Tournament Results
Congratulations to our 2017 Missouri State High School Activity Association (MSHSAA) State Qualifiers!
Readers Theatre-(Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)-1st Place One-Act Play-(Unexpected Tenderness)-2nd Place Trevor Diepenbrock-Prose-Poetry-1st Place Ian Fleming and Cameron Perry-Duet Acting-1st Place Austin Moulder and Dalton Russell-Policy Debate-1st Place Logan Daniels-Storytelling-2nd Place Maddy Herrell-Prose-2nd Place Austin Moulder-Dramatic Interp-3rd Place Audrey Warters-International Extemp-3rd Place Congratulations also to our other district finalists! Connor Woodward-Lincoln-Douglas Debate -4th Place Ella Schnake-Humorous Interp-5th Place Katie Clewell-Radio Speaking-6th Place Audrey Warters-Oratory-8th Place Congratulations to our National Speech and Debate Association District finalists and National Qualifiers from Individual Events weekend held at Lee's Summit West!
In Performance Oral Interp (POI), Austin Moulder placed 1st and qualifies to the National Tournament in June in Birmingham!! In International Extemporaneous Speaking, Audrey Warters placed 1st and in Original Oratory placed 3rd and twice qualifies to the National Tournament!! (The NSDA limits an qualifier to one event at the national tournament and Audrey will be competing in Oratory.) In Humorous Interp, Cameron Perry placed 4th and is first alternate to the national competition and Ella Schnake placed 6th. In Informative Speaking, Katie Clewell placed 4th and is first alternate to the national competition. Congratulations to Ian Fleming and Cameron Perry who placed 4th in Duo making them 1st Alternate for the National tournament and to Connor Woodward for placing 2nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate and becoming our first National Qualifier this season!
Congratulations to the following competitors at the Neosho Varsity debate and forensics tournament February 25-26, 2017!
Performance Oral Interp: Austin Moulder-1st Place Dramatic Interp: Austin Moulder-2nd Place; Tayler Bates-3rd Place Humorous Interp: Ella Schnake-5th Place Policy Debate: Austin Moulder and Dalton Russell-2nd Place Lincoln Douglas Debate-Connor Woodward-3rd Place Congratulations to the following competitors at the Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference Tournament held at Blue Springs High School on February 17-18, 2017!
1st Place Individual Sweepstakes 2nd Place Overall Sweepstakes 4th Place Debate Sweepstakes Storytelling: Logan Daniels-1st Place; Ella Schnake-2nd Place International Extemp: Audrey Warters-1st Place Policy Debate: Jaden Lanza and Brenden Lucas-1st Place; Austin Moulder and Dalton Russell-3rd Place Poetry: Trevor Diepenbrock-2nd Place; Becca Bessette-4th Place Humorous Interp: Ella Schnake-2nd Place; Cameron Perry-7th Place Dramatic Interp: Austin Moulder-3rd Place, Nate Thurman-7th Place Duo Interp: Ian Fleming and Cameron Perry-4th Place; Logan Daniels and Trevor Diepenbrock-9th Place Student Congress: Brenden Lucas-4th Place, Daily Bennett-8th Place Prose: Maddy Herrell-5th Place; India Kittrell-7th Place Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Connor Woodward-6th Place Oratory: Audrey Warters-7th Place Congratulations to the following competitors at the Raytown Varsity Tournament and the Oak Grove IE Tournament held on February 3-4, 2017!
