texasdebater 1 Report post Posted September 10, 2017 Just wondering about the thoughts on these after Grapevine and based off of last year: 1. Top 10 Texas teams in order? 2. Best Texas senior team? 3. Best Texas junior team? 4. Best Texas sophomore team? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmeryang00 134 Report post Posted September 10, 2017 I can't speak for complete Top 10 rankings but I can hands down say that Harris Wilson from St Marks is the best debater in Texas right now. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSnowball 1433 Report post Posted September 10, 2017 I can't speak for complete Top 10 rankings but I can hands down say that Harris Wilson from St Marks is the best debater in Texas right now. Are there any videos of them debating? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmeryang00 134 Report post Posted September 10, 2017 Are there any videos of them debating? I don't believe so, this is based on statistics and the few times I've seen him in elims. Harris Wilson is a single person, but he debates with multiple juniors (previously sophmores last year) throughout the year Samir Ratakonda (sp?), Max Wang, Wheeler Sears, and David Vellajo (sp?). He beat Peninsula and knocked them out of the Baker race last year at NDCA, won Westminster last year, and got to finals of Grapevine this year (not sure if he won or not), along with a crap ton of other accomplishments. If St Marks went to the TOC or TFA State, I guarantee he would've won both with either of his 4 partners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSnowball 1433 Report post Posted September 10, 2017 I don't believe so, this is based on statistics and the few times I've seen him in elims. Harris Wilson is a single person, but he debates with multiple juniors (previously sophmores last year) throughout the year Samir Ratakonda (sp?), Max Wang, Wheeler Sears, and David Vellajo (sp?). He beat Peninsula and knocked them out of the Baker race last year at NDCA, won Westminster last year, and got to finals of Grapevine this year (not sure if he won or not), along with a crap ton of other accomplishments. If St Marks went to the TOC or TFA State, I guarantee he would've won both with either of his 4 partners. Thanks for the info. Sounds like someone to be feared. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarcCyber 7 Report post Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) a Edited September 11, 2017 by DarcCyber 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted September 11, 2017 10. This may be controversial but Hebron KN - for the sole reason they went 5-1 at TFA state oh yuuuuhhhh the hebron kids are awesome. went to camp with some of them. Shoutout to Rahul Kolla, he's the sophomore to watch this year in CX imo. I'd probably say Greenhill EG is better than Reagan SV. I've talked to Chris before. He scares the hell out of me like not many debaters do, the kid can go for anything. Other than that this list is dope. 2 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmeryang00 134 Report post Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) 1. Harris + whoever he debates with 2. Westwood GN 3. Reagan SV 4. LASA AV 5. Greenhill GE 6. Westwood CS 7. Lindale DW 8. Highland Park MK 9. Katy Taylor BK 10. This may be controversial but Hebron KN - for the sole reason they went 5-1 at TFA state (Note this list is not in order, was just off the top of my head. I could be missing some people. This is just from what i saw at Grapevine and Camp) *Hebron BN went 5-1 - JP graduated. It's now Sunil and Andrew. I also think Jesuit HM should be ahead of Katy Taylor. Jack made it to TFA Octas and Riler broke at TFA state last year. Shoot I didn't see didn't see Westwood, my bad. Edited September 11, 2017 by elmeryang00 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jswegthefuture 85 Report post Posted September 11, 2017 take this with a grain of salt because I'm not a texas debater, but was eliminated early at grapevine and got to watch lots of outrounds. the top 5 texas teams imo are: 1. st marks - harris wilson's going for t-usfg + his 1ar in finals were quite the sight. I don't need rehash how awesome harris is, other than noting that his 1ar in finals was almost twice as fast as his 2nc in semis?? also, wheeler was great! his 2ar in finals was especially on-point. 2. greenhill ge - i didn't get to watch their rounds at grapevine this year, but i've heard they've improved even more 3. westwood gn - their 2ar against fwk when I hit them was pretty sick. also, ritik's stand-up 1ar was almost as good as henry's 4. westwood cs - while I thought gn was better, they almost beat st marks in semis. 5. lasa av Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutd 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 oh yuuuuhhhh the hebron kids are awesome. went to camp with some of them. Shoutout to Rahul Kolla, he's the sophomore to watch this year in CX imo. I'd probably say Greenhill EG is better than Reagan SV. I've talked to Chris before. He scares the hell out of me like not many debaters do, the kid can go for anything. Other than that this list is dope. who r u (went to utnif) i dont remember a patrick lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheTrashDebater 166 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 who r u (went to utnif) i dont remember a patrick lol He's Patrick Fox, he went to UTNIF for LD and made it to semi's in the showdown tournament. