Brookings Speech and Debate

  The Brookings Speech and Debate Team hosted over 400 people from 17 different schools at our annual Brookings Bell Tournament.  Brookings competitors placed well.  Interp:  Olivia Anderson - 4th Program Oral Interp Tyler Livermont -- 1st Humorous Grace Davis -- 4th Drama Speech:  Nancy Yang -- 1st Novice Oratory Alex Shore -- 6th Novice Extemp Aditya Tummala -- 4th International Extemp Debate:  Ting/Nyawanda -- 1st Novice Public Forum Shore/Shore -- 3rd JV Public Forum Xander Hof -- 2nd Novice Lincoln-Douglas Congress:  Chase Struck-4th Friday Varsity Albert Shore-6th Friday Varsity

  Member of the interp team traveled to Huron to compete in the State Oral Interpretation Festival December 3-4.  Brookings brought home a team excellence award and six superior ratings.  Competing for Brookings:  Non-Original Oratory: Ava Hilmoe (Excellent)  Drama: Grace Davis (Superior)  Humor: Olivia Anderson (Superior)  Poetry: Nic Schran (Superior)  Storytelling: Tyler Livermont (Superior with Distinction)  Duo: Grace Davis and Jasmine Anawski (Superior with Distinction)  Readers Theater: Olivia Anderson, Kaitlyn Doom, Gavin DuBray, Tyler Livermont (Superior) 

  The bobcats traveled to the land of corn (aka Mitchell) to compete in the McGovern Invitational on November 19-20.  Aside from landing some whoppers  at Cabela's, the team also took home several top places.   Interp:  Olivia Anderson - 2nd Place Storytelling, 5th Place Humorous Stahl/Mohs/Harding -- 3rd Place Storytelling Grace Davis -- 2nd Drama Speech:  Alex Shore -- 6th Place Extemp Debate:  Tummala/Manzer -- 1st Place Varsity Public Forum Hua/Nepal -- 3rd Place Varsity Public Forum Ting/Nyawanda -- 1st Place Novice Public Forum Xander Hof -- 2nd Place Novice Lincoln-Douglas Congress:  Brooklyn Benthin- 1st Place Friday Novice  Mar ylin Lopez-3rd Place Friday Novice Aditya Tummala-1st Place Friday Varsity  Elijah Manzer-2nd Place Friday Varsity Albert Shore-5th Place Friday Varsity Saturday congress-Brooklyn Benthin-5th, JJ Love-7th

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.