December Bid Recap: Alief Kerr, Riverdale County, Hendrickson, USA Dev, and Greenhill Are This Month’s Champions; Southlake & Penn Receive Bids
The Longhorn Classic
In the final round, Southlake Carroll TLK debated on the proposition against Alief Kerr Baby Boos on the opposition. On a 2–1 decision, Alief Kerr won the round. Congratulations to Alief Kerr’s Leah Ghebrelul, Erica Carranza, Gerardo Diaz, Preston Nguyen, and Rodrigo Castillo for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Southlake Carroll’s Nethra Tummalapalli, Amber Lin, and Arnav Kakarala for receiving the other bids.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Aravli Paliwal – Hockaday Unicorn
Tim Csallner – Greenhill Diamond
Aidan Hargis-Darsey – Cypress Ranch Midnight
Marleigh Massoud – Greenhill Platinum
Josephina Qiu – Greenhill Platinum
Arhaan Iyer – Greenhill Platinum
Liam Ianiro – Dripping Springs Gold
Emma Zhao – Coppell Nova
Ariel Yuan – Hockaday Unicorn
Anya Tewari – Hockaday Daisy
Full results can be found here.
TOC Digital Speech and Debate Series 1 4th Annual
In the final round, Riverdale Country Falcons debated on the proposition against Penn VYSRS on the opposition. On a 3–0 decision, Riverdale won the round. Congratulations to Riverdale’s Alice Goldberg, Sebastian Irausquin-Petit, Grant Henry, Phillip Hyun, and Madison Wu for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Penn’s Ranveer Verma, Mira Yaradi, Victoria Sanchez, Rebeca Ramirez, and Manny Singleton for receiving the other bids.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Tenzin Patel – Westminster Green
Alina Robinson – Carlmont CSOR
Sarah Wang – Westminster Green
Ethan Bradley – Palo Alto LRTZB
Sarah Hargrove – Westminster Green
Mira Yaradi – Penn VYSRS
Elizabeth Lu – Sage Hill Black
Ishita Sharma – Coppell Eclipse
Victoria Sanchez – Penn VYSRS
Neilson Chien – Carlmont CSOR
Full results can be found here.
Dripping Springs Tiger Tussle
The final round resulted in co-champions. Congratulations to Hendrickson Jingleballers’ Ladia Burke, Maanit Somani, Lucas Tong, and Chloe Youngblood, and to Hendrickson Penguins’ James Billings, Peyton Lin, Ikennamefule Ugboajah, and Natalie Mathews on their championship finishes.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Natalie Mathews – Hendrickson Penguins
Oscar Carrasco – Westlake Chips & Queso
Chloe Youngblood – Hendrickson Jingleballers
Anna Krause – Wimberley Smart Stevens
Peyton Lin – Hendrickson Penguins
Isabel Sayegh – Westlake Chips & Queso
Lucas Tong – Hendrickson Jingleballers
Nathan Valley – Wimberley Smart Stevens
Schaefer Russell – Anderson Gold
Alina Shaikh – Westlake Chips & Queso
Full results can be found here.
Isidore Newman School Invitational
In the final round, USA Development Blue debated on the proposition against Texas Freeze on the opposition. On a 3–0 decision, USA Development won the round. Congratulations to USA Development’s Roselyn Bi, Lily Vollbrecht, and Ritika Savla for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Texas Freeze’s Liam Ianiro, Arhaan Iyer, and Sonali Sevak for placing in the finals. Since neither team is a school-based team, there were no eligible bids given.
The top speakers were as follows:
1-T. Ritika Savla – USA Development Blue
1-T. Aiden Buchanan – Northland Christian Golden Cougars
3. Lily Vollbrecht – USA Development Blue
4. Sidharta De – USA Development Gold
5. Erica Carranza – Texas Blizzard
6. Parker Russo – Grand Oaks Sparkles
7. Sivaank Pothukoochi – Texas Blizzard
8. Paul Kuehlwein – Miami Beach Aqua
9. MaKaila Ott – Grand Oaks Sparkles
10. Riya Sangapu – Texas Blizzard
Full results can be found here.
John Edie Holiday Debates (Hosted by The Blake School)
The final round resulted in co-champions. Congratulations to Greenhill Diamond’s Benjy Beckman, Josephina Qiu, Vijay Naidu, Marleigh Massoud, and Arhaan Iyer, and to Greenhill Platinum’s Carys Diamond, Tim Csallner, and Meenakshi Mandalapu on their championship finishes.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Jacob Tamrat – East Ridge West
Vincent Nguyen – East Ridge West
Amanat Narwal – Mount Vernon Big Dawgs
Rhea Farhan – Blake Polar Bears
Alejandro Kohn Rabassa – Polytechnic SBKI
Benjamin Passi – Blake Sun Bears
Daniel Ismagilov – Polytechnic SBKI
Tim Csallner – Greenhill Diamond
Michaela Holland – Mount Vernon MHM
Hannah Bubb – Blake Polar Bears
Full results can be found here.
Alumni Shoutouts
Peyton Lin (Dripping Springs, Co-Champion)
Nethra Tummalapalli (Longhorn Classic, Finals)
Arnav Kakarala (Longhorn Classic, Finals)
Sidharta De (Isidore Newman, Semis)
Evelyn Phillips (Isidore Newman, Semis)
Gabriella Buhl (Isidore Newman, Semis)
Anya Gupta (Longhorn Classic, Semis)
Maanya Polavarapu (Longhorn Classic, Semis)
Medha Kanamarlapudi (Longhorn Classic, Semis)
Yasha Godha (Longhorn Classic, Semis)
Charvi Manem (DSDS #1, Quarterfinals)
Nysa Nayak (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Sidharta De (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Mahek Verma (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Siddharth Boinapalli (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Emma Zhao (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Bhargav Narayanan (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Jayanth Yamunan (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Iniya Nandakumar (Longhorn Classic, Quarters)
Aarav Singh (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Siddharth Shah (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Madhav Mehta (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Dhanushi Raval (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Shanzay Kashif (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Amy Yan (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Safiya Azam (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Sivaank Pothukoochi (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Sivaank Pothukoochi (Isidore Newman, Quarters)
Ananya Nair (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
Anjana Boppana (Longhorn Classic, Octas)
