While most kids were relaxing and starting their Thanksgiving break, the HHS speech and debate team traveled to the Marlow Tournament, running away with the class 3A tournament sweepstakes championship with 73 points. Their closest competitor was runner-up Navajo with 48 pts. They ALSO received third place sweepstakes in novice division!
Here are the individual results:
Pedro Valle-1st in LD debate;
Nadia Valles- 1st in CX debate and 1st in FEX;
Makyla Schmidt- 2nd in LD debate and 3rd in Poetry;
Jaden Matthews- 2nd in DEX and 3rd in SO;
Ashland Crites- 1st in DEX, 2nd in CX debate, and 2nd in MO;
Nayely Valles- 1st in novice FEX;
Milisa Heskett- 2nd in CX debate and 2nd in SO;
Ronny Robles- 1st in CX debate, 1st in Prose, and 3rd in DEX;
Cailyn Baggitt- 3rd in novice LD debate and finalist in dramatic duet;
Raiven Bedford- finalist in prose and dramatic duet;
Laura Ullery- finalist in novice monologue and novice prose.