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Henley Memorial 6th Grade Tournament 2022

12/14/2022

On Dec. 9 & 10, the Debate Team hosted its annual 6th Grade Tournament. Over 50 6th graders participated in 113 entries in a tournament run by the 8th grade debaters. Below are the finalists!

Congressional Debate
Amanuddin Mohammed - 1st
Evelyn Zhang - 2nd
Anaya Arain - 3rd
Rohin Joshi - 4th
Dhruv Goyal - 5th
Reese Tisdall - 6th
Kiran Bansal - 7th
Malavika Dwarakanath - 8th
Dyllan Ellis - 9th
Alex Cooper - 10th

Poetry
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Arabella Vera - 2nd
Delilah Alcazar - 3rd
Barrett Hall - 4th

Oratory
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Zoe Ralhan - 3rd
Zain Elkousy - 4th
Barrett Hall - 5th

Duet Acting
Kanishka Iyer & Jason Lozano - 1st
Kaitlyn Png & Arabella Vera - 2nd
Ellery Orton & Joselle McPherson - 3rd
Ellie Moody & Khaled Sabbagh - 4th
Lillian Eoff & Guiliana Presenti - 5th
Ben Haren & Javier Josic - 6th

Storytelling
Zoe Nodler - 1st
Sophia Bush - 2nd
Richa Praveen - 3rd
Barrett Hall - 4th
Joselle McPherson - 5th
Delilah Alcazar - 6th

Impromptu Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Anaya Arain - 2nd
Dhruv Goyal - 3rd
Jiayang Chen - 4th
Ahilan Eswaran - 5th
Joselle McPherson - 6th

Prose
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Maezie Liaw - 2nd
Mo Bynum - 3rd
Adarsh Mohanty - 4th

Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Dhruv Goyal - 3rd
Jiayang Chen - 4th
Evelyn Zhang - 5th
Luka Rahman - 6th

Declamation
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Maezie Liaw - 3rd
Reese Tisdall - 4th
Grace Ge - 5th
Joselle McPherson - 6th

Duet Improv
Ellie Moody & Richa Praveen - 1st
Grace Ge & Yanni Wang - 2nd
Kiran Bansall & Reese Tisdall - 3rd
Zoe Ralhan & Jasmine Li - 4th
Gianni Ravizzini & Mo Bynum - 5th
Kaitlyn Png & Arabella Vera - 6th
Barrett Hall & Jayden Shin - 7th

TV Commercial
Colin Donovan - 1st
Anaya Arain - 2nd
Malavika Dwarakanath - 3rd
Reese Tisdall - 4th
Yanni Wang - 5th
Ellie Moody - 6th

Public Forum Debate
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - 1st
Pierce Ozoude & Joey Viveros - 2nd

Zain Elkousy & Ahilan Eswaran - Semifinalists
Jayden Shin & Aditya Lavi - Semifinalists

Nolan Kuo, Diego Esparza & Jazmyne Williams - Quarterfinalists
Adarsh Mohanty & Justin Wang - Quarterfinalists
Polina Kan & Leah Kostinovsky - Quarterfinalists
Cameron Erickson & Cooper Nelson - Quarterfinalists

Team Nets 4th Place at Tompkins/Clear Lake Swing

12/5/2022

TOMPKINS
Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Brijzha Boyer - 1st
Sri Koduri - 2nd
Jaya Ramineni - 4th

Impromptu Speaking
Fatima Alghafir - 4th
Sunil Vadapalli - 5th
Ishan Narkar - Semifinalist
Mia Natali - Semifinalist
Pietro Monroy - Semifinalist

Informative
Mia Natali - 4th

Oratory
Valentina Briones - 5th
Brier Bickley - semifinalist
Jigyasa Prabhakar - semifinalist

Poetry
Chrisette Wigfall - 5th

Prose
Bella Kalra - 1st
Victory Cintron - semifinalist

Duo Interp
Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 6th

Novice Congressional Debate
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 1st
Lena Beddar - 9th

Novice Public Forum
Nathan Hadi & Timothy Kirichenko -Semifinalists
Anirudh Balivada & Sophia Li - Quarterfinalists

CLEAR LAKE

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 1st
Vir Sanghavi - 3rd

Impromptu Speaking
Alexa Killian - 2nd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 5th

Oratory
Siddharth Reddy - Semifinalist

Poetry
Alexa Killian - 1st
Chrisette Wigfall - Semifinalist

Prose
Mary Adeline Leahy - 1st Brijzha Boyer - 3rd

Duo Interpretation
Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 2nd

Small Squad Captures 2nd at SFA

11/13/2022

Public Forum Debate
Timothy Kirichenko & Charles Tang - 1st
Anirudh Balivada & Andres Borja - Semifinalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Valentina Briones - 2nd

Congressional Debate
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 1st
Jigyasa Prabhakar - Finalist
Amanuddin Mohammed - Finalist

Declamation
Valentina Briones - 4th

Dramatic
Chrisette Wigfall - 2nd

Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohan Shah - 1st
Brijzha Boyer - 2nd
Timothy Kirichenko - 3rd
Rohin Joshi - 4th
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 5th
Jigyasa Prabhakar - Finalist
Armaanuddin Mohammed - Finalist

Impromptu Speaking
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 2nd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 3rd
Fatima Alghafir - 4th
Nicolas Yusim - 6th

Junior Poetry
Victory Cintron - 3rd

Original Oratory
Rohan Shah - 1st
Valentina Briones - 3rd
Brier Bickley - 4th
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 6th

Junior Prose
Samara Sunde - 2nd
Victory Cintron - 3rd
Fatima Alghafir - 4th
Spandan Chaudhari - 8th

