Katia Ramirez dominated the NLD field throughout the preliminary rounds, defeating four Grapevine debaters in route to a 5-0 record. Katia defeated another Grapevine debater in the Quarter Finals, setting up yet another debate against Grapevine. Having had five previous opportunities to hear her arguments, the Grapevine debater prevailed and Katia finished in 3rd Place. According to Mr. Gonzalez, he could not recall a single time in which a debater or team was required to debate one squad so many times and questioned the tab room's management of the tournament. On a bright note, Katia finished the season with three TFA points, the most ever accumulated by a freshman JBS LD debater.
The varsity debaters were in the hunt for a TOC bid. Ivan Garcia and Rolando Velasquez finished in 9th Place and missed the bid round by .5 speaker points. Rodolfo Velasquez and David Webb once again finished with a winning 3-2 record, but it was not enough to break.
The JBS Law Magnet Debate Team closed out the TFA regular debate season at the Colleyville TOC Winter Classic. Garcia-Velasquez and Kelsey Annu-Essuman will be competing at TFA state March 10-12.
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