January 11, 2022

31 Speech and Debate students represented Jasper among 477 entries from 57 schools in 9 states in the Coppell Classic on January 7-8, 2022, with all students competing virtually. Results: 

Public Forum Debate:
Arrman Kapoor & Anuj Lohtia – 1st  

Congressional Debate:
Kaaviya Shenbaharaman – 4th
Hannah Gan – 6th
Pranathi Beeram to Finals  

International Extemporaneous Speaking:
Evelyn Ding – 3rd  

Anshul Khandekar to Semifinals 

US Extemporaneous Speaking:
Shaurya Dhondi to Semifinals
Abraham Zhang to Semifinals

We’re grateful to Dr Jason Sykes, SunHee Simon, Eric Melin and Coppell Speech and Debate for hosting, the other area coaches helping, and to our six Jasper parent volunteer judges this week, without whose help we couldn’t do it!