The Edie Holiday Debate Tournament

The Edie Holiday Tournament is traditionally the last tournament in Minnesota before Christmas.  Prior to 1994, it was held at the Blake School.  It is currently held at a hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

The tournament is a Tournament of Champions qualifier at the final round level

Finals Results

1999 St. Thomas Academy (Phillips & Gamradt) over Eagan (Coates & Martin)
1998 St. Thomas Academy (Phillips & Gamradt) over Eagan (Coates & Martin)
1997 Hopkins (Ramprasad & Rhein) over Brother Rice (Grimm & Lauer)
1996 Forest Lake (Cheyne & Luger) over Hopkins (Rabinowitz & Ramprassad)
1995 Apple Valley (Hoang & Mettler) over Lexington (Enrich & Golay)
1994 Forest Lake (Kloster & Sicheneder) over Blake (Garen & Hwang)
1993 Bloomington Jefferson (Alme & Leistikow) over Henry Sibley (Bans & Yellin)
1992 Edina (Drake & Peterson) over Eagan (Franklin & Murr)
1991 Roseville (Kumar & Staveteig) over Apple Valley (Goueli & Harrington)
1990 Roseville (Kumar & Doherty) over St. Francis (Hammer & Wherry)
1989 Edina (Lujan & Booher) over Osseo (Williams & Bolan)
1988  Apple Valley (Fedoruk & Smith) over Roseville (Schmidt & Kumar).
1987 Brookfield Central (Wasson & Groombridge) over Chaska (Fust & Schwiebert)

If I remember right, the panel members were all associated with Grand Rapids High School (Scott Perrault, Bill Block, Lee Alto, ?, and a G.R. student).
-Conrad Anderson
1986 Minneapolis South (Bakkom & Sommers) over South St. Paul (Lansing & Lehman)
1985 South St. Paul (Lansing & Lehman) over St. Francis (Nelson & Holden)
1984 Grand Rapids (Crowe & Lessman) over Apple Valley (Schmitt & Nelson)
1983 Eau Claire North (Mueller & Fenner) over Duluth Central (Messelt & Grew)
1982 Eau Claire Memorial (Halloin & Myren) over Grand Rapids (McGinnis & Magner)
1981 Duluth Central (Kurkowski & Skjegstad) over Eau Claire North (White & Penner)
1980 South St. Paul (Voight & Reid) vs. Edina West (Bloom & Moleurs) WHO WON THIS ONE??
1980 was the last year that 2 judges were used in all prelim rounds.
1979 Chaska (Rothman & Kincannon) vs. Sibley (Kelly & Tilsen) WHO WON THIS ONE??
1978 Worthington (Entenza & Chipper) vs. Edina West (Schumacher & Dao) WHO WON THIS ONE??
1977 Alexander Ramsey (Taylor & Ratnaswamy) vs. Henry Sibley WHO WON THIS ONE AND WHO WERE THE DEBATERS??
Mega Thanks to Gregg Fishbein for nearly complete records going back to 1977
Questions, comments, additional information? Let me know!