Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South students brought home awards from the 22nd Annual Longhorn Classic National Speech and Debate Invitational, a Texas Forensics Association event.
Harlingen High School made school history with their first team sweepstakes at the Longhorn Classic. Harlingen High School South placed 4th in the overall speech team sweepstakes.
The Harlingen High School team earned 2nd place sweepstakes with their team of 12 students. Additionally, HCISD brought home 4 Individual Events Top Speaker Awards. With over 500 students, four of the top six speech competitors at the entire tournament came from Harlingen CISD schools.
1st place: Joseph Decilos – South
4th place: Natalie Perez – South
5th place: Faith Ann Zepeda – HHS
6th place: Gabriela Rae Garza – HHS
Individual Awards are as follows:
Dramatic Interpretation:
Quarter finals
Benjamin Trevino – HHS
Joe Adams – HHS
Gabriela Rae Garza – HHS
Aaron Blount – South
Alexa Strubhart – South
Keoni Vega – South
Semi-finals
Gabriella Celine Garza – HHS
Natalie Perez – South
Finals
4th place – Faith-Ann Zepeda
3rd place – Joseph Decilos
Informative Speaking:
Quarter Finals
Charlotte Hughes – HHS
Humorous Interpretation:
Semi-finals
Joe Adams – HHS
Finals
3rd place – Madison Myers – HHS
Duo Interpretation:
Quarter-Finals
Joseph Decilos and Kole Kibler – South
Keoni Vega and Alek Araguz – South
Cadee Velasquez and Ryan Velasquez – South
Semi-Finals
Gabriella Celine Garza & Joe Adams – HHS
Finals
3rd place – Gabriela Rae Garza & Emily Weston – HHS
2nd place – Aaron Blount and Natalie Perez – South
Oral Interpretation:
Quarter-Finals
Tristan Flores – HHS
Jorge Gonzales – South
Sam Howell – South
Aaron Blount – South
Natalie Perez – South
Semi-Finals
Emily Weston – HHS
Finals
3rd place – Gabriela Rae Garza – HHS
Champion – Joseph Decilos – South
Oral Interpretation:
Quarter-Finals
Joe Adams – HHS
Alexa Strubhart – South
Sam Howell – South
Semi-Finals
Joseph Decilos – South
Aaron Blount – South
Finals
4th place – Natalie Perez – South
Champion – Faith Ann Zepeda – HHS
