Carson High School debate season starts with a bang
Carson High Debate kicked off the new season coming off their trip to nationals in June. The team would like to thank the following supporters for funding the team’s trip including: Carson City Host Lions, Sassafras, TSBP LLC, Carson City Toyota, Associated Risk Management, Hanifin's Arts, William Cutbert, Karen ALlen, and Stephanie Dutton.
This season’s first tournament was held at Robert McQueen High School. 15 school and 170 competitors participated in the two day event. 19 members of the Carson High squad presented in 10 different events. In speech events Carson remains a dominant force in Program Oral Interpretation claiming 4th, 2nd, & 1st in novice and 2nd in senior.
Pebble Wiggins took 4th with her piece on the lasting harms of sexual Assault. Summer McGill finished 2nd speaking on dementia and first time competitor Makayla Heyder finished 1st with her program examining the pressure of being the first born child. In senior level competition Emily Tran finished 2nd presented her piece on the fetishization of Asian American women. Carson High also had a strong showing in humorous interpretation.
New members Kayden Kemp and Ellie Dement took 1st and 2nd in the novice division with their pieces on the Retirement of Spiderman and Sherman and Peabody. Addison Hopkins finished 3rd overall in senior humorous interpretation presenting his cutting of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Captain Viviana Castro took 2nd place overall in senior original oratory with her piece examining problems veterans face.
In debate events Gaven Hettrick claimed 10th overall in speaker points in novice Public Forum debating US military presence in the Arctic. Kaden Sa placed 8th in policy speaker points with his partner Nasia Perkins taking 4th debating fiscal redistribution. Viviana Castro took 3rd in senior Lincoln Douglas speaker points.
In novice Lincoln Douglas Emily Tran finished 1st in speaker points and 3rd overall with captain Kyle Allen taking 3rd in speaker points and sweeping the final round to finish 1st place overall debating the right to housing.
Carson High debate competing at McQueen against 15 schools and 170 competitors.
Congrats to the following students for In Program Oral Interpretation:
Pebble Wiggins 4th
Summer McGill 2nd