Huron high school played host to the 2020 SDHSAA high school state debate tournament this past weekend. Here are all of the award recipients from the event.
Class A
Sweepstake Team Awards
1st Place – Spearfish (Robert Speirs)
2nd Place – Sturgis Brown (Eric Johnson)
3rd Place – Lennox (Mike Larson)
Original Oratory
1st Place – Xavier Larson (Lennox)
2nd Place – Brooklyn Pater (Sioux Falls Christian)
3rd Place – Paige Hoffman (Sioux Falls Christian)
4th Place – Xuan Do (Spearfish)
5th Place – Samantha Walters (Spearfish)
6th Place – Taylor Tobias (Sturgis Brown)
US Extemp
1st Place – Baxter Meyer (St. Thomas More)
2nd Place – Caleb Weiland (Beresford)
3rd Place – Samantha Pappas (Groton Area)
4th Place – Wyatt Trohkimoinen (Sturgis Brown)
5th Place – Colter Huseby (Spearfish)
6th Place – Charle Waugh (Spearfish)
International Extemp
1st Place – Ella Murray
2nd Place – Andrew Calhoon (Lennox)
3rd Place – Christopher Shuman (Sturgis Brown)
4th Place – Gavin David Bautista (Beresford)
5th Place – Amara Termes (Spearfish)
6th Place – Destiny J Christopherson (Lennox)
Lincoln-Douglas
1st Place – Xuan Do (Spearish)
2nd Place – Marion Mischel (Milbank)
Public Forum
Co-1st Place – Michah Wimmer and Grace Leonard (Sioux Falls Christian)
Co-1st Place – Owen Lubben and Riley VanDenTop (Sioux Falls Christian)
Class AA
Sweepstake Team Awards
1st Place – Aberdeen Central (Kerry Konda)
2nd Place – Washington (Travis Dahle)
3rd Place – O’Gorman (Bob Stevens)
Original Oratory
1st Place – Mariah William (Aberdeen Central)
2nd Place – Blake Anderson (Washington)
3rd Place – Grace Lamberty (Brandon Valley)
4th Place – McCabe Wenande (O’Gorman)
5th Place – Jordan Phillips (Aberdeen Central)
6th Place – Allison Pommer (O’Gorman)
US Extemp
1st Place – Nacny Flaherty (Watertown)
2nd Place – Riley Nold (Washington)
3rd Place – Catherine Liu (Washington)
4th Place – Lauren Rhodes (Aberdeen Central)
5th Place – Noah Greble (O’Gorman)
6th Place – Kara Vetch (Aberdeen Central)
International Extemp
1st Place – Lyla Mattu (O’Gorman)
2nd Place – Miles Pastian (Aberdeen Central)
3rd Place – Walker Haber (O’Gorman)
4th Place – Drake VanSteenwyk (Aberdeen Central)
5th Place – Prasoon Kharel (Brookings)
6th Place – Abbie DeKrammer (Lincoln)
Lincoln-Douglas
1st Place – Catherine Liu (Washington)
2nd Place – Rachel Beare (Aberdeen Central)
Policy
1st Place – Riley James Nold and Trenity R Rosenberg (Washington)
2nd Place – Miles Pastian and Olivia Johnson (Aberdeen Central)
Public Forum
1st Place – Kara Vetch and Lauren Rhodes (Aberdeen Central)
2nd Place – Tye Briggs and Leven McNatt (Yankton)