Image courtesy Ketchikan School District.

Last weekend, Ketchikan High School hosted a Southeast Region Debate, Drama and Forensics meet. Teams from Sitka, Juneau, and Skagway participated in the two-day event. The Haines team was snowed in and unable to attend.

According to Ketchikan High School coach David Mitchel, 103 community members volunteered to judge the competition. Twenty-three teams participated in debate, with a total of 46 debate participants. Several Kayhi students took first place. Chris Brown received the most debate speaker points, and Seth Chernick won drama, humorous interpretation.

Mitchel provided a list of Kayhi students and their scores. We have those details posted on our website at KRBD.org.

The next meet is the State Championship, February 23rd and 24th in Anchorage.

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Ketchikan High School Debate, Drama and Forensics student results:

Public Forum Debate (23 teams competed)

  • Brendan Roof and Carter Thomas took 3rd place.
  • Jacob King and Abby Gaugler placed 4th.
  • Chris Brown and Jared Valentine placed 6th.
  • Henry Clark and Jackson Kaye took 7th place.

Debate Speaker Points (46 competitors)

  • Chris Brown took 1st place.
  • Henry Clark and Jared Valentine tied for 3rd place.
  • Jacob King placed 7th.
  • Carter Thomas and Jackson Kaye tied for 9th place.

Forensics – Extemporaneous Commentary

  • Dametre Martin placed 4th.
  • Henry Clark placed 7th.
  • Nicole West took 9th place.

Forensics – Extemporaneous Speaking

  • Chris Brown placed 5th.
  • Jacob King took 6th place.
  • Carter Thomas placed 7th.

Forensics – Informative Speaking

  • Chris Brown placed 2nd.
  • Dametre Martin placed 4th.
  • Jared Valentine took 5th place.
  • Jackson Kaye placed 6th.

Forensics – Original Oration

  • Carter Thomas placed 2nd.
  • Anne Coss took 3rd place.
  • Jacob King placed 4th.

Drama – Humorous Interpretation

  • Seth Chermick placed 1st and gave a command performance.
  • Ethan Thomas placed 5th.

 

Drama – Duet Acting

 

  • Bella Roberts and Henry Clark took 5th place.
  • Dametre Martin & Nicole West placed 8th.