The Skyline debate team celebrates their sweepstakes award.

On Saturday, February 4, over 60 youth from all over the Bay gathered together on the campus of UC Berkeley to dialogue and debate topics from the role of police in society to the exploration and development of outer space.

Many thanks to our friends from the University of California-Berkeley Debate Team and UC-Berkeley Students who are dedicated volunteers of the BAUDL. Without them this tournament would not have been possible.

The Varsity Finals round was fiercely competitive. The team of Greg Belvin and Zach Seidl of Skyline High School won on a 4-1 decision against the partnership of Jazmin and Diego Garcia from Fremont-Media Academy. The final round was judged by judged by three UC-Berkeley Students, Physician and Attorney Dr. Marilyn Singleton, and the collective vote of the students.

Leonard Irving-Thomas of Skyline High School and Nick Ross of Fremont High School were champions in the Junior Varsity division, Nahndi Brown and Eden Dodds of Skyline High School won top honors in Novice Division. Greg Belvin, III of Skyline High School, was the top speaker in the Varsity Division, Greg has been the top speaker at 3 out of the 4 BAUDL tournaments this season. The Top JV Speaker was Patrick Hall of Emery High School, and in the Novice Division the Top Speaker was Nahndi Brown of Skyline High School.

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The next BAUDL tournament is on March 10th . Looking forward to seeing you soon!