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Henley Memorial 6th Grade Tournament Results

12/18/2023

Public Forum Debate
Rayan Bhardwaj & Neel Shah - 1st
Ariana Pouran & Karina Witono - 2nd
Killian Chao & George Kotochigov - Semifinalists
Alexander Perry & Victor Avrimidis - Semifinalists
Hunter Tran & Gabriel Ymballa - Quarterfinalists
Andrew Howland - Quarterfinalist
Zacharia Gad & Adam Razouki - Quarterfinalists
Zain Mohsin & Diyan Jagushte - Quarterfinalists

Congressional Debate
Harvey Dai - 1st
Serena Bentsen - 2nd
Kiran Shah - 3rd
Kennedy McDonald-Williams - 4th
Catherine Blackwell - 5th
Lucas Gates - 6th
Aaron Lopez - 7th
Shepherd Miller - 8th

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Aiden Vettical - 1st
Nicholas Karamanian - 2nd
Emma Wallace - 3rd

Original Poetry/Poetry
Kadence Smith - 1st
Jade Cruz - 2nd
Michelle Trewick - 3rd
Sophia Huang - 4th
Marylou Keller - 5th
Emma Wallace - 6th

Storytelling
Rayan Bhardwaj - 1st
Dulce Nunez - 2nd
Franco Diomede - 3rd
Yara Hakki - 4th
Sophie Sturkenboom - 5th
Katherine Keller - 6th

Informative/Oratory
Pardis Angeles - 1st
Serena Bentsen - 2nd
Kiran Shah - 3rd
Amina Rahman - 4th
Joshua Eraham - 5th
Zain Mohsin - 6th

Duet Acting
Kennedy Kimbrough & Anna Mamonkina - 1st
Ariana Pouran & Madelyn Pepper - 2nd
Simon Jefferis & William Xue - 3rd
Sasha Bader & Noa Sonenshein - 4th
Marley Krugly & Ziggy Madan - 5th
Norah Morosan & Noa Sonenshein - 6th

Impromptu Speaking
Kiran Shah - 1st
Lucas Gates - 2nd
Michelle Trewick - 3rd
Jasper Lin - 4th
Rayan Bhardwaj - 5th
Avni Vachani - 6th

Prose
Dulce Nunez - 1st
Amy Li - 2nd
Harvey Dai - 3rd
Danna Wu - 4th
Holdt Sparker - 5th
Zain Mohsin - 6th

Extemporaneous Speaking
Neel Shah - 1st
Killian Chao - 2nd
Nicholas Karamanian - 3rd
David de los Santos - 4th
Simon Jefferis - 5th
George Kotochigov - 6th

Declamation
Serena Bentsen - 1st
Amy Li - 2nd
Jasper Lin - 3rd
Simon Jefferis - 4th
Gregory Zacharia - 5th
William Xue - 6th
Mateo Velasco de la Fuente - 7th

TV Commercial
Marley Krugly - 1st
Noa Sonenshein - 2nd
Nora Feld - 3rd
Dulce Nunez - 4th
Ariana Pouran - 5th
Jackson Gault - 6th

Duet Improvisation
Ziggy Madan & Anna Mamonkina - 1st
Rowan Russell & Emma Wallace - 2nd
Kennedy Kimbrough & Lillian Slie - 3rd
Sasha Bader & Noa Sonenshein - 4th
Neel Shah & Srihith Gadigota - 5th
Lillian Kantor & Avni Vachani - 6th

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Henley Memorial 6th Grade Debate Tournament Schedule

12/11/2023

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Friday, December 15, 2023
4:00 p.m. – 6th graders report to the cafeteria – check postings on the wall for room assignments
4:15 p.m. - Congress Prelims (Items 2 & 17)
4:30 p.m. – Debate Round 1
5:30 p.m. – Debate Round 2
6:15 p.m. - Congress Finals (Items 4 & 5)
6:30 p.m. – Dinner break;
7:00 p.m. – Debate Round 3; Congress ends
7:45 p.m. – Pick up

Saturday, December 16, 2023
7:45 a.m. – 6th Graders report to cafeteria – check postings on the wall for room assignments
8:00 a.m. – Section A Prelims
9:30 a.m. – Extemp draw for Prelims
10:00 a.m. - Section B Prelims
11:00 a.m.- PF quarterfinals
12:30 p.m.- Section A Semis; PF debaters go first
1:00 p.m. – PF semi-finals
2:00 p.m. – Extemp Draw Semis
2:30 p.m. – Section B Semis (Debaters go first)
3:30 p.m. – Section A Finals - PF Finals
5:00 p.m. – Extemp draw for finals
5:30 p.m. – Section B Finals
7:00 p.m. – Awards (possibly sooner)
7:30 p.m. – Clean up and go home

