Results

4A State Tournament, Feb. 21-22

Gracie Mikan was a finalist in Congress.

Nehemiah Hernandez, Phoenix Connelly and Autumn Reel were semifinalists in humor.

Natalia Hildebrand was a semifinalist in Drama

Isaac Wallace and Rhylie Garcia were semifinalists in Duo

Jade Alvarez was a semifinalist is poetry. 

Jean Toth placed 5th in poetry. 

Talena Dillard placed 3rd in poetry. 

Jay Keith placed 2nd in poetry.

The team placed 4th overall in speech events and 7th overall in sweeps out of over 30 schools.

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National Qualifying tournament, Feb. 7-8

Oliver Young was Alumni of the Year

Autumn Reel was a semi-finalist in Info

Jean Toth was a semi-finalist in OO

Autumn Reel placed 4th in Humor

Phoenix Connelly qualified for Nationals in Humor

Gracie Mikan and Nehemiah Hernandez qualified for Nationals in World Schools Debate

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Discovery Canyon Campus Hollywood Invitational, Feb. 1

Widefield placed 3rd overall

Natalia Hildebrand was 4th in Drama

Phoenix Connelly was 5th in Humor

Autumn Reel was 1st in Humor

Jade Alvarez was 4th in Poetry

Leila Brown was 6th in Poetry

Paige Weldon and Nehemiah Hernandez were 4th in Duo

Nehemiah Hernandez was 6th in Storytelling

Bree Thomas was 3rd in Storytelling

Vinessa Terry was 1st in Storytelling

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National Qualifying Congress, Jan. 24-25

Gracie Mikan placed 7th over all

Talena was Outstanding Speaker

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Widefield Varsity Tournament, Jan. 11

Widefield placed 3rd overall out of 27 schools

Natalia Hildebrand placed 3rd in Drama

Phoenix Connelly and Natalia Hildebrand were tournament champions in Duo

Nehemiah Hernandez placed 5th in Humor

Autumn Reel placed 3rd in Humor 

Jade Alvarez was 6th in poetry

Jean Toth was 3rd in poetry 

Talena Dillard was 2nd in poetry 

Gracie Mikan was 4th in US extemp 

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Winter Wonder, Dec. 14

Natalia Hildebrand placed 6th in drama

Phoenix Connelly placed 1st in Humor

Autumn Reel placed 2nd in humor

Nehemiah Hernandez placed 3rd in humor

Jean Toth placed 3rd in poetry

Ben Chisholm placed 4th in poetry

Leila Brown placed 5th in poetry

Jay Keith placed 6th in poetry

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NSDA Rules, Dec. 7

Widefield placed 4th overall in events, and 3rd in congress out of 26 schools 

Rhylie Garcia and Gracie Mikan placed 5th in Big Questions debate.

Natalia Hildebrand placed 6th in Drama

Nehemiah Hernandez placed 3rd in humor

Autumn Reel placed 4th in humor 

Phoenix Connelly placed 5th in humor

Autumn Reel placed 2nd in storytelling 

Rhiana Gallardo placed 6th in storytelling

Kate Foley placed 12th in original oratory

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Dragon's Backbone, Nov. 16

Widefield placed 5th out of 24 schools.

Phoenix Connelly and Natalia Hildebrand placed 3rd in duo

Rhylie Garcia and Isaac Wallace placed 6th in Duo

Phoenix Connelly placed 4th in humor 

Autumn Reel placed 2nd in Humor

Nehemiah Hernandez placed 6th in humor

Autumn Reel placed 3rd in informative

Jean Toth placed 4th in poetry 

Tona Taylor and Sophia Jackson placed 6th in public forum debate

Rhylie Garcia was superior speaker in Congress 

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Pike's Speak, Nov. 2

Widefield placed 3rd overall

Morgan Hubbard placed 2nd in Novice LD

Natalia Hildebrand placed 4th in Drama

Phoenix Connelly placed 1st in Humor

Nehemiah Hernandez placed 5th in Humor

Autumn Reel placed 6th in Humor

Jean Toth placed 5th in Original Oratory

Talena Dillard placed 4th in Poetry

Jay Keith placed 6th in Poetry

Jade Alvarez placed 1st in Poetry

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Halloween Congress, Oct. 29

Widefield placed 1st overall

Autumn Reel won outstanding speaker

Gracie Mikan won outstanding speaker

Talena Dillard won Superior speaker

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Palmer Ridge Novice, Oct. 26

