Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Winn Advance to State 5A CX Debate Tournament

This past Saturday, the 2015 District 29-5A Cross Examination Debate Contest was hosted at C. C. Winn High School.  The top two debate teams and an alternate team were selected to compete in the State 5A CX Debate Tournament in March.

After three rounds of preliminary debate, the teams of Adrian Gonzalez & Issac Turrubiate and Erik Chavarria & Juan Ortiz advanced to finals along with two teams from Laredo Nixon High School.

After the final two rounds of debate, the team of Adrian Gonzalez and Issac Turrubiate earned first place gold medals and were declared the 2015 District 29-5A CX Debate Champions.  The team of Erik Chavarria and Juan Ortiz earned the third place bronze medals and were named alternates for the state contest next month.   The first and third place victories by the Winn debaters earned the First Place CX Debate Team Plaque for C. C. Winn.  This is the first time this award has been earned by Winn debaters.

All teams are deserving of congratulations for the grueling preparation and a job well done in a testy contest that lasted almost 12 hours.  Thank those participants for all of their hard work representing our school and for the preparation they will make for the upcoming state championship contest in Austin during the third week of March.