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Speech teams make the grade, advance to UIL Academic Regional Meet

Adriana DominguezMarch 29, 2018March 29, 2018

Harlingen High School South and the Harlingen High School speech teams placed 1st and 2nd respectively overall at the UIL 32-6A Academic District Meet. Students that placed 1st-3rd will be...

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South SDD takes numerous awards at state tournament

Adriana DominguezMarch 5, 2018March 6, 2018

This past weekend Harlingen High School South competed at the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament, which is the second largest academic competition in the nation consisting of nearly 1,500 students...

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South SDD takes spots in finals at Columbia University Invitational

Adriana DominguezJanuary 24, 2018January 24, 2018

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate Team competed at the Columbia University Invitational National Speech Tournament. Advancing to the final round of Duo Interpretation were three South...

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High-school speech teams CX Debate District Co-Champions

Adriana DominguezJanuary 24, 2018January 24, 2018

Grant Burbach and Ty Kuykendall from Harlingen High School and Christian Villarreal and Ramiro Gonzalez Jr. from Harlingen High School South secured the top two spots at the 32-6A UIL...

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Vela takes third place sweeps in high-school speech contest

Adriana DominguezJanuary 8, 2018January 8, 2018

Vela Middle School's speech and debate team competed at the Sharyland High School TFA tournament held Jan. 6. With thirteen competitors in their ranks, the group went up against 16...

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Speech and Debate teams compete in Longhorn Classic, individuals qualify for national events

Adriana DominguezDecember 5, 2017

[caption id="attachment_20042" align="alignnone" width="960"] Harlingen High School South[/caption] [caption id="attachment_20041" align="alignnone" width="640"] Harlingen High School[/caption] Harlingen High School South and Harlingen High School speech teams competed at the University of...

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South Speech has spectacular finish at Victoria East tournament

Adriana DominguezNovember 15, 2017

On Nov. 11, the Harlingen South Speech/Drama/Debate Team traveled to Victoria, Texas, to compete at the Victoria East High School Tournament. The team had a spectacular finish as they secured...

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South SDD sweeps the competition

Adriana DominguezOctober 2, 2017October 3, 2017

The Harlingen High School South Speech/Drama/Debate Team had a fantastic performance at the Harlingen High School Tournament on Saturday, September 30. The team swept the competition with a 1st place...

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South Speech takes impressive win in first contest of the season

Adriana DominguezSeptember 19, 2017September 22, 2017

Harlingen High School South Speech Team did an outstanding job at their first tournament of the year with sweepstakes win. The contest was held at Tuloso Midway High School in...

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Ten South SDD members headed to Nationals

Ashley RodriguezMay 2, 2017May 5, 2017

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team took Sweepstakes at the Gulf Coast NSDA National qualifier in Corpus Christi on April 28-29. Ten members advanced to the...

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South SDD team ranked 7th at TFA State Meet

Ashley RodriguezMarch 20, 2017March 21, 2017

The Harlingen High School South Speech Drama and Debate team completed their TFA season at the State Meet in Plano, Texas on March 9-11. The team was ranked number seven...

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South SDD ends state-qualifying season with first place sweepstakes

Ashley RodriguezFebruary 17, 2017February 17, 2017

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team ended their state-qualifying tournament season with another first place sweepstakes win at the Tuloso-Midway Tournament this past weekend. The team...

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South SDD team takes sweepstakes at Victoria East Tournament

Ashley RodriguezFebruary 7, 2017

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team competed at the Victoria East High School TFA state-qualifying tournament this past weekend in Victoria. The team earned first-place amongst...

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HHS’ Grant Burbach places 5th in the state at UIL Congressional Debate

Ashley RodriguezFebruary 1, 2017

Grant Burbach, a junior at Harlingen High School, attributes his innate gift for talking, a skill that often got him in trouble when he was younger, to his current success...

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South SDD Team emerges victorious at HHS TFA tournament

Ashley RodriguezJanuary 23, 2017January 27, 2017

The Harlingen South Speech, Drama, and Debate team competed at the Harlingen High School Texas Forensic Association state qualifying tournament on January 21 along with 16 other schools. The team...

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Harlingen South SDD takes numerous awards at TFA State Qualifier

Adriana DominguezJanuary 18, 2017

The Harlingen High School South Speech Drama and Debate Team walked away with numerous awards after competing at the Richard King High School TFA state qualifying tournament on January 14...

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South SDD team continues success at Corpus Christi tournament

Ashley RodriguezDecember 12, 2016

The Harlingen South Speech Drama Debate Team continues their success with another sweepstakes win. The team competed at the Veterans Memorial High School TFA State Qualifying Tournament on December 10 in...

