A whopping 96 teams of students convened at Plano Senior High School on September 3rd, for the first debate tournament of the year. Jesuit achieved a closeout: students placed first, second and fifth!
The Jesuit debate team performed very well...
Traveling across the country is quite unusual for high school athletics, and if it happens, it usually indicates an elite level of play from that particular team. The Jesuit debate team has gone to Los Angeles, Chicago, and now...
The Jesuit student walks up to the chestnut podium. He glares out to his wide audience, before looking to the right, to his opposition. Finally, he looks down at his notes, preparing to pick apart his opponents' argument. This was...
For many sports, a state championship has the most talented people that your state has to offer face off against one another. But does it really? The sport is divided into men’s and women’s teams then even further by...
Traversing across the country is usually something that only professional athletes get to do, but despite being in high school, the Jesuit debate team has flown from coast to coast in search of the biggest and best competition in...
Armed with only their argumentative fervor, two Jesuit debaters bested team after team at the competition in Houston. The team of juniors comprised of Beomhak Lee and Alandro Valdez was able to snag ninth place out of fifty in...
Many times, high school teams' biggest games or tournaments are the ones that require traveling to major cities, usually including an exciting plane ride that'll only happen once or maybe twice a year if they're lucky. By this standard,...
200 starry-eyed middle schoolers from all over Dallas step onto the blessed 28 acres for the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance workshop on Saturday, October 10th. These students came along with 50 freshman debaters from all around Texas who...
Beams of light target two lone podiums on the empty stage, overlooking a sea of faces watching, waiting for the oncoming argument. Jake LoRocco ’17, armed with his tediously prepared arguments and data, steps up to the microphone. A...
