Sunday, October 30, 2011

Go West Get Points!

The JBS Law Magnet once again finished the weekend with two Top 3 finishes.

Kelsey Annu-Essuman took top honors for the team by winning 2nd Place in Varsity LD, earning 6 additional TFA points and qualifying to state.  Emilio Lozano broke to Quarters and earned his first 2 TFA qualifying points.

Top honors in Varsity CX Debate go to Ivan Garcia and Rolando Velasquez who finished the weekend in 3rd Place and earned 4 TFA points. They too qualified to state with the weekend performance.

Kelsey, Ivan and Rolando are the first JBS Law Magnet debate team members of the to qualify to TFA State this year. Alex Delgado and Emilio Lozano both have 2 points in VLD.

The team will next compete at Naaman Forrest in Garland.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

JBS Law Debaters Gust Thru Guyer Field

The JBS Law Magnet debate team grabbed two top finishes at the Guyer TFA qualifier this weekend.

Ivan Garcia and Rolando Velasquez knocked off the top seed in Quarters and defeated Colleyville-Heritage in the Semi's on 3-0 decision before finally splitting a 2-1 decision against Greenhill in the Finals.  Team GV finished 2nd and earned 6 TFA State points.

Kelsey Annu-Essuman broke to Quarters in VLD and won the Top Speaker Award in the division. Kelsey also earned an additional 2 TFA points, bringing her total to 5 for the year.

The novice LD'rs also competed in their first tournament and did so in the varsity division. Congratulations to Jose Garcia, Maria Herrera and Kimberly Pesina for competing for the first time.  On a special note, Maria won one of her varsity rounds!

Next week, the team competes at Plano West.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Off to a Fast Start

Emilio Lozano picked up his first round at St. Mark's. Lozano is a converted CX debater, competing in his first LD tournament since he was a freshmen.


Thursday, October 6, 2011

Jesuit Novice CX Scrimmage



Note: Jesuit will be proving breakfast and lunch for all students.