At the biggest speech and debate state tournament in the nation, with schools from 1A to 6A, private and public competing, Central High School won out region, and, out of 221 schools, finished 5th place sweeps overall.
Thirty-nine speech and debate students from CHS competed in the Texas Forensic Association in Pflugerville, Texas, and the team of Brian Kyle Frizzell and Hannah McIver are the 2016 TFA Duet Acting State Champions. Also, the team of Michelle Davis and Caroline Stout placed 6th overall in the duet acting.
This is the first time for the CHS debate students have finished in the top 10 as a team and had two of the six finalists in an event. It was the first time for the debate team to win a championship in TFA. Central had 16 semi-finalists, which is top 18 in the state, 20 quarter-finalists, which is top 36 in the state.
With 44 quals, Central Debate tied for top quals in the state and CHS was even acknowledged for a third-place finish with the team’s contribution to the state community service project.
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It's nice to see positive news events and this is a huge accomplishment for the CHS Forensic Team. It takes an incredible amount of preparation and talent in order to be this successful in the state tournament. I was fortunate enough to get there in 1979 with my debate partner in my senior year at San Angelo Lake View and I remember burning a lot of midnight oil in the process. This is a memory that these young men and women will cherish for the rest of their lives.
Congratulations to not only these students but to their dedicated teachers and parents as well on a job well done!
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PermalinkAs a former president of this team (1989) I am proud to see the success of the CHS speech and debate organization. This is fantastic news.
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