Senior Poetry
Chrisette Wigfall - 3rd

Senior Prose
Brijzha Boyer - 3rd

Duet Improvisation
Mary Adeline Leahy & Chrisette Wigfall - 5th
Samuel Foytlin & Swami Nathan - 7th

Duet Acting
Fatima Alghafir & Maryam Elkady - 2nd
Esther Olanrewaju & Chrisette Wigfall - 3rd

Original Spoken Word Poetry
Victory Cintron - 3rd
Mia Governali - 4th
Esther Olanrewaju - 6th

Solo Improvisation
Mia Governali - 1st
Nicolas Yusim - 4th

Storytelling
Valentina Briones - 1st
Mary Adeline Leahy - 6th

TV Commercial
Maryam Elkady - 5th

7th Graders (and a few 6th graders) Excel at Albright

10/29/2022

***2nd PLACE SWEEPSTAKES***
Duet Improvisation
Fatima Alghafir & Mia Natali - Superior
Holland Miller & Jaya Ramineni - Superior
Alav Madani & Coral Walia - Superior
Adrian Alli & Jake Oswald - Superior
Adela Kusinski & Allegra Marx - Superior

Extemporaneous Speaking
Vir Sanghavi - Superior
Alexander Zhao - Superior
Rohin Joshi - Superior
Siddharth Reddy - Superior

TV Commercial
Jackson Poullard - Superior
Victory Cintron - Superior
Fatima Alghafir - Superior
Sunil Vadapalli - Superior
Tripp Somers - Superior
Adela Kusinski - Superior
Loyce Beneytez - Superior
Alexander Zhao - Superior
Madeline Witz - Superior

Impromptu Speaking
Fatima Alghafir - Superior
Coral Walia - Superior
Siddharth Reddy - Superior
Sunil Vadapalli - Superior
Adela Kusinski - Superior
Jackson Poullard - Superior

Original Oratory
Swami Nathan - Superior
Vir Sanghavi - Superior

Poetry
Adela Kusinski - Superior
Madeline Witz - Superior
Victory Cintron - Superior
Ella Naglis - Superior
Spandan Choudhari - Superior
Allegra Marx - Superior

Prose
Naomi Nitsun - Superior
Samara Sunde - Superior
Violet Irwin - Superior
Coral Walia - Superior

SPAR (Debate event)
Jaya Ramineni - Superior
Jake Oswald - Superior
Vir Sanghavi - Superior
Jackson Poullard - Superior
Colin Donovan - Superior

Impromptu Poetry
Brier Bickley - Superior
Coral Walia - Superior
Samara Sunde - Superior

Storytelling
Valentina Briones - Superior

Solo Improv
Victory Cintron - Superior

Congressional Debate
Alexander Zhao - 1st (Green House)
Amanuddin Mohammed - 1st (Gold House)

UIL #2 Results

10/18/2022

Congressional Debate
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 1st
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 4th
Amanuddin Mohammed - Finalist
Sri Koduri - Finalist

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Valentina Briones - Semifinalist

Public Forum Debate
Nathan Hadi & Timothy Kirichenko - 2nd
Yassin Beheri & Andres Borja - Semifinalists

Revised Debate Schedule

10/3/2022

Please see our revised debate competition/event schedule

debate schedule oct 3

Lanier Debate Wins at 67th Annual BFT

10/1/2022

Novice Congressional Debate
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 3rd
Vir Sanghavi - 5th
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 6th
Alexander Zhao - 7th
Rohan Shah - 10th

Novice Public Forum
Nathan Hadi & Charles Tang - Quarterfinalists
Adela Kusinski & Jaya Ramineni - Quarterfinalists

Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Valentina Briones - 1st
Samuel Lozano - Quarterfinalist

Duet Acting
Brijzha Boyer & Mia Governali - 4th
Rory Jackson & Sabrina Vega - Semifinalists
Andrew Chen & Graham Erickson - Semifinalists
Kai Krugly & Naomi Nitsun - Semifinalists
Sophia Galicia & Maia Henderson - Semifinalists

Dramatic
Bella Kalra - 4th

Novice Extemp
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 2nd
Brijzha Boyer - 3rd
Sri Koduri - 7th
Bode Bosell - 8th

Impromptu Speaking
Adela Kusinski - 7th
Graham Erickson - 8th
Siddharth Reddy - Semifinalist
Esther Olanrewaju - Semifinalist
Warren Beauchamp - Semifinalist

Original Oratory
Omar Beheri - Semifinalist

Program of Oral Interpretation
Victory Cintron - 4th

Novice Prose
Bella Kalra - 2nd
Violet Irwin - 6th

Novice Poetry
Alexa Killian - 1st
Ella Naglis - 2nd
Esther Olanrewaju - 3rd
Mia Governali - 4th
Emma Nguyen - 5th

Online Help For Lanier Debaters

9/26/2022

Former Lanier debater and current Bellaire debater Andy Shen has created a website to help students prep for debate.
Forward Forensics (squarespace.com)

UIL #1 Report

9/24/2022

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Anirudh Balivada & Sophia Li - 3rd
Vir Sanghavi & Sunil Vadapalli - 4th
Nathan Hadi & Timothy Kirichenko - 5th

TOP PF SPEAKER
Anirudh Balivada - 2nd Place

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 1st
Lena Beddar - 2nd
Amaanuddin Mohammed - 3rd
Coral Walia - 5th
Armaanuddin Mohammed - Finalist
LE Marlin - Finalist

Tie-Tying Days

9/21/2022

Thursday and Friday this week are TIE-TYING DAYS! Bring a tie...or two...or three and we will learn how to tie them!