Widefield placed 3rd overall

Landon McBride placed 5th in drama

Faith Winkler and Autumn Reel placed 1st in Duo

Leila Brown and Lillian Logan placed 2nd in Duo

Tiana Graham placed 3rd in humor

Kate Foley placed 1st in poetry

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Widefield Novice, Oct. 12

Widefield placed 1st overall

Landon McBride placed 2nd in Drama

Tiana Graham placed 2nd in humor

Skye Finan placed 3rd in humor

Elizabeth Bristol placed 3rd in informative speaking

Irie Shafer placed 5th in informative speaking

Kate Foley placed 1st in original oratory

Jayden Gomez placed 2nd in original oratory

Foly Kpadenou placed 4th in original oratory

Leila Brown placed 5th in original oratory

Phoenix Daigle placed 3rd in US extemp

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Springboard 1, Oct. 8

Jade Alvarez was Outstanding Speaker in Congress

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4A State, Feb. 23-24

Jade Alvarez was a finalist in Congress

Natalia Hildebrand placed 12th in Drama

Vanessa Monforte placed 12th in OO

Phoenix Connelly placed 7th in Humor

Keaton Morrison placed 3rd in USX

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Nat Quals, Feb. 9-10, 2024

Brett Elhoffer recieved his Diamond Coach Award

Natalia Hildebrand placed 6th in Drama

Vanessa Monforte placed 4th in OO

Havanna Terrell placed 5th in Humor

Vanessa Monforte, Keaton Morrison, Nehemiah Hernandez, Gracie Mikan, and Rhylie Garcia qualified for Nationals in WSD

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Discovery Canyon Campus Varsity Tournament, Feb. 3, 2024

Widefield placed 3rd!

Hayden Nilson placed 4th in Storytelling

Griffin Schuler placed 6th in Storytelling

Keaton Morrison placed 2nd in Extemp and 1st in Impromptu

Natalia Hildebrand placed 4th in Impromptu and 2nd in Drama

Vanessa Monforte placed 2nd in OO

Phoenix Connelly placed 2nd in Humor

Havanna Terrell placed 3rd in Humor

Isaac Wallace placed 6th in Humor

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Nat Quals Congress, Jan. 26-27, 2024

Keaton Morrison placed 4th in Senate

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Canon City Varsity Tournament, Jan. 20, 2024

Vanessa Monforte placed 3rd in Drama and 4th in OO

Phoenix Connelly placed 4th in Humor

Havanna Terrell placed 6th in Humor

Jean Toth placed 1st in Poetry

Keaton Morrison placed 4th in USX

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Widefield Varsity Tournament, Jan. 13, 2024

Isaac Wallace placed 5th in Humor

Jean Toth placed 2nd in Poetry

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NSDA Rules Congress, Dec. 5, 2023

Widefield placed 2nd!

Justin Fritz won Superior Speaker

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Cheyenne Mountain Varsity Tournament, Nov. 11, 2023

Jean Toth placed 2nd in Poetry

Natalia Hildebrand placed 6th in Drama

Gracie Mikan and Rhylie Garcia placed 3rd in PF

Jade Alvarez was Superior Speaker in Congress

Keaton Morrison was Outstanding Speaker in Congress

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Woodland Park Varsity Tournament, Nov. 4, 2023

Nehemiah Hernandez and Ari Everett placed 4th in PF

Vanessa Monforte placed 4th in Drama

Jean Toth placed 5th in Poetry

Freddy Chisholm placed 6th in Poetry

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Halloween Congress, Nov. 2, 2023

Widefield placed 2nd!

Justin Fritz won Superior Speaker

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Palmer Ridge Novice Tournament, 28, 2023

Gabbi Kastrava placed 1st in Drama

Jean Toth placed 2nd in Poetry

Miaja Starke placed 4th in Info

Freddy Chisholm placed 4th in Poetry

Gracie Mikan and Rhylie Garcia placed 4th in PF

Nehemiah Hernandez and Anthony Walden placed 5th in PF

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Widefield Novice Tournament, Oct. 21, 2023

Widefield placed 1st out of 17 teams

Nehemiah Hernandez and Ari Everett placed 6th in PF

Andrea Pascual placed 6th in Info

Anthony Walden and Gracie Mikan placed 5th in PF

Hayden Nilson and Maggi Morrell placed 3rd in Duo

Miaja Starke placed 3rd in info

Jade Alvarez placed 2nd in LD

Mason Dowdle placed 2nd in POI

and Jean Toth and Freddy Chisholm were co-champions in poetry

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4A State Tournament, Feb. 24-25, 2023

Talena Dillard placed 11th in poetry

Phoenix Connelly placed 10th in poetry

Alice Lay placed 9th in poetry

Havana Terrell placed 9th in humor

Vanessa Monforte placed 8th in drama

Noah Lau Hee placed 8th in Original oratory

Ravyn Cook placed 7th in humor

Abby Vsetecka placed 6th in US extemp speaking

Demetrius placed 2nd in Original Oratory

Widefield placed 6th overall in events out of 42 schools

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Nat Quals, Feb. 10-11, 2023

Noah Lau Hee placed 7th in Original Oratory

Demetrius Brown placed 4th in Original Oratory

Vanessa Monforte, Abby Vsetecka, Keaton Morrison, and Demetrius Brown qualified for nationals in World Schools Debate

Alice Lay won Student of the Year

Stephanie Owen won Coach of the Year

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DCC, Feb. 4, 2023

The team placed 5th overall.

