10/18 Recap: William P. Clements, Flower Mound, Elkins, and Newport Are This Weekend’s Winners

Stratford Spartan Invitational

In finals at the Stratford Spartan Invitational, Village BMGS debated on the proposition and William P. Clements PVL debated on the opposition. The decision was a 2-1 for the opposition. Congratulations Khushi Patel, Aditi Vadassery, and Sophia Liu!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Leetyan Chen – St John's CJKLW

2. Khushi Patel – William P. Clements PVL

3. Scarlett Yu – William P. Clements GQY

4. Julian Juang – St John's CJKLW

5. Sophia Qi – William P. Clements GQY

6. Xavier Williams – Lamar WCPB

7. Sophia Liu – William P. Clements PVL

8. Angeli Thurlapati – Village PJTS

9. Evelynn Poindexter – Village DANP

Full results can be found here.

Plano West Wolf Classic

In finals of the Plano West Wolf Classic, Flower Mound Phoenix debated on the proposition and Hockaday Iron Dames debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations Poorvi Kumar, Arjun Patil, Vennila Ganesh, and Aanya Nuna!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Tim Csallner – Greenhill Ivory

2. Ananya Nair – Coppell Wildcard

3. Pranaesh Muthu – Coppell Queens

4. Vennila Ganesh – Flower Mound Phoenix

5. Arjun Patil – Flower Mound Phoenix

6. Yashil Shukla – Flower Mound KSBTJ

7. Poorvi Kumar – Flower Mound Phoenix

8. Anya Tewari – Hockaday Iron Dames

9. Om Patel – Coppell Wildcard

10. Julianne Myhre – Hockaday Daisy

Full results can be found here.

Atascocita High School TFA NIETOC

In finals at the Atascocita High School TFA NIETOC, Elkins John & Paladugu & Mathew & Kotha & Tran debated on the proposition and Clear Brook Tran & Joseph & Constanza & Toennies debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations Irene John, Dhanuj Paladugu, Daya Mathew, Srujan Kotha, and Victoria Tran!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Srujan Kotha – Elkins John & Paladugu & Mathew & Kotha & Tran

2. Tiffany Tran – Clear Brook Tran & Joseph & Constanza & Toennies

3. Irene John – Elkins John & Paladugu & Mathew & Kotha & Tran

4. Dhanuj Paladugu – Elkins John & Paladugu & Mathew & Kotha & Tran

5. Daya Mathew – Elkins John & Paladugu & Mathew & Kotha & Tran

6. Parker Russo – Grand Oaks Razzaque & Taylor & Russo & Alldredge

7. Alana Rosado – Grand Oaks Phillips & Reichmeider & Alvarenga & Ott & Rosado

8. Ethan Zientek – Grand Oaks Bettencourt & Quevedo & Juarez & Conner & Zientek

9. Laila Taylor – Grand Oaks Razzaque & Taylor & Russo & Alldredge

10. Emily Joseph – Clear Brook Tran & Joseph & Constanza & Toennies

Full results can be found here. 

Bear Creek Grizzlies Forensics Invitational

In finals at Bear Creek Grizzlies Forensics Invitational, Newport Varshinee Venkatesan & Ridhi Rao Gundapuneni & Joseph H debated on the proposition and Bear Creek Sadie Sitko & Emlyn Thompson & Ivan Huang & Kiran Si debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations to Varshinee Venkatesan, Ridhi Rao Gundapuneni, Joseph Hwang, and Michelle Imasaki!

Full results can be found here.

DUDA Middle School Tournament 1

Elimination round results are not available on Tabroom but the top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Juan Muniz – Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (Middle School)

2. Serenity Andrews – Billy Earl Dade Middle Learning Center

3. Isaac Fuentes – Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (Middle School)

4. Angel Debro – E.D. Walker

5. Sabrina Martin – Trinity Heights TAG

6. Lenora Laflore – Trinity Heights TAG

7. Mohamad Mohamad – Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (Middle School)

8. Daniel Sanchez – Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (Middle School)

9. Alana Jimenez – Solar Preparatory School for Girls

10. Alma Ojeda – L.V. Stockard Middle

Results can be found here.

New Mexico WSD Introductory Tournament

Tournament results were not published by we will shout out the two undefeated teams. Congratulations to Los Alamos’ Erin Brodnax, Alyssa Sun, Shilo Bartram, and Anna Simakov & Los Alamos’ Suchir Jha, Sebastian Koglin, and Linnhtet Htoon!

Results can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

1. Poorvi Kumar (‘23 - Champ, 7th speaker, Plano West)

2. Anjana Boppana (‘23 - Semifinals, Plano West)

3. Ananya Nair (‘23 - Semifinals, 3rd speaker, Plano West)

4. Pranaesh Muthu (‘23 - Quarterfinals, 2nd speaker, Plano West)

5. Aadarsh Menon (‘23 - Quarterfinals, Plano West)

6. Mahek Verma (‘23 - Quarterfinals, Plano West)

7. Anushka Joshi (‘24 - Quarterfinals, Plano West)

8. Bhargav Narayanan (‘24 - Quarterfinals, Plano West) 

9. Iniya Nandakumar (‘24 - Quarterfinals, Plano West)

10. Maanya Polavarapu (‘24 - Quarterfinals, Plano West)

11. Siddharth Boinapalli (‘24 - Quarterfinals, Plano West)