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Harlingen South SDD Team wins third 1st place sweepstakes at TFA tournament

Adriana DominguezNovember 14, 2016

Harlingen High School South Speech Drama Debate Team won their third straight 1st place sweepstakes this year at the state-qualifying Gregory-Portland TFA Speech Tournament held October 29. Contributing to the...

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HS Speech, Drama, and Debate students excel at TFA State Qualifying Tournament

Adriana DominguezOctober 18, 2016October 24, 2016

[caption id="attachment_16351" align="alignnone" width="980"] Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate[/caption] [caption id="attachment_16355" align="alignnone" width="980"] Harlingen High School Speech, Drama, and Debate Team[/caption] Harlingen High School South and Harlingen...

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Vela Middle School students give outstanding performances at TFA State qualifying tournament

Adriana DominguezSeptember 29, 2016

Vela Middle School students Aaron Blount and Kole Kibler gave outstanding performances at the Harlingen South TFA State qualifying speech and drama tournament on September 24. The seventh-grade students competed...

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South Speech, Drama, and Debate takes 1st place sweepstakes at Carroll tournament

Adriana DominguezSeptember 13, 2016

The Harlingen South Speech Drama Debate Team achieved a 1st place sweepstakes win at the Mary Carroll High School State qualifying tournament on September 9 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The following students placed in...

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Harlingen South Speech Drama and Debate hosts summer camp

Adriana DominguezJuly 29, 2016August 10, 2016

Harlingen High School South's Speech Drama Debate Team is hosting their annual summer speech camp August 1-5 for students in grades 6-12. The camp will take place from 10:00 A.M....

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Harlingen South SDD named School of Honor at national tournament

Adriana DominguezJune 27, 2016August 10, 2016

The Harlingen High School South Speech Drama Debate team returned from their performance at the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament held in Salt Lake City, Utah bringing home the...

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HHS Speech, Drama, and Debate teams excel in UIL Competitions

Ashley RodriguezMarch 24, 2016March 24, 2016

Cross Examination Team One-Act Play Cast and Crew After months of preparation and several UIL competitions, the Speech, Drama, and Debate teams at Harlingen High School are in the last...

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HHS and HHSS SDD teams to compete at national tournaments

Adriana DominguezMarch 24, 2016March 24, 2016

Harlingen High School and the Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate teams will travel out of state to compete in national tournaments. HHS and HHSS qualified for the National...

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HHS Speech, Drama, and Debate team finds success at Harvard competition

Adriana DominguezFebruary 24, 2016

The Harlingen High School Speech and Debate team participated in the 2016 Harvard Invitational Forensics Tournament. Several students advanced in their respective areas. As a result of a successful competition,...

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South SDD team ends TFA qualifying season with first place win

Adriana DominguezFebruary 17, 2016

The Harlingen South Speech Drama Debate team ended their TFA State Qualifying Tournament season with another 1st place sweepstakes win. The team competed at St. Edwards University on February 5-6, picking...

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HHS named District Champion in Cross Examination Debate

Adriana DominguezJanuary 27, 2016

Harlingen High School’s Speech, Drama, and Debate Team claimed their second 32-6A District Champion title in Cross Examination Debate Friday, January 22 with the team of Jayson Alvarado (12) and Grant Burbach...

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South Speech, Drama, and Debate Team sees wins across the board

Adriana DominguezJanuary 27, 2016January 27, 2016

[caption id="attachment_13999" align="alignnone" width="600"] South Speech Drama Debate - King High School TFA Tournament[/caption] On January 16, Harlingen High School South’s Speech Drama Debate team competed at King High School's...

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Speech, Drama, and Debate teams earn top honors in Corpus Christi tournament

Adriana DominguezNovember 12, 2015

Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South’s Speech, Drama and Debate teams competed at the W.B. Ray TFA Qualifier tournament on November 7 in Corpus Christi. HHS and HHSS brought back...

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HHS and HHSS Speech, Drama, and Debate teams take top spots at Carroll Tournament

Adriana DominguezSeptember 18, 2015September 18, 2015

This past weekend the Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate teams traveled to Corpus Christi to compete in a Texas Forensics Association qualifier competition...

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Harlingen South Speech, Drama, and Debate team takes sweepstakes in season’s first TFA qualifying tournament

Adriana DominguezSeptember 11, 2015September 11, 2015

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team received First Place Sweepstakes at the 5th Annual TFA State Qualifying Tournament held at Harlingen High School on September 5....

