The Atlanta Debate Team competed well in the Region 8 District Speech and Debate contest. In the end Atlanta was the 14AAA District Champion Speech Team. Courtesy photo
Atlanta Debate Team earns district championship
The Atlanta Debate Team traveled to Region 8 last week to compete in District Speech and Debate Lincoln Douglas, Persuasive and Informative Extemporaneous Speaking.
Lincoln Douglas is a one-on-one debate about the morality of a certain topic, this year’s being, Resolved: When in conflict, digital privacy ought to be valued above public security. Extemporaneous speaking involves receiving a topic and creating a seven-minute speech in a 30-minute time frame that must include cited sources and then delivering that speech to a panel of judges.
In Lincoln Douglas Debate, Manuel Olvera went 3-and-0 to clench first place and earned the highest speaker, earning him the coveted golden gavel.
Cademon Larson came in second place, Jon Kennedy finished third and all will be advancing to regionals.
In Persuasive Etemp, Alex Jones placed first, Will Porterfield placed third and both advanced to regionals. Informative extemp had Ingrid, a first-time competitor in district, placing second and Caedmon Larson, also a first-time competitor in district, placing third with both advancing to regionals.
These events along with Congressional Debate, Policy Debate, Prose and Poetry, have earned Atlanta the 2021 District 14AAA District Champion Speech Team.