9/26 Recap: Notre Dame, Sage Hill, Coppell, Flower Mound, Grand Oaks, Hendrickson, Kinkaid, and Polytech Are This Week’s Champs!
Stephen Stewart Memorial Middle and High School Invitational
At the Stephen Stewart Memorial Invitational, Palo Alto (TZBRL) debated on the proposition, and Polytechnic (KIB) debated on the opposition.
The motion was “This House would ban diplomatic immunity.”
The decision was a 3-0 for the opposition. Congratulations to Polytechnic’s Alejandro Kohn Rabassa, Daniel Ismagilov, and Clive Burt!
Full results can be found here.
Chapel Hill Lindale Virtual Swing TFATOCNIETOC Qualifier
At the Chapel Hill Lindale Virtual Swing on the Chapel Hill side, Grand Oaks debated on the proposition, and Flower Mound (MIB) debated on the opposition.
The decision was a 2-1 for the opposition. Congratulations to Flower Mound’s Abhiram Iyer, Mihika Kandula, Stavya Dinesh, Aanya Citigori, and Mahesh Chintalapati!
On the Lindale side, Cypress Ranch Midnight debated on the proposition against Grand Oaks who debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the opposition. Congratulations to Grand Oaks’ Gabriella Buhl, Peyton Love, Samara Razzaque, MaKaila Ott, and Parker Russo.
Full results can be found here.
Memorial Spring Woods Swing
At the Memorial Spring Woods Swing, Elkins (Paladugu, Goel, Sajo, Chaudhary) debated on the proposition, and Kinkaid (Ball, Lee, Patterson, Cai) debated on the opposition.
The decision was a 2-1 for the opposition. Congratulations to Kinkaid’s Sullivan Ball, Alexis Lee, John Patterson, and Alex Cai!
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
John Patterson – Kinkaid Ball & Lee & Patterson & Cai
Alex Cai – Kinkaid Ball & Lee & Patterson & Cai
Samantha Ontiveros – Clear Springs James & Hall & Estes & Ontiveros & Barton
Taylor Klinkhammer – Elkins Tammana & Michael & Klinkhammer & Azeem
Iman Tukdi – Elkins Gunupati & Tukdi & Joseph
Sriya Tammana – Elkins Tammana & Michael & Klinkhammer & Azeem
Elena Joseph – Elkins Gunupati & Tukdi & Joseph
Aryan Goel – Elkins Paladugu & Goel & Sajo & Chaudhary
Masooma Haider – Al-Hadi Haider & Akhtar & Mirza
Alisha Michael – Elkins Tammana & Michael & Klinkhammer & Azeem
Full results can be found here.
Chuck Ballingall Memorial Invitational at Damien St. Lucy's
At the Chuck Ballingall Memorial Invitational, Notre Dame (Snoke, Khammar, Navab) and Sage Hill (SRBZM) closed out the division. This was a co-championship for Notre Dame and Sage Hill. Congratulations to Notre Dame’s Scarlett Snoke, Madeleine Khammar, and Aryana Navab and Sage Hill’s Sohum Shah, Nabeel Razzak, Grant Binder, Ivan Zheng, and Rishaan Marwaha!
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Rishaan Marwaha – Sage Hill SRBZM
Madeleine Khammar – Notre Dame SKN
Elizabeth Lu – Sage Hill LMYM
Troy Yeh – Sage Hill LMYM
Jacob Montgomery – Sage Hill LMYM
Nabeel Razzak – Sage Hill SRBZM
Scarlett Snoke – Notre Dame SKN
Lexi Arroyo – Notre Dame AEH
Ailsa Miller – Notre Dame FMS
Adam Jin – ModernBrain JSH
Full results can be found here.
Anderson Hendrickson Swing at Anderson
At the Anderson Hendrickson Swing, McCallum (CBMC) debated on the proposition, and Hendrickson (BLMU) debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the opposition. Congratulations to Hendrickson’s James Billings, Peyton Lin, Natalie Mathews, and Ikennamefule Ugboajah!
Natalie Mathews – Hendrickson BLMU
James Billings – Hendrickson BLMU
Mackenzie Johnson – Boerne Champion KPSJ
Amelia Liu – Westlake CLGDP
Dahlia Carroll – McCallum CBMC
Peyton Lin – Hendrickson BLMU
Mihika Puvvena – Boerne Champion KPSJ
Margaret Conklin – Westlake CLGDP
Armaan Shahpuri – Griffin SSI
Conner Schwartz – Boerne Champion KPSJ
Full results can be found here.
Jesuit Dallas Debate and Speech Invitational
At the Jesuit Dallas Invitational, Coppell (NNYBD) debated on the proposition, and Greenhill (BNICM) debated on the opposition. The motion was “This House regrets the rise of surge pricing.” The decision was a 2-1 for the proposition. Congratulations to Coppell’s Bhargav Narayanan, Iniya Nandakumar, Jayanth Yamunan, Siddharth Boinapalli, and Sidharta De!
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Benji Lachar – Greenhill LDMS (Greenhill)
Anya Jain – Hockaday JMXZC (Hockaday)
Sia Sankaran – Greenhill LDMS (Greenhill)
Vijay Naidu – Greenhill BNICM (Greenhill)
Sykes Lamensdorf – Greenhill CHCLW (Greenhill)
Amy Yan – Hockaday ASOYY (Hockaday)
Meenakshi Mandalapu – Greenhill LDMS (Greenhill)
Arhaan Iyer – Greenhill BNICM (Greenhill)
Sidharta De – Coppell NNYBD (Coppell)
Kaitlyn Ouyang – Hockaday ASOYY (Hockaday)
Full results can be found here.
WOWI Shoutouts
Peyton Lin (‘25 Hendrickson Champion & 6th Speaker)
Mihika Kandula (‘24 Chapel Hill Lindale Champion)
Evelyn Phillips (‘25 Chapel Hill Lindale Chapel Hill Finalist & Lindale Champions)
Gabriella Buhl (‘25 Chapel Hill Lindale Chapel Hill Finalist & Lindale Champions)
Bhargav Narayanan (‘24 Jesuit Champion)
Iniya Nandakumar (‘24 Jesuit Champion)
Jayanth Yamunan (‘23 Jesuit Champion)
Siddharth Boinapalli (‘24 Jesuit Champion)
Sidharta De (‘23 Jesuit Champion & 9th Speaker)
Anya Jain (‘25, Jesuit Quarterfinalist & 2nd Speaker)
Amy Yan (‘25, Jesuit Quarterfinalist & 6th Speaker)
