November 3rd Weekend: Clear Brook, Tompkins, Flower Mound & Greenhill Take The Crowns

Another weekend has passed and with it we see a new slew of champions. This weekends’ report covers Grand Oaks, Alief, Naaman Forest, and Irma Rangel in Texas.

2023 GRAND OAKS NIETOC AND TFA TOURNAMENT

In Spring, TX, Clear Brook secured the top spot over Tomball! Congratulations to Qaswa Khan, Simran Lama, Maha Majid, and Gabe Torres.

Top 10 Speakers are as follows:

1. Parker Russo - Grand Oaks 

2. Anisha Gupta - Grand Oaks

3. MaKaila Ott - Grand Oaks

4. Leetyan Chen - St John's

5. Alana Rosado - Grand Oaks

6. Hannah Obregon - Tomball

7. Ross Stroble - Tomball

8. Cara Anderson - Clear Creek

9. Doga Ozecik - Clear Creek 

10. Collin Ford - Kingwood

Full results can be found here. If you have information on finals, let us know and we’ll make an edit!

ALIEF EARLY COLLEGE KNIGHTS OF THE TOURNAMENT

Meanwhile in Houston, TX, Tompkins faced off against Kinkaid in the finals. They debated: This House would ban targeted political advertising. On a 3-0 decision, Tompkins emerged victorious. Congratulations to Janaki Sankar, Zahraa Fatehi, Batul Raza, Adithi Abhilash and Ryan Mustafa!

Top 10 Speakers are as follows:

1. Grace Ding - Tompkins MDEW

2. Ryan Mustafa - Tompkins SFRAM

3. Harrison Lingle - Kinkaid PPLB

4. Daniel Rupawalla - Tompkins RPLO

5. Charlize Lopez - Elkins MLA

6. Abigail Nguyen - Alief Kerr AGCNT

7. Erica Carranza - Alief Kerr AGCNT

8. Janaki Sankar - Tompkins SFRAM

9. Eliana Ronding - Alief Elsik RSM

10. John Patterson - Kinkaid PPLB

Full results can be found here.

NAAMAN FOREST TFA NIETOC TOURNAMENT

In Garland, TX, Flower Mound did the thing and closed out another tournament! Congratulations to Sohan Kathari, Harnek Sabharwal, Vennila Ganesh, Jeffrey Du, and Jack Wlazlowski as well as Rachel Hwang, Aahee Kher, Kaviya Vinothkumar, Mihika Kandula and Jada Patel (with the latter team finishing as the final top seed)!

Full results can be found here.

IRMA RANGEL YWLS DUDA TFA QUALIFIER

In Dallas, Coppell debated Greenhill in the final round on the motion: This House regrets the rise of citizen journalism. Greenhill emerged victorious on a 3-0 decision. Congratulations to Kaden Alibhai, Saida Bidiwala, Varun Mukund, Zara Paul and Aditi Vikram!

Top 10 Speakers were as follows:

1. Varun Mukund - Greenhill ABGM

2. Shreyes Ram - Coppell AMPK

3. Angel Galarza - Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (HS) WDGDY

4. Sahil Patel - Coppell AMPK

5. Anjana Boppana - Coppell SBTKV

6. Anya Tewari - Hockaday Green

7. Anjali Konda - Hockaday Daisy

8. Zara Paul - Greenhill ABGM

9. Riya Sangapu - Hockaday Daisy

10. Aimee Hsu - Hockaday Daisy

Full results can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

Special shoutouts to:

1. Aditi Vikram (Student Writer; Irma Rangel Champion)

2. Sahil Patel (Alum, Irma Rangel Semis, 4th speaker)

3. Anjana Boppana (Alum, Irma Rangel Semis, 5th speaker)

4. Meher Talreja (Alum, Irma Rangel Semis)

5. Aditi Shah (Irma Rangel Semis)

Keep up the great work!