Center High School Invitational

DKC hosted its high school season opener at Center high school Tuesday, October 15th. Over 120 students from 12 schools competed across the two formats of debate and four divisions. Many competed to be crowned the top at the beginning of the season, but three schools in particular came out on top. University Academy took 3rd place, Lincoln College Prep snagged 2nd place, and Sumner Academy took home 1st place overall.

Below all are a full list of results for all divisions.

Student Congress:

1. Jaleon Brown (Sumner)
2. Asma Haji (Sumner)
3. Kendrick Ricketts (Sumner)
4. Malcolm Williams (Sumner)
5. Zahraa Hassan (Lincoln Prep)
6. Abbrynae Simmons (Ruskin)
7. Deja Fletcher (Ruskin)
8. Ira Smedley (Ruskin)
9. Amaya Dajani (Sumner)
10. Wendy Fernandez (Sumner)

Novice Policy Debate:

Teams-

1. Cesar Benavidez and Emmanuel Olatunde (Ruskin)
2. Caleb Worchester and E’Lon Freeman (Center)
3. Sandra Boyle and Paige Flanders (Turner)
4. Wah Shee and Jessica Huynh (Lincoln)
5. Kailey Jimenez and Zulema Angel (Lincoln)
6. Wesley Laws and Gabe Trowbridge (Turner)
7. Ronnisea Gill-Morris an Jalissa Allen (Cristo Rey)
8. Emyani Gotow and Diamond Hammons (Cristo Rey)
9. Griffin Cummings and Nathan Rios (Sumner)
10. Viridiana Garcia and Catherine Banuelos (Cristo Rey)

Speakers-

1. Emmanuel Olatunde (Ruskin)
2. E’Lon Freeman (Center)
3. Jalissa Allen (Cristo Rey)
4. Sandra Boyle (Turner)
5. Paige Flanders (Turner)
6. Kailey Jimenez (Lincoln)
7. Catherine Banuelos
8. Gerald Smith (Cristo Rey)
9. Jessica Huynh (Lincoln)
10. Wesley Laws (Turner)

JV Policy Debate:

Teams-

1. Briana Tolbert and Alesia McFadden (University Academy)
2. Daniel Arroyo and Javier Melendez (Sumner)
3. Samira Mohamed and Melane Moua (Sumner)
4. William Workcuff and William Udo (University Academy)
5. Jafar Al-Hassan and Isaac Warren (Lincoln)
6. Tino Seebart and Gus Thomas (Lincoln)
7. Kira Robbins and Analisa Alvey (Sumner)
8. Keion Gines and Ramona Eshelman (Lincoln)
9. Yoselin Fierros-Contreras and Parris Frye (Sumner)
10. Alondra Escamilla and Seydi Garcia (Sumner)

Speakers-

1. Jafar Al-Hassan (Lincoln)
2. Alesia McFadden (University Academy)
3. Samira Mohamed (Sumner)
4. Javier Melendez (Sumner)
5. Briana Tolbert (University Academy)
6. Daniel Arroyo (Sumner)
7. William Workcuff (University Academy)
8. William Udo (University Academy)
9. Tino Seebart (Lincoln)
10. Keion Gines (Lincoln)

Varsity Policy Debate:

Teams-

1. Lily Scanlon (University Academy)
2. Michelle Sall and Emmarie Miller (Lincoln)
3. Michael Andrade and Alexis Corral (Sumner)
4. Luis Valadez and Dorian Polo (J.C. Harmon

Speakers-

1. Lily Scanlon (University Academy)
2. Emmarie Miller (Lincoln)
3. Alexis Corral (Sumner Academy)
4. Michelle Sall (Lincoln)
5. Michael Andrade (Sumner)
6. Luis Valadez (J.C. Harmon)
7. Dorian Polo (J.C. Harmon)

Thank you to all the teachers, and volunteers, and  students for making the first tournament a success!

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