11/8 Recap: Westminster, Greenhill, Grand Oaks, St. John’s, and Dripping Springs Shine as Champions

Damus Hollywood Invitational

In finals at the Damus Hollywood Invitational, Mount Vernon RRK debated on the proposition and Westminster PHOOW debated on the opposition. The decision was a 2-1 for the opposition. Congratulations to Tenzin Patel, Hamilton Henderson, Chuka Okwumabua, Mayowa Odujebe & Sarah Wang!

Results can be found here.

The Ed Long Invitational at The Hockaday School

In finals at The Ed Long Invitational, Greenhill Gold debated on the proposition, and Coppell Kings debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations to Aditi Vikram, Saida Bidiwala, Varun Mukund & Sherry Zhang!

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Srishthi Das – Southlake Carroll Starlight

2. Aditi Shah – Coppell Blackjack

3. Aditi Nagunoori – Southlake Carroll Starlight

4. Meher Talreja – Coppell Blackjack

5. Josephina Qiu – Greenhill Platinum

6. Aashritha Shankar – Hockaday White

7. Vikram Aggarwal – Collegiate Dutchman

8. Krish Gandhi – Coppell Blackjack

9. Safiya Azam – Coppell Kings

10. Sivaank Pothukoochi – Coppell Kings

Full results can be found here.

Kingwood Mustang TFA NIETOC Fall Classic

Grand Oaks closed out the Kingwood Mustang Fall Classic. Congratulations to Parker Russo, Elle Alldredge, Samara Razzaque & Aleksander Mougoue and Wilhem Reichmeider, Alana Rosado, Faith Alvarenga & MaKaila Ott.

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Parker Russo – Grand Oaks RARM

2. MaKaila Ott – Grand Oaks RRAO

3. Elle Alldredge – Grand Oaks RARM

4. Faith Alvarenga – Grand Oaks RRAO

5. Eshani Gale – Village GBM

6. Wilhem Reichmeider – Grand Oaks RRAO

7. Flavio Di Mauro – Grand Oaks LBQD

8. Alana Rosado – Grand Oaks RRAO

9. Diya Benny – Village GBM

10. Ayush Patel – Grand Oaks SPCMZ

Full results can be found here.

Clear Brook High School Annual Wolverine Classic

In finals at the Clear Brook High School Annual Wolverine Classic, Cy-Fair MKS debated on the proposition and St John's KJMCW debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the opposition. Congratulations to St. John’s Gayatri Konduri, Julian Juang, Julia Mickiewicz, Leetyan Chen & Brandon Wu!

1. Leetyan Chen – St John's KJMCW

2. Eshaal Rafiq – Elkins SRT

3. Irene John – Elkins JMPK

4. Avery McSwain – Cy-Fair MKS

5. Sriya Tammana – Elkins SRT

6. Dhanuj Paladugu – Elkins JMPK

7. Iman Tukdi – Elkins STCV

8. James Burke – Cy-Fair DHB

9. Logan Herrmann – Cy-Fair DHB

10. Maniha Kazmi – Cy-Fair MKS

Full results can be found here.

Westwood Bowl

In finals at the Westwood Bowl, Hendrickson Billings, Morales-Davila, Mathews, and Ugboajah debated on the affirmative, and Dripping Springs Parks, McAdams, Dorsey, and Ianiro debated on the negative. The decision favored the negative side. Congratulations to Zoey Parks, Will McAdams, Caitlyn Dorsey & Liam Ianiro!

Full results can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

Special shout to the following WOWI alum: 

1. Alana Rosado (‘24 - Kingwood co-champ; 8th speaker)

2. Safiya Azam (‘23 & ‘24 - Hockaday Finals, 9th speaker)

3. Sivaank Pothukoochi (‘23 - Hockaday Finals, 10th speaker)

4. Jayanth Yamunan (‘23 - Hockaday Finals)

5. Justin Murdock (‘23 & ‘24 - Hockaday Finals)

6. Anya Gupta (‘23 - Hockaday Finals)

7. Srishthi Das (‘23 - Hockaday Semifinals; top speaker)

8. Anya Reddy (‘23 & ’24 - Hockaday Semifinals)

9. Nihitha Veerapalli (‘23 & ‘24 - Hockaday Semifinals)

10. Meher Talreja (‘23 - Hockaday Quarterfinals, 4th speaker)

11. Krish Gandhi (‘23 - Hockaday Quarterfinals, 8th speaker)

12. Emma Zhao (‘23 & ‘24 - Hockaday Quarterfinals)

13. Aditi Shah (‘23 - Hockaday Quarterfinals)

14. Pranaesh Muthu (‘23 - Hockaday Quarterfinals)

15. Anushka Joshi (‘24 - Hockaday Quarterfinals)

16. Iniya Nandakumar (‘24 - Hockaday Quarterfinals)

17. Nethra Tummalapalli (‘24 - Hockaday Quarterfinals)

Congrats to all!