Debate
Advisor Doug Welton - Email Doug Welton
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
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