By Emerald Green
Teams from all over the silver state and Utah came to Coronado to compete in the Speech and Debate Coronado Invitational Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-10. It was the biggest tournament in the district with 800 people in attendance.
The Speech and Debate team has been preparing and practicing for this tournament for the last two weeks, but many members have been studying for some of the topics for months, constantly searching for new evidence and talking points.
Brooks Sanderson, junior, and Shelby Bordeaux, senior, ran the tournament as Mr. Miles’ assistants.
“We spent many days after school crafting banners for each attending school. Then, we set up all the rooms we were allowed to use, asking the teachers and such. We had over 1000 individual entries and made over $1000 in entry fees,” Sanderson said.
The Cougars lost the tournament to be more professional by letting other schools claim the winning distinction points. Green Valley, Northwest CTA, and Palo Verde were the biggest winners of the tournament.
“I don’t think that there are skills we need to work on as a team, but some of us have some individual challenges,” Katie Lim, freshman, said.
Seniors Allie Ryerson and Louis Shulman Won first place in varsity policy. Barry Corcoran, junior, and Sam Ross, senior, won second place in varsity public forum. Nick Becker, junior, won first place, and Robbie Char, freshman, won second place in novice extemporaneous speech. Travis Smith, junior, and Kristian Thymianos, senior, won second place in varsity duo. Seth Murawsky, senior, won second place in humorous interpretation.
“I think the tournament went very well, and everyone from Coronado should be proud of how smoothly it went,” Woodrow Oris, sophomore, said.
