Forty-two Jasper High School speech and debate students competed among 370 entries from twenty-six competing schools at the Cowboy Classic Speech and Debate Tournament at Coppell High School on January 18-19. 

Sweepstakes

• Jasper High School, second place

Public Forum Debate

• Alyssa Nie and Angela Yi, quarterfinals

Congressional Debate

• Pranav Pattatathunaduvil, first place
• Jennifer Su, third place
• Neil Gupta, fourth place
• Reeya Shah, fifth place
• Kelly Hu, seventh place
• Anushka Kumar, eighth place
• Conny Cai, ninth place

United States Extemp

• Michael Chen, first place
• Aditya Karthik, second place
• Leo Yu, third place
• Angela Wang, fourth place
• Tejas Bansal, fifth place
• Angela Yi, sixth place

International Extemp

• Kelly Hu, first place
• Anushka Kumar, second place
• Rohan Kamalakantha, fourth place
• Andy Shufer, fifth place
• Reeya Shah, sixth place
• Rohan Kamalakantha, fourth place
• Samir Iyer, semifinals
• Renee Li, semifinals
• Michelle Ma, semifinals
• Alyssa Nie, semifinals

Original Oratory

• Pranav Nathan, first place
• Olivia Fan, fourth place
• Bhavik Tadigotla, sixth place

Informative Speaking

• Olivia Fan, fifth place

Humorous Interpretation

• Paavni Chokshi, sixth place

Impromptu Speaking

• Eric Ryan, second place

Additionally, seven students earned new qualifications to the Texas Forensic Association (TFA) State Speech and Debate Tournament in March in Houston: Pranav Pattatathunaduvil and Reeya Shah in Congressional Debate, Adithya Karthik, Angela Wang and Angela Yi in U.S. Extermp, Anushka Kumar in International Extemp and Pranav Nathan in Original Oratory, for a total of 21 qualifications from 15 students.