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:

  1. Aravli Paliwal – Hockaday Unicorn

  2. Tim Csallner – Greenhill Diamond

  3. Aidan Hargis-Darsey – Cypress Ranch Midnight

  4. Marleigh Massoud – Greenhill Platinum

  5. Josephina Qiu – Greenhill Platinum

  6. Arhaan Iyer – Greenhill Platinum

  7. Liam Ianiro – Dripping Springs Gold

  8. Emma Zhao – Coppell Nova

  9. Ariel Yuan – Hockaday Unicorn

  10. 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:

  1. Tenzin Patel – Westminster Green

  2. Alina Robinson – Carlmont CSOR

  3. Sarah Wang – Westminster Green

  4. Ethan Bradley – Palo Alto LRTZB

  5. Sarah Hargrove – Westminster Green

  6. Mira Yaradi – Penn VYSRS

  7. Elizabeth Lu – Sage Hill Black

  8. Ishita Sharma – Coppell Eclipse

  9. Victoria Sanchez – Penn VYSRS

  10. 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:

  1. Natalie Mathews – Hendrickson Penguins

  2. Oscar Carrasco – Westlake Chips & Queso

  3. Chloe Youngblood – Hendrickson Jingleballers

  4. Anna Krause – Wimberley Smart Stevens

  5. Peyton Lin – Hendrickson Penguins

  6. Isabel Sayegh – Westlake Chips & Queso

  7. Lucas Tong – Hendrickson Jingleballers

  8. Nathan Valley – Wimberley Smart Stevens

  9. Schaefer Russell – Anderson Gold

  10. 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:

  1. Jacob Tamrat – East Ridge West

  2. Vincent Nguyen – East Ridge West

  3. Amanat Narwal – Mount Vernon Big Dawgs

  4. Rhea Farhan – Blake Polar Bears

  5. Alejandro Kohn Rabassa – Polytechnic SBKI

  6. Benjamin Passi – Blake Sun Bears

  7. Daniel Ismagilov – Polytechnic SBKI

  8. Tim Csallner – Greenhill Diamond

  9. Michaela Holland – Mount Vernon MHM

  10. Hannah Bubb – Blake Polar Bears

Full results can be found here.

Alumni Shoutouts

  1. Peyton Lin (Dripping Springs, Co-Champion)

  2. Nethra Tummalapalli (Longhorn Classic, Finals)

  3. Arnav Kakarala (Longhorn Classic, Finals)

  4. Sidharta De (Isidore Newman, Semis)

  5. Evelyn Phillips (Isidore Newman, Semis)

  6. Gabriella Buhl (Isidore Newman, Semis)

  7. Anya Gupta (Longhorn Classic, Semis) 

  8. Maanya Polavarapu (Longhorn Classic, Semis) 

  9. Medha Kanamarlapudi (Longhorn Classic, Semis) 

  10. Yasha Godha (Longhorn Classic, Semis) 

  11. Charvi Manem (DSDS #1, Quarterfinals)

  12. Nysa Nayak (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  13. Sidharta De (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  14. Mahek Verma (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  15. Siddharth Boinapalli (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  16. Emma Zhao (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  17. Bhargav Narayanan (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  18. Jayanth Yamunan (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  19. Iniya Nandakumar (Longhorn Classic, Quarters) 

  20. Aarav Singh (Longhorn Classic, Octas) 

  21. Siddharth Shah (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  22. Madhav Mehta (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  23. Dhanushi Raval (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  24. Shanzay Kashif (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  25. Amy Yan (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  26. Safiya Azam (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  27. Sivaank Pothukoochi (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  28. Sivaank Pothukoochi (Isidore Newman, Quarters)

  29. Ananya Nair (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

  30. Anjana Boppana (Longhorn Classic, Octas)

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