September 30, 2019

29 Jasper High School speech and debate students competed among 488 entries from 27 schools at the Newman Smith High School tournament on September 27-28.

Jasper High School speech and debate team at Newman Smith High School.

Congressional Debate

• Abhinav Chellury, finals
• Neil Gupta, third place, 2020 Texas Forensic Association (TFA) State Speech and Debate Tournament qualified 
• Kaitlyn Hou, seventh place
• Raghav Ramki, fourth place, 2020 TFA State Speech and Debate Tournament qualified 

International Extemporaneous Speaking

• Amogh Anoo, sixth place
• Gabriel Bo, third place
• Charles Hou, fifth place

U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking

• Leo Yu, sixth place

Informative Speaking

• Olivia Fan, third place
• Christopher Lorde, sixth place

Original Oratory

• Gabriel Bo, third place
• Madeline Tsao, fourth place