This last Friday, February 10th, Forensics Argumentation had a tournament in Abilene. Juan Bocanegra received 5th place in Congress and Reginald Robinson received 1st place in congress.

Saturday, February 11, the Junction City High School Forensics Team competed in Abilene. The list of competitors includes; Chianne Porter entered in Original Oratory and a Dramatic Interpretation. Shalai Dye entered in Informative and Prose. Valeria Sanchez entered in Humorous Interpretation and Poetry. Cameron Black entered in Poetry and Duet. Fire Wilmore entered in Impromptu and Duet. Gabriella Evans entered in Poetry and Impromptu. Trystan Neff-Barrett entered in Poetry and Prose. Tianna Snyder entered in Poetry and Prose. Sean Tucker entered in Prose and Impromptu. Reginald Robinson entered in Domestic Extemporaneous, Prose, and Dramatic Interpretation. Reginald took 5th place in Domestic Extemporaneous. Jordan Bailey entered in Prose and Duet. Jordan got third in Prose, qualifying for state. Jaedn Cooper entered in Humorous Interpretation and Duet. Jaedn got second in Humorous Interpretation, qualifying for state. Jaedn and Jordan’s Duet took first again, qualifying for state for the third time.

What makes this Abilene tournament more special than any other tournament is the award the overall team achieved together. The team received third place in sweepstakes for the first time in all of these “forensicators” careers, including the four-year senior member. Tianna Snyder, one of the Varsity team members said, “I feel like it was a big accomplishment for the Forensics team, in my 3 years on the team we have never taken sweeps. I was excited, but knew that we had a good team this year and we would be able to accomplish our goal”.  The Forensics Coach Jessica Roche said “I am incredibly proud of the team and its efforts this past Friday and Saturday. While there is obvious room for improvement, I was very proud of our young team. Having a novice heavy team, earning sweepstakes becomes challenging. However, with superior senior leadership we were able to overcome these struggles and earn our first sweeps of the season”. Their next Forensics tournament is this Friday and Saturday at Topeka High.