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Tournament Results

 

PARKVIEW SPEECH AND DEBATE

2003-2004 Results

 

Season Highlights

This has been a stellar year for Parkview Speech and Debate. The squad:

v      Is the largest it has ever been, earning membership in the elite “200 Club” (earning over 200 members and degrees in the National Forensic League), placing it among the top 5% of speech and debate programs in the country.

v      Has finished in the top 2 at all but one tournament this year (the exception was a third place finish).  We have consistently defeated all other Springfield schools. 

v      Ranked 10th in the nation in cumulative rounds of competition at the National Tournament in June.

v      Has more All-Americans than any other school in the city. 2003 Parkview graduate Danielle Imhoff placed 10th in the nation in NFL points in the summer of 2003, making her a prestigious NFL All-American.

v      Earned four district championships this year: 4 District Championships (HI (MSHSAA), LD (NFL), NFL House, NFL Senate)

v      Won sweepstakes at the NFL District Tournament for the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

 

Glendale/Kickapoo Tournament

Sweepstakes--3rd place (beating all other Springfield schools)

 

Mitch Terry--1st place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Grace Bentley & Patrick Carver--2nd place, Controversy Debate

Selyna Cole & Adam Testerman--3rd place, Duet Acting

Samantha Wingo & JJ Merrill--3rd place, Novice Duet Acting

Skylar Desa--3rd place, Novice Oratory

Kelsey Tindle--3rd place, Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking

Liz Perry--4th place, Regular Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Chelsey Liles--4th place, Novice Oratory

Stephanie Hurst & Chelsey Liles--4th place, Novice Policy Debate

Kerry Dooner & Kelsey Tindle--4th place, Regular Policy Debate

Sarah Hembree & Selyna Cole--4th place, Controversy Debate

Ashley Felton--5th place, Oratory

Selyna Cole--5th place, Humorous Intepretation

Adam Testerman--6th place, Humorous Interpretation

 

Neosho Novice Debate Tournament (October 24-25)

Out of 70 teams, Skylar Desa & Vy Anh Mai placed 2nd in Policy Debate; Tim Brooks & Stephanie Hurst placed 9th.

 

Out of 64 Lincoln-Douglas Debaters, Mitch Terry placed 7th and Aaron Wynn placed 15th.

 

Nixa/Reeds Spring Tournament (November 7-8) 

SWEEPSTAKES-- 2nd overall at the Nixa/Reeds Spring Tournament, beating all other Springfield schools and many more.  The varsity squad placed 2nd in sweepstakes and the novice squad placed 3rd

Adam Testerman & Selyna Cole—1st place, Duet Acting

Sam Wingo & JJ Merrill—1st place, Novice Duet Acting

Bethany Corbin—1st place, Novice Dramatic Interp

Hanna Key—2nd place, Dramatic Interp

Adam Testerman—2nd place, Humorous Interp

Sean Lamere & Vy Anh Mai—2nd place, Novice Duet Acting

Sam Wingo—3rd place, Novice Humorous Interp

Erin Conway—3rd place, Championship Lincoln-Douglas Debate; 5th place, Domestic Extemp

Adam Testerman & Veronica Masner—3rd place, Championship Policy Debate

Chad Calkins & Hanna Key—3rd place, Duet Acting

Vy Anh Mai & Skylar Desa—3rd place, Novice Policy Debate

Sarah Martin—4th place, Novice Dramatic Interp

JJ Merrill & Bethany Corbin—4th place, Novice Policy Debate

Skylar Desa—5th place, Novice Oratory

Hannah Fox &Kim Painter—6th place, Duet Acting

Sam Overton--Finalist, Student Congress

Hillcrest/Central Tournament (November 14-15)

SWEEPSTAKES-- 2nd place at the Hillcrest Varsity Tournament (beating all other Springfield schools and 25 others) and an equally-great 2nd place at the Central Novice Tournament (beating 29 other schools).  The following students placed:

 

Sam Overton--1st place, Regular Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Sam Wingo—1st place, Novice Humorous Interpretation

