The Minneapple Debate Tournament

The Minneapple debate tournament is held at Apple Valley High School.  The tournament uses a challenge method of pairing instead of power matching.   After the first round, the teams are listed in order on a giant flannelgraph.  Gary Arndt, perched precariously on a giant stepladder, calls out the names of the teams, from lowest to highest rank.  As each team is called, it can challenge any other team to a round.  The challenges continue until all rounds are paired.

Finals Results

1999 St. Thomas Academy (Gamradt & Phillips) over Blake (Berthiaume & Zhang)
1998 Blake (Garen & Berthiaume) over Eagan (Coates & Martin)
1997 Rosemount (Crichton & Smith) over Blake (Lowin & Malkerson)
 The B teams beat the A teams in semis (Rosemount B over Blake A, Blake B over Rosemount A)
-Kristin Berger
1996 Blake (Garen & O'Brien) over Forest Lake (Luger & Cheyne)
1996 was the first year with the challenge pairing format
1995 Blake (Garen & Simenson) over Forest Lake (Cheyne & Nelson)
1994 Forest Lake (Sicheneder & Kloster) over  Apple Valley (Colin & Grigg)
1993 Blake (Garen & Botvinik) over Bloomington Jefferson (Alme & Leistikow)
1992 Richfield (Sturgis & Steele) over Edina (Drake & Pederson)
1991 Brookfield Central (? & ?) over Eagan (Franklin & Murr)
1990(1) Wayszta (Frericks & Campbell) over ?
1990(2) Stillwater (Cowin & Cathcart) over Edina (Boor & Lujan)
The Minneapple moved from January to October in 1990, so there are two 1990 results.  Can we get this cleared up?
1989 Apple Valley (Von Ruden & Schwantes) over Blake (Dobrin & Hatfield)
1988 Apple Valley (Ebel & Kirkwood) over Forest Lake (Houle & ?)
1987 Grand Rapids (Vergin & Finske) over Forest Lake ?
Even Mike Vergin is not certain about who was in this round, except he is sure it was not South Saint Paul, because "we always lost to SSP"
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
Thanks to Pete Nikolai & Shane Colin for filling in most of the 90s!
Questions, comments, additional information?  Let me know!