rivera-Velez
  • Champion: Bohan Pan and Franklyn Yang
  • Runner-Up: Matthew Walton and David Rivera-Velez
  • Semifinalist: BJ Daoust and Takumi Wetherell
  • Semifinalist: Aleka Dodla and Hannah Rosenfeld
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Ella Kasatkin (2nd year in a row)
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Chris Rhodes
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Rory Rohde
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 1): Rosalyn Ma
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 2): Beau Combopiano
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 3): Will McClimon
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 4): Izayah Christopher 
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 5): Mallory Kavanagh 
  • Champion: Neil Heckman
  • Runner-Up: Anshul Sharma
  • Semifinalist: Avery Johnson
  • Semifinalist: Chris Rhodes
  • Quarterfinalist: Addy Gerbick
  • Quarterfinalist: Mya Colella
  • Quarterfinalist: Megan Kleinhenz
  • Quarterfinalist: Nate Byrne

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Schaller House Wins 2023 LD House Cup!

Members of Schaller House (shown above) not only won 1st place in the camp tournament, two of them also won Competitors' Choice awards, and one received a Most Improved Lab Member award. Congratulations to all the members of Schaller House and to their staff advisor Owen Tilman! 
CDC2023 Competitors' Choice Award Winners, Most Improved Lab Members, and Camp Tournament Results*
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Peter Silvain
  • Most Improved Lab Member - Red Team: Peter Silvain
  • Most Improved Lab Member - Blue Team: Claire Zhao
  • Most Improved Lab Member - Purple Team: Ayden Martin
  • 1st Place: Sripaal Godavarthi
  • 2nd Place: Zoe Cheema
  • 3rd Place: Peter Silvain
  • 4th Place: Grace Swihart
  • 5th Place: Griffin Moore
  • 6th Place: Maverick O'Hara
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Lyla Yi and Michelle Huang
  • Most Improved Lab Member: Salma Fareed
  • Champion: Colin Hsieh and Shakthi Prabhakaran
  • Runner-Up: Anushka Doshi and Sanvi Jha
  • Semifinalist: Gwen Erickson and Abbie Saxen
  • Semifinalist: Julian Cornson and Adam Goe
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE:
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Sebastian Istnick 
  • Competitors' Choice Award: Ella Kasatkin
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 1): Vishesh Ahuja
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 2): Ella Kasatkin
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 3): Nora Goldsmith
  • Most Improved Lab Member (Lab 4): Tanvi Velivela 
  • Champion: Tristan Williams
  • Runner-Up: Robert Einhorn
  • Semifinalist: Megan Kleinhenz 
  • Semifinalist: Neil Heckman
  • Quarterfinalist: Chris Chen
  • Quarterfinalist: Joey Duncan
  • Quarterfinalist: Ella Kasatkin
  • Quarterfinalist: Noah Nicolai

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