The JBS Law Magnet debate team debuted its novice debaters at the Newman Smith Debate & Speech tournament this weekend.
All the novice debaters won at least one debate round and demonstrated a contagious enthusiasm throughout the long weekend. Ruben Garcia and Daniel Lozano became the first novice debaters to break. They broke to Quarter Finals, winning 5th Place and each winning the first trophies for the novice squad.
Kelsey Annu-Essuman continued to display that she is one of the top junior VLD debaters on the circuit. She went undefeated in preliminary rounds and advanced to Quarters, finishing in 5th Place. She earned an additional 2 TFA state points, upping her total to 5. After just three TFA tournaments, she is half way to her goal of securing TFA State qualification.
Rolando Velasquez and Emilio Lozano once again started strong with a 2-0 record, but were unable to win either of their break rounds.
The complete squad, including all 8 NLD debaters will competing at Grand Prairie next Saturday.
Finally, we would like to thank Ms. Guerrero and Ms. Rojas for helping chaperone this weekend.
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