Photo by Sarah Abi Saab
Game Faces On
Leah Ghebrelul, Sophia Ghebrelul, Lourine Mokoro, Alan Parra, David Loud, Evan Pham, and Marlin Cueva Morales play a celebratory spoons game after team LASER’s victory in the final round. During the last debate against Alief Early, to a vote of 3 to 0, the judges favored the opposition side of the house. “It was cool that we did so well because we only started prepping an hour before round,” says LASER teammate Leah Ghebrelul.
Speech and Debate participated in their first competition of the season last weekend. September 8 students traveled to Dobie High School and competed until 11 p.m., then showed up to school at 6:30 a.m. the next day to do it all again. Varsity World Schools team LASER is now halfway qualified for the state level in one tournament because of their first-place achievement. Moreover, Gabrielle Brown and Ai Tran placed third in varsity CX, and Leah Ghebrelul took third place in Extempt. All participating competitors ultimately gained points for the future state tournament and celebrated on the bus ride back. With the next tournament approaching at the end of September, Speech and Debate isn’t taking any breaks.
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