Wenatchee- November 18th 2017

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The theme for speech and debate this year is #be_excellent, and the team certainly lived up to it on Saturday, November 18, in Wenatchee! We swept all three team awards--Top Speech, Top Debate, and Top Large Team.

Eighteen students competed, with one more observing, and we still have students who have not yet competed or are adding new events.

Coach’s Excellence: Audra Totten

Peer Excellence Award: Harrison Higgins

Individual finishes are as follows:

FIRST PLACE

·         Baylee Easterday Open Extemporaneous

·         Baylee Easterday, Open Impromptu (Perfect Score)

·         Baylee Easterday, Open Interpretive Reading (Perfect Score)

·         Baylee Easterday, Open Congress

·         Caleb Hernandez and Ford Powers, Open Public Forum Debate

·         Jacob Talsmat, Top Presiding Officer, Open Congress

·         Linh Truong, Novice Tall Tales

·         Malene Garcia, Open Expository Speaking

·         Monica Winn, Open Dramatic Interpretation (Perfect Score)

SECOND PLACE

·         Audra Totten, Novice Expository Speaking

·         Ford Powers, Open Tall Tales

·         Monica Winn, Open Interpretive Reading

THIRD PLACE:

·         Jacob Talsmat: Open Extemporaneous Speaking

·         Leira Vargas: Novice Expository Speaking






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