12/8 Weekend: Louisiana, Texas, Washington, and California Give Us This Week’s WSD Wins

Another weekend, another set of great debaters sacrificing their free time for some big wins. This weekend we saw World Schools divisions in FOUR different states! Let’s deep dive into this weekend’s Ws. We also have a special shoutout for the DUDA High School Winter Championship that took place last week!

ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL INVITATIONAL

In New Orleans, Louisiana, Texas Red faced off against the Newman Gators in the finals. They debated the motion: This House believes that gene-editing technology should be restricted to non-human organisms.

In a close 2-1 decision, Texas Red emerged victorious. Congratulations to Reyna Diamond, Srishthi Das, Colton De Los Santos and Julia Mickiewicz!

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Hart Jefferson - Magnolia Blues

2. Alicia Martinez - Texas Blue

3. Jackson Lawrence - Northland Christian Red

4. Zulqar Nain - Har-Ber Carolina

5. Margo Meaney - Northland Christian Red

6. Samuel Harvey - Magnolia Blues

7. Colton De Los Santos - Texas Red

8. Kate VanWormer - Northland Christian Red

9. Adreana Pérez - Har-Ber Carolina

10. Sam Rice - Newman Gators

Full results can be found here.

DRIPPING SPRINGS TFA NIETOC TIGER TUSSLE

In Dripping Springs, TX, Hendrickson debated Stephen F Austin in the finals. They debated the fun motion: This House supports Santa's elves seizing the means of toy production. On a 3-0 decision, Hendrickson claimed the championship title. Congratulations Maya Hay, Natalie Mathews, Ava Lambert, Hoan Nguyen, and Frances Morales-Davila!

Full results can be found here.

CYPRESS FREEZE TFA NIETOC SWING AT JERSEY VILLAGE

In Houston, TX, Tomball debated against Kingwood in the finals. On a split (2-1) decision, Kingwood claimed the crown. Congratulations to Shelby Skaggs, Rebekah Phillips, Deni Edgar and Jaimeson Six!

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Collin Ford - Kingwo WFRR

2. Kenadie Pugh - CleSpr ETPD

3. Andrew Liu - Tompki CLDKS

4. Irene John - Elkins JKLST

5. Victoria Tran - Elkins JKLST

6. Hazel Roberts - Tombal RAOWP

7. Rebekah Phillips - Kingwo SPES

8. Shahmeen Dhukka - CleSpr ETPD

9. Janaki Sankar - Tompki CLDKS

10. Grace Ding - Tompki CLDKS

Full results can be found here.

DUDA HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP

Last weekend, DUDA hosted its semester closing tournament. In the varsity final  round, Irma Rangel faced Law Magnet. They debated “This House supports the rise of unionization”. Irma Rangel claimed the championship title in the end. Congratulations to Katelyn Moss, Yajaira Flores, Maritza Maldonado Chavez, Emily Ortega, and Guadalupe Vazquez!

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Manuel Martinez - JBS Law Magnet

2. Sabrina Bhattarai - JBS Law Magnet 

3. Hank Suprun - JBS Law Magnet 

4. Karisma Hareet - Irma Rangel YWLS 

5. Elliott Yervasi - JBS Law Magnet 

6. Mason Klein - JBS Law Magnet 

7. Adaiah Amaechi - New Tech HS @ B.F. Darrell 

8. Hope Habia - JBS Law Magnet

9. Yajaira Flores - Irma Rangel YWLS 

10. Princess Tanyi - Irma Rangel YWLS 

Full results for varsity can be found here.

In the novice final round Irma Rangel debated Seagoville and claimed the victory in that division as well. Congratulations to Samantha Flores, Natalie Flores, and Esmeralda Campuzano!

Full results are unavailable for novice.

This weekend, the middle school championship was hosted. In both divisions, Solar Preparatory School closed out BOTH advanced WSD and beginner WSD. What an amazing achievement! Congratulations to all of these scholars from Solar Prep.

1. Olive Kennedy, Emily Sharma, and Sierra Brant (Advanced Co-Champs)

2. Edith Nkana, Solange Lindsay, and Alana Jimenez (Advanced Co-Champs)

3. Sadie Granberry, Genevieve Sterling, and Celeste Mendoza (Beginner Co-Champs)

4. Serenity Coleman, Sehai Aya, and Camila Alverez-Castellanos (Beginner Co-Champs)

5. Tayla Hughes, Tiana Brown, and Sofia Flores (Beginner Co-Champs)

6. Emma Boyle, Gabriella Embuscado, and Juliette Hall (Beginner Co-Champs)

AUBURN RIVERSIDE INVITATIONAL AND NIETOC QUALIFIER

In Washington, Auburn Senior scrimmaged in the open division. We are so happy to see these events pop up in other parts of the country. Despite not having an elimination round, we want to congratulate the undefeated team of Osiris Romero-Caldera, Lawand Muhsen, Isaac Gerstner, and Emily Helms! Great work!

THE SVUDL DOLORES HUERTA TOURNAMENT

The Dolores Huerta Tournament took place in San Jose, California. There are not results posted for this tournament but we love seeing another UDL (Urban Debate League) pursuing World Schools! We’re proud of all who competed and if you would like us to update result, feel free to reach out.

WOWI Shoutouts

Shout out to our two wonderful camp alum at Isidore Newman with Team Texas. Poorvi Kumar made it to the semifinals and Srishthi Das won the tournament! Congratulations to both debaters!