Raytown HS: Dramatic Interp: Austin Moulder-1st Place Duo Interp: Ian Fleming and Cameron Perry-3rd Place Performance Oral Interp: Austin Moulder-4th Place Policy Debate: Jaden Lanza and Brenden Lucas-4th Place Oak Grove HS: Duo Interp: Jillian Humke and Paige Whitney-1st Place; Logan Daniels and Trevor Diepenbrock-3rd Place; Alec Heriford and Alex Shelton-6th Place Original Oratory: Jillian Humke-1st Place; Crystyn Campbell-2nd Place Humorous Interp: Isabelle Burton-6th Place Dramatic Interp: Nate Thurman-2nd Place; India Kitrell-5th Place Prose: Maddy Herrell-2nd Place; Chloe Coons-3rd Place; Tevin Chavez-4th Place; Talmage Kelley-5th Place Poetry: Becca Bessette-3rd Place; Paige Whitney-4th Place United States Extemp: Desray Yarger-2nd Place; Harrison Jones-5th Place Congratulations to the following competitors at the Platte County Varsity Debate and Forensics Tournament on Jan 27-28:
Overall Sweeps: 1st Place, IE Sweeps: 1st Place Policy Debate: Jaden Lanza and Brenden Lucas-2nd Place Lincoln Douglas Debate: Zack Matteson-4th Place International Extemp: Audrey Warters-1st Place Dramatic Interp: Nate Thurman-1st Place, India Kitrell-3rd Place, Tayler Bates-4th Place, Tevin Chavez-4th Place Duo Interp: Logan Daniels/Trevor Diepenbrock-1st Place, Song Waltz/Tiffany Wylde-3rd Place Humorous Interp: Isabelle Burton-3rd Place, Bailey Trautman-5th Place Informative Speaking: Katie Clewell-5th Place Oratory: Audrey Warters-4th Place Poetry: Trevor Diepenbrock-1st Place Performance Oral Interp: Maggie Carlson-3rd Place Prose: Maddy Herrell-1st Place, Chloe Coons-2nd Place, Talmage Kelly-3rd Place, Grace Millard-4th Place Storytelling: Logan Daniels-1st Place Congratulations to the following competitors at the Raytown South Varsity Tournament and the Lee’s Summit Novice Tournament held on Dec 9-10, 2016!
Varsity: JV Public Forum Debate: Jacob Scott and Trevor Turner-2nd Place Policy Debate: Jaden Lanza and Brenden Lucas-3rd Place Informative Speaking: Katie Clewell-4th Place Humorous Interp: Ella Schnake-6th Place Duo Interp: Sarah Scott and Larissa Wratney-6th Place Storytelling: Larissa Wratney-6th Place Novice: 3rd in Sweeps Dramatic Interp: Abby Ball-1st Place, Alec Heriford-2nd Place Humorous Interp: Bailey Trautman-1st Place, Maddie Kort-2nd Place Duo Interp: Alec Heriford and Alex Shelton-1st Place, Maddie Kort and Molly Loman-4th Place, Alexis Carver and Makayla Sclesky-5h Place Prose: McKenna Wilson-1st Place, Abby Ball-2nd Place, Jayce Blede-5th Place Poetry: Ben Dixon-2nd Place, Paige Whitney-4th Place Oratory: Jillian Humke-4th Place Congratulations to the following competitors at the Truman Varsity Tournament and the William Chrisman Novice Tournament held on Dec 2-3, 2016!
