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<B>CARROLLTON DEBATE STRONGER THAN EVER</B>

<p class="fontlook">Carrollton Debate took the first step nationally to debating paperless this past week with its tournament in Texas. While other schools were slowly making the transition, Carrollton Debate was using its laptops only to organize, file and read from. This is a big change from the 300 lbs of paper each team used to take to each tournament. Using an online secure file storage combined with a word program designed with debate in mind, Lauren Sisak, Fabiola Urdaneta, Alyssa Padilla and Camilla Hernandez all entered the Greenhill Invitational paperless and each left with a winning record.

 

<p class="fontlook">Debating before the invitational, in the exclusive Round Robin was Ana Dimetrijevic and Helen Gomez who took 3rd in their pod, defeating last year’s TOC semi-finalists on 2-0 decision. They were also awarded 6th and 7th speaker in the Round Robin. Gomez and Dimetrejevic won 6 of 8 debates at the invitational, earning their first leg to the Tournament of Champions. They look to become fully qualified as they head out to Georgetown for the Georgetown Round Robin and Invitational.  These invitations reflect their standing as a top ten team in the nation.  Carrollton Debate is off to its most winning season start yet!

 

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