Akhil Gandra Wins the 2015 Cougar Classic
Houston, TX -- Congratulations to Westwood's Akhil Gandra for winning the 2015 Cougar Debate Classic held at the University of Houston! In finals, Akhil defeated Strake Jesuit's Alberto Tohme on a 2-1 decision (Baig, Sharma, Koshak*). Congratulations to both debaters! The Cougar Classic is a semifinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions.
Congratulations to Akhil Gandra, Alberto Tohme, Abbey Chapman, and Tyler Gamble for reaching semifinals and earning bids!
Pairings can be found on Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=3254
Double Octafinals
Strake Jesuit AT def Dulles KL
Strake Jesuit JZ def Blaine HP
Cypress Woods NS def Dulles SK
Katy Taylor NY def Dulles AW
Calhoun Home AC def Clements AT
Westwood AG def Dulles AK
Westlake DB def Dulles SA
Woodlands AC def Strake Jesuit RC
Kinkaid TG def Clements EM
Dulles KS def Kinkaid JY
Strake Jesuit ATo def Oxbridge NV
Kinkaid NK def Cy-Fair CM
Woodlands College Prep VM def Strake Jesuit SM
Clements FT def Episcopal AB
Clements SR over Clements RG
Kinkaid MS over Kinkaid EH
Octafinals
Strake Jesuit JZ def Cypress Woods NS
Dulles KS def Kinkaid MS
Kinkaid NK def Katy Taylor NY
Westwood AG def Clements SR
Woodlands AC def Westlake DB
Kinkaid TG def Clements FT
Strake Jesuit ATo def Calhoun Home AC
Woodlands College Prep VM def Strake Jesuit AT
Quarterfinals
Kinkaid TG def Dulles KS (Kevin Si) (Castllo, Dar Dar, Bates)
Woodlands AC def Strake Jesuit JZ (Joe Zaghrini) (Graves, Breland, Popatia)
Strake Jesuit ATo def Kinkaid NK (Nina Kalluri) (Kassam, Roy, Koshak)
Westwood AG def Woodlands College Prep VM (Venkatesh Muppaneni) (Hodge, Xiong, Van Berg)
Semifinals (bid)
Strake Jesuit ATo def Kinkaid TG (Tyler Gamble) (Hodge, Wei, Brelland)
Westwood AG def Woodlands AC (Abbey Chapman) (Conrad, Castillo, Popatia)
Finals
Westwood AG def Strake Jesuit ATo (Alberto Tohme) 2-1 (Baig, Sharma, Koshak*)
Champion
Westwood AG (Akhil Gandra)