Second Place Sweepstakes at McAllen Speech & Debate Tournament!
January 4, 2019
On December 15, the Ray Speech and Debate Team competed at McAllen High. This tournament resulted in three more state qualifications! Congratulations to Genevieve Cox and Ian Mintz for qualifying in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking, and congratulations to Natalie Palacios for qualifying in Dramatic Interpretation. The results are as follows:
Genevieve Cox: Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking, 1st place; Congressional Debate, 1st place
Ian Mintz: Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking, 2nd place.
Kevin Craig: Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking, 3rd place; Congressional Debate, 5th place
Aamil Farishta: Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, 6th place
Laura Li: Novice Extemporaneous Speaking, 1st place.
HI – Zambrano: Humorous Interpretation, 3rd place
Vanessa Zambrano & Ben Anderson: Duo Interpretation, 4th place
Natalie Palacios: Dramatic Interpretation, 6th place
Team William (Juliet Jones, Morgan Kuchta, Ian Mintz, Richard Waterhouse): World Schools Debate, 1st place
Team Benton (Arish Bawani, Daya Butler, Kevin Craig, Aamil Farishta): World Schools Debate, 2nd place
Daniel Gardiner: Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1st place; Novice Extemporaneous Speaking, 5th place