Brookings Speech and Debate

Results     House 1:   PO-Emmaly Hall   Tied 1st-David Lechner and JJ Love     House 2:   PO- Joecie Mooney   1st-Cheyenne Jorgensen   T2nd- Camryn Lounsbery and Jenna Sprang     House 3:   PO-Layla Peterson   1st-Ayden Calvert   T2nd-Maddie Berkenholt and Elise Lefers     House 4:   PO-Sophia To   1st-Yar Akon   T2nd-Marylin Lopez, Tessa Horn, Kylie Simmons, and Aiden Smith    

 The snow did not deter the debaters from competing on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Roosevelt Sweetstakes.  Results are:  SFR Sweetstakes (Nov. 13) novice LD-Xander Hof-semi finalist, top speaker JV PF-Albert & Alex Shore-2nd VPF-Aditya Tummala & Elijah Manzer-1st

Students traveled to the great white north on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6.   Results are:  Olivia Anderson - 1st Humor, 1st Storytelling Gavin Dubray - 4th Humor Tyler Livermont - 6th Storytelling Ellyana Stahl & Mikenna Harding & Abigail Mohs -- 2nd Readers Theater congress-superior speakers (1st place in their houses)        Emily Hua, Chase Struck, JJ Love congress-excellent speaker (2nd place in house)           Mackenzie Steinhauer novice LD-Xander Hof-1st varsity LD-Trisha Sharan-3rd JV PF-Tyler Livermont & Ren Retterath-4th        VPF-Sampada Nepal & Emily Hua-2nd Sweepstakes-BHS-3rd

Brookings hosted teams from Aberdeen, Milbank, and Watertown in an after school novice debate meet on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Forty-two public forum teams and 2 novice LD debaters competed for the first time in front of varsity student judges.  Xander Hof won the LD division. 

Brookings combined a strong showing in congress along with several IE finalists to win the top crown in AA at Pumpkinstakes, held Saturday, Oct. 30 at Watertown High School.  Individual placing include:  Grace Davis - 2nd Varsity Drama Olivia Anderson - 5th Varsity Humor Ava Hilmoe/Kelsey Kuebler - 3rd Novice Duo Ava Hilmoe - 4th Novice Non-O Sophia Poppen - 3rd Novice Storytelling Margaret Dailey - 5th Novice Storytelling Olivia Anderson - 1st Varsity Storytelling Tyler Livermont - 2nd Varsity Storytelling  Shane Nupen - Novice Congress Presiding Officer Jacob Prout - 1st Novice Congress Deliana Stephens - 2nd Novice Congress Alexander Stafford - 2nd Novice Congress Christina Messerli - 2nd Novice Congress Lillian Christian - 3rd Novice Congress Asher Bucholz - 3rd Novice Congress Brooklyn Benthin - 4th Novice Congress