Congratulations to Nathan Hale debaters! This last weekend (January 30-31), the Raider Debate Team won the novice division of the Pacific Lutheran University Speech and Debate Tournament as the debate champions.
In 1st place were ninth graders Chaitan C. and Rafael L. They had a 5-1 preliminary round record, beat Annie Wright 3-0 in the semifinals, and then beat Gig Harbor 2-1 in the finals.
In 5th place were ninth grader Maya J. and eleventh grader Amanada M. with a 4-2 record. Maya J. also won a first place trophy for being the best individual speaker and Amanda won a second place trophy.
In 8th place we had eleventh grader Matthew S. and ninth grader Braxton B. with a 4-2 record.
Nathan Hale also competed in speech events: Ninth grader Graham C. was ranked the top 1st year speaker in impromptu speaking.
