HMS debate winners
The Homewood Middle School debate team celebrates their first place finish at a recent competition.
Homewood Middle School’s debate team recently dominated in the 19th Annual Birmingham Debate League against 70 teams from more than 25 schools. In their second year of competition, Homewood won first place trophies for both total wins and win percentage and took seven of the top 10 individual debate awards.
The team also won 33 of its 40 debates. This was not only the greatest number of wins by any team, but it also represented the highest winning percentage of any other team.
At the individual level, Abbe Coulter took ninth, Liza Ashe took eighth, Stanford Massie took sixth, Sam Janas took fifth, Sharif Sakawi took fourth, Joshua Ndegwa took second and Max Breeden was rated the top debater of the league.
The Birmingham Area Debate League is sponsored by Samford University, who also hosts all of the tournaments over the course of the year.
The Homewood Middle School Debate team is sponsored by Austin Bonds and Mary Binkley. It is coached by Mike Janas, Ben Coulter and John Curtis.