Havana Terrell placed 6th in storytelling

Natalia Hildebrand and Tyrell Rogers placed 6th in Duo

Ravyn Cook placed 5th in Humor

Demetrius Brown placed 2nd in original oratory

Alice Lay was tournament champion in poetry

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NSDA Springboard Scrimmage, Jan. 26, 2023

Havanna Terrell and Keaton Morrison placed 2nd in Duo

Keaton Morrison placed 2nd in Info

Havanna Terrell placed 1st in Storytelling

Ben Chisholm placed 2nd in poetry

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Canon City, Jan. 21, 2023

The team placed 2nd overall.

Vanessa Monforte placed 2nd in drama and 5th in Original oratory.

Emma Nitchey and Alice Lay placed 3rd in Duo

Ravyn Cook placed 6th in Humor 

Havanna Terrell placed 5th in Humor 

Tyrrell Rogers placed 4th in Humor 

Phoenix Connelly placed 2nd in poetry 

Alice Lay placed 1st in poetry 

Demetrius Brown placed 5th in Program Oral Interpretation 

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Widefield Varsity Tournament, Jan. 14, 2023

Widefield placed 5th out of 22 schools

Vanessa Monforte placed 4th in drama

Alice Lay and Emma Nitchey placed 4th in Duo

Havanna Terrell placed 6th in Humor

Demetrius Brown placed 2nd in OO and Impromptu

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NSDA Springboard Series, Jan. 10, 2023

Widefield placed 5th out of 53 schools

Phoenix Connelly and Sen Kpadenou placed 2nd in Duo

Ravyn Cook and her partner placed 3rd in Duo

Ravyn Cook placed 3rd in humor

Noah Lau Hee placed 1st in OO

Talena Dillard placed 3rd in poetry

Alice Lay placed 2nd in poetry

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Palmer Divide Tournament, Jan. 7, 2023

Widefield placed 2nd overall.

Ty Rogers placed 5th in storytelling

Alice Lay and Emma Nitchey placed 2nd in duo

Alice Lay placed 2nd in poetry

Demetrius Brown placed 1st in Original oratory and Impromptu 

Vanessa Monforte placed 4th in Original oratory and 2nd in drama

Abby Vsetecka placed 5th in impromptu and 4th in US extemp

Noah Lau Hee placed 6th in Original Oratory

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Cherry Creek Tournament, Dec. 10, 2022

Ravyn Cook and Teegan Schuler placed 5th in Improv Pairs

Vanessa Monforte placed 3rd in Drama

Alice Lay placed 2nd in Poetry

Demetrius Brown placed 7th in Original Oratory

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Pine Creek Congress, Dec. 6, 2022

The team placed 3rd overall

Keaton Morrison was nominated for outstanding speaking

Vanessa Monforte won Superior Speaker

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NSDA Rules, Dec. 3, 2022

The team placed 4th out of 19 schools.

Vanessa Monforte was a finalist in Drama.

Teegan Schuler, and Sam Skinner were finalists in Duo

Ravyn Cook was a finalist in Duo and Humor

Demetrius Brown was tournament champion in Original Oratory and a finalist in Program Oral Interpretation.

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NSDA Springboard Series, Nov. 22, 2022

Widefield placed 2nd out of 51 schools!

Nevaeh Gonzalez placed 1st in Poetry

Vanessa Monforte placed 1st in OO, and 1st in Drama

Demetrius Brown placed 2nd in OO

Alice Lay and Emma Nitchey placed 4th in Duo

Jay and Lilly Keith placed 5th in Duo

Keaton Morrison placed 2nd in Humor, and 4th in Storytelling

Phoenix Conelly placed 1st in Poetry

Abby Vsetecka placed 1st in Pro/Con Challenge

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Cheyenne Mountain Varsity Tournament, Nov. 12, 2022

Widefield placed 5th overall

Demetrius Brown placed 5th in POI and 2nd in OO

Alice Lay and Emma Nitchey placed 3rd in DUO

Talena Dillard placed 5th in Poetry

Vanessa Monforte placed 5th in OO

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NSDA online scrimmage, Nov. 10, 2022