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutd 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 He's Patrick Fox, he went to UTNIF for LD and made it to semi's in the showdown tournament. it was probably a stupid idea to ask him who he was even when i knew his name was patrick fox Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioBrah 32 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 not sure about reagan. They didn't seem to do too well(judging from tabroom). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmeryang00 134 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 not sure about reagan. They didn't seem to do too well(judging from tabroom). Reagan SS was very good last year and Haaris was part of the team that made 2 straight visits to TFA semis and went to the TOC last year. Not sure what happened at Grapevine, but Lindale didn't do well at Grapevine last year, and then they rocketed to wins at UH and UT and became a consensus top 5 Texas team so things happen as the season progresses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aprasad202 47 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 Kinkaid HK is pretty good, they went to 7 week cal and were just shy of breaking at grapevine (actually the seed right behind Lindale) but the teams they lost to in prelims both made it to the bid round and one of those teams got the bid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hw18 3 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 I can't speak for complete Top 10 rankings but I can hands down say that Harris Wilson from St Marks is the best debater in Texas right now. I don't believe so, this is based on statistics and the few times I've seen him in elims. Harris Wilson is a single person, but he debates with multiple juniors (previously sophmores last year) throughout the year Samir Ratakonda (sp?), Max Wang, Wheeler Sears, and David Vellajo (sp?). He beat Peninsula and knocked them out of the Baker race last year at NDCA, won Westminster last year, and got to finals of Grapevine this year (not sure if he won or not), along with a crap ton of other accomplishments. If St Marks went to the TOC or TFA State, I guarantee he would've won both with either of his 4 partners. take this with a grain of salt because I'm not a texas debater, but was eliminated early at grapevine and got to watch lots of outrounds. the top 5 texas teams imo are: 1. st marks - harris wilson's going for t-usfg + his 1ar in finals were quite the sight. I don't need rehash how awesome harris is, other than noting that his 1ar in finals was almost twice as fast as his 2nc in semis?? also, wheeler was great! his 2ar in finals was especially on-point. wow thanks yall :') 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CalculusBC 94 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 wow thanks yall :') Come debate for UT, mason marriot-voss will need a 2N that likes policy next year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
youdidntseeme 66 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 Come debate for UT, mason marriot-voss will need a 2N that likes policy next year. not doing debate in college sorry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hw18 3 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 ^^yes i can confirm i am not doing debate in college Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirNauticus 2 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 (edited) interesting Edited September 12, 2017 by SirNauticus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 Come debate for UT, mason marriot-voss will need a 2N that likes policy next year. Oof. Does Mason not have that rn? Also are you going to Georgia or UMKC Benny? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AQuackDebater 317 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 interesting agreed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSnowball 1433 Report post Posted September 12, 2017 ^^yes i can confirm i am not doing debate in college Why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DisBoiuLIfe 55 Report post Posted September 13, 2017 Fellas, I think hw18 is an imposter. Harris (a single person) personally told me today he's going to debate in college. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmeryang00 134 Report post Posted September 13, 2017 oh yuuuuhhhh the hebron kids are awesome. went to camp with some of them. Shoutout to Rahul Kolla, he's the sophomore to watch this year in CX imo. I'd probably say Greenhill EG is better than Reagan SV. I've talked to Chris before. He scares the hell out of me like not many debaters do, the kid can go for anything. Other than that this list is dope. Who's Rahul Kolla? I talk to some of the Hebron debaters on a weekly basis (we go to a lot of the same tournaments) and I've never heard or seen of a Rahul. Did you mean Sunil Krish (The names are wildly different I know but it does explain the K)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
