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Sheetal Tallada gets input from teammate

Jermaine Brack moments before her round.
We support each other, even during the
hardest times, Tallada said. I really enjoy it, its
worth my time on Saturdays.
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The state qualifiers and alternates pose for a
picture after the awards ceremony.
Kneeling: Nick Guardado, and Jonathan Sams.
Standing: Jermaine Brack, Kenny Mackey, Sara
Saunders, Chad Brechbuhler, Liam Hill, Zach
Schoolcraft, Alexis Patton, and Eliahs Sumpter.
{NATIONALS} Team sends freshman to Nationals,
six students qualify to the States
The Speech and Debate team has
grown in size since last year, due to the
large number of freshmen who joined.
As the team grew so did the amount of
students they sent to the State Competi-
tion in Cleveland and Nationals in Bir-
mingham, Alabama.
Juniors Eliahs Sumpter and Jermaine
Brack qualified to go to the National
tournament held in June along with fresh-
man Chad Brechbuhler.
I was not expecting to even break to
Semi-Finals, let alone qualify for Nation-
als and get third overall. This was such
a surreal and incredible experience,
Brechbuhler said.
The team qualified six students for the
State tournament, Brack won first place
in Informative Speaking, becoming a
State Champion and Sumpter took third
in Dramatic Interpretation.
Winning states for me is so much
deeper than just winning, Brack said.
Those who really want it,
succeed. Those who work hard,
obtain their goals.
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Sophomore Nick Guardado practices his Infor-

mative speech.You get out of it what you put
in, Guardado said. Its awesome to have your
own little Speech and Debate family.

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Picture 4: First row (left to right): Jermaine Brack, Arianna Sieloff, Kaylee Speaker, Claire Foltz, Maggie Juarez, Mya Montgomery, and Renee Walton Third Row left to right): Eliahs Sumpter, Sara Saun-
ders, Alyssa Peterson, Kaylee McKee, Emmalee Green, Sheetal Tallada, Zach Schoolcraft, and Augustia Mackey Fourth Row (left to right): Alex Nicholson, Alyssa Blanc, Tierra Hess, Sam Verble, Liam Hill,
Nicholas Guardado, and Johnathan Sams Fifth Row (left to right): Chad Brechbuhler, Drew Ely, Jeremy Busken, Colin OConnor, David Rauch, and Maya Demchak. Picture 3:
Two of the Debate teams practice their cases while waiting for rounds to be posted at the Jackson tournament. This is where you can truly express your thoughts on foreign affairs and worldwide
issues, freshman Claire Foltz said. The 2016-17 Speech and Debate team has a total of eight debaters in all events.Debate is a great experience;
preparing you for writing, public speaking, and viewing both sides of the story,freshman Drew Ely said. Left to right: Freshmen Sam Verble, Drew Ely, Kaylee Speaker, and Claire Foltz
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 Picture 1: Sophomore Jonathan Sams practices his
Dramatic Interpretation speech at the Jackson tour-
nament.
This team has meant a lot to me, watching
them grow and become better people is
what brings me joy, Sams said.

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What you dont know.......

Congressional Debate has taught me to think
critically about the world around me; to chal-
lenge traditional viewpoints, think outside the
box and clearly articulate my argument. I hope
to use this experience to make a difference in
the real world.

Senior Captain Graham Hess

Dramatic Interpretation is an event that gets
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your emotions and takes you outside of your
Picture 2: The GlenOak Speech and Debate National qualifiers
juniors Jermaine Brack, Eliahs Sumpter, coach Nick Bollas,
comfort zone. I have made wonderful friends
and freshman Chad Brechbuhler pose with their trophies and and gotten great experiences. I will definitely be
plaques. Qualifying to Nationals was one of the most shocking continuing Drama for the next three years and I
and incredible moments of my high school career, Brechbuhler am going to make it to Nationals some day.
said. I was up against competitors with a ton of talent who I
look up to and admire. Brack went to nationals for Informative
Speaking, Sumpter for Dramatic Interpretation and Brechbuhler
for Extemporaneous Speaking.Competitions are nerve wrack-
Freshman Colin OConnor
ing and hectic, but they teach you to take a step back and look
at things more rationally, Sumpter said.
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What I will miss most about high school is my friends because we are super close,junior Cheyenne Newman said.

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