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).