Monday, January 20, 2014

Blanco 17th Annual Speech and Debate Tournament

On Saturday January 11, 2014, the cross examination debate team traveled to Blanco, Texas to compete in the 17th Annual Debate Tournament.  The team that includes Adrian Gonzalez and Issac Turrubiate placed 2nd out of 20 teams in Blanco, Texas. The entire team consists of the following members: Juan Guerra, Salvador Villagomez, Paola Garcia-Zuazua, Rodrigo Borrego, Adrian Gonzalez, and Issac Turrubiate.


The competition included four rounds of preliminaries in which the sophomore team went 3-1. The top four teams were selected to advance to finals; it should be noted that three of the teams were 4-0, and Gonzalez - Turrubiate were ranked over the teams with individual speaker points. They won their semi-final rounds and advanced to the final round against a team from Mason High School. They lost that round and placed second. This was only Gonzalez -Turrubiate's second tournament on the topic Economic Engagement with Latin America. 


Congratulations to the entire team and sponsors Randy and Phyllis Laurence and Ale Martinez.