NEEDVILLE, TX - The La Porte High School Speech & Debate Team had an incredible weekend this past Friday and Saturday, competing at the Needville High School UIL Invitational Tournament.
The team scored its first ever First Place Overall Speech Championship, defeating 27 other schools to win the honor. The team took 14 kids to the tournament, much less than most other teams competing there, but did well enough to still take home top honors.
The team was lead by several outstanding individual performances. Junior, Molly Duncan, took First Place in Storytelling, while Junior, Jack Swearingen, took First Place in Extemporaneous Speaking. Seniors John Lawler and Chelsea Bethancourt
swept LD Debate, taking home First and Second Place, respectively.
The Saturday portion of the tournament began with huge news for the team coming from the National Office of the National Forensics League. In partnership with The Princeton Review and the movie, The Great Debaters, starting Denzel Washington, the NFL sponsored a nationwide video debate contest. Teams of two from all over the country submitted four-minute videos on one of three selected topics.
The NFL announced that La Porte’s team of Juniors, Molly Duncan and Crystal Shivers were selected as one of just four National Finalists. For the honor, the girls won a one-year membership to Blockbuster Video, a $100 gift certificate to Steve & Barry’s, an autographed poster of the movie, and a library of books from The Princeton Review.
The girls must now submit a six-minute video on a new topic for consideration. If selected as National Champion, the team will receive a full preparatory course for any test the Princeton Review covers as well as two airline tickets to anywhere JetBlue airlines flies in the continental United States.
Congratulations to all members of the team for their help in this historic weekend.
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