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Speech & Debate
SA Debate Kicks Off League Competition
On Saturday, October 9, the debate team participated in our first league tournament of the year in the Golden Gate Speech Association. In this scrimmage-style tournament, we competed against schools from all over the Bay Area on the topic of water resource management, and we were met with great success.
In novice debate, our students who are new to competing in policy debate made their debuts at the tournament. The teams of Ithaka Serber '24/Lesli Munoz Perez '24, Julia Sandoval '24/Luca Tonda '24, and Hannah Marik '25/Cat Weber Sanguinetti '25 all earned winning records, and won the majority of their debates over the course of the tournament. The team of Henry Xiao '23/Lukas Updegraff '24 went undefeated in the novice division.
In JV debate, the team of Louise Estella '24/Zadie DeFord '24 earned a winning record. In varsity debate, the team of Maddy Jannes '22'/Tabatha Stewart '22 earned a winning record. The team of Jack Jacobs '22/Justin Koida '22 went undefeated, and were the only undefeated team across the entire varsity division.
Huge thanks to Mateo Mijares '22 and alums Zoe Price '21, Jordan Rigney '21, Ana Harb '21, and Gibran Hassan '19, who all returned to participate as judges for the tournament. Congratulations to everyone who participated!
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