The Huron High School Speech & Debate Team traveled to Central Forensic Conference (CFC) tournament No. 2 at SF O’Gorman. After two of three CFC tournaments, Huron has moved up in the conference standings from sixth to fourth.
“We had a lot of illness strike the team this weekend,” said head coach Mitch Gaffer. “We had illness drops before and during the tournament. The coaches are happy we we’re able to advance as much as we did in the standings, but sickness did hurt our ability to have a strong team performance.”
CFC standings after the first two tournaments are:
1 — Brookings (276)
2 — SF Roosevelt (268 points)
3 — Yankton (223)
4 — Huron (174)
5 — SF O’Gorman (161)
6 — Harrisburg (154)
7 — Tea (114)
8 — Mitchell (108)
9 — Brandon Valley (84)
10 — Lennox (94)
11 — SF Christian (75)
12 — SF Washington (16)
13 — Dakota Valley (9)
14 — Vermillion (0)
Top finishers from Huron were:
• In Humorous Interp, Jackson Trandall advanced to the final round of Humorous Interp and placed seventh.
• In Varsity Public Forum Debate, Thomas Mayfield and Nathan Maxted went 3-1 and placed fifth, and Sean Preston and Kevin Baltzer went 3-1 and placed seventh.
• In Programmed Oral Interp, Jasmine Snow placed first.
• In Varsity Extemp, Nathan Maxted placed eighth.
“We made progress by moving up in the conference from sixth to fourth, but we’re still a long way from where we want to be,
Gaffer said.
“We may not be able to extend the first/second-place streak, but we can move into third,” he said. “If so, that would mean Huron has finished third or better in the CFC every year I’ve coached. That would be a good goal for the team to shoot for in the last conference tournament.”
The next tournament for the Speech & Debate Team is the S.F. Lincoln Silver Bowl Tournament Jan. 12-13.
Photo:
From left, are members of the Huron High School Speech & Debate team, Jayden Ritter, Asia Bindert, Jasmine Snow, Nathan Maxted, Thomas Mayfield and Jackson Trandall. The team is now fourth in conference standings after two of three CFC tournaments.
