Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament
In the final round of the Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament, American Heritage Palm Beach SIS debated on the proposition against Robinson PBMKD on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Robinson won the round. Congratulations to Robinson PBMKD’s Alina Diaz, Vasilios Panos, Griffin Gabriel Kurtz, Blaire Bowles, and Fionn Robert Murphy for winning the tournament. Congratulations to American Heritage’s Angelina Isaac, Alexander Schrier, and Ella Shuter for receiving the other bids!
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Vander Lee – Miami Beach Senior High- RKLGL
Chase Goldberg – Miami Beach Senior High- RKLGL
Fionn Murphy – Robinson PBMKD
Alexander Schrier – American Heritage Palm Beach SIS
Vasilios Panos – Robinson PBMKD
Aritraa Chakraborty – Tompkins ISCK
Hannah Ibrahim – Tompkins ISCK
Paul Kuehlwein – Miami Beach Senior High- RKLGL
Silas Adorno – Miami Beach Senior High- TCAS
Neel Alluri – Trinity Prep Axolotl
Full results can be found here.
The Ed Long Invitational at The Hockaday School
In the final round of The Ed Long Invitational at The Hockaday School, Southlake Carroll Saffron debated on the proposition against Greenhill Diamond on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Southlake won the round. Congratulations to Southlake Carroll Saffron’s Amber Lin, Nethra Tummalapalli, Anushka Velala, and Tanya Kuriakose for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Greenhill Diamond’s Carys Diamond, Tim Csallner, Arhaan Iyer, Marleigh Massoud, and Cindy Chou for receiving the other bids! Bids were also awarded to Coppell’s Rithika Kuppa, Aarav Thilop, Ishan Jindal, and Amber Zhou, as well as Hockaday’s Julianne Myhre, Lily Vollbrecht, Claudia Li, Eleanor Roden, and Anya Hegde.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Amber Zhou – Coppell Vortex
Amber Lin – Southlake Carroll Saffron
Nethra Tummalapalli – Southlake Carroll Saffron
Adam Tawil – Greenhill Quartz
Ishan Jindal – Coppell Vortex
Evan Zhou – Greenhill Quartz
Amy Huang – Southlake Carroll Cayenne
Bhargav Narayanan – Coppell Tempest
Alok Desai – Southlake Carroll Serrano
Rithika Kuppa – Coppell Vortex
Full results can be found here.
Alumni Shoutouts
Champs
Nethra Tummalapalli (‘24), 3rd Speaker
Anushka Velala (‘25)
Semis
Rithika Kuppa (‘26), 10th Speaker
Ishan Jindal (‘26), 5th Speaker
Amber Zhou (‘26), Top Speaker
Quarters
Evan Zhou (‘26)
Yasha Godha (‘24-’25)
Jayanth Yamunan (‘23)
Bhargav Narayanan (‘24), 8th Speaker
Siddharth Boinapalli (‘24)
Satviki Buchipudi (‘26)
Avni Singh (‘26)
Kathleen Jiang (‘25)
Alok Desai (‘25-’26), 9th Speaker
