The Orange County Debate League held its annual Championship tournament on Saturday, May 15 from 8 a.m to 3 p.m. During the tournament, teams debated three topics in four rounds, with the first topic debated twice and the students switching sides in between.
The debated topics were as follows:
- Saudi Arabia is more an enemy than an ally to the United States.
- The pandemic lockdowns have done more good than harm.
- Eliminate school gifted and talented programs.
- Amend the US Constitution to permit a recall of the President.
The fourth topic, Amend the US Constitution to permit a recall of the President, was debated in the final round by the top two teams participating in the tournament.
Every year, the top two teams in terms of average speaker scores and win to loss ratio debate against one another at the Championship tournament for the title of “Number One Team” in the middle school league. The round typically occurs in the auditorium or gym where all students and parents are welcome to watch and a team of three senior judges is chosen to judge the round.
All in all, this tournamentov was overwhelmingly successful. It marked the end of a year defined by challenges and isolation. Thank you to all who participated in this year’s debate season. We look forward to seeing you next year! The results of the tournament are as follows:
Top Teams:
- HACR TSK
- PEGJ SS
- PEGJ YKL
- BMSB PCL
- PEGS STY
- PEGS TSE
- PEGS KRW
- HACR HK
- PEGS DSS
- FAHS GTC
- NEA HNA
- FAHS ALC
- PEGS QMY
- PEGS ZJY
- NEA ELP
- FAHS SZW
- NEA SGG
- IOK AMK
- NEA HLS
- PEGJ ASW
- PEGJ PWL
- PEGJ DHC
- PEGJ LPL
- FNT SKG
- COGI ChHuZh
- HOPE CPT
- FNT ADN
- COGI BBS
- NEA PMP
- HACR VJJ
- FAHS SKS
- HACB WZ
- HACR LK
- COGI KST
- BMSB LWL
- BMSB BKN
- HACR SJP
- LGDS SOP
- FNT PSP
- SFDS NI
- NEASS HCP
- FNT BJH
- NEA KWP
- IOK SKB
- LGDS MA
- NEASS JDH
- BMSO HGC
- BMSB AM
- HOPE GSY
- FAHS HAD
- COGI CHZ
- FAHS LKK
- BMSB BJC
- BMSB PWC
- SFDS HBA
- FAHS NTP
- FAHS GGP
- LGDS LAY
- BMSO ALA
- HOPE QVS
- IOK AKE
- HACB FB
- BMSO LLL
- LGDS KD
- HACB LLZ
- FAHS BMC
- HACB LZW
- HACB KTZ
- HACB TC
Top Speakers
- Noelle Kim
- Stavan Shah
- Suraj Shah
- Willie Tsai
- Dillan Shah
- Dharma Le
- Naomi Tran
- Kennedi Sy
- Arjun Gaggar
- CJ Smith
- Zaid Khan
- Rohan Soni
- Joshua Lee
- Everett Yun
- Muhammad Motala
- Shaan Kamdar
- Aumrita Savdharia
- Maya Gandhi
- Milania Kia
- Tegan Wright
- Olivia Thimons
- Evan Razmjoo
- Sahiba Chowdhary
- Leo Anderson
- Bea Englar-Carlson
- Saara Dang
- Lance Young
- Ryan Le
- Halle Ewing
- Ella Townsend
- Austin Kang
- Anaya Qamar
- Katelyn Yeh
- Roy Kapoor
- Christian Jeng
- Shaurya Mittal
- Arjun Shah
- Ananya Devkriti
- Alisha Zhao
- Justin Pollack
- Ella Wong
- Adam Azzaz
- Rachel Nazareth
- Courtney T.
- Matthew Hyun
- Jackie Humenik
- Avery Chang
- Ethan Chien
- Charlotte Hobbs
- Namrata Motwani