Speech and Debate Finishes First at Mahaffey Memorial

Published: December 11, 2018

91ɬ’s (91ɬ) Speech and Debate team finished first among community colleges at The Roy (“Hap”) Mahaffey Memorial Collegiate Forensics Tournament., hosted at Linfield College Nov. 16-18. The second designated tournament for the Northwest Forensics Conference, the Mahaffey Memorial serves as a distinguished semester closer for the region. Thirteen 91ɬ students competed at the tournament, bringing home a total of 21 speech and six debate awards. The team now prepares to compete in the spring, with the ultimate goal of Pi Kappa Delta Nationals in New York.

Mahaffey Memorial Tournament Results

Team Awards:

1st place overall – Division III

Speech Awards:

Junior After Dinner Speaking

2nd place – Alex Watt

3rd place – Josh Young

Junior Communication Analysis

1st place – Bryce Funkhauser

Open Duo

2nd place – Alex Watt and Bryce Funkhauser

Junior Dramatic Interpretation

1st place – Tim Cornell (Top Junior, broke to open)

3rd place – Logan Worthley

Open Dramatic Interpretation

2nd place – Tim Cornell

Open Extemporaneous

7th place – Robert Herold

Novice Impromptu

4th place – Josepha Sowanou

Junior Impromptu

4th place – Bryce Funkhauser

5th place – Sarah Darby

Open Impromptu

5th place – Robert Herold

Novice Inform

3rd place – Josh Young

Novice Persuade

3rd place – Josepha Elvire Sowanou

4th place – Chance Andrade

Open Persuade

2nd place – Robert Herold

Junior Poetry

4th place – Bryce Funkhauser

5th place – Sarah K. Darby

Novice Prose

4th place – Logan Worthley

5th place – Zac Maggard

Junior Prose

6th place – Sarah Darby

Debate Awards: 

Junior IPDA

1st place speaker – Tim Cornell

Semifinalist – Tim Cornell

Novice IPDA

Octofinalist – Josh Young

Octofinalist – Daniel Blair

5th place speaker – Logan Worthley

6th place speaker – Josh Young

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