Woodlands College Park - September 1-2
Brook Speech & Debate attended their first tournament of the new competition year when they headed out to the Woodlands College Park High School on September 1st. Taking only three students to this first outing, team member and Extemporaneous Speaking Captain for the team captured a first place win in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking! This feat ended in Greg taking home the 1st place trophy from the meet as well as eight Texas Forensic Association state points. He only needs two more in order to attend the annual state meet which is held in Houston this year. The team will head out to Clear Falls on the 15th of this month which will coincide with Clear Brook High School’s homecoming.
Clear Falls High School - September 15-16
The Wolverine Speech & Debate team attended their latest tournament of the season at Clear Falls High School on September 15-16 which was a balancing act as it occurred on the same weekend as Brook’s annual homecoming. The team’s first victory was the Homecoming crowning of the 2023 Homecoming King Gabriel Torres who is also the team’s President. Gabriel also found success at Clear Falls by placing in the final round of Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking and earning his first state point!
His fellow Extemporaneous Speakers also found success, namely Ariella Calili and Emily Joseph who placed second and fifth in the Domestic division which earned them six and two points respectively toward their state goals! The Novice division of this category saw three new team members – Ethan Jacob, Zaid Asad and Jonathan Kunjumon take home third, fourth and sixth place finishes, in that order.
Fellow varsity members rounded out the meet this weekend by earning an additional cumulative total of eight points toward state goals – Isabelle Wills, fourth place and two points in Original Oratory; Misbah Aziz, third place and three points in Informative Speaking; Stephen Wiggins, fifth place and one point in Informative Speaking and Ayla Goodin, fourth place and two points in Program of Oral Interpretation.
Additional successes were achieved by the following semi-finalists: Yumna Kalajo, Elaina Joseph, and Kendrick Toennies.
His fellow Extemporaneous Speakers also found success, namely Ariella Calili and Emily Joseph who placed second and fifth in the Domestic division which earned them six and two points respectively toward their state goals! The Novice division of this category saw three new team members – Ethan Jacob, Zaid Asad and Jonathan Kunjumon take home third, fourth and sixth place finishes, in that order.
Fellow varsity members rounded out the meet this weekend by earning an additional cumulative total of eight points toward state goals – Isabelle Wills, fourth place and two points in Original Oratory; Misbah Aziz, third place and three points in Informative Speaking; Stephen Wiggins, fifth place and one point in Informative Speaking and Ayla Goodin, fourth place and two points in Program of Oral Interpretation.
Additional successes were achieved by the following semi-finalists: Yumna Kalajo, Elaina Joseph, and Kendrick Toennies.
Klein High School - September 22-23
With Clear Brook's homecoming in the rear view mirror, most of the team decided to take this weekend off but Greg Stuart, one of the team's juniors and most point decorated member of the team to date, decided to travel out to Klein High School to build on his current state point total. After earning eight points in Domestic Extemp at the Woodlands College Park a few weeks ago, Greg decided to venture out and try Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking instead. At the end of the meet on Saturday, Greg proudly walked away with a second place finish! This earned him four points in Foreign Extemp! This win sets the stage for Greg to be qualified in two events at the end of the season if he can keep up his winning streak!
Memorial/Spring Woods High School - September 29-30
This weekend found the Wolverine Speech & Debate team at Spring Woods High School for their annual Memorial/Spring Woods Swing - two tournaments in one! At the end of the first half of the swing, the Memorial side, the team advanced the following members to semi-finals: Emily Joseph and Khang Ngo in Domestic Extemp Speaking, Elaina Joseph in Foreign Extemp Speaking and Abiha Altaf and Stephen Wiggins in Informative Speaking. When Saturday rolled around, the team would realize the following advancements to semi-finals: Misbah Aziz and Abiha Altaf in Informative Speaking, and Greg Stuart and Khang Ngo in Domestic Extemp Speaking. Point earners for the weekend included Alim Merchant who advanced to Octa-Finals in LD Debate, earning two state points, Elaina Joseph who placed 4th overall in Foreign Extemp Speaking, earning three points, and the World Schools Debate team consisting of Qaswa Khan, Simran Lama, Maha Majid and Gabriel Torres who placed 3rd overall, earning four points each.