Varsity: Dramatic Interp: Maggie Herrell- 5th Place Duo Interp: Song Waltz and Tiffany Wylde-6th Place Program Oral Interp: Becca Bessette-4th Place Storytelling: Dalton Apel-1st Place Policy Debate: Austin Moulder and Dalton Russell-4th Place Novice: 1st Place IE Sweeps, 4th Place Overall Sweeps Dramatic Interp: Abby Ball-2nd Place, Alec Heriford-6th Place Duo Interp: Jillian Humke and Paige Whitney-2nd Place, Alec Heriford and Alex Shelton-5th Place Prose: Talmage Kelley-2nd Place, Katie Carlisle-3rd Place Poetry: Paige Whitney-2nd Place Oratory: Jillian Humke-2nd Place International Extemp: Seth Kelley-4th Place Congratulations to the following students who competed this weekend at Park Hill South Varsity and North Kansas City Novice tournaments:
PHS Varsity: Sweepstakes: 1st in Individual Events; 5th in Debate; 4th Overall Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate: Audrey Warters-2nd Place Varsity Policy Debate: Austin Moulder and Dalton Russell-3rd Place JV Policy Debate: Jaden Lanza and Brenden Lucas-3rd Place International Extemp: Audrey Warters-3rd Place Dramatic Interp: Tayler Bates-1st Place, Austin Moulder-2nd Place, Ian Fleming-4th Place, Nate Thurman-5th Place Program Oral Interp-Becca Bessette-1st Place Informative: Katie Clewell-3rd Place Duo Interp: Ian Fleming and Cameron Perry-2nd Place Oratory-Audrey Warters-2nd Place NKC Novice: Sweepstakes: 2nd Overall Policy Debate: Camden Darby and Caleb Walker-1st Place International Extemp-Debrah Totten-5th Place Storytelling: Dalton Apel-3rd Place, Larissa Wratney-6th Place Poetry: Ben Dixon-2nd Place, Paige Whitney-4th Place Prose: Chloe Coons-2nd Place, Sam Reicher-3rd Place, Talmage Kelley-4th Place, McKenna Wilson-5th Place Humorous Interp: Dylan de Leon-2nd Place, Abbey Park-4th Place Duo Interp: Paige Whitney and Julian Humke-1st Place, Alex Shelton and Alec Heriford-4th Place, Makayla Sclesky and Alexis Carver-6th Place Dramatic Interp: Alec Heriford-2nd Place, Chloe Coons-4th Place |
Congratulations to the Novice award winners at the Belton IE and Grandview Debate tournament on Oct 28 & 29.
IE Sweepstakes-1st Place Policy Debate: Seth Kelley and Ella Schnake-7th Place; Camden Darby and Caleb Walker-9th Place Prose: Chloe Coons-4th Place; Makayla Sclesky-7th Place; Sam Reicher-8th Place Storytelling: Dalton Apel-1st Place; Robby Keays-3rd Place; Larissa Wratney-6th Place Dramatic Interp: Chloe Coons-3rd Place; Alex Heriford-4th Place Duo Interp: Shelton and Herif-2nd Place Humorous Interp: Eli Monnig-3rd Place; Bailey Trautman-4th Place; Spencer Harris-5th Place; Dylan de Leon-8th Place Poetry: Paige Whitney-2nd Place; Ben Dixon-3rd Place Prose: Talmage Kelley-2nd Place |
Congratulations to the award winners at the Rockhurst Open Tournament, Oct 21-22, 2016:
Lincoln-Douglas Debate-Amber Payne-3rd Place Policy Debate-Jaden Lanza and Brenden Lucas-4th Place Humorous Interp-Ella Schnake-2nd Place Dramatic Interp-Ian Fleming-3rd Place; Trevor Diepenbrock-5th Place Duo Interp-Ian Fleming and Cameron Perry-3rd Place |
Varsity at Blue Springs HS Oct 14-15:
IE Sweepstakes: 1st Place Combined Sweepstakes:3rd Place Varsity Policy Debate -Austin Moulder & Dalton Russell-1st Place JV Policy Debate-Jaden Lanza & Brenden Lucas- 3rd Place Dramatic Interp-Tiffany Wylde-1st Place; Tevin Chavez-3rd Place Humorous Interp-Riley Linn-6th Place Storytelling-Logan Daniels-3rd Place Program Oral Interp-Becca Bessette-5th Place Duo Interp-Ian Fleming & Cameron Perry-1st Place; Riley Linn & Max Poisner-3rd Place International Extemp-Austin Moulder-5th Place Domestic Extemp-Dalton Russell-6th Place Novice at Blue Springs South Dramatic Interp-Chloe Coons-1st Place; Abby Ball-4th Place Poetry-Ben Dixon-2nd Place Prose-Talmage Kelley-1st Place; Chloe Coons-2nd Place Storytelling-Larissa Wratney-1st Place; Dalton Apel-2nd Place; Robbie Keays-6th Place |