Ben Clancy is Colleyville Champion

Hockaday's Brianna August Wins Novice LD Title;
Dallas Jesuit Takes Varsity, Novice Policy Championships

COLLEYVILLE, Tex. — The twelfth annual Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational came to a close late on Saturday. The tournament began with a field of nearly sixty debaters from across the state of Texas before clearing to the octafinal round. The elimination rounds on Saturday evening gave way to a final round that pitted Westwood High School’s Ben Clancy against Westlake High School’s Devin Race. Tristan Vick, Shane O’Neal, and Ajay Ketkar adjudicated the round; on a 2-1 decision — O’Neal dissented — Ben defeated Devin to take the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Ben is coached by Alex Pritchard and Tommy Clancy; Devin is coached by Michael Harlan, Terry Hunt, and Kris Wright.

Congratulations are also in order for the Hockaday School’s Brianna August and Marcus High School’s Victoria Strauser, who advanced to the final round of the tournament’s novice division. In the round, Brianna defeated Victoria on a 2-1 decision to win the novice division.

Brianna is coached by Stacy Thomas and Tom Evnen; Victoria is coached by Carey Petkoff.

Forty-five teams from Texas, New Hampshire, and New York gathered at Colleyville for a competitive tournament that cleared to the octafinal round. In finals, Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory School’s Sean O’Brien & Rich Graham defeated Highland Park High School’s Collin Poirot and Rett Young on a 2-1 decision to win the tournament. Congratulations to both teams!

Dallas Jesuit also emerged victorious in the novice division; the team of Sterling Johnson and Rey Aviles and the team of Joel Diamond and Ryan Gorman closed out the tournament. Congratulations to both teams!

Sean, Rich, Sterling, Rey, Joel, and Ryan are coached by Dan Lingel and Tracy McFarland. Collin and Rett are coached by Toby Whisenhunt.

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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

OCTAS
Westwood BC def. Arlington LA (Lindsey Anderson)
3-0 (Jo Russell, Tristan Vick, Mack Coleman)
Elkins AC def. Greenhill CW (Cynthia Wei)
3-0 (Shane O’Neal, Ajay Ketkar, Walter Willis)
Westlake DR def. Winston Churchill CD (Claire Daviss)
3-0 (Brittany Paxman, Geoff Caffo, Nathan Abell)
Crowley GG def. Grapevine EA (Emily Allen)
3-0 (Brittany Paxman, Geoff Caffo, Nathan Abell)
Dulles RL def. Greenhill EC (Ed Culham)
3-0 (Jenn Miller, Tommy Clancy, Kris Wright)
Dulles SC def.Greenhill LM (Lauren Mahomes)
2-1 (Jenn Miller, *Tommy Clancy, Kris Wright)
Marcus VH def. Anderson MV (Madeline Vuong)
2-1 (*Shane O’Neal, Ajay Ketkar, Walter Willis)
Westlake AW def. S.F. Austin JM (James Monaco)
3-0 (Jo Russell, Tristan Vick, Mack Coleman)

QUARTERS
Westwood BC def. Westlake AW (Andrew Waks)
3-0 (Aaron Timmons, Jenn Miller, Mike Mundt)
Marcus VH def. Elkins AC (Andrew Cockroft)
2-1 (Tommy Clancy, *Geoff Caffo, Ajay Ketkar)
Westlake DR def. Dulles SC (Sasha Chada)
3-0 (Tristan Vick, Mack Coleman, Nathan Abell)
Crowley GG def. Dulles RL (Ryan Lester)
3-0 (Kris Wright, Shane O’Neal, Brittany Paxman)

SEMIS
Westwood BC def. Crowley GG (Grant Grosgebauer)
2-1 (Jo Russell, Geoff Caffo, *Jenn Miller)
Westlake DR def. Marcus VH (Vivan Ho)
2-1 (Shane O’Neal, *Ajay Ketkar, Mike Mundt)

FINALS
Westwood BC def. Westlake DR (Devin Race)
2-1 (Tristan Vick, *Shane O’Neal, Ajay Ketkar)

CHAMPION
Westwood BC (Ben Clancy)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Claire Daviss — Winston Churchill High School (TX)
2. Emily Allen — Grapevine High School (TX)
3. Ben Clancy — Westwood High School (TX)
4. Andrew Cockroft — Elkins High School (TX)
5. Devin Race — Westlake High School (TX)
6. Ryan Lester — Dulles High School (TX)
7. Sasha Chada — Dulles High School (TX)
8. Vivian Ho — Marcus High School (TX)
9. Cynthia Wei — Greenhill School (TX)
10. James Monaco — S.F. Austin High School (TX)

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NOVICE QUARTERS
Marcus VS def. Westlake SS
3-0 (Jonni Davis, Salima Noorani, Drake Keegan)
Marcus MM def. Grapevine NM
3-0 (Jonni Davis, Salima Noorani, Drake Keegan)
Hockaday BA def. Kingwood GA
3-0 (Jai Jai Porter, John Hakemack, Christopher Tran)
Arlington JM def. Grapevine TR
3-0 (Jai Jai Porter, John Hakemack, Christopher Tran)

NOVICE SEMIS
Marcus VS def. Arlington JM
3-0 (Salima Noorani, Christopher Tran, Lindsey Anderson)
Hockaday BA def. Marcus MM
2-1 (Drake Keegan, Sabrina Ferdous, *Pritam Shah)

NOVICE FINALS
Hockaday BA def. Marcus VS (Victoria Strauser)
2-1 (Saima Hirani, *Binita Patel, Michael Sorenson)

NOVICE CHAMPION
Hockaday BA (Brianna August)

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POLICY DEBATE

OCTAS
Dallas Jesuit OG def. Westwood QK (Christina Qiu & Brian Kersch)
3-0 (Mark Wilkins, Jakob Stewart, Jordan Edwards)
Highland Park PY def. Westwood BT (Balam Budwal & Rehka Tenjarla)
3-0 (Jeremy Martin, Scott Elliott, Dillon Zwick)
Coppell KB def. Grapevine MJ (Farhaud Mirzadeh & David Jagneaux)
3-0 (Hank Altmiller, Jonathan Paul, C. Halbert)
S.F. Austin RB def. Grapevine QS (Jacob Quinn & Amy Schade)
3-0 (Sarah Heaton, Stephen Garrett, Cameron Vaziri)
Greenhill HS def. Westwood WS (Jackie Wu & Amy Senders)
3-0 (Jason Sykes, Rehan Ali, J. Slotter)
Grapevine GH def. Greenhill BL (Nupi Bhushan & Anna Litman)
2-1 (Tracy McFarland, Jason Courville, *Ryan Blodgett)
Dallas Jesuit HN def. St. Mark’s MG (Alex Miles & Alex Gulakov)
3-0 (Toby Whisenhunt, Bruce Miller, John Mast)
Dallas Jesuit MC def. Hightower CS (Kevin Clarke & Shikhar Singh)
2-1 (Tim Mahoney, *Julian Gagnon, D. Domangue)

QUARTERS
Dallas Jesuit OG over Dallas Jesuit MC (Charlie Minato & Bradley Craig)
Highland Park PY def. Dallas Jesuit HN (John Hill & Gabriel Nunez-Lafontaine)
3-0 (Sarah Heaton, Rehan Ali, Cameron Vaziri)
Coppell KB def. Grapevine GH (Mike Gajewsky & Emily Hall)
2-1 (*Scott Elliott, John Mast, J. Slotter)
S.F. Austin RB def. Greenhill HS (Bryant Huang & Hayden Schottlaender)
2-1 (Stephen Garrett, *Julian Gagnon, Ryan Blodgett)

SEMIS
Dallas Jesuit OG def. S.F. Austin RB (Dan Rowe & Eli Bacon)
3-0 (Toby Whisenhunt, Rehan Ali, Cameron Vaziri)
Highland Park PY def. Coppell KB (Pavan Krishnamurthy & Risha Bhattacharjee)
3-0 (Tracy McFarland, Stephen Garrett, Jakob Stewart)

FINALS
Dallas Jesuit OG def. Highland Park PY (Collin Poirot & Rett Young)
2-1 (Stephen Garrett, *Rehan Ali, J. Slotter)

CHAMPIONS
Dallas Jesuit OG (Sean O’Brien & Rich Graham)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Sean O’Brien — Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
2. Mike Gajewsky — Grapevine High School (TX)
3. Pavan Krishnamurthy — Coppell High School (TX)
4. Nick Jennings — Crosby High School (TX)
5. Rett Young — Highland Park High School (TX)
6. John Hill — Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
7. Emily Hall — Grapevine High School (TX)
8. Hunter McCullough — Joshua High School (TX)
9. Eric Wey — Grapevine High School (TX)
10. Collin Poirot — Highland Park High School (TX)

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NOVICE SEMIS
Jesuit College Prep DG def. Crosby ST (Meagan Sanchez & Ashlee Tremaine)
3-0 (Alex Nasr, Joe Donaghy, Evan DeFlippis)
Jesuit College Prep JA def. St. Mark’s SW (Roland Salatino & Jacob Wikman)
2-1 (Jonathan Wang, Lyndon Lee, *Andrew Murray)

FINALS
Jesuit College Prep JA and Jesuit College Prep DG close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS
Jesuit College Prep JA (Sterling Johnson & Rey Aviles)
Jesuit College Prep DG (Joel Diamond & Ryan Gorman)

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Meagan Sanchez — Crosby High School (TX)
2. Ashlee Tremaine — Crosby High School (TX)
3. Joel Diamond — Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
4. Natalie Rambis — Caddo Magnet High School (LA)
5. Taylor Fellwock — Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)

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