2026 CX Debate Results

State Champions

CONFERENCE 1A - Elsa Damn & Doug Comer - Fort Davis

CONFERENCE 2A - Annabelle Dan & Sadie Bonnette - Ore City

CONFERENCE 3A - Keshav Singh & Isabella Villarreal - Hill Country College Prep 

CONFERENCE 4A - Gavin Hernandez & Ahaan Agrawal - Prosper Richland 

CONFERENCE 5A - Layton Braziel & Camden Coale - Dallas Highland Park

CONFERENCE 6A - Laurent Obergan & Madison Summers - Austin Lake Travis

 

Silver Medalists

CONFERENCE 1A - Randen Williams & Ethan Scott – Gail Borden County

CONFERENCE 2A - Travis Caporali & Maddie Lout - Shelbyville

CONFERENCE 3A - Montgomery Hatter & Evan Doty - Tuscola Jim Ned

CONFERENCE 4A - Timothy Samuel & Amit Kumar - Sunnyvale 

CONFERENCE 5A - Ishan Pendyala & Aydin Haniff - Friendswood

CONFERENCE 6A - Mario Canales III & Aayan Pattanayak - Tomball

 

Bronze Medalists

(UIL does not hold a round to decide 3rd and 4th place, so each conference has two third place teams.)

CONFERENCE 1A 

Abigail Mosley & Cooper Spray - Jayton

Briley Dossey & Adden Nolan - Tyler UT Tyler

CONFERENCE 2A

Peyton Hancock & Briana Bowling - Gladewater Union Grove 

Heidi Smith & Adalie Thomas - Mason

CONFERENCE 3A

Gaby Fuertes & Jack Sessums - Paradise

Parker Mason & Kes White - Grand Saline

CONFERENCE 4A - 

Gabriel Hunt & Heidi Martin - Canyon 

Sreekar Chalamalasetty & Anshul Ganta - Prosper Richland

CONFERENCE 5A 

Marol Brooks & Aanya Raghavan - Austin LASA

Ruby Terry & Lauren Nager - Melissa

CONFERENCE 6A 

Leo Cheng & Ayub Ahmed - Houston Bellaire

Lauren Bautista & Olivia Mulligan - Conroe Woodlands College Park 

5th & 6th Place

CONFERENCE 1A 

5th Kamrynn Barber & Maggie Harris - Veribest 

6th Layla Lowrance & Harper Sertich - Sanderson

CONFERENCE 2A

5th Matias Aguilar & Taylor Rains - Plains

6th Maddox Johnson & Will Caffey - Olney 

CONFERENCE 3A

5th Oliver Conner & Case Boettcher - Lexington

6th Kenneth Smith & Ian Bard - Atlanta 

CONFERENCE 4A  

5th Kamdyn Mathews & Lexi Morris - Caddo Mills

6th Braxton Gonzales & Emily Orn - Big Spring

CONFERENCE 5A 

5th Phineas Plauche & Victoria Alonzo 

6th Liam McGall & Amelia Phoenix - Grapevine

CONFERENCE 6A 

5th Andy Chen & Feliks Lin - Katy Seven Lakes

6th Emma Parker & Malaikah Ali - Princeton

Speaker Awards

CONFERENCE 1A

Gold Gavel - Randen Williams – Gail Borden County

Silver Gavel – Elizabeth Cook - O'Donnell

Bronze Gavel – Adden Nolan - Tyler UT Academy 

4th Place – Abigail Mosley - Jayton

5th Place – Elsa Damm - Fort Davis

6th Place – Jaxon Hodges - Aspermont

CONFERENCE 2A

Gold Gavel – Adalie Thomas - Mason

Silver Gavel – Valerie King - Wink

Bronze Gavel – Braxton Alderson - Wink 

4th Place – Bethani Magby - Sudan

5th Place – Travis Caporali - Shelbyville 

6th Place – Maddox Johnson - Olney 

CONFERENCE 3A

Gold Gavel – Kaylen Sanchez - Buffalo

Silver Gavel – Kes White - Grand Saline

Bronze Gavel – Montgomery Hatter - Tuscola Jim Ned

4th Place – Oliver Conner - Lexington

5th Place  – Keshav Singh - Hill County College Prep

6th Place – Isabella Villarreal - Hill County College Prep