Debate

Advisor Doug Welton - doug.welton@nebo.edu

Debate Team places 3rd at State

Leah Miller, 4th - Informative

Hannah Beecher, 2nd  - National Extemp

Hannah Beecher & Maddie Isom, semifinalists - Public Forum

Tessa Neilson, 6th - Impromptu

Zach Davis & Benson Atkin, quarterfinalists - Policy

State Champions

Henry Draper & Mia Carlos - Policy

State Champion

Nathan Thorne - Interpretations

Debate team earns 15th Region Championship!

11 students qualify for Nationals and hope to earn several more this next weekend at State.

3rd Student Congress: Annalise Johnson 

1st (tied) Lincoln-Douglas: Liz Berg & Isabelle Crossley

4th Lincoln-Douglas: Lydia Poulsen

1st Policy: Mia Carlos & Henry Draper

2nd Policy: Benson Atkin & Zach Davis

3rd Policy: Hannah Lesher & Abigail Whiting

1st Public Forum: Hannah Beecher & Maddie Isom

2nd Public Forum: Mazzy Barker & Leah Miller

3rd Public Forum: Kyden Naylor & Ashton Cook

4th Public Forum: Nate Thorne & Charlotte Hansen

3rd Foreign Extemporaneous: Max Gappmayer

2nd Impromptu: Tessa Nielson

4th (tied): Mazzy Barker & Maddie Isom

2nd Informative: Leah Miller

4th (tied) Informative: Adelaide Krieger-James-Mercado & Annie Hill

1st Interps: Nathan Thorne 

2nd Interps: Isabell Crossley

4th Interps: Rachel Peterson

1st National Extemp: Hannah Beecher

4th National Extemp: Matt Raleigh

1st (tied) Oratory: Charlotte Hansen & Aislyn Ercanbrack

Skyhawk Smackdown Results:

There were 41 schools total (30 in-person and 11 online). Salem Hills finished 1st by a large margin!


1st Salem Hills High School (2375 points)

2nd Skyline High School (1127 points)

3rd Tooele High School (958 points)

We had a lot of individual awards as well:

4th Big Questions: Annalise Johnson & Zach Davis

2nd Lincoln-Douglas---Liz Berg (5-0)

1st Policy (Novice)---Annie Hill and Liesl Otte

3rd Policy (Varsity)---Mia Carlos & Henry Draper

1st Char. Spar---Tessa Nielson

4th Char. Spar---Hannah Beecher

5th Char. Spar---Nate Thorne

4th Interps---Nate Thorne

4th Declamation---Annie Hill

4th Impromptu---Hannah Beecher

3rd Poetry---Tessa Nielson

1st Poetry---Hannah Beecher

1st Spar---Hannah Beecher

3rd Spar---Tessa Nielson

5th Spar---Liesl Otte

1st Congress---Libby Hancock

3rd Congress---Annalise Johnson

2nd Congress (Novice) Tessa Nielson

3rd Congress (Novice)---Max Gappmayar

1st Declamation (Tie):Hannah Beecher & Nate Thorne

2nd Declamation---Benson Atkin

3rd Declamation---Lily Devenport

4th Declamation---Olivia Hatch

5th Declamation---Hayden Stokes

5th Freedom Speech---Mia Carlos

1st Lip Sync---Hannah Beecher and Mazzy Barker

3rd Informative---Liesl Otte

1st Poetry (Novice)---Benson Atkin

1st Poetry---Hannah Beecher

2nd Poetry---Mia Carlos

1st Storytelling---Annalise Johnson

3rd Storytelling---Leah Miller