Winning at Winnersville

Congratulations to the Jesters who competed this weekend at the Wildcat at Winnersville Speech and Debate Tournament, hosted by Valdosta HS. The Jesters had another fantastic showing, having the most students advance and place than any other school. Schools from Georgia, Tennessee and Florida attended the tournament. Here is how we fared:

Original Oratory: Salaam Awad, 5^th Place; Oliver Gray, 2^nd Place

Informative Speaking: Bryant Hodgson, 4^th Place; Nora Ball, 3^rd Place

Extemporaneous Speaking: Bryant Hodgson, 5^th Place; Maeve Malaney-Lau, 4^th Place; Oliver Gray, 3^rd Place: Jorge Navarrete, 2^nd Place; George Lefkowicz, CHAMPION

Public Forum Debate: Duncan Tanner & Cole Parker, CHAMPIONS

Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Aran Sonnad-Joshi, 3^rd Speaker; Lauren Scaffidi, 1^st Speaker; Lauren Scaffidi, 2^nd Place Overall

We couldn’t compete without our community and parent judges! Thanks to Kathryn Lawler, Gene Likins, Vicki Gray, Harshad Joshi and Shashi Sonnad. You’re the best!

We have the next weekend off and then we split the team and compete at the Sequoyah HS Autumn Argument in Canton, GA, and the William Tennent HS Invitational in PA.