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Harlingen South Speech, Drama, and Debate team shines at nationals

Adriana DominguezAugust 3, 2015August 3, 2015

The Harlingen South Speech Drama Debate team competed for the 21st consecutive time at the National Speech and Debate Tournament held June 13-20 in Dallas, Texas. The team had a...

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Harlingen South student named State Bronze Winner in Prose Interpretation

Adriana DominguezJune 5, 2015

Matthew Canon junior at Harlingen High School South competed at the State UIL Academic Meet at the University of Texas at Austin May 25-27, 2015 and placed 3rd overall in 6A Prose...

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HS Speech, Drama, and Debate teams advance to national tournament

Adriana DominguezMay 11, 2015May 14, 2015

On April 30 - May 2, the Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Speech Drama Debate teams competed in the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Gulf Coast...

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HHSS Speech, Drama, and Debate Make the Grade at Nationals

Adriana DominguezJuly 3, 2014July 2, 2014

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...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate students qualify for national competition

Adriana DominguezApril 11, 2014

On April 3-5, Harlingen High School South competed in the National Speech and Debate Association Gulf Coast Qualifier in Victoria, Tx. Eight of the HHSS competitors qualified for a chance...

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South Graduate Soars to World Championship

Adriana DominguezApril 10, 2014April 11, 2014

John Reynolds started a path in sixth grade at Coakley Middle School that led him through Harlingen High School South to Western Kentucky University and into Paris, where he...

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HHSS speech, drama and debate earn region 3 sweepstakes title

Adriana DominguezMarch 20, 2014March 19, 2014

On Mar. 9 – 12, The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team competed in the Texas Forensics Association State Meet held at Cypress Creek High School in...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate showcase talents at national tournament

Adriana DominguezFebruary 21, 2014

Harlingen High School South students traveled to Boston to compete in the Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament on Feb. 14 - Feb. 16. The team had a spectacular performance...

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HHS adds sweepstakes trophy, 2 state qualifications to successful season

Adriana DominguezFebruary 6, 2014February 6, 2014

The Harlingen High School Speech, Drama, and Debate team shined at the Corpus Christi Moody High School tournament where they claimed a third place sweepstakes trophy and earned two more State...

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HHSS students named District Debate Champions, team earns top marks at Moody tournament

Adriana DominguezFebruary 6, 2014February 5, 2014

The Harlingen High School South speech, drama, and debate teams had an outstanding performance at the Cross-Examination Debate District Meet and the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) Moody High School Tournament....

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate earn top honors at two tournaments

Adriana DominguezJanuary 23, 2014January 23, 2014

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team competed in the Richard King High School TFA Qualifying Tournament this past weekend. Brining home first place overall sweepstakes and...

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HHS Speech, Drama and Debate students make campus history

Adriana DominguezJanuary 23, 2014January 22, 2014

Students at Harlingen High School have recently made campus history for exceling in Speech, Drama and Debate. Illiana Silva, junior, is the first student in the school’s history to qualify...

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HHS students earn first bid to national speech, drama and debate tournaments

Adriana DominguezJanuary 17, 2014

This month, the Harlingen High School Speech, Drama and Debate team competed at Churchill Invitational Tournament in San Antonio for a chance to compete at the national level. Students competed...

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HHSS, Dr. Cano Academy Speech Drama and Debate soar above at McAllen tournament

Adriana DominguezDecember 19, 2013December 20, 2013

The Harlingen High School South and members of the Dr. Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy Speech, Drama and Debate team soared above the competition at the McAllen Texas Forensics Association...

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HHSS Speech, Drama, Debate take awards at two tournaments

Adriana DominguezDecember 11, 2013December 11, 2013

This past weekend Harlingen High School South Speech Drama and Debate divided their team but not the accolade as they shined at both the Harlingen High School Texas Forensics Association...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate earns sweepstakes at Reagan Dutch Invitational

Adriana DominguezDecember 4, 2013December 6, 2013

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team continued to soar above the competition at the Reagan Dutch Invitational in San Antonio. HHSS earned first place out of...

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HHS Speech, Drama and Debate earns 21 trophies at tournament

Adriana DominguezNovember 20, 2013

Talent shined as the Harlingen High School Speech, Drama and Debate team earned 21 trophies at the 20th annual Harlingen High School South Texas Forensic Association Invitational on Nov. 17....

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate earn 11 bids to National Tournament

Adriana DominguezOctober 23, 2013October 22, 2013

This past weekend, the Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team put their skills to the test during their first national tournament of the year in Dallas,...