Hawks Soar home with Sweepstakes!

Post date: May 15, 2014 2:51:59 PM

Please join me in congratulating members of the Hendrickson Hawk Speech & Debate team who competed at the Pflugerville TFA tournament on September 20-21.  The HHS squad walked away with 1st Place Sweepstakes out of 25 schools including Anderson and Westwood.  Out of the 52 students traveling, only 5 students did not advance past preliminary competition in at least one of their events.  Individual results are as follows:

Lincoln Douglas Debate

1st Place – Chris Davis

2nd Place Speaker – Chris Davis

Policy Debate 

2nd Place – Christina Bui & Nico Williams

Semifinals – Sam Cooley & Josh Villarreal

Quarterfinals – Emma Ha & Trey Goach

1st Place Speaker Award– Sam Cooley 

2nd Place Speaker Award– Josh Villarreal

Public Forum Debate 

2nd Place – Zach Falkenbury & Bailey Rushing

Quarterfinals – Marcus Ayala & Jordan Rojas

Quarterfinals – Naomi Niyah & Danielle Williams

1st Place Speaker Award– Marcus Ayala 

2nd Place Speaker Award– Jordan Rojas

Congressional Debate

5th Place – Rebecca Trevino

7th Place – David Huber

8th Place – Ardian Shaholli

Finals – Daniel Alvarado, Carlos Gregory, Tyler Doughty 

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

2nd Place – Jordan Rojas

5th Place – Naomi Niyah

6th Place – Danielle Williams

Semifinals – Marcus Ayala, Amy Coronado

Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking 

1st Place – Chris Davis

5th Place – Zach Falkenbury

Semifinals – Rebecca Trevino

Original Oratory 

6th Place – Amy Coronado

Dramatic Interpretation 

1st Place – Courtney West

4th Place – Jeremy Sorenson

Semifinals – Candace Kosted

Humorous Interpretation 

1st Place – Matthew Tomasek

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking 

1st Place – Carlos Gregory

2nd Place – Blake Steadham

3rd Place – Korina Houghtaling

4th Place – Tyler Doughty

5th Place – Elan Wilson

Semifinals – Anshika Agrawal, Nardos Belachew, Enoch Benton, Perla Valdez Gomez, Erin Holt, Kevin Le, Hiep Ly, Cody Snow, Ayu Sofyan

Novice Policy Debate

2nd Place – Kevin Le & Hiep Ly

Quarterfinals – Nardos Belachew & Cody Snow

Quarterfinals – Ayu Sofyan & Blake Steadham 

Quarterfinals – Chase Gale & Elan Wilson

Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate 

2nd Place – Korina Houghtaling

2nd Place Top Speaker – Korina Houghtaling

Prose

2nd Place – Rachel Saunders

5th Place – Eric Abels

Poetry 

Semifinals – Rachel Saunders