The Lindale Speech and Debate team travelled to Foster High School in Richmond (just outside of Houston) for the first tournament of the year. This was a swing tournament, which means they competed at two different tournaments at the same time. Individual results are as follows:
1st Cross-Examination Debate – Robert McWhorter (’18) and Anthony Wyatt (’18)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg (’18)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg (’18) (She won both tournaments!)
1st Poetry Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg (’18)
2nd Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking – Ronak Desai (’18)
2nd Poetry Interpretation – Samantha Rodden (’19)
3rd Prose Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg (’18)
4th Prose Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg (’18) (She placed at both tournaments!)
5th Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking – Evan Bewersdorf (’18)
5th Program of Oral Interpretation – Samantha Rodden (’19)
The tournament featured over 40 schools mostly from the Houston area, with some events having over 60 individual competitors.
Ronak now has received nine points towards a state qualification (he needs three more). Anthony and Robert have six (needing six more). Evan has four (needing eight more).