Widefield placed 1st out of 72 schools

Vanessa Monforte placed 2nd in OO

Alice Lay and Emma Nitchey placed 3rd in Duo

Ravyn Cook and her partner placed 4th in Duo

LeBron Tallon and Nick Mullins placed 6th in Duo

Alice Lay placed 1st in Humor, and Storytelling, and 2nd in Spoken Word Poetry

Talena Dillard placed 1st in Poetry

Noah Lau Hee placed 1st in OO

Ravyn Cook placed 1st in Poetry

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Woodland Park Varsity Tournament, Nov. 5, 2022

Widefield placed 11th out of 24 schools

Sylvar Lowe placed 6th in poetry

Ravyn Cook placed 5th in poetry

Ravyn Cook and her partner placed 5th in Duo

Talena Dillard placed 4th in poetry

Vanessa Monforte placed 3rd in Drama

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Pine Creek Novice Tournament, Oct. 29, 2022

Conner Pardo placed 6th in informative speaking

Dylan Baker placed 5th in informative speaking

Morgan Hubbard and Adrea Pascual placed 7th in PF debate

Ben Chisholm placed 6th in poetry

Jazzmyn Busby placed 5th in poetry

Talena Dillard placed 3rd in poetry

Jay Keith placed 2nd in poetry

Sylvar Lowe placed 1st in poetry

Cadence Meyers placed 1st in Program Oral Interpretation

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Widefield Novice Tournament, Oct. 15 2022

Widefield placed 2nd out of 17 schools

Sylvar Quinn placed 1st in poetry

Morgan Betts placed 2nd in poetry

Cadence Meyers placed 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation

Phoenix Connelly and Sen Kpadenou placed 2nd in Duo

Jay and Lilly Keith placed 3rd in Duo

Emily Brown placed 5 in Informative Speaking

Adrian Wyman placed 6th in Informative Speaking

Ava Romero placed 6th in Original Oratory 

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NSDA online Scrimmage, Oct. 13, 2022

Widefield placed 2nd out of 42 schools

Vanessa Monforte placed 1st in drama and 3rd in OO

Justin Soderstrom placed 4th in drama

Phoenix Connelly and Dede Kpadenou placed 2nd in Duo

Nick Mullins and LeBron Tallon placed 5th in Duo

Sage Berry and Zalia Martin placed 6th in Duo

Laila Samora placed 1st in humor and 4th in OO

Autumn Ibarra placed 1st in Info

Emily Brown placed 4th in Info

Dylan Baker placed 6th in Info

Kayla Cosme placed 1st in OO

Noah Lau Hee placed 2nd in OO

Jazmin Roberts placed 2nd in Pro/Con Challenge and 4th in OO

Za'Riya Barry placed 5th in OO

Nevaeh Gonzales placed 1st in poetry

Talena Dillard placed 2nd in poetry

Sylvar Quinn placed 5th in poetry

Honor Price placed 4th in poetry

Morgan Betts placed 4th in poetry

Teegan Schuler placed 4th in poetry

Ben Chisholm placed 5th in poetry

Ravyn Cook placed 1st in Pro/Con Challenge

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NSDA online Scrimmage, Oct. 11, 2022

Widefield placed 2nd out of 45 schools

Vanessa Monforte placed 1st in drama and 4th in OO

Samantha Skinner placed 5th in drama and 4th in humor

Jazmin Roberts placed 6th in drama

Jay and Lilly Keith placed 1st in Duo

Phoenix Connelly and Dede Kpadenou placed 2nd in duo

Ravyn Cook and her partner placed 3rd in duo

Kayla Cosme placed 4th in duo and 4th in OO

Chase Axtman placed 4th in duo and 4th in Info

Teegan Schuler placed 1st in Humor and 3rd in poetry

Autumn Ibarra placed 1st in Info and 3rd in humor

Natalia Hildebrand placed 5th in humor

Dylan Baker placed 5th in Info

Alyssa Connelly placed 4th in OO

Zalia Martin placed 5th in OO

Honor Price placed 1st in poetry

Talena Dillard placed 2nd in poetry

Morgan Betts placed 4th in poetry

Cadence Meyers placed 3rd in POI

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NSDA online Scrimmage, Sept. 20, 2022

Widefield placed 2nd out of 23 schools

Natalia Hildebrand placed 2nd in Humor

Ravyn Cook and her partner placed 1st in Duo

Vanessa Monforte placed 3rd in Drama and 4th in OO

Ben Chisholm placed 2nd in Info

Nevaeh Gonzales placed 2nd in Poetry

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National Qualifying Tournament, Mar. 4-5

