2018-19 Tournament 3: Chiawana, December 1

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It's always great to host a tournament. Even though we come early to set up, we still get to sleep later than when we travel. My assistant coach/daughter, Sara, and I both logged over 16,000 steps as we hosted 15 schools, over 100 students, and 50 coaches and judges. As always, people love being at Chiawana.
Even with team members out with illness, Chiawana had a great tournament, picking up all three team awards: Speech Sweepstakes, Debate Sweepstakes,  and Large Team Sweepstakes. Individual finishes are as follows:
Big Questions Debate: Saige Johnson and Amy Walker, 2nd
Novice Congressional Debate: Briana Castro, 1st; Victor Soriano, 3rd, Top Presiding Officer
Open Congressional Debate: Linh Truong, 1st
Novice Dramatic Interpretation: Briana Castro, 1st (perfect score)
Novice Editorial Commentary: Amy Walker, 1st (perfect score); Alison Pettey, 3rd
Novice Informative Speaking: Amy Walker, 1st
Novice Humorous Interpretation: Amy Walker and Alison Pettey, unbreakable tie for 1st (perfect scores)
Novice Tall Tales: Victor Soriano, 1st
Open Dual Interpretation: Audra Totten and Linda Corona, 2nd
Open Informative Speaking: Linh Truong, 1st (perfect score)
Open Humorous Interpretation: Audra Totten,  2nd
Open Program Oral Interpretation: Linh Truong, 2nd
Select team members will compete in the Conway Classic at Gonzaga University on January 4-5; the entire team will compete at Toppenish the following weekend.

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