The Lake Today

Numerous Camdenton High School students earned success at the Capital City Classic Speech and Debate Tournament held in Jefferson City on Feb. 3-4.

The team placed a close second to powerhouse Springfield Central out of 20 schools competing.

Overall team sweeps, including the top five out of 20 are: Springfield Central-450; Camdenton-435; Parkway West-355; Parkway South-320; Brentwood-275.

Finalists include Austin McGuire, first place (Student Congress); Alexis Lumley, first place (Dramatic Interpretation) and fifth place (Humorous Interpretation); Shelby Boze, second place (Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate), fifth place (Prose Interpretation) and sixth place (Dramatic Interpretation); Adam Shields, first place (Storytelling); Ellie Harmon, second place (Original Oration); Rose Anderson, third place (Original Oration); Corban Hickman, third place (Lincoln-Douglas Debate); Adam Shields/Cristel Hager, third place (Duo Interpretation); Josh Mitchell, fourth place (Lincoln-Douglas Debate); Kevin Bird/Austin McGuire, fourth place (Policy Debate); Kevin Bird, fourth place (Student Congress); Nathan Palmer, fourth place (Lincoln-Douglas Debate); Nick Horne/Abbi White, fourth place (Duo Interpretation); Anneleshia Ornelas, fourth place (Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate); Macy Sparks, fourth place (Storytelling); and Brett Helms/Macy Sparks, sixth place (Duo Interpretation).

Individual events semi-finalists include Logan Gilbert (Student Congress), Kasey Schaumburg (Prose), Brett Helms (Prose), Nick Horne (Humorous Interpretation), Josiah Blansett/Mason Taft (Duo Interpretation), Josh Mitchell/Corban Hickman (Duo Interpretation), Katie Chappell (Dramatic Interpretation), Cristel Hager (Dramatic Interpretation) and Alaina Sonksen (Poetry Interpretation).