Dec. 14, 2019 - Students from 35 Houston-area high schools competed at one of HUDL's biggest regular-season tournaments ever: the all-new HUDL Winter Classic. Hosted by Westbury High School in southwest Houston, the tournament brought together students from HISD schools and CASE member schools drawn from school districts around Harris County. Thanks go out to Westbury, the coaches, and all the terrific HUDL volunteers who helped make this event such a success! Scroll down to see who took top honors in each of the nine competitive divisions.
Congressional Debate:
1st place: Alief Kerr High School, Danyal Syed
2nd place: Alief Kerr High School, Danny Trinh
3rd place: HISD UIL Carnegie, Raahim Siddiqui
Cross-Examination (Varsity):
1st place: Alief Kerr High School, Hanna Ghebrelul and Queen Eche
2nd place: CASE Humble ISD Aatascocita HS, Katie Pena and Samantha Tipton
3rd place: North Houston Early College, Angelina Martinez and Guadalupe Blas
Cross-Examination (Junior Varsity):
1st place: Alief Kerr High School, Al Nahlyan and Ajibula Yerokun
2nd place: CASE Harmony School of Advancement, Jennifer LeClair and Shantal Rubio
3rd place: CASE Alief ISD Taylor HS, Madison My-kieu Gomez and Kimberly Nguyen
Lincoln-Douglas (Varsity):
1st place: DeBakey, David Dzul
2nd place: East Early, Bryant Juarez
3rd place (tie): Westbury, Dion Barnes and Westbury, Jonathan Matinez
Lincoln-Douglas (Junior Varsity):
1st place: DeBakey, Kimberly Richardson
2nd place: Sterling HS, Mala Freeman
3rd place: DeBakey, Justin Hung
Public Forum (Varsity):
1st place: DeBakey, Paul Daniel and Roy Semaan
2nd place: HISD UIL Carnegie, Ruofan Liu and Pranav Kumar
3rd place: HISD UIL Carnegie, Anjni Patel and Varshitha Krishnan
Public Forum (Junior Varsity):
1st place: Houston Academy for International Studies, Quan Nguyen and Heidi Chapin
2nd place: Sharpstown International, Emily Shed and Gabriel Alfaro
3rd place: Law HS, Naomi Montiel and James Riley
World Schools (Varsity):
1st place: CASE Spring Early College Academy, Mohammad Hemeida, Bodehousse Houndekon, Ahmad Howard and Kennedy Scott
2nd place: CASE Harmony School of Advancement, Melody Ramirez, Taz Haque and Hamza
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3rd place: East Early, Jazziel Saucedo, Alexis Mendoza, Christina Jimenez, Yosselin Leon and Jaylon Flowers
World Schools (Junior Varsity):
1st place: CASE Harmony School of Advancement, Pinaki Nair, Hamza Parabtani, Sage Ray and Sloane Knox
2nd place: Spring Woods High School, Ana Martinez, Anna Perez, Anthony Funes, Luis Nunez and Ximena Polanco
3rd place: CASE Alief ISD Taylor HS, Joshua Daniel Mireles, Cesar Torres, Muna Mohamud and Obafemi Aiyedum
HUDL congratulates the winners and all who participated.