Thirty-eight Parker School debaters competed alongside students from 14 other schools in the University Lab School Debate Non-Qualifying Tournament on Nov. 22 on Oahu.
Thirty-eight Parker School debaters competed alongside students from 14 other schools in the University Lab School Debate Non-Qualifying Tournament on Nov. 22 on Oahu.
The Big Island school returned home victorious with two sweepstakes trophies: one for the largest number of ballots won (94 vs. Punahou School’s second-place 68) and one for the highest percentage of ballots won, tying with Iolani School. Ninety-four is the highest total number of ballots won ever recorded in a Hawaii Speech League non-qualifying tournament, breaking the record of 88 set last year by Parker School.
Top finishers for Parker School were: Dash Cotton in Championship Lincoln-Douglas with a 6-0 score, Sean Dunnington and Anna McFarland in Beginning Public Forum Debate (6-0), Josh Yost and Kosuke Kume in Junior Varsity Policy Debate (6-0), Carrie Hiller in Championship Lincoln-Douglas Debate (5-1), Maia Tarnas and Michael Note in Advanced Public Forum Debate (5-1), Kyra Matsuda and Ian Bond in Varsity Policy Debate (5-1), and in Junior Varsity Policy Debate, the teams of Bradley Smith and Susie Krall, Kirk Hubbard and Braedon Ingalls, and Macie Note and Zoe Vann all received a 5-1 score.
A total of 25 Parker debaters earned certificates for superior performance in the tournament. These certificates are given to those competitors who win two-thirds of their rounds.
The Parker debate team will next compete in the Punahou School Speech and Debate Non-Qualifying Tournament slated for Dec. 20 on Oahu.