2009 NSCTA Nebraska State Debate
Championships
175 students from 23 schools gathered at the University of
Nebraska-Kearney on March 20 & 21 to compete for state titles
in the 2009 Nebraska Speech, Communication and Theatre Association
(NSCTA) state debate championships. Team and individual results are
listed below:
Team Scoring:
1 Lincoln
East, 60 pts
2 Millard West, 50 pts
3 Millard South, 40 pts
4 Tie Lincoln Southwest & Fremont, 30 pts
5 Lincoln High, 20 pts
Student Congress:
Super Congress
1 Sammy
Althayedi, Fremont
2 Mark Carney, Millard South (Presiding Officer)
3 Eric Mattson, Lincoln East
4 Erin Penner, Ralston
5 Michael Crelin, Lincoln Southwest
6 Jordy Schliesser, Lincoln Southwest
7 Chris Manchigiah, Papillion-LaVista
8 Hannah Panwitz, Hastings
Honors House #1
1 Nick Doty,
Lincoln East
2 Amanda Ackerman, Hastings
3 Connor McBratney, Millard South
4 Anna Meier, Millard West
Presiding Officer Kyle Neugin, Hastings
Honors House #2 --
1 Matt
Sheehan, Omaha Creighton Prep
2 Dan Kiser, Ralston
3 Dominic Quaintance, Hastings
4 William Choate, Omaha Skutt
Presiding Officer Becca Preisendorf, Grand Island
Public Forum:
1 Tie Kyle
Carlson/Alex Scheideler, Lincoln East
1 Tie Will Scheideler/Alan Xu, Lincoln East
Semifinalists:
Trevor Brass/William Lonn,
Lincoln East
Jacklyn Miller/Lexy Tippery, Bellevue West
Quarterfinalists:
Betty Liu/Katie Truitt,
Millard West
Kaitlyn Steinacher/Alex Janssen, Lincoln Southwest
Sarah ONeill/Maddie Bien, Lincoln Southwest
Cassie Sullivan/Spencer Wilson, Fremont
Policy Debate:
1 David
Robinson/Ian Lee, Millard South
2 Ryan Markus/Shane Adams, Millard West
Semifinalists:
Ryan Kyriss/Michael
Garder, Norfolk
Michael Beatty/Katie Fennelly, Millard North
Quarterfinalists:
Chris Burbach/Dylan
Martinez, Fremont
Harley Peters/Aaron Johnson, Lincoln High
Connor Haggerty/Tyler Snelling, Millard South
Jaritza Medina/Kirsten Blagg, Millard West