1/10 Recap: Flower Mound, Hockaday, Hendrickson, WAFIS, Ransom Everglades, Skyline, and Mount Vernon Win The Weekend

New Tech Coppell

In the novice division, Hockaday Green co-championed the division with Hockaday White. Congratulations to Sophia Salem, Isabel Lee, Amelie Fisher and Elizabeth Atkinson & Caroline Fleiss, Miriam Chavez-Ayala, Charlotte Lee, and Amy Yan.

The top 10 speakers were:

1. William Vineyard – Dallas Highland Park

2. Amy Yan – Hockaday White

3. Connor Kim – Greenhill WWKKR

4. Isabel Lee – Hockaday Green

5. Samanvi Gubbihal – Velásquez Academy

6. Toby Sychitkokhong – Grapevine SGH

7. Charlotte Lee – Hockaday White

8. Sophia Salem – Hockaday Green

9. Ishan Jindal – Coppell DJP

10. Bryan Kuang – Greenhill WWKKR

Full results can be found here.

In the varsity division, Flower Mound Phoenix debated on the proposition and USA Development Red debated on the opposition. The motion was: "This House would prioritize funding climate adaptation infrastructure (e.g., wildfire prevention, flood defenses) over emissions reduction initiatives (e.g., transitioning to renewable energy, carbon capture technology)." The decision was a 2-1 for the proposition. Congratulations to Aanya Nuna, Arjun Patil, Vennila Ganesh, and Poorvi Kumar. 

The top 10 speaker were:

1. Poorvi Kumar – Flower Mound Phoenix

2. Marleigh Massoud – Greenhill Jade

3. Varun Mukund – Greenhill Gold

4. Aanya Nuna – Flower Mound Phoenix

5. Jasper He – USA Development Red

6. Divya Beeram – USA Development Blue

7. Arjun Patil – Flower Mound Phoenix

8. Margo Meaney – USA Development Blue

9. Akul Bhambhani – Penn Gold

10. Stanley Liew – Penn Gold

Full results can be found here.

The 50th Anniversary Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier

Elkins John & Paladugu & Chandrasekhar & Mathew & Sajo debated on the proposition and Hendrickson Mathews & Lin & Frias & Pearce & Billings debated on the opposition. The motion was: "This House would support efforts to colonize Mars." The decision was a 3-0 for the opposition. Congratulations to Natalie Mathews, Peyton Lin, Gabriella Frias, Venus Pearce, and James Billings!

1. Sam Sajo – Elkins

2. Caroline Bell – McCallum

3. Natalie Mathews – Hendrickson

4. Irene John – Elkins

5. Sunny Chandrasekhar – Elkins

6. Zoey Parks – Dripping Springs

7. Liam Ianiro – Dripping Springs

8. Will McAdams – Dripping Springs

9. Lucas Tong – Hendrickson

10. Srujan Kotha – Elkins

Full results can be found here.

Cypress Falls TFA Tournament

WAFIS HBDNR debated on the proposition and CyFair MSBHK debated on the opposition. The decision was a 2-1 for the proposition. Congratulations to Preston Hershkwoitz, Raquel Barnes, Nathan Do, Logan Nguyen, and Piet Hein Athmer!

1. Nicholas Xydas – Cypress Ranch

2. James Burke – Cy-Fair

3. Kiah Trent – Midland Legacy Senior

4. Avery McSwain – Cy-Fair

5. Aiden Buchanan – Northland Christian

6. Preston Hershkwoitz – Westchester Academy For International Studies

7. Alissa Sundrani – Cy-Fair

8. Nathan Do – Westchester Academy For International Studies

9. (Tie) Zain Malik & Samuel Uy  – School Of The Woods

Full results can be found here. 

Sunvite

Ransom Everglades GHMZ debated on the proposition and Lake Highland Prep KKMRT debated on the opposition. The decision was a 2-1 for the proposition. Congratulations to Ana Gonzalez, Winston Hosford, Michael Mederos, and Minnie Zhou.

Full results can be found here.

2025 Blacksnake NIETOC

Congratulations to Skyline’s Nicole Hill, Steven Urias and Lily Campbell for being the top seed!

Puget Sound High School Tournament

Congratulations to Mount Vernon’s Dawn Rosas, Jahaira Romo-Perez, Taite Kirkpatrick, and Amanat Narwal for being the top seed!

WOWI Shoutouts

Shout out to the following alumni:

1. Poorvi Kumar (‘23 - New Tech Champ, 1st speaker)

2. Jonaki Bose (‘24 - New Tech Quarters)

3. Emma Zhao (‘23 & ‘24 - New Tech Quarters)

4. Krish Gandhi (‘23 - New Tech Quarters)

5. Meher Talreja (‘23 - New Tech Quarters)

6. Safiya Azam (‘23 & ‘24 - New Tech Quarters)

7. Justin Murdock (‘23 & ‘24 - New Tech Quarters)