The Ripon Round Robin is the first debate tournament of the year and is essentially an intra squad matchup in which varsity students are paired with novice students. Garrett was paired with Bryce (they ran a case on stopping the federal subsidies on wood pellets in the US). Griffin had Jeremiah Heckinger as his partner (they ran a case on building an LNG receiving terminal in Germany). Joy served as a judge and Brett worked in tab with Jeff Eschen. Brett also had the added bonus of getting to talk to David Gregg and Rex Rodgers who were on the church campus that day.
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| Griffin won #3 speaker among the novice (the same award Bryce won the year before). |
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| Top three novice speakers: Emilee, Paul, Griffin. |
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| Welcome to the club, little bro! |
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| Bryce and Garrett partnered. |
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| Comparing stories on round three. |
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| Griffin at the makeshift podium, presents the 1AC. |
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| Former baseball teammates when Griffin was 4...now RRR partners with Jeremiah. |
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| Garrett and Bryce listen to Evelyn's speech and strategize their game plan in response. |
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| Jeremiah and Griffin square off against Luke and Naomi Eschen. |
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| Garrett got to go against his varsity partner, Daniel in a battle of brothers. |
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| Garrett and Bryce ready to go. |
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| In the anxious moments leading up to the first postings, hanging out with Daniel and John. |
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| Dressed to impress and for success, but we may need some updated suit jackets... |