Demetrius Brown, Vanessa Monforte, Keaton Morison, and Abby Vsetecka qualified for the national tournament in World Schools Debate

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Regionals, Feb. 19

Alice Lay was regional champion in poetry

Demetrius Brown qualified to compete at state in OO

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Discovery Canyon Campus, Feb. 5

Teegan Schuler and Jason Ward placed 4th in duo

Jason Ward placed 6th in humor

Demetrius Brown placed 4th in POI

Alice Lay placed 1st in Poetry

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Canon City Classic, Jan. 22

Teegan Schuler and Jason Ward placed 4th in duo

Jason Ward placed 6th in humor

Demetrius Brown placed 2nd in original oratory

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Pine Creek Congress

The team placed 3rd out of 7 schools

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Widfield High School Varsity, Jan. 15

Joyce Ronspiez placed 1st in poetry

Jason Ward placed 4th in humor

Teegan Schuler and Jason Ward placed 4th in duo

Emma Nitchey and Joyce Ronspiez placed 6th in duo

Demetrius Brown placed 4th in original oratory

Vanessa Monforte placed 6th in original oratory

The team placed 5th out of 20 schools

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George Washington Patriot Games, Jan. 7-8

Alice Lay placed 6th in poetry

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NSDA Rules Congress, Dec. 7

Alice Lay, Natalia Hildebrand, and Noah Lau Hee were all nominated for outstanding speaker

The team placed 3rd overall

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NSDA Rules, Dec. 4

Jason Ward was a semi-finalist in humor

Vanessa Monforte and Demetrius Brown were semi-finalists in Original Oratory

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Raptor Rumble, Nov. 20

We placed 9th out of 32 schools

Keaton Morrison, Demetrius Brown, and Vanessa Monforte tied for first in World Schools Debate

Payton Johnson placed 5th in drama

Alice Lay placed 3rd in poetry

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Cheyenne Mountain varsity tournament, Nov. 13

We placed 6th out of 17 schools.

Emma Nitchey placed 6th in Program Oral Interpretation 

Havana Terrell placed 5th in humor

Joyce Ronspiez placed 3rd in poetry 

Alice Lay placed 2nd in poetry 

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Woodland Park varsity tournament, Nov. 6

We placed 8th out of 15 schools.

Vanessa Monforte placed 5th in Drama

Jason Ward and Teegan Schuler placed 2nd in Duo.

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Widefield Novice Tournament, Oct. 30

Daniel Cruz placed 6th in humor

Sophia Anderson and Phoenix Daigle placed 4th in Duo

Saige Harrison placed 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation 

Divine Gentle placed 4th in poetry

Quinton Days placed 4th in Original Oratory 

Brianna Cook and Robert Cochran placed 5th in Public Forum debate

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Pine Creek Novice Tournament, Oct. 16

We placed 5th out of 12 schools.

Saige Harrison placed 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation 

Sam Skinner placed 3rd in humor

Daniel Cruz placed 4th in humor

Haiden Shenk placed 6th in drama

Neveah GonzalesWheaton placed 3rd in poetry

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Online NSDA Scrimmage, Oct. 7

Out of 39 schools, we came in 1st!

The forensics team competed in another online global tournament on Thursday, Oct. 7

Out of 39 schools we came in first!

Payton Johnson placed 6th in drama

Teegan Schuler placed 2nd in humor and creative storytelling

Havana Terrell placed 4th in humor

Elieday Wall placed 3rd in original oratory

Alice Lay placed 2nd in spoken word poetry and 1st in poetry

Joyce Ronspiez placed 2nd in poetry

Ashley Creed placed 3rd in poetry

Saige Harrioson placed 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

Emma Nitchey placed 5th in Program Oral Interpretation

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Online NSDA Scrimmage, Oct. 5

Out of 44 schools, we came in 2nd!

Payton Johnson placed 2nd in drama

Teegan Schuler placed 2nd in humor and creative storytelling

Havana Terrell came in 6th in Humor

Purjah Turk came in 2nd in informative speaking

Noah Lau Hee placed 3rd in his Congress chamber

Quinton Days placed 6th in original oratory

Alice Lay placed 1st in Spoken word poetry and 3rd in Poetry

Divine Gentle placed 6th in poetry

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St. Mary's Novice Tournament

Haiden Shenk placed 2nd in Drama

Sam Skinner placed 1st in Humor

Saige Harrison placed 1st in POI

Dylan Baker and Keaton Morrison placed 1st in PF debate

Overall as a team, we placed 1st!!!!

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