1/6 Tournament Results: Harvard Westlake, Hendrickson, and Northland Christian Are The Champs!

Welcome to the second half of the season, everyone! This weekend we saw WSD tournaments across the great state of Texas (we’re not biased) with competition from all over the country. Congrats to all who worked hard to have another great weekend competing!

New Tech

In the final round, Greenhill on the proposition debated Harvard Westlake on the opposition. They debated the motion: This House believes that NATO has done more harm than good. On a close 2-1 decision, Harvard Westlake emerged victorious. Congratulations to Liv Kriger, Nathan Verny, and Nilufer Mistry-Sheasby!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Ananya Nair - Coppell Lily

2. Maddy Oyakawa - Hockaday Plaid

3. Nathan Verny - HarWes KVM

4. Arjun Krishnan - Coppell Marigold

5. James Miller - Geomet MJKBZ

6. Kaden Alibhai - Greenh ABM

7. Rishi Suri - SouCar SRTVS

8. Ryan Kollar -SouCar KKWNS 

9. Nilufer Mistry-Sheasby - HarWes KVM

10. Liv Kriger - HarWes KVM

Full results can be found here.

Winston Churchill

In the final round, Hendrickson on the proposition debated Dripping Springs on the opposition. On a close 2-1 decision, Hendrickson won. Congratulations Emerson Growt, Maya Hay, and Natalie Mathews!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Irene John - Elkins

2. Sohan Kathari - Flower Mound

3. Jackson Berthelsen - Dripping Springs

4. Kaviya Vinothkumar - Flower Mound

5. Trang Au - Alief Elsik

6.  Vennila Ganesh - Flower Mound

7. Nhung Huynh - Alief Elsik

8. Edgar Euceda - Alief Elsik

9. Caleb Ajaegbu - Alief Elsik

10. Trudy Lagarde - Dripping Springs

Full results can be found here.

Northland Christian

In the final round, Kinkaid on the proposition faced Northland Christian on the opposition. On a 3-0, Northland defended their home turf. Congratulations Alicia Martinez, Jackson Leard, Jackson Lawrence, and Kate VanWormer!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Kate VanWormer - Northland Christian MLLV

2. Alicia Martinez - Northland Christian MLLV

3. Caroline Pielop - Kinkaid PBP

4. Jackson Leard - Northland Christian MLLV

5. Jackson Lawrence - Northland Christian MLLV

6. Sofia Barreto - Kinkaid PBP

7. John Patterson - Kinkaid PBP

8. Shalom Akinkunmi - Alief Kerr ADPB

9. Valerie James - Clear Springs DJTPH

10. Kenadie Pugh - Clear Springs DJTPH

Full results can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

Congratulations to the following folks! We’re so proud as always:

1. Ananya Nair (Quarters, top speaker)

2. Arjun Krishnan (Quarters, 7th speaker)

3. Rishi Suri (Quarters, 7th speaker)

4. Mahek Verma (Quarters)

5. Anjana Boppana (Quarters)

6. Meher Talreja (Quarters)

7. Emma Zhao (Quarters)

8. Krish Gandhi (Quarters)