Stephanie Hurst—2nd place, Novice Dramatic Interpretation

Adam Testerman—2nd place, Humorous Interpretation

Grace & Emma Bentley—2nd place, Public Forum Debate

Mitch Terry—2nd place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Hanna Key & Chad Calkins—2nd place, Duo Interpretation

Matt Suarez—2nd place, Novice Student Congress

Beau Norman & Hassan Rao—3rd place, Novice Public Forum Debate

Selyna Cole—4th place, Humorous Interpretation

Selyna Cole & Adam Testerman—4th place, Duo Interpretation

Aaron Wynn—4th place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Sarah Martin—4th place, Novice Humorous Interpretation

Skylar Desa—6th place, Novice Oratory

Aaron Wynn & Sean Lamere—6th place, Novice Duo Interp

Emma Bentley—6th place, Oratory

 

Monett/Aurora Tournament (December 5-6)

SWEEPSTAKES--1st at the Aurora Novice Tournament (beating Neosho!), 2nd at the Monett Varsity Tournament, and 2nd overall.  We beat 25 other schools, including all other Springfield schools. The following individuals placed:

 

Skylar Desa & Vy Anh Mai--1st place, Novice Policy Debate

Selyna Cole--1st place, Storytelling

Bethany Corbin--1st place, Prose/Poetry

Mitch Terry--1st place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Samantha Wingo--1st place, Novice Humorous Interp

JJ Merrill & Sam Wingo--2nd place, Novice Duo Interp

Adam Testerman & Veronica Masner--3rd place, Championship Policy Debate

Tim Brooks & Stephanie Hurst--3rd place, Novice Policy Debate

Vy Anh Mai--3rd place, Novice Foreign Extemp

Beau Norman & Hassan Rao--3rd place, Improv Duet Acting

Erin Conway--4th place, Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Ashley Felton--4th place, Lincoln-Douglas Debate & 4th place, Oratory

Aaron Wynn--4th place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Vy Anh Mai & Sean Lamere--4th place, Novice Duo Interp

Adam Testerman--5th place, Humorous Interp

Janet Strange & Jason Noguera--5th place, Duo Interp

Hassan Rao--5th place, Novice Humorous Interp

Ross Adams & Liz Perry--6th place, Duo Interp

Hanna Key--6th place, Dramatic Interp

Sam Westervelt--Finalist, Student Congress

 

Pattonville Tournament

Sweepstakes--2nd. We beat 28 other schools, including all of St. Louis

 

Grace & Emma Bentley--1st place, Public Forum Debate

Evan Lord & Sarah Hembree--1st place, Novice Public Forum Debate

Tim Brooks & Stephanie Hurst--1st place, Novice Policy Debate

Aaron Wynn--2nd place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Zach Henderson--3rd place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Ashley Felton--3rd place, Championship Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Skylar Desa & Vy Anh Mai--3rd place, Novice Policy Debate

Samantha Wingo--3rd place, Novice Humorous Interpretation

Hassan Rao & Beau Norman--4th place, Novice Public Forum Debate

JJ Merrill & Matt Suarez--4th place, Novice Policy Debate

Tim Brooks--5th place, Novice Extemp

Skylar Desa & Stephanie Hurst--5th place, Novice Duo Interp

Erin Conway--6th place, Domestic Extemp

 

Joplin Tournament (February 6-7)

SWEEPSTAKES-- 2nd

 

Sam Westervelt, Matt Suarez, Tim Brooks & Stephanie Hurst--Co-champions, Novice Policy Debate

Aaron Wynn--1st place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Catherine Vaughan--1st place, Storytelling

Selyna Cole & Chad Calkins--1st place, Improv Duet Acting

Bethany Corbin--1st place, Poetry Reading; 4th place, Prose Reading

Selyna Cole & Sarah Hembree--2nd place, Public Forum Debate

Adam Testerman--2nd place, Humorous Interp

Patrick Carver & Emma Bentley--3rd place, Public Forum Debate

Adam Testerman & Kelsey Tindle--3rd place, Policy Debate

Kerry Dooner--4th place, Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Ashley Felton--4th place, Oratory

Sean Lamere--4th place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Hanna Key--5th place, Dramatic Interp

Chad Calkins--6th place, Oratory

 

