Jackson Lallas Wins 2015 Golden Desert
Las Vegas, NV -- Congratulations to Brentwood's Jackson Lallas for winning the 2015 Golden Desert Invitational, held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas! In finals, Jackson defeated Oakwood's Jack Wareham on a 3-0 decision (Morris, Amestoy, Letak). Congratulations to both debaters!
Golden Desert is a semifinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. The tournament will have six preliminary rounds, before breaks to a double octafinals round.
Pairings can be found on Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=3550
Double Octafinals
Meadows SK def Del Mar SS
Del Mar AI def Oakwood JS
Harker KQ def Brophy CP KM
Hillcrest SB def Dougherty Valley RB
La Canada AZ def Centennial ZM
John Marshall DD def Loyola ZM
Brentwood JP def Marlborough AG
Lynbrook DW def Meadows LS
BASIS Scottsdale CD def Brentwood CH
Lynbrook HW def Harker SP
Brentwood JL def Dougherty Valley SZ
Logan CS def Skyview CW
Oakwood JW def Immaculate Heart LM
Leucadia RL def San Marino KW
Del Mar KK def Brophy CP KC
Brentwood JR def Del Mar KB
Octafinals
Lynbrook DW def Meadows SK (Sara Kaplan) 3-0 (Jih, Torson, McNally)
Logan CS def Hillcrest SB (Samantha Bemis) 3-0 (Leigh, McHugh, Miyamoto)
John Marshall DD def Lynbrook HW (Harrison Wang) 2-1 (Davis, Fink, Hamilton*)
Harker KQ def Brentwood JR (Jacob Reiter) 2-1 (Amestoy, Fife, Alderete*)
Oakwood JW def BASIS Scottsdale CD (Connor Davis) 3-0 (Damerdji, Grigsby, Malik)
Brentwood JL def Del Mar AI (Ash Israni) 2-1 (Overing, Gingold, Niebergall*)
Brentwood JP def La Canada AZ (Alex Zhao) 2-1 (Clark-Villanueva*, Fagan, Jablon)
Del Mar KK def Leucadia RL (Ryan Leigh) 3-0 (Bentley, Ashan, Letak)
Quarterfinals
Brentwood JP def Del Mar KK (Kevin Krotz) 2-1 (Davis, Gingold*, Morris)
Oakwood JW def Logan CS (Calen Smith) 3-0 (Amestoy, Davis, Morris)
Lynbrook DW def John Marshall DD (David Dosch) 3-0 (Fink, Letak, Jablon)
Brentwood JL def Harker KQ (Karen Qi) 3-0 (Alderete, Amestoy, Letak)
Semifinals
Oakwood JW def Brentwood JP (Jared Paul) 2-1 (Gingold*, Jablon, Letak)
Brentwood JL def Lynbrook DW (Dhruv Walia) 3-0 (Amestoy, Damerdji, Alderete)
Finals
Brentwood JL def Oakwood JW (Jack Wareham) 3-0 (Morris, Amestoy, Letak)
Champion
Brentwood JL (Jackson Lallas)