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Comeaux Speech Team named Champions in San Antonio

First non-Texas high school to claim win
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Over the weekend, the Comeaux Speech Team claimed the championship title at the Winston Churchill Speech and Debate Tournament in San Antonio.

The team is the first school outside of Texas to win the tournament.

12 varsity members of the team traveled to compete against approximately 75 to 100 students from 100 schools across the South.

Coach Jacob Simon says that the team won 1st Place Team Sweepstakes along with being named 2020 Winston Churchill Speech and Debate Tournament Champions.

Individual results are as follows:

Making it to semi finals (top 24 students in event):

  • Haden Reynolds

Making it to finals (top 6 students in event) and placing:

In Duo Interpretation:

  • Taylor Mier & Jazmin Rodriguez - 5th Place
  • Tori Lalonde & Del Gonzales - 4th Place
  • Jacob Foster & Rashon Leday - CHAMPIONS

In Duet Acting:

  • Damari Padilla & Armoni Louis - 5th Place
  • Jacob Foster & Rashon Leday - 2nd Place
  • Tori Lalonde and Lane Bergeron- CHAMPIONS

In Program Oral Interpretation:

  • Rashon Leday - 2nd Place
  • Taylor Mier - CHAMPION

In Original Oratory:

  • Amiah Richardson - 4th Place
  • Presley Nutter - CHAMPION

In Oral Interpretation:

  • Jacob Foster - 4th Place
  • Presley Nutter - 3rd Place
  • Jazmin Rodriguez - 2nd Place

In Humorous Interpretation:

  • Taylor Mier - 6th Place
  • Rashon Leday - 5th Place

In Dramatic Interpretation:

  • Jacob Foster - 4th Place