GCHS Forensics Team Qualifies Students For State

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The Garden City High School forensics team competed at Southwestern Heights High School on Thursday, January 30^th and Holcomb High School on Saturday, February 1^st for the opening of the season. There were a number of students that qualified for KSHSAA State Speech/Drama in May. 

The team placed third in school sweepstakes at Southwestern Heights High School.  Students that placed during the tournament and qualified for state competition include: Jessica Angulo, 1^st Dramatic Interpretation, Riley Metheney, 2^nd Prose and 2^nd Informative, and Taylor Newsome, 2^nd Program Interpretation. 

Other students that placed at the Southwestern Heights High School competition include: Jessica Angulo, 4^th POI, Nicole Medina, 7^th Oration, Natalie Radke/Chelsea Valadez, 4^th Duo, Isabella Martinez, 7^th Poetry, Kassandra Martinez/Nicole Medina, 5^th Duo Interpretation, and Anne Lofquist, 5^th Dramatic Interpretation. 

The team placed first in school sweepstakes at Holcomb.  Students that placed during the tournament and qualified for state competition include: Melanie Varela, 1^st Extemporaneous Speaking, Jyothi Kalarikkal, 1^st Humorous Interpretation, Melanie Varela/Natalie Radke, 1^st Duo Interpretation, Kira Roth, 1^st Oration, Johb Silva, 1^st Program Interpretation, Johb Silva/Maddie Stout, 2^nd Duo Interpretation, Taylor Newsome, 2^nd POI, Jessica Angulo, 2^nd DI, and Jaelyn Grim, 2^nd Impromptu.

Students that placed at the Holcomb competition include: Jyothi Kalarikkal, 6^th Oration, Taylor Newsome, 3^rd Extemporaneous Speaking, Jessica Angulo, 3^rