Hockaday Closes Out UNT in Quarters

Hockaday Also Claims Public Forum Debate Title

DENTON, Tex. — Final round close-outs are exciting. Semifinal round close-outs are intense. Quarterfinal round close-outs? Practically unheard of. Yet, this weekend, the Hockaday School was able to claim such an achievement, as its debaters placed as the top twelve seeds at the John S. Gossett Memorial Tournament at the University of North Texas. Winning all four octafinals rounds, Hockaday was able to close out the tournament in quarters. Congratulations to co-champions Leila Safavi, Lara Gatehouse, Kaavya Balan, Anna Ramundo, Annie Zhu, Trishla Jain, Sarah Ridout, and Mollie Cowger!

(In the octafinal round, Annie, Trishla, Sarah, and Mollie advanced over teammates Michelle Tsai, Hanna Fanous, Rupsha Basu, and Sarah Alexander, respectively.)

Leila, Lara, Kaavya, Anna, Annie, Trishla, Sarah, and Mollie (and Michelle, Trishla, Sarah, and Rupsha) are coached by Stacy Thomas, Eric Melin, and Jenn Miller.

Hockaday’s victorious weekend extended not only to Lincoln-Douglas debate but to Public Forum debate, as the team of Jasmine DiLucci and Patricia Porter defeated Plano East Senior High School’s Maya Sachdeva & Nikki Sachdeva on a 2-1 decision to claim the tournament title. Congratulations to both teams!

Jasmine and Patricia are coached by Stacy Thomas, Eric Melin, and Jenn Miller; Maya and Nikki are coached by Stephen Horn and Ashley Edwards.

Hockaday also claimed top team honors by winning the first place sweepstakes award.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

(17) Parish Episcopal BA (Blake Andrews)

OCTAS
(1) Hockaday LS def. (16) Southlake Carroll MK (Michael Kohm)
(2) Hockaday LG def. (15) Law Magnet KA (Kelsey Annu-Essuman)
(3) Hockaday KB def. (14) Plano East RA (Rohun Ati)
(4) Hockaday AR def. (13) Burleson MM (Meg Medina)
(5) Hockaday AZ over (12) Hockaday MT (Michelle Tsai)
(6) Hockaday TJ over (11) Hockaday HF (Hanna Fanous)
(7) Hockaday SR over (10) Hockaday RB (Rupsha Basu)
(8) Hockaday MC over (9) Hockaday SA (Sarah Alexander)

QUARTERS
(1) Hockaday LS, (2) Hockaday LG, (3) Hockaday KB, (4) Hockaday AR, (5) Hockaday AZ, (6) Hockaday TJ, (7) Hockaday SR, and (8) Hockaday MC close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Hockaday LS (Leila Safavi)
(2) Hockaday LG (Lara Gatehouse)
(3) Hockaday KB (Kaavya Balan)
(4) Hockaday AR (Anna Ramundo)
(5) Hockaday AZ (Annie Zhu)
(6) Hockaday TJ (Trishla Jain)
(7) Hockaday SR (Sarah Ridout)
(8) Hockaday MC (Mollie Cowger)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Plano East HV def. (8) Coppell KA (Jessie King & Satvika Ananth)
(2) Plano East SS def. (7) Hockaday VL (Chinmayee Venkatraman & Karen Lee)
(6) Berkner AO def. (3) Plano East PS (Sagar Patel & Sameeta Satyanarayana)
(5) Hockaday DP def. (4) Berkner AM (Mike Adray & Quinton Milner)

SEMIS
(5) Hockaday DP def. (1) Plano East HV (Robert Horn & Sheela Varadhan)
(2) Plano East SS def. (6) Berkner AO (Sheba Aslam & Cynthia Onyeka)

FINALS
(5) Hockaday DP def. (2) Plano East SS (Maya Sachdeva & Nikki Sachdeva)

CHAMPIONS
(5) Hockaday DP (Jasmine DiLucci & Patricia Porter)

TEAM SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS

1. The Hockaday School (TX) — Stacy Thomas and Eric Melin, Directors of Forensics
2. Creekview High School (TX) — Robert Shepard and Alicia Dunson, Directors of Forensics
3. South Grand Prairie High School (TX) — Forrest Denbow, Director of Forensics
4. Plano East High School (TX) — Stephen Horn and Ashley Edwards, Directors of Forensics
5. Grapevine High School (TX) — Jane Boyd, Director of Forensics

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