The Lindale Speech and Debate team traveled to not one but two tournaments this weekend. This format of tournaments is called a “swing” where both tournaments are held in the same place but sponsored by two different schools. In this case, both tournaments were held at Hallsville High School, but Saturday’s portion was sponsored by Van High School. Our results are as follows:
Hallsville Portion (Friday):
1st CX Debate – Alec Ramsey and Jonas Thrasher-Evers
2nd CX Debate – Ronak Desai and Anthony Wyatt
5th CX Debate – Robert McWhorter and Konnor Scott
(Alec was the top speaker for the tournament.)
Quarterfinals (5th) LD Debate – Griffon James
2nd Congressional Debate – Evan Bewersdorf
4th Congressional Debate – Grant Root
3rd Poetry Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg
4th Original Oratory – Elizabeth Tagg
5th Prose Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg
Semifinals Dramatic Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg
3rd Place Sweepstakes
Van Portion (Saturday):
1st CX Debate – Ronak Desai and Anthony Wyatt
2nd CX Debate – Alec Ramsey and Jonas Thrasher-Evers
Quarterfinals (5th) CX Debate – Robert McWhorter and Konnor Scott
(Jonas was top speaker with perfect speaker points.)
Semifinals (3rd) LD Debate – Griffon James
3rd Original Oratory – Griffon James
3rd Congressional Debate – Grant Root
4th Congressional Debate – Evan Bewersdorf
Finals Congressional Debate – Emma Johnsen
5th US Extemporaneous Speaking – Grant Root
4th International Extemporaneous Speaking – Evan Bewersdorf
4th Original Oratory – Elizabeth Tagg
4th Poetry Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg
5th Prose Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg
Semifinals Dramatic Interpretation – Elizabeth Tagg
3rd Place Sweepstakes
Alec and Jonas, as well as Ronak and Anthony earned enough points to qualify for the TFA State meet (in the first weekend of the year). This makes them the first teams to qualify in the entire state of Texas.
Evan is two/thirds of the way qualified in Congressional Debate. Grant is halfway qualified in Congressional Debate. Griffon is halfway qualified in LD Debate. Elizabeth is one/third of the way qualified in Original Oratory. Grant, Evan, and Griffon also have received points for qualification in a second event.
Very exciting opening weekend!!!
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Rory McKenzie
