Cary Academy defended its overall sweepstakes title at the second All-Star Invitational hosted by Gray's Creek High School in Fayetteville. The team's victory was spearheaded by an outstanding showing in Lincoln Douglas Debate where CA took 1st - 4th in Varsity, as well as 6th; and 2nd in JV as well as 4th - 6th. In addition CA students were the champions in Varsity Congress, JV Public Forum , and Extemporaneous Speaking. Individual student winners were as follows:
Puj Adusimilli-1st Place Varsity LD
Taylor Morin- 2nd Place Varsity LD
Hannah Hubbard- 3rd Place Varsity LD
Laura Cabana- 4th Place Varsity LD
Bailey Medley- 6th Place Varsity LD
Grace Jin- 2nd Place JV LD
Calvin Ma- 4th Place JV LD
Christof Ketchmark- 5th Place JV LD
Tylor Moore- 6th Place JV LD
Kevin Wu & Alex Yang- 1st Place JV PF
Kristin Andrejko & Abby Getz- 4th Place Varsity PF
Daisy Gray & Tring Tranh- 6th Place Varsity PF
Ted Waechter- 1st Place Varsity Congress
Jack Stafford- 4th Place Varsity Congress
Gregg Cornett- 6th Place Varsity Congress
Emma Ehrhardt- 2nd Place Original Oratory
Bill Peebles- 1st Place Extemporaneous Speaking & 2nd Place Impromptu Speaking
Bharat Modi- 5th Place Extemporaneous Speaking & 6th Place Impromptu Speaking

Thank you to parents Dhruti Dholakia, Renee Getz, Deborah Ketchmark, Charles and Sharon Maxfield, and David Yazdani for judging; and special thanks to Sharon Maxfield and David Yazdani for driving the Charger buses.

59 members of the Cary Academy speech and debate ventured around the corner to Cary High School to compete in the second annual Impvitational on Saturday November 9th. The team enjoyed a strong showing placing 3rd place in overall sweepstakes. The following students received awards in their respective events:
Bill Peebles-1st Place, Extemp; 3rd Place Impromptu
Bharat Modi-5th Place, Extemp
Jack Stafford-3rd Place, Varsity Congress Chamber 1
Spencer Reed-6th Place, Varsity Congress Chamber 2
Christof Ketchmark-3rd Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Jack Maxfield-4th Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Grace Jin-5th Place & 1st Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Laura Cabana-3rd Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Puj Adusumilli-4th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Carrie Schellenberger-6th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Due to the large size of the debate divisions there were several debaters or teams with 3-1 records who did not place in the top 6 but did receive recognition for honorable mention. These included:
Abby Getz and Kristin Andrejko-Varsity Public Forum Debate (7th Place)
Kenny Cho-Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate (9th Place)
Andrew Manglesdorf-Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate (11th Place)
Nyal Patel-Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate (7th Place)
Andrew Glosson-Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate (8th Place)
Bailey Medley-Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate (9th Place)
Carolyn Calder-Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate (11th Place)
Sindhor Ambati-Varsity Lincoln Douglas (12th Place)

Special thanks to all of our parent judges who were there to help: Leigh Anderson, Pam Andrejko, Bill Bastin, Tracy Cuffe, Mike Ehrhardt, Shwety Goswami, Beth Jones, Sean Kerns, Parrish Ketchmark, Janet Lennon, Greg Stephens,  and Sunny Surana. 

32 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate Team traveled to Southern Pines on Saturday November 2 to participate in the SandHoke Early College  Tournament hosted on the campus of SandHills Community College. The team had an excellent showing placing 2nd in overall sweepstakes. In Lincoln Douglas Debate Nyal Patel placed first in Varsity which means that CA has won Varsity LD at all three local tournaments it has attended so far this year. In JV LD, CA took five of the six places on stage with Siobhan Cuffe placing 1st, Henna Judge 2nd, Jack Lattimore 4th, Sindhoor Ambati 5th, and Sneha Advani 6th. In Novice LD, Tylor Moore was 6th. In Public Forum Kevin Wu and Alex Yang were first in JV and Matt Glenn and Owen Guard were 4th. Matthew Gibbon and Richard Van Vilet were 5th in Varsity. Bill Peebles was 2nd in Extemp and 4th in Impromptu, and Nate Jones was 5th in Extemp. Spencer Reed was the Best Presiding Officer in the Senate as well. Thank you to parents Chris Park and Srivani Ambati for judging!