Debate Celebrates Tournament Awards
Novice and middle school debate teams competed in tournaments this past week, both winning multiple awards.
Novice debaters won two awards at the Liberty North Classic Invitational in Liberty, Missouri. The speech and debate tournament was held Jan. 17-18 and featured 37 Missouri schools. Two Barstow teams entered the competition and both won awards. Freshmen Radvin Shahbazian and Brandon Willson placed fifth in the Novice Policy Debate division, while freshman Jay Schonhoff and sophomore Leo Karaichev earned seventh.
Middle school debaters took home nine awards in Student Congress at the Gateway Middle School Tournament on Thursday, Jan. 23. Barstow earned third place in school sweepstakes points, a prize based on the total number of awards won by each team. Seventh grader Adam Hammoud, attending his first debate tournament, won first place in Student Congress Chamber Three. Congratulations to everyone who competed! All awards are listed below:
Chamber One
Third: Ray Chen, grade 8
Fourth: Joseph Giocondo, grade 7
Chamber Two
Second: Noah Dutton, grade 8
Third: Varen Kolli, grade 8
Fifth: Henry Dicus
Chamber Three
First: Adam Hammoud, grade 7
Third: Krish Iyer, grade 7
Fourth: Jaiden Shah, grade 7
Fifth: Zahra Khumri, grade 8
Middle school debaters took home nine awards in Student Congress at the Gateway Middle School Tournament on Thursday, Jan. 23. Barstow earned third place in school sweepstakes points, a prize based on the total number of awards won by each team. Seventh grader Adam Hammoud, attending his first debate tournament, won first place in Student Congress Chamber Three. Congratulations to everyone who competed! All awards are listed below:
Chamber One
Third: Ray Chen, grade 8
Fourth: Joseph Giocondo, grade 7
Chamber Two
Second: Noah Dutton, grade 8
Third: Varen Kolli, grade 8
Fifth: Henry Dicus
Chamber Three
First: Adam Hammoud, grade 7
Third: Krish Iyer, grade 7
Fourth: Jaiden Shah, grade 7
Fifth: Zahra Khumri, grade 8
