DKC Semester Ends with Middle & High School Tournaments

DEBATE-Kansas City held its fifth high school weeknight tournament of the season on Thursday, December 4th and then followed that up with the third middle school weeknight tournament on Tuesday, December 9th.

Washington High School hosted its third tournament of the season and claimed the overall sweepstakes award. Meanwhile, Allen Village and University Academy had strong showings.

At Smith Hale Middle School more than 300 students competed at DKC’s largest tournament of the season. Foreign Language Academy claimed the overall sweepstakes prize but Arrowhead and Lee A. Tolbert were just one point behind.

Full results:

Washington Results

Top 5 Student Congress

1. Washington High School, Destinee’ Gillom
2. Washington High School, Brooke Moody
3. Center High School, Warrior, Queen
4. Ruskin High School, Alexis Johnson
5. University Academy, Leah Council 

Top 10 Novice Policy Debate Speaker

1. Allen Village High School, Markia Harvey
2. J.C. Harmon, Shane Conner
3. Patton Junior High, Princeton Henry
4. Patton Junior High, Joe Song
5. Allen Village High School, Robert Christen
6. University Academy, Mia Scott
7. Allen Village High School, Emanuel Boyd
8. Allen Village High School, Kimmy Thach
9. University Academy, Kent Crockett
10. Washington High School, Josh Strammel 

Top 5 Novice Policy Debate Teams

1. Allen Village High School, Emanuel Boyd and Markia Harvey
2. Allen Village High School, Robert Christen and Kailynn Denson
3. University Academy, Faith Herring and Mia Scott
4. Washington High School, Josh Strammel
5. Allen Village High School, Madisson Barnes 

Top 5 Regular Policy Debate Speakers

1. Central High School, Johnny Potter
2. Central High School, Braxton Call
3. Washington High School, JyVon Piper-Flowers
4. Washington High School, Austin Davis
5. Wyandotte High School, Marcellus Brown 

Top 3 Regular Policy Debate Teams

1. Central High School, Johnny Potter and Braxton Call
2. Wyandotte High School, Chelsea Delgado and Marcellus Brown
3. Washington High School, Nick Schwab and Veronica Nichols 

Top 3 Varsity Policy Debate Speakers

1. University Academy, Jazmyne Smith
2. University Academy, Shawndrea Magee
3. Allen Village High School, Gyasi Talib 

Top 2 Varsity Policy Debate Teams

1. University Academy, Shawndrea Magee and Jazmyne Smith
2. Allen Village High School, Gyasi Talib and Taylor House 

Team Sweepstakes

1. Washington High School
2. University Academy
3. Allen Village High School 

Smith Hale Results 

6^th Grade House A

1. Foreign Language Academy, Jack Valdivia
2. Central Middle, Adrianna Gonzalez
3. Coronado Middle School, Decorhea Guillotte
4. Coronado Middle School, Mathew Calhoun
5. Arrowhead Middle School, Katie Hogue

6^th Grade House B

1. Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy, Erika Scott
2. Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy, Mariyah Haliburton
3. Foreign Language Academy, Manana Nureini
4. Coronado Middle School, Aubrey Her
5. Coronado Middle School, Madison Wells

6^th Grade House C

1. Center Middle School, Darrell Green
2. Rosedale, Leona Waylan
3. University Academy Middle School, Joardy Looney
4. Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy, Cyniah Clark
5. Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy, Tylecia Wiley 

Novice House

1. Turner Middle School, Ethan Maxey
2. Foreign Language Academy, Henry Valdivia
3. Turner Middle School, Valeria Beltran
4. Turner Middle School, Jalen Nelson
5. Turner Middle School, Mckenzie Rodriguez 

Open House A

1. Smith-Hale Middle School, Andrew Frazier
2. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Leon Brown, Jr.
3. Faith Academy, Karen Dorsainville
4. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Selene Gallegos
5. Faith Academy, John Eldridge 

Open House B

1. Northwest Middle School, Xavier Wallace
2. Smith-Hale Middle School, Yusuf Khan
3. Arrowhead Middle School, T’Khara Jones
4. Rosedale, Kassandra Guerra
5. Faith Academy, Aliyah Webb               

Open House C

1. Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy, Marquies Johnson
2. Arrowhead Middle School, Kyra Duwe
3. Coronado Middle School, Anthony Lasley
4. Faith Academy, Kirsten Jackson
5. Coronado Middle School, Jose Ramirez-Lopez               

Top 5 Novice Policy Debate Speakers

1. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Kasey Romo-Nieves
2. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Darrien J. Sanders
3. Turner Middle School, Matthew Jones
4. Barstow School, Emma Jenkins
5. Barstow School, Aasim Hawa 

Top 5 Novice Policy Debate Teams

1. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Kasey Romo-Nieves and Darrien J. Sanders
2. Barstow School, Emma Jenkins and Zoe Brous
3. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Jovanna Joyce and Racquel Barnett
4. Barstow School, Aasim Hawa and Miles Luce
5. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Ashley Bravo and Rene Rojas            

Top 5 Varsity Debate Speakers

1. Barstow School, Ajay Guduputi
2. Foreign Language Academy, Andrew Valdivia
3. Foreign Language Academy, Sam Keeney
4. Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy, Gerron Jackson
5. Barstow School, Paul Case 

Top 5 Varsity Policy Debate Teams

1. Barstow School, Paul Case and Ajay Guduputi
2. Foreign Language Academy, Aaron (Max) Baker and Monica Bates
3. Barstow School, Kristin Tingle and Tyler Durwood
4. Barstow School, Darrius Hughes and Sam Short
5. Foreign Language Academy, Andrew Valdivia and Sam Keeney  

Team Sweepstakes

1. Foreign Language Academy
2. Arrowhead Middle School
3. Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy 

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