Carson High School Speech and Debate team rally at Hug tourney, 19 advance to final rounds
Carson High School’s Speech and Debate team had a commanding performance at the December tournament held at Hug High in Reno over the weekend, with 23 Carson City students participating and 19 advancing to final rounds.
Ellie Dement placed 4th in her first appearance in storytelling. Makala Heyder and Nasia Perkins placed 4th and 2nd respectively in informative speaking, an event based around teaching the audience on a topic of their choice. Claire Dillon and Emily Tran finished 3rd and 2nd respectively in Dramatic Interpretation while Peter Woodbury and Viviana Castro finished 3rd and 1st in United States Extemporaneous Speaking.
All of the Carson Duo Interpretation teams placed in finals. Daisy Jones/Gabe Crounk took 3rd, Kayden Kemp/Zion Brown finished 2nd and Chelsea Empeno/Kaden Sa held onto their 1st place position in the league.
For debate events, students are ranked on both their speaking presentation and ability to win the argument in their respective events. For speaker presentation points, Alexis Ropp placed 10th in LD; Public Forum debaters Thomas Lance placed 7th, Lizzie Barker and Emily Tran tied for 6th, and Viviana Castro took 4th.
Policy debaters Kaden Sa placed 7th, Summer McGill 4th, Nasia Perkins 3rd, and Maxwell Gold finished 2nd. For overall debate wins: in Public Forum, Freshmen pairings Barker/Lance finished 3rd and Ivan Romeo/Will Hampton taking 1st for the tournament. Policy Debate saw Maxwell Gold/Kaden Sa finishing 3rd overall and Summer McGill, Nasia Perkins taking 2nd place after finals.
The students are enjoying a much deserved break for the holidays but will be hitting the ground running after break to prepare for their home tournament at Carson High School the weekend of Jan. 19-20.
The students are excited to host at their home school in partnership with Pioneer High School and need your support! If you can volunteer your time to come check out these phenomenal students and judge at the tournament, please contact the head coach Patrick Mobley pmobley@carson.k12.nv.us to get in touch with how to support these amazing students. Potential judges can also sign up here.