Speech, Drama, and Debate teams victorious in TFA tournament

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South’s Speech, Drama and Debate teams competed at PSJA Southwest High School’s Texas Forensics Association tournament on October 10. HHS made its mark with two TFA State Qualifiers and HHSS brought home 1st place sweepstakes along with team member Matthew Canon earning the contest’s Top Speaker Award.

Please see a complete list of last week’s results below:

Congressional Debate:
1^st place Grant Burbach

Dramatic Interpretation:
2^nd place Julia Bender
4^th place Aransas Haley

Duet Acting:
1^stplace Matthew Canon and John Duncan
3^rdplace Valerie Luevanos and Julia Bender
4^thplace Angela Gonzalez and Savannah Smith
5^thplace Nate Carney and Isabella Connell

Duet Improv:
4^th place James Gracia and John Duncan
5^th place Matthew Canon and Angela Gonzalez

Duo Interpretation:
1^st place Matthew Canon and James Gracia
4^th place Jessica Durant and John Duncan
6^th place Isabella Connell and Nate Carney
8^th place Angela Gonzalez and Justin Luckey

Foreign Extemp:
1^st place Mark Peinado

Humorous Interpretation:
2^nd place Matthew Canon
3^rd place Aransas Haley
6^th place Jessica Durant
8^th place Nate Carney

Impromptu:
1^st place John Duncan
2^ndplace Matthew Canon
4^thplace Cris Smith
5^thplace Julia Bender 

Novice Poetry:
1^st place John Duncan
3^rd place Julia Bender
8^thplace Jaime Gomez 

Novice Extemp:
3^rd Alex Hinojosa
4^th Ty Kurkyndall
8^th place Isabella Connell

Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate:
1^st place Bianca Lopez
2^nd place Mychal Rangel 

Novice Prose:
3^rd place Julia Bender
5^th place Jasmine Partida
6^th place Isabella Connell
7^th place Christian Ingram

Original Oratory:
4^th place Matthew Canon
6^th place Chris Smith

Poetry:
8^thplace Matthew Canon

Prose:
2^nd place Valerie Luevanos
5^thplace Matthew Canon