Students will need to eat between rounds when they are not competing

Section A            Section B                Debate
Poetry/Original Poetry       Prose                    Public Forum Debate
Storytelling          Duet Improv                 Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Impromptu Speaking      TV Commercial              Congress
Duet Acting          Extemporaneous Speaking
Oratory/Informative        Declamation

ATTIRE IS BUSINESS FORMAL
BRING MONEY FOR CONCESSIONS AND/OR FOOD FROM HOME - NO ORDERING!
DON’T LEAVE UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU’VE BEEN ELIMINATED – BUT STAY ANYWAY!
YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO BE IN COMPETITION ROOMS OR CAFETERIA!
BRING SOME THINGS TO DO DURING DOWNTIME
FOOD AND DRINK MUST STAY IN THE CAFETERIA
STUDENTS NOT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS WILL BE SENT HOME

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Team Wins In Woodlands, Dominates PF

12/11/2023

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Public Forum Debate
(Close out at Semis - base on seeding)
Jake Oswald & Sunil Vadapalli - 1st
Adarsh Mohanty & Luka Rahman - 2nd
Adrian Alli & Jackson Poullard - Semifinalists
Valentina Briones & Vir Sanghavi - Semifinalists
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - Quarterfinalists
Vivaan Sadare & Jiayang Chen - Quarterfinalists
Rohin Joshi & Dhruv Goyal - Quarterfinalists

Congressional Debate
Tyler Morosan - 2nd
Amanuddin Mohammed - 3rd
Anaya Arain - 5th
Swami Nathan - 6th
Alexander Zhao - Finalist
Serena Bentsen - Finalist
Ahilan Eswaran - Finalist

Impromptu Speaking
Vir Sanghavi - 1st
Valentina Briones - 2nd
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 4th
Alav Madani - 5th
Colini Donovan - 6th

Duo Interp
Allegra Marx & Jaya Ramineni - 1st
Fatima Alghafir & Adela Kusinski - 4th

Declamation
Valentina Briones - 6th
Fatima Alghafir - 8th

Dramatic
Victory Cintron - 2nd

Duet Acting
Ella Naglis & Simran Patel - 1st
Lena Beddar & Victory Cintron - 3rd
Mia Natali & Coral Walia - 4th
Rowan Russell & Emma Wallace - 5th
Ben Haren & Javier Josic - 6th

Duet Improvisation
Ben Haren & Javier Josic - 4th
Pasha Fabre & Lucas Sawakuchi - 6th
Simran Patel & Coral Walia - 7th

Extemporaneous Speaking
Colin Donovan - 2nd
Rohin Joshi - 3rd
Jaya Ramineni - 4th
Adarsh Mohanty - 5th
Amanuddin Mohammed - 6th

Humorous
Lena Beddar - 2nd
Will Giesen - 5th
Sophia Galicia - 6th

Informative Speaking
Ella Naglis - 1st
Coral Walia - 2nd
Mia Natali - 3rd
Zoe Ralhan - 5th
Lena Beddar - 7th
James Hairel - 8th

Lip-Sync
Bickley, Borasino & Henderson - 2nd

Original Oratory
Will Giesen - 1st
Ahilan Eswaran - 4th
Aarav Saini - 5th

Original Spoken Word Poetry
Brier Bickley - 2nd
Victory Cintron - 4th
Leyla Borasino - 6th

Poetry
Valentina Briones - 1st
Dyllan Ellis - 3rd
Victory Cintron - 4th
Jade Cruz - 5th
Fatima Alghafir - 6th

Prose
Victory Cintron - 2nd
Ella Naglis - 3rd
Malavika Dwarakanath - 6th

Readers Theatre
Beddar, Bickley, Borasino, Cintron & Henderson - 1st
Krugly, Mamonkina & Kimbrough - 3rd

Solo Improvisation
Zoe Ralhan - 2nd
Taylor Browning - 5th

Storytelling
Will Giesen - 2nd
Allegra Marx - 6th

TV Commercial
Will Giesen - 2nd
Jackson Poullard - 5th

Vocal Solo
Zoe Ralhan - 4th

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Lanier Speech & Debate
Established 1997
Once a Lanier Debater, always a Lanier Debater

Henley Memorial 6th Grade Tournament Results

Henley Memorial 6th Grade Debate Tournament Schedule

Team Wins In Woodlands, Dominates PF

About Mr. Hill

Photos

Lanier Speech & Debate​Established 1997Once a Lanier Debater, always a Lanier Debater

Henley Memorial 6th Grade Tournament Results

Henley Memorial 6th Grade Debate Tournament Schedule

Team Wins In Woodlands, Dominates PF

About Mr. Hill

Photos

Lanier Speech & Debate
Established 1997
Once a Lanier Debater, always a Lanier Debater