On September 29, HUDL competitors from 26 area schools descended on Waltrip High School for the first tournament of the 2018-2019 school year. 250 students gathered to compete in five different formats.
Top honors went to:
Congressional Debate
1st - Jackson Nielsen, Energy Institute HS
2nd - Carmen Ford, Houston Academy for International Studies
3rd - Demetria Flowers, Young Women's
Cross Examination Debate (Junior Varsity)
1st - Mahintha Karthik and Sripod Yadagiri, Westside
2nd - Samuel McCullough and Sonaiya Grant, Westside
3rd - Raisa Gire and Erin Stakus, Westside
Cross Examination Debate (Varsity)
1st - Lee Carter and Tavia Gabrysch, Heights
2nd - Ryan Martinez and Adyanna Odom, HAIS
3rd - Natalie Trindad and Brittney Moguel, Heights
Lincoln Douglas Debate (Junior Varsity)
1st - Isabella Rodriguez, North Houston Early College
2nd - Loyld Noel, Sterling
3rd - Nishanth Kadiyala, Carnegie
Lincoln Douglas (Varsity)
1st - Lydian Zamarripa, HAIS
2nd - Christian Acosta, HAIS
3rd - Oscar Gonzalez, HAIS
Public Forum Debate (Junior Varsity)
1st - Sandy Ramirez and Haileigh Fayard, Westbury
2nd - Katalina Li-Kroeger and Ananya Luthria, Carnegie
3rd - Bartolo Barona and Diego Garcia, Westbury
Public Forum Debate (Varsity)
1st - Timothy Gao and Ronald Poole, Westside
2nd - Faith Davis and Victor Gonzalez, Westbury
3rd - Gaurav Dutta and Aurian Maleki, Westside
World Schools Debate (Varsity)
1st - Yosselin Leon, Hermelinda Zamarripa, Alexandria Escobar, Alexis Short and Jaylon Flowers, East Early
2nd - Serina Garcia, Melissa Marin, Dinochi Sandifer and Jerlin Perez, Madison HS
3rd - Maria Jose Calderon, Christian Aguilera, Jacqueline Granados and Yaretzi Marquez, Sam Houston
Comments