CHS Speech and Debate makes strong showing at Hug tournament

Carson High School’s Speech and Debate team had a commanding performance at the December tournament held at Hug High on the weekend of the 8th with 23 Carson students participating and 19 advancing to final rounds.

Ellie Dement placed fourth in her first appearance in storytelling. Makala Heyder and Nasia Perkins placed fourth and second respectively in informative speaking, an event based around teaching the audience on a topic of their choice. Claire Dillon and Emily Tran finished third and second respectively in dramatic interpretation while Peter Woodbury and Viviana Castro finished third and first in U.S. extemporaneous speaking.

All of the Carson duo interpretation teams placed in finals.

Daisy Jones and Gabe Crounk took third, Kayden Kemp and Zion Brown finished second and Chelsea Empeno and Kaden Sa held onto their first 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 seventh, Lizzie Barker and Emily Tran tied for sixth and Viviana Castro took fourth. Policy debaters Kaden Sa placed seventh, Summer McGill fourth, Nasia Perkins third, and Maxwell Gold finished second.

For overall debate wins: in public forum, freshmen pairings Barker/Lance finished third and Ivan Romeo/Will Hampton took first for the tournament. Policy debate saw Maxwell Gold/Kaden Sa finish third overall and Summer McGill/Nasia Perkins take second place after finals.

The students are enjoying a much deserved break for the holidays but will hit the ground running after break to prepare for their home tournament at Carson High School the weekend of Jan. 19.  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, contact head coach Patrick Mobley at pmobley@carson.k12.nv.us to get in touch about how to support these amazing students.