October 9th + 16th Recaps: Sage Hill, Taipei American, Coppell, and Hockaday Win Big; Westminster, Carrollton, Greenhill, and Flower Mound Earn Bids

Westminster (10/9-11)

In the final round of Westminster, Westminster Lions debated on the proposition against Sage Hill Mighty Duck on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Sage Hill won the round. Congratulations to Sage Hill’s Zack Hubbard, Charlie Lee, Betty Zhang, and Elizabeth Lu for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Westminster’s Jaina Alexander, Joanne Alexander, Ariana Shahriari, Armaan Dhawan, and Kaeden Smith for receiving the other bids!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Cindy Chou – Texas Tacobella

2. Elizabeth Lu – Sage Hill Mighty Ducks

3. Arhaan Iyer – Texas Tacobella

4. Leah Wagner – Penn

5. Benjamin Passi – Blake Polar Bears

6. Zack Hubbard – Sage Hill Mighty Ducks

7. Satvik Avadhanam – Texas Tacobella

8. Armaan Dhawan – Westminster Lions

9. Charlie Lee – Sage Hill Mighty Ducks

10. Madelyn Hyde – Mountain Brook Monsters University

Full results can be found here.

Taiwan Speech & Debate Invitational

In the final round of Taiwan Speech and Debate Invitational, Carrollton debated on the proposition against Taipei American on the opposition. On a 3-0 decision, Taipei American won the round. Congratulations to Taipei American’s Evan Huang, Janet Chuang, Elsa Tu, and Lila Kuo for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Carrollton’s Presley McLaren, Brady Pace, and Richard Ashlock for receiving the other bids!

Full results can be found here.

Coppell Classic (10/16-17)

In the final round of Coppell Classic, Coppell co-championed. Congratulations to Coppell’s Gautam Ajwani, Satvik Avadhanam, Aarnav Munji, and Kapil Khare as well as Coppell’s Yasha Godha, Jayanth Srinivasan Yamunan, Bhargav H Narayanan, and Sidharta De. Additionally congratulations for the bids also awarded to Greenhill’s Meenakshi Mandalapu, Sophia Wang, Alexis Chen, and Tiger Zhao, as well as Flower Mound’s Mihika Kandula, Gagana Latchupatula, Kaviya Vinothkumar, and Sahana Vijaysarathy in the semifinals.

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Gautam Ajwani – Coppell Cyclone

2. Kaviya Vinothkumar – Flower Mound Solaris

3. Arnav Tomer – Southlake Carroll Sage

4. Mihika Kandula – Flower Mound Solaris

5. Avni Singh – Coppell Sprinkle

6. Siddharth Boinapalli – Coppell Sprinkle

7. Preston Nguyen – Alief Kerr Atlas

8. Satvik Avadhanam – Coppell Cyclone

9. Gerardo Diaz – Alief Kerr Atlas

10. Rohan Jain – Coppell Sprinkle

Full results can be found here.

Heart of Texas Invitational

In the final round of the Heart of Texas Invitational, Hockaday co-championed. Congratulations to Hockaday’s Sophia Shi, Anusha Chowdhary, Kaitlyn Ouyang, Vivian Zhou, and Sophia Salem as well as Hockaday’s Anika Mehta, Adhya Rodda, Saani Vyas, and Zaneta Wallace.

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Piet Athmer – WAIS Jade

2. Nikki Chilom – Westminster Jaguars

3. Preston Hershkowitz™ – WAIS Jade

4. Evan Zhou – Greenhill ZSDTG

5. Kaitlyn Ouyang – Hockaday White

6. Raquel Barnes – WAIS Jade

7. Prisha Aggarwal – Hockaday Meadow

8. Katherine Su – Westminster Jaguars

9. Ariana Shahriari – Westminster Lions

10. Armaan Dhawan – Westminster Jaguars

Full results can be found here.

Alumni Shoutouts

Kapil Khare (Co-Champs, Coppell Classic)

Yasha Godha (Co-Champs, Coppell Classic) 

Jayanth Srinivasan Yamunan (Co-Champs, Coppell Classic) 

Bhargav H Narayanan (Co-Champs, Coppell Classic)

Sidharta De (Co-Champs, Coppell Classic)

Anya Jain (Semis, Heart of Texas)

Evan Zhou (Quarters, Heart of Texas)

Kathleen Jiang (Semis, Heart of Texas)

Mihika Kandula (4th Speaker, Semis, Coppell Classic)

Nethra Tummalapalli (Quarters, Coppell Classic)

Siddharth Boinapalli (6th Speaker, Quarters, Coppell Classic) 

Iniya Yasodha Nandakumar (Quarters, Coppell Classic) 

Akul Parasuraman (Quarters, Coppell Classic)  

Aayush Bhandari (Quarters, Coppell Classic)  

Saffi Shah (Quarters, Coppell Classic) 

Satviki Buchipudi (Quarters, Coppell Classic)  

Avni Singh (5th Speaker, Quarters, Coppell Classic)

Anushka Velala (Quarters, Coppell Classic)

Jayden Zhang (Quarters, Coppell Classic)

Arjun Vasan (Octas, Coppell Classic)

Arnav Tomer (3rd Speaker, Octas, Coppell Classic)

Parshva Jain (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Alok Desai (Octas, Coppell Classic)

Rithika Kuppa (Octas, Coppell Classic)

Ishan Jindal (Octas, Coppell Classic)

Charvi Manem (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Amber Zhou (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Ridhushni Balaji (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Aman Pal (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Bryan Li (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Akito Fujimaki (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Amaan Farooqi (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Riya Mathews (Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Gerardo Diaz (9th Speaker, Octas, Coppell Classic) 

Sophia Ghebrelul (Octas, Coppell Classic)