Law Magnet Gains TFA Ground at GP

The Law Magnet gained significant TFA points at the Grand Prairie tournament.

Brittany Williams and Zavier Wingham (WW) finished in 3rd Place in Varsity CX. They finished prelims undefeated and as the #1 Seed. WW earned 4 additional points bringing their total to 6.

Also breaking in VCX were Eddie Camacho and Charlie Stephens who advanced to partial octos.

Kelsey Annu-Essuman continues to shine. She has now advanced to "out rounds" at every local TFA tournament she has entered. This week she advanced to quarters by defeating one of Hockaday's top debaters. Kelsey has accumulated half of the necessary points to qualify to TFA state.

The novice squad continues to excel. Glyneisha Johnson broke for the second week in a row.

Efrain Vera and David Webb (VW) dominated the Novice CX field through prelims and finished 3rd. Their undefeated run ended on 2-1 split ballot decision in the semi-finals against St. Marks.

CS Breaks to Quarters at Memorial

Eddie Camacho and Charlie Stephens continued their pursuit of a TOC bid at Houston Memorial High School. They advanced to quarters and once again missed a bid on a 2-1 split decision. While these results were disappointing, they demonstrate CS is on the right track. On a positive note, the team picked up TFA points and should get TFA qualified next week at Grand Prairie where they won last year.

Their next TOC tournament is St. Mark's in a few weeks.

Two More Debaters with TFA Points!

TFA has just released an update of their points system. Under the new retroactive point system, debaters breaking to double octos in which there are more than 75 entries earn a point. This means Kelsey and Keyonna earned points for both Plano Sr. and Southlake.

Keep up the good work.

Novice Barefoot Debaters Storm Smith while Varsity Squad Scores Points

Zavier Wingham and Brittany Williams finished in 5th Place in Varsity CX and earned their first TFA points. Kelsey Annu-Essuman who broke at her 3rd tournament and finished 9th. She now has 3 TFA points.

The Velasquez twins also "got their revenge" by going 2-2 and debating in two difficult break rounds.

Twelve novice debaters in both NLD and NCX competed at their first tournament this weekend at Newman Smith. Debating NLD were Nora Garza, Sterling Hopkins, Glyneisha Johnson and Yastril Nanez. Glyneisha broke to quarters and earned the first novice trophy of the year, finishing 5th Place. Yastril finished 3-1 and missed breaking by 2 speaker points.

Debating in NCX were Mike Garcia-Selena Yanez, David Webb-Efrain Vera, Karla Brother-Lopez & Ivan Garcia and Angela Gonzalez-Ruben Howard.

Next week the team will compete at Grand Prairie.

Grapevine Results

The Law Magnet debate team had a respectable showing at the Grapevine Classic. Eddie and Charlie finished 3-2 and missed breaking by 1.5 speaker points. Brittany and Zavier unveiled their new "project" affirmative with some positive results. One judge (and even one of their opponent teams) commented they were mesmerized by the melodic approach.

The sophomore LD'rs continue to excel as all went 2-3.

This week the team returns to its local TFA schedule at Newman Smith while Eddie and Charlie travel to Houston Memorial in pursuit of their first TOC bid.

Law Magnet Breaks New Ground @ Greenhill

Eddie Camacho and Charlie Stephens (CS) established a new landmark in Law Magnet debate team lore this weekend by breaking at the Greenhill Classic.

CS advanced to the elimination rounds in pursuit of their first TOC bid. They missed earning a bid by one ballot as they fell to Coppell KD on a 2-1 decision. Nevertheless, the 17th place finish is the best performance by a Law Magnet team at Greenhill which is considered one the three most competitive tournaments in the nation.

The team's strong finish indicates they are on the path to the TOC.

Kelsey Breaks @ Southlake

Kelsey Annu-Essuman broke to double-octos at the Southlake Carroll TFA Debate Tournament. This is the second week in a row she has qualified to elimination rounds. Kelsey is setting a new standard for first year varsity debaters at the Law Magnet.

Her next challenge (and the rest of the squad) will take place at the Grapevine Classic next week. Grapevine is a TOC qualifying tournament and will host some of the best debate schools in the US.

Law Magnet Lassos Points @ Plano Sr.

Charlie Stephens and Eddie Camacho plowed through prelims going undefeated. After winning in quarters, the team finished in 3rd and earned the first TFA points of the season.

Two of our new varsity LD debaters broke at their first ever varsity tournament: Kelsey Annu-Essuman and Keyonna Hall.

Congrats to them for a very successful weekend.

Next week...Greenhill & Southlake!