Marquette Tournament (February 13-14)

SWEEPSTAKES--2nd (among 29 schools)

 

Adam Testerman & Kelsey Tindle--2nd place, Champ Policy Debate

Patrick Carver--2nd place, Regular Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Adam Testerman--2nd place, Humorous Interp

Selyna Cole--3rd place, Humorous Interp

Ashley Felton--3rd place, Oratory

Aaron Wynn--4th place, Regular Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Selyna Cole & Adam Testerman--6th place, Duo Interp

Kelsey Tindle--4th place in Individual Sweepstakes

 

Neosho Tournament (February 26-27)

SWEEPSTAKES--2nd (out of 36 schools; we missed first place by 10 points).

 

Patrick Carver & Emma Bentley--1st place, Public Forum Debate

Ashley Felton--1st place, Oratory

Catherine Vaughan--2nd place, Storytelling

Adam Testerman & Kelsey Tindle--3rd place, Policy Debate

Sam Wingo & Catherine Vaughan--4th place, Duo Interp

Selyna Cole & Sarah Hembree-4th place, Policy Debate

Ross Adams & Liz Perry--6th place, Duo Interp

 

MSHSAA District Tournament (March 6-7)

These members of the Parkview Speech and Debate Squad qualified to the State Tournament: 

v      Selyna Cole TRIPLE QUALIFIED in Humorous Interp, Duet Acting, and Storytelling!  She placed 1st in Humorous Interp, winning the DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP; 3rd in Storytelling, and 3rd in Duet Acting, along with her partner, Adam Testerman.

v      Hanna Key DOUBLE QUALIFIED in Dramatic Interp & Prose Reading (she placed 4th in both).

v      Adam Testerman DOUBLE QUALIFIED in Policy Debate (along with his partner Kelsey Tindle) and Duet Acting (along with partner, Selyna).

v      Ashley Felton qualified in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, placing 3rd in the District.

v      Kelsey Tindle qualified in Policy Debate, with her partner, Adam Testerman.  Kelsey & Adam placed 3rd in the District.

 

These students also placed at the district tournament:

 

Erin Conway--4th place, Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Kelsey Tindle--6th place, Extemporaneous Speaking

Bethany Corbin--6th place, Poetry Reading

Ashley Felton--8th place, Oratory

 

NFL District Tournament (March 12-13)

Sweepstakes--1st.  The following students qualified to the National Tournament in Salt Lake City in June:

 

Erin Conway--DISTRICT CHAMPION--Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Kelsey Tindle--DISTRICT CHAMPION--International Extemp

Patrick Carver & Emma Bentley--Public Forum Debate

Ashley Felton--Oratory

 

Additionally, these students placed at the tournament, but did not qualify:

 

Emma Bentley--4th place, Oratory

Adam Testerman & Kelsey Tindle--5th place, Policy Debate

Kerry Dooner--5th place, Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Sam Wingo--5th place, Humorous Interp

Erin Conway--5th place, US Extemp

Adam Testerman--6th place, Humorous Interp

 

NFL District Congress (April 2)

Selyna Cole & Adam Testerman each qualified to the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Student Congress this weekend.  Selyna was DISTRICT CHAMPION in the Senate and Adam was DISTRICT CHAMPION in the house, beating over 100 other congresspeople.  Parkview is now sending 7 students to the national tournament, more than any other school in the district (tying with Central).

 

Congratulations also to these student congress finalists:

Tim Brooks, Senate

Sam Overton, Jason Noguera & Skylar Desa, House

Parkview had more finalists than any of the other 17 schools competing.

 

MSHSAA State Tournament (April 23-24)

 

Adam Testerman and Kelsey Tindle--2nd in the State in Policy Debate.  They lost on a 2-1 decision in the state final. 

Hanna Key--2nd in the state in Prose Reading, and 6th in Dramatic Interp. 

Selyna Cole--3rd in the State in Humorous Interpretation. 

 

Additionally, on an "unofficial" list ranking schools' success at the State Tournament in the past three years, Parkview ranks 2nd among ALL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.  Parkview also has more state champions than any other school in Missouri

"If you can't convince them, confuse them."
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