Forks High School S&D team competed at HeLa Tournament in Vancouver, WA at Henrietta Lacks High School on January 10th. The tournament consisted of teams from 7 different schools (Washington and Oregon) and a total of 52 competitors. Competing FHS Students were: Patricia Calderon-Weed, Trentston Pope, Trent Prose, Zoey Beutler, and Isabella Hayworth. The team was also ecstatic to welcome in Alvaro Martin-Mendoza as a new competing teammate!
After multiple rounds of debate and speech events, FHS competitors placed as follows:
Patricia Calderon-Weed placed 1st in Open Spoken Word Poetry, 1st in Open Informative, and took 2nd place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Trentston Pope placed 1st in Impromtu, and placed 1st in Novice Spoken Word Poetry
Alvaro Martin-Mendoza placed 2nd in Novice Spoken Word Poetry
Zoey Beutler placed 3rd in Open Spoken Word Poetry
Trent Prose placed 2nd in Humorous Interpretation and 3rd in Oregon Radio
Isabella Hayworth also competed adamantly in Open Spoken Word Poetry and Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Huge thanks to admin and all who work behind the scenes to support this team and provide students with this exceptional experience. Special thanks to Shelley Martin, Chris Vessey, and Freedom Drudge for traveling all the way to Vancouver to assist in judging tournament events!
Team spirits were high yesterday evening as their momentum continues to build.
Coming up: We have one more regular-season tournament, followed by the State Qualifier Tournament, then NSDA Districts (where most of the team has already qualified), and—very likely—the State Tournament!