Thursday, October 3rd, DKC hosted its season opener at Foreign Language middle school. Sponsored by the Stockman Law Firm, the invitational brought out 208 students from 16 schools. Students participated across two divisions of student congress and three divisions of policy debate.
Many students brought home some serious hardware, but the teams that rose to the top as a whole were Foreign Language Academy in first place, Arrowhead in second, and Barstow School in third place.
Below is a full list of awards divided by the various divisions.
Open Student Congress:
Chamber A-
- Lily Sutherlin (Notre Dame De Sion)
- Mahek Vora (Barstow School)
- Connor Lucido (Barstow School)
- Margo Gonzales (Barstow School)
- Gibson Miller (Rosedale)
- Olli Vanaman (Center)
- Darren Tyler Jr. (Center)
- Abby Gongora (Arrowhead)
- Faith Garrett (Gloria Willis)
- Kassiah Drew (Lee A. Tolbert)
Chamber B-
- Azaria Hindsman (Foreign Language)
- Daniel John (Barstow School)
- Keaton Davis (University Academy)
- Tyler Bauman (Barstow School)
- Pela Kolsto (Foreign Language)
- Sunny Gandhari (Barstow)
- Michael Yagan (Barstow School)
- Cordelia Eaton (Center)
- Akelah Edgely (Eisenhower)
- Raj Fanaswala (Barstow School)
Chamber C-
- Donte Williams (Gloria Willis)
- Paranjay Sharma (Barstow School)
- Sriram Pattabiraman (Barstow School)
- Rishabh Sood (Barstow School)
- Jesus Reyes (Sumner)
- Elijah Long (Arrowhead)
- Kierstin Sears (Gloria Willis)
- Savion Washington (Eisenhower)
- Ava Adams-Huang (Barstow School)
- Taylor Easterwood (Barstow School)
Senate:
- Kayleeann Milborn (Arrowhead)
- Jayden Sampat (Barstow School)
- Russell Smith (Foreign Language)
- Lacey Buxton (Turner)
- Nithin Guduputi (Barstow School)
- Jack Cuezze (Barstow School)
- Cyrus Shaikh (Barstow School)
- Owen Snyder (Barstow School)
- Ella Jone (Turner)
Novice Policy Debate:
Teams-
- Charli Mulligan and Cianna Lucas (Patton)
- Calla Franke and Kyley Meals (Patton)
- Hagen Farish and Robert Ramos (Patton)
- Adyn Izquirdo and Tyler Shandy (Patton)
- Michelle Ndubi and Sophia Webster (Patton)
- Mitch Mabardy and Cierra Hirsch-Sexton (Patton)
- Faith Scott and Torrena WIlliams (Lee A. Tolbert)
- Trinity Staton and Katelynn Cope (Patton)
- Kate Wren and Sophie Saxton (Notre Dame)
- Jaden White and Emanuel Ling (Arrowhead)
Speakers-
- Faith Scott (Lee A. Tolbert)
- Kyley Meals (Patton)
- Kate Wren (Notre Dame)
- Cianna Lucas (Patton)
- Jaelyn Tramel (Foreign Language)
- Charli Mulligan (Patton)
- Calla Franke (Patton)
- Emanuel Ling (Arrowhead)
- Katelynn Cope (Patton)
- Robert Ramos (Patton)
JV Policy Debate:
Teams-
- Aleena Khan and Mary Perkins (Notre Dame)
- Ava Levin and Alex Haggerty (Notre Dame
- Kimberly Ortiz and Karen London (Sumner)
- Julissa Reyes and Reina-Knauff Urgiles (Foreign Language)
- Arantzatzu Castellanos and Riley Verdict (Sumner)
- Dulce Benavides and Kai Jackson-Gines (Foreign Language)
- Jacobi Hill and Michael Fuller (Lee A. Tolbert)
- Tesha Hunter and Lexi Pulley (Arrowhead)
- Elena Sanchez and Khamilla Nimrod (Gloria Willis)
- Skylar Dyerson-Fritchman (Arrowhead)
Speakers-
- Riley Verdict (Sumner)
- Ava Levin (Notre Dame)
- Aleena Khan (Notre Dame)
- Jacobi Hill (Lee A. Tolbert)
- Kimberly Ortiz (Sumner)
- Arantzatzu Castellanos (Sumner)
- Mary Perkins (Notre Dame)
- Michael Fuller (Lee A. Tolbert)
- Karen London (Sumner)
- Julissa Reyes (Foreign Language)
Varsity Policy Debate:
Teams-
- Jacob Bowles (Foreign Language)
- Bennet Addink and Jediah Turney (Sumner)
- Tiffany Lor and Uhunoma Amayo (Sumner)
- Charlie McLaughlin and Jessica Serrano (Gloria Willis)
- Isaac Lainez (Foreign Language)
Speakers-
- Jediah Turney (Sumner)
- Uhunoma Amayo (Sumner)
- Jacob Bowles (Foreign Language)
- Bennet Addink (Sumner)
- Tiffany Lor (Sumner)
- Isaac Lainez (Foreign Language)
- Jessica Serrano (Gloria Willis)
- Charlie McLaughlin (Coronado)
Huge thank you again to the Stockman Law Firm, coaches, volunteers and debaters for making the season opener a great one!
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