Harvard Westlake Wins The John Edie Holiday Debates Hosted By The Blake School

This weekend, a fan favorite WSD tournament for students across the United States took place in Minnesota. After duking it out over three days (with a whopping SEVEN impromptu rounds), Harvard Westlake on the proposition faced Cary Academy on the opposition in the final round. They debated the motion: THR the secularization of traditional religious holidays.

On a close 2-1 decision, Harvard Westlake emerged victorious. Congratulations to Nilufer Mistry-Sheasby, Nathan Verny, Liv Kriger, and Arielle Trakhtenberg!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Ayan Jung - Cary Academy

2. Nathan Verny - Harvard-Westlake

3. Imaan Ali - Blake

4. Adam Levin - Cary Academy

5. Nilufer Mistry-Sheasby - Harvard-Westlake

6. Aali Shah - Coppell

7. Anushree De - Texas

8. Edgar Euceda - Texas

9. Vikram Mohan - Texas

10. Sathvik Adusumilli - Coppell

Full results for the tournament can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

As always, we’re very proud of our WOWI alum + affiliates! Shout out to the following debaters:

1. Anu De (Student Writer, semis, 7th speaker)

2. Vikram Mohan (Alum, semis, 9th speaker)

3. Poorvi Kumar (Alum, semis)

4. Arjun Krishnan (Alum, quarters)

5. Sahil Patel (Alum, quarters)

6. Aali Shah (Alum, 6th speaker)