CELTICS DEBATE & FORENSICS AT SPEECH TOURNEY

With 14 schools competing, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Debate and Forensics Team competed in the Hickman Mills High School Speech Tournament on the last days of January. _____ Kayla Henderson teamed up with Johanna Kelly and won three out of four debate rounds at the expense of Rockhurst, Liberty, and Lee's Summit West. _____In Original Oratory Johanna Kelly earned two Superior Ballots. _____ Sara Downs took an Excellent Ballot and a Superior Ballot in Prose/Poetry Interpretation. _____ Paige Bush was the recipient of an Excellent Ballot in Poetry Interpretation. _____ In her first tournament experience, Beth Vernon got an Excellent Ballot in Storytelling. _____ Finally in Prose Interpretation, Bria Anderson-Gardner earned a Superior Ballot.