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Inland Empire National Qualifying Tournament

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Ten students qualified for the National Speech and Debate Association tournament in Fort Lauderdale June 17-22 and a few more are alternates! We won sweepstakes awards in Speech, Debate, and Overall. Qualifiers are: Big Questions Debate : Trevor Schmitt, Qualifier; Jacob Talsmat, Alternate Dramatic Interpretation : Monica Winn, Qualifier; Yerushulaim Solano (PHS), Qualifier; Nathaly Mendoza, Alternate Duo Interpretation : Caleb Hernandez and Ford Powers, Qualifiers (Caleb's second trip to Nationals); Eric Harrod and Malene Garcia, Alternates (going to nationals in their individual events) Humorous Interpretation : Ford Powers, Qualifier (going in Duo); Linda Corona, Qualifier; Audra Totten, Alternate (going in Informative); Harrison Higgins, Alternate Informative Speaking : Audra Totten, Qualifier; Malene Garcia, Qualifier Lincoln Douglas Debate : Linh Truong, Qualifier Original Oratory : Eric Harrod, Qualifier; Saige Johnson, Alternate Program Oral Interpretation :
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With only eight competitors for the first tournament of the year, Chiawana was still able to capture the first place trophy for small teams at the Pasco High School Tournament. Congress Captain Linh Truong led the team with a first place in Open Informative Speaking, second in Open Congressional Debate, and second in Open Program Oral Interpretation. Debate Captain Saige Johnson followed with second place in Big Questions Debate (with partner Amy Walker) and third in Open Expository Speaking and Open Editorial Commentary. We also have some very enthusiastic and talented novices. Amy Walker took first place in both Novice Editorial Commentary and Novice Humorous Interpretation. Alison Pettey was first place in Novice Tall Tales, and Briana Castro took first with a perfect score in Novice Dramatic Interpretation. Four students—Conner Mahaffey, Ulises Bruno, Victor Soriano, and Alison Pettey—competed in their first ever Congressional Debate. I was parliamentarian in that ch
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Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I said we had the potential to win 10 of 11 regional titles? I wasn’t far off. First, we repeated last year’s victory as a team, with our second regional championship title in a row—by tripling the second place team’s score. We have been either champion or runner up almost every year this program has existed. Second, every single person qualified for state in at least one event. Five are going in all three of their events. And, before I get to the results, I want to brag about Ford Powers, who is our newest recipient of the Academic All-American award for the National Speech and Debate Association, one of only seven in Washington so far this year. Malene Garcia is our second student to receive the highest possible degree in the NSDA, Premier Distinction. This is a real feat! We have students nationally ranked in their individual events, as well as two—Baylee at 57 and Malene at 582--on the All-American list (top 1% in the nation). Indi
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