Traverse City Central High School and Traverse City West Senior High School Debate Teams performed well during the five-week Northern Michigan Debate League (NMDL) tournament season. The following students received awards after the last debate competition on November 15th:
Traverse City Central High School:
Varsity Gold: Speaker Award, 3rd place – Will Arnold
Varsity Gold: Team Award, 4th place – Matt Madion, Aaron Trippe, Will Arnold, Anna Frick
Varsity Green: Speaker Award, 6th place – Neal Endicott
Varsity Green: Speaker Award, 7th place – Aaron Burns
Varsity Green: Speaker Award, Honorable Mention – Zane Truax
Varsity Green: Team Award, 3rd place – Mike Budros, Duncan Cooper, Zane Truax, Aaron Burns
Varsity Blue: Speaker Award, 3rd place – Laura Sigworth
Varsity Blue: Speaker Award, 8th place – Holly Sturgeon
Varsity Blue: Speaker Award, 9th place – Perry Nerem
Varsity Blue: Team Award, 3rd place – Holy Sturgeon, Laura Sigworth, Perry Nerem, Josh Winters
Novice Green: Speaker Award, 2nd place – Tyler Sylvester
Novice Green: Speaker Award, 4th place – Kayla Kester
Novice Green: Speaker Award, 8th place – Ethan Weckstein
Novice Green: Team Award, 3rd place – Kayla Kester, Tyler Sylvester, Allie Robinson, Ethan Weckstein
Traverse City West Senior High School:
Varsity Gold: Speaker Award, 11th place – Jalel Nadji
Novice Green: Speaker Award, 1st place – Lerone Howard
Novice Green: Speaker Award, 7th place – Ian Hurst
Novice Green: Speaker Award, 9th place – Jeff Bailey
Novice Green: Team Award, 1st place – Lerone Howard, Dylan Lancaster, Randy Caudill, Ian Hurst, Jeff Bailey, Kristen McKay
Novice Gold: Speaker Award, 1st place – Liz Messing
Novice Gold: Speaker Award, 7th place – Adam Nemeskal
Novice Gold: Team Award, 2nd place – Liz Messing, Adam Nemeskal, Sarah Johnson, Hayley Collins
During the season, both schools debated against teams from Elk Rapids, Gaylord, Petoskey, McBain, Manton, East Jordan, and St. Francis. This year’s national debate topic was: “Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish a policy substantially increasing the number of persons serving in one or more of the following national service programs: Americorps, Citizen Corps, Senior Corps, Peace Corps, Learn and Serve America, Armed Forces.”
Please contact Carol Roehrich, Traverse City Central High School Debate Coach, at 933-7356 or Genevieve Minor, Traverse City West Senior High School Debate Coach, at 933-7747 for more information.