The Harlingen South Speech Drama Debate team competed for the 20th consecutive time at the National Speech and Debate Association National Finals held June 14-21 in Overland Park, Kansas. The team did an outstanding job bringing home the following awards:
Sara Cano – Octafinalist (Top 60) in Original Oratory
Collin Flemmons – Presiding Officer in the Student Congress House of Representatives
Chris Esparza and Paige Robles – Quarterfinalists (Top 20) in Duo Interpretations
Jann Soto – Semi-finalist (7th) in Extemporary Commentary
Rebecca Pockrus – Finalist (3rd Overall) in Prose Interpretation
Other qualifiers that competed were Sawyer Warrenburg and Matthew Almaguer.