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Brentwood Debaters: Academic All-Americans and More

Debate team members are going to state and national competitions this spring.

Brentwood High School debate coach Robyn Haug reports that the Brentwood debate team is headed to MSHSAA state competition in Columbia, MO, on the University of Missouri campus the weekend of April 19. Five team members are going to the National Forensic League national competition in Birmingham, AL, in June.

Among the team members are Academic All-Americans and district champions.

Debate Awards 2012-2013:

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Academic All-American:

  • Dallas Neely
  • David Rivera
  • Lucy Sappington

District Awards:

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MSHSAA Districts:

  • Ellie Fitzgibbons – Prose Reading District Champion
  • Dallas Neely – Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking District Champion
  •  Lucy Sappington and Chris Williams – Duet Acting District Champions
  • David Rivera and Dallas Neely – Public Forum Debate – 2nd Place
  • David Rivera – International Extemporaneous Speaking – 3rd Place
  • *All of these students have qualified to state competition in Columbia, MO in two weeks

National Forensic League Districts:

  • David Rivera and Dallas Neely – Public Forum Debate District Champions
  • Maggie Mortensen – Original Oratory – 2nd Place
  • Austin Koster and Steven Sandler – Public Forum Debate – 3rd Place
  • *All of these students have qualified to national competition in Birmingham, AL this summer

District Standings:

The following students are on the top 25 for the entire Eastern Missouri District. Brentwood has the most top-10 students in the entire district of 32 schools!

  • Dallas Neely – 1st place in the Eastern Missouri District and 3rd place in the entire state of Missouri
  • Lucy Sappington – 6th place
  • Steven Sandler – 8th place
  • David Rivera – 19th place
  • Michael Harries – 25th place

See more Brentwood debate news in Patch:

  • Brentwood Debate Team Members Qualify for State Competition


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