Pine Tree Speech and Debate had a fantastic weekend competing at the Sabine Christmas Debate Tournament. Pine Tree Pirates dominated the large school field taking first place speech team. The following Pirates received individual awards:
Chadea' Gipson -- 1st place LD Debate, 2nd place Informative Speaking
Carter Terry -- 3rd place LD Debate
Travis Johnson -- 5th place Persuasive Speaking
Aiden McQueary -- 6th place Prose
Shelby Garrett -- 4th place Prose
Aubrey Wickerson -- 6th place Poetry
Coaches Ryan Stokes, Chris Dickson, and Nicole Dickson are very proud of our team.
Chadea' Gipson -- 1st place LD Debate, 2nd place Informative Speaking
Carter Terry -- 3rd place LD Debate
Travis Johnson -- 5th place Persuasive Speaking
Aiden McQueary -- 6th place Prose
Shelby Garrett -- 4th place Prose
Aubrey Wickerson -- 6th place Poetry
Coaches Ryan Stokes, Chris Dickson, and Nicole Dickson are very proud of our team.
On December 2-3, Pine Tree Speech and Debate traveled to Rockhill High School in Frisco where we competed against 43 other schools from the greater DFW area with notable schools such as Allen, Centennial, Callisburg, Highland Park and Love Joy to name a few. Our pirates showed extremely well against stiff competition.
Congress debate
Chadea Gipson 6th place
Carter Terry 7th place
International Extemporaneous Speaking
Carter Terry 5th place
Cross Examination Debate
Maranda Skinner and Faith Bishop 2nd place team going 6-1 on the tournament
Maranda Skinner 2nd place speaker
Faith Bishop 4th place speaker.
Please congratulate our debaters on their success. PT Speech and Debate travels to Sabine on December 10 for our last tournament of the fall semester.
Congress debate
Chadea Gipson 6th place
Carter Terry 7th place
International Extemporaneous Speaking
Carter Terry 5th place
Cross Examination Debate
Maranda Skinner and Faith Bishop 2nd place team going 6-1 on the tournament
Maranda Skinner 2nd place speaker
Faith Bishop 4th place speaker.
Please congratulate our debaters on their success. PT Speech and Debate travels to Sabine on December 10 for our last tournament of the fall semester.
Speech and Debate Team Meets
Sept 17 Sabine Angel Sabine Full Team
Oct 1 Henderson Henderson Full Team
Oct 15 All Saints (Travel Trip) Tyler Varsity Only
Oct 22 Pine Tree Walk the Plank Pine Tree Novice Only
Oct 29 Lindale Lindale Full Team
Nov 1 Congress Region TBD Qualifying
Nov 11 Athens TFA Athens Varsity Only
Nov 12 Whitehouse Whitehouse Full Team
Dec 2-4 Prosper Swing Tournament (Travel Trip) Austin Qualifying Debaters
Jan 10-12 Congress State UT Austin State
Jan 13-14 Pine Tree Spring Pine Tree Novice Only (V work)
Jan 20-21 Wimberly (Travel Trip) Wimberley HS Qualifying Debaters
Jan 26 CX District Longview, GMC District (Qualifying)
Feb 10-11 Hallsville or Prosper TBD TBD
Feb 16-18 NSDA National Qualifier TBD Full Team
2/27-28 Ore City Ore City Full Team
Mar 18/19 CX State UT Austin State
Mar 24-25 UIL District Tyler District (Qualifying)
Oct 1 Henderson Henderson Full Team
Oct 15 All Saints (Travel Trip) Tyler Varsity Only
Oct 22 Pine Tree Walk the Plank Pine Tree Novice Only
Oct 29 Lindale Lindale Full Team
Nov 1 Congress Region TBD Qualifying
Nov 11 Athens TFA Athens Varsity Only
Nov 12 Whitehouse Whitehouse Full Team
Dec 2-4 Prosper Swing Tournament (Travel Trip) Austin Qualifying Debaters
Jan 10-12 Congress State UT Austin State
Jan 13-14 Pine Tree Spring Pine Tree Novice Only (V work)
Jan 20-21 Wimberly (Travel Trip) Wimberley HS Qualifying Debaters
Jan 26 CX District Longview, GMC District (Qualifying)
Feb 10-11 Hallsville or Prosper TBD TBD
Feb 16-18 NSDA National Qualifier TBD Full Team
2/27-28 Ore City Ore City Full Team
Mar 18/19 CX State UT Austin State
Mar 24-25 UIL District Tyler District (Qualifying)
Speech and Debate Results
Lindale
4th – Aiden McQueary (Persuasive)
1st – Aiden McQueary & Maranda Skinner (Varsity CX)
2nd – Faith Bishop & Katelyn Morrow (Novice CX)
8th – Alayna Blalack (Congress)
Katelyn Morrow – Top Speaker, Novice CX
All Saints
Carter Terry–Varsity Congress Finalist
Alayna Blalack–Novice Congress Finalist
Travis Johnson/Aiden McQueary–5th place Varsity CX
Henderson
Kaydence Bordon - 1st place Congress
Chadea' Gipson - 2nd place Congres
Carter Terry - 5th place Congress
Aiden McQueary and Travis Johnson - 4th place in Cross-Examination (CX)
4th – Aiden McQueary (Persuasive)
1st – Aiden McQueary & Maranda Skinner (Varsity CX)
2nd – Faith Bishop & Katelyn Morrow (Novice CX)
8th – Alayna Blalack (Congress)
Katelyn Morrow – Top Speaker, Novice CX
All Saints
Carter Terry–Varsity Congress Finalist
Alayna Blalack–Novice Congress Finalist
Travis Johnson/Aiden McQueary–5th place Varsity CX
Henderson
Kaydence Bordon - 1st place Congress
Chadea' Gipson - 2nd place Congres
Carter Terry - 5th place Congress
Aiden McQueary and Travis Johnson - 4th place in Cross-Examination (CX)
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