2025 August – November Recap

Hello!

HP Speech & Debate has been busy this past couple of months. We’ve competed at eight tournaments so far and achieved much across all our events. Here are the highlights!

Overall

TOC Bids: 3x

TFA Points: >15

Elim Appearances: 14x

Cards Cut: Countless

Grapevine

In Varsity Policy, Camden and Layton made it to the finals! Camden was the 2nd speaker and Layton was the 9th.

In JV Policy, Emma and Maddie made it to semis and Emma was the 5th speaker with Maddie at 9th

In Worlds, Kingsley ended up as the 12th speaker

Coppell Classic

In Worlds, HP MTV (Kingsley, Saria, Will) went 3-2 and broke to octos and upset the fifth seed to finish in quarters.

In Varsity LD, Amelia went 4-1 and made it to quarters. She was also the 7th speaker

In Novice LD, Kate made it to the quarters and was the 6th speaker.

St. Marks.

In Varsity Policy, Camden and Layton went 4-2 and ended up making it to the octos. This also qualified them for the TOC.

Irma Rangel

In Varsity Policy, Emma and Maddie went 2-2 with both being in the top ten speakers. They ended up making it to the quarters!

What’s Next?

As the semester begins to wrap up some of our debaters will finally catch a breath after an exasperating first half to the season. However, many will be continuing to debate up until the December break traveling across the state and country to show their skills!

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