Brookings Speech and Debate

  On Tuesday, Feb. 8, members of the interp and debate team presented to students at the Brookings Middle School as a kick-off to their middle school interp season. They presented students with information about the speech classes that they can register for as 9th graders. 

  The bobcats jumped on the bus and headed to Harrisburg for the last regular-season contest of the year on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12.  Placing for Brookings:  Interp:  Livermont/Doom -- 5th Duo Tyler Livermont -- 3rd Humor Speech:  Aditya Tummala -- 4th Foeign Extemp Debate:  Tummala/Manzer -- 1st Public Forum  

  On Saturday, Feb. 5, members of the interp team traveled to Apple Valley to participate in the Minniapple tournament.  This is by far the largest tournament that we see in a year, with events having over 50 entries per division.  Those participating gained a ton of experience and great feedback to help them as they prepare for the qualifier.  A huge shout-out goes to Olivia Anderson who was a semi-finalist in humor. 

  Brookings traveled to Yankton on Saturday, Feb. 5 to compete in the Central Forensics Conference #3.  As the conference is disbanding after this year, this was the last CFC contest ever.   Brookings took home first place sweeps in all 3 categories: Debate, Speech, and Combined Placing for Brookings:  Interp: Nana Yaa Dwomoh -- 3rd Drama Amelia Casper -- 4th POI Speech:  Aditya Tummala -- 4th Inform Alexander Stafford -- 2nd Novice Extemp Emily Hua -- 2nd Varsity Oratory Congress:  Albert Shore -- 1st Congress Joshua Park -- 3rd Congress Sampada Nepal -- 4th Congress Nancy Yang -- 5th Congress Elijah Manzer -- 6th Congress Debate:  Hua/Nepal -- 2nd Public Forum Tummala/Manzer -- 3rd Public Forum Shore/Shore -- 4th Public Forum Trisha Sharan -- 1st Lincoln Douglas Xander Hof -- 3rd Lincoln Douglas