Athens Debaters Qualify for Nationals

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FROM Athens High School

Last week the Athens Speech and Debate tournament traveled to the UIL NFL district tournament. This is the tournament where students compete to qualify to compete at the National Forensic League national tournament. The NFL national tournament is the largest high school tournament in the United States.

AHS speech and debate students compete for three days and there were several student who have qualified for the national tournament held on June 15th-20th in Kansas City, Kansas.

The following students qualified for nationals:

Meridith McDonald and Madalyn Mikkelsen.

Brock Estep and Lauren Green.

The following students are first alternate to the national tournaments.

Skyler Walker and Patrick Moore- Cross Examination Debate

Elizabeth Warren- Lincoln Douglas Debate

Skyler Walker- Original Oratory.

Thank you for your support and please wish these amazing student good luck as they start preparing for the national tournament in June.