12/1 Weekend: Southlake, Flower Mound, and St. John’s Bring Home the Gold

This weekend we had on of the biggest tournaments in Texas: The Longhorn Classic at UT. While many students attended this tournament, we also saw great showings in Houston and Kingswood. Let’s give out some congratulations!

THE LONGHORN CLASSIC

In the final round, Coppell on the proposition faced Southlake on the opposition. They debated the motion: This house would televise criminal trials. On a 2-1 decision, Southlake emerged victorious! Congratulations to Rishi Shori, Srishthi Das and Sophia Ahmed!

The top 20 speakers (all 20 received speaker awards) were:

1. Erica Carranza - Alief Kerr

2. Shreyes Ram - Coppell Iris

3. Poorvi Kumar - Flower Mound Fire

4. Maya Hay - Hendrickson Navy

5. Aditi Singh - Flower Mound Fire

6. Sarah Abi Saab - Alief Kerr ACNGT

7. Arjun Krishnan - Coppell Iris

8. Natalie Stachowiak - Greenhill Emerald

9. Om Patel - Coppell Rose

10. Srishthi Das - Southlake Carroll SDA

11. Leah Ghebrelul - Alief Kerr ACNGT

12. Sanika Agarwalla - Hockaday Welch

13. Jeannette Yang - Greenhill Emerald

14. Evan Danek - Westchester Academy For International Studies HDKBB

15. Anushree De - Coppell Rose

16. Rishi Shori - Southlake Carroll SDA

17. Sidney Murray - Hockaday Welch

18. Kaveen Shah - Kinkaid SLS

19. Nhung Huynh - Alief Elsik Mob Squad

20. Abigail Nguyen - Alief Kerr ACNGT

You can find the full results here.

CLEAR LAKE FALCON CLASSIC TFA IQT

In the finals at Clear Lake, St. John’s on the proposition debated Clear Springs on the opposition. They debated the motion: THO lifetime appointments to the federal judiciary. On a 2-1 decision, St. John’s emerged victorious. Congrats to Leetyan Chen, Julian Juang, Nathan Kim, Carter Lawrence and Brandon Wu!

Full results can be found here

KINGWOOD MUSTANG WINTER CLASSIC

In the finals of the Kingwood Classic, Flower Mound on the Proposition debated Grand Oaks on the Opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Flower Mound claimed victory! Congratulations to Mihika Kandula, Vennila Ganesh, Harnek Sabharwal, and Aahee Kher.

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Vennila Ganesh - Flower Mound KGSK

2. Harnek Sabharwal - Flower Mound KGSK

3. Aahee Kher - Flower Mound KGSK

4. Wilhem Reichmeider - Grand Oaks PRARK

5. Mihika Kandula - Flower Mound KGSK

6. Laila Taylor - Grand Oaks BAHT

7. Faith Alvarenga - Grand Oaks PRARK

8. Rebekah Phillips - Kingwood PRES

9. Ace Kizerian - Grand Oaks PRARK

10.  Jason Bellinger - Grand Oaks BAHT

Full results can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

Congrats to these alum + affiliates! We’re so proud!

1. Srishthi Das (alum, UT Champion, 10th speaker)

2. Aali Shah (alum, UT finals)

3. Anissa Cherif (alum, UT finals)

4. Anu De (student writer, UT finals, 15th speaker)

5. Poorvi Kumar (alum, UT quarters, 3rd speaker)

6. Aditi Vikram (student writer, UT octos)

7. Arjun Krishnan (alum, UT octos, 7th speaker) 

8. Sahil Patel (alum, UT octos)

9. Vikram Mohan (alum, UT octos)

10. Sivaank Pothukoochi (alum, UT octos)

11. Anya Gupta (alum, UT octos)

12. Justin Murdock (alum, UT octos)

13. Safiya Azam (alum, UT octos)

14. Neha Nathwani (alum, UT octos)

15. Ananya Nair (alum, UT octos)

16. Krish Gandhi (alum, UT octos)

17. Niyathi Yamunan (alum, UT octos)