Caddo Debate

Caddo Debate: where preseason practice is fun for the whole family

Caddo Debate is back In action and we need your help! We have no local tournaments and very limited regional tournaments, so we’re asking for donations to get kids to competitions. Link in bio

Caddo Debate is back In action and we need your help! We have no local tournaments and very limited regional tournaments, so we’re asking for donations to get kids to competitions. https://www.locallevelevents.com/events/details/34671

Caddo Magnet Debate Summer Pre-Camp Program off to a great start! Thanks to all our alumni for the support, and shout out to alumni Austin Kiihnl for all his help making this possible!

Caddo debate lost a great coach and alumn this week. It’s with a broken heart that we mourn the loss of Darius White. Darius coached the Caddo team to a district title and a state championship in 2022. He was a national champion in college debate for OU and a strong supporter of the Louisiana debate community. We are forever grateful for his brilliant coaching but more so for his kindness and captivating spirit that he brought wherever he went. He will be greatly missed.

Congratulations to the Caddo Magnet Debate team for an awesome showing at the state championship. Both the novice and advanced teams took home first place. Skyler Vandiver and Parker Alleman placed first in Advanced Debate. Skyler was also top individual speaker. John Wooden and David Behrendt placed 1st in novice debate. Zeke Forsythe, Draco Addison, Emmett Beal and Maeve Morgan were all semifinalists and tied for 3rd place. Overall out of 23 schools, Magnet finished 5th in total wins across all events.Congratulations debaters!

Congratulations the Caddo debate novice teams. They took home the top 4 trophies in policy debate, a first place individual speaker award and a sweepstake trophy. A great showing for these new debaters!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to learn about our debate team. We hope to see you in class next year!

We had an amazing showing at the DTA tournament in New Orleans this weekend. Juju Welborn won 1st in legislative debate and 2nd in impromptu speaking. Micaela Gafford, Kritika Joshi, Skyler Vandiver, and Parker Alleman closed out finals in Varsity policy to take home 1st and 2nd place plus bids to the KY TOC National tournament. Esha Pingili and Violet Porter cleared to quarterfinals in novice policy. Jack Schwartz, Lyriq Williams, Draco Addison, and David Behrendt tied for 3rd in novice policy. Congratulations to all the teams on a spectacular start of the season.

And we’re off! The debate season starts today with our return to the Grapevine classic.

Congratulations to our own Juju Welborn for qualifying and attending the National Speech and Debate Association championship tournament in Phoenix. Juju is a rising junior at Caddo Magnet and represented the state of Louisiana in congressional debate at the national tournament this week.