OCHS Academic UIL

Sage West—2A Prose Interpretation State Champion!

Just announced! Sage has advanced to finals!

Sage West (Emerson) is competing in the UIL State Speech and Debate Meet prelims today as one of the top 12 in the state in Prose Interpretation and having received a 1st place ranking from all 3 judges at both district and regional competition. Stay tuned!

STATE BOUND! With immense pride, we announce that Emerson (Sage) West and Sadie Bonnette are set to represent us at the State UIL Speech Competition.

Sage has clinched the Regional Prose Championship, while Sadie will demonstrate her prowess in Extemporaneous Informative Speaking in Austin.

Dawson Burks is our Alternate in Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking. We're thrilled to celebrate the achievements of these three seniors who've made Rebel Nation proud over the past four years.

What a Day!
Congratulations to our UIL Speech and Debate team.
We had a great day. We have a number of students advancing to Regional Competition at Panola College later this month:
Brittney Nunez in Lincoln Douglas Debate.
Emerson West - District Champion in Prose
Sadie Bonnette in Persuasive Extemp.
Dawson Burks - District Champion in Informative Extemp.
Hunter Bell in Informative Extemp.

Overall we were the District 2nd place Speaking Team and District Runner up in the Academic Championship.

It's been a strong season and we have a total 17 students advancing to Regional!
We are so proud of our Rebel Academics.

Your 2A UIL CX Debate State Champions 2026!

Sadie Bonnette and Annabelle Dan have advanced to finals in the UIL State CX Debate competition. They will be one of 16 teams competing in 2A tomorrow!

Ready for Day 1 of the UIL State CX Debate tournament. Go Sadie and Annabelle!

🎭 Bi-District will be at Panola College on March 27!