Upper St. Clair Debate Team Rolls To District Championship

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - The Upper St. Clair High School speech and debate team won its ninth consecutive Pennsylvania High School Speech and Language District 3 Championship recently at Moon Area High School. The team now gets to compete in the state tournament.

The Upper St. Clair team set a PHSSL record with 33 individual qualifiers, topping USC’s previous mark of 31.

The team now gets to compete in the state tournament later this month at Bloomsburg University. The number of students who qualify to advance varies by tournament attendance; two students qualify in smaller events and three in larger events.

Here are Upper St. Clair’s event results for the PHSSL District 3 tournament:

• Poetry

First: Annika Chaves
Third: Anoushka Sinha

• Prose

First: Richa Mahajan
Third: Charlize Goff

• Humorous Interpretation

First: Riwk Sen
Second: Maddie Nolen

• Dramatic Interpretation

First: Mayka Chaves
Second: Hashim Durrani

• Commentary

Second: Antara Cleetus
Second Alternate: Hridhay Reddy

• Original Oratory Informative

First: Neha Patel
Second: Brooke Christiansen

• Original Oratory Persuasive

First: Shanthi Krishnaswamy
First Alternate: Suemin Lee

• Extemporaneous Speaking

First: Atharva Barve
Second: Paarth Shankar

• Public Forum Debate

First: Mallika Matharu and Arushi Khaitan (Undefeated)
Second: Meghan Joon and Dina Leyzarovich
Second Alternate: Ashley Eichberg and Scott Cheung

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate

First: Eshita Chhajlan (Undefeated)
Third: Claire Chen
First Alternate: Matt Hornak

• Parliamentary Debate (All Undefeated)

First: Sunny Chai, Vivek Babu, Jami Stout
Second: Yash Jajoo, Ayush Sharma, Basir Khan
Third: Devan Ekbote, Mathena Jencka, Anika Sinha

• Senate

First Alternate: John Joyce

• House

Caroline Wolfe

• Impromptu

Hridhay Reddy

• Policy Debate

First alternate: Reshma Gudla and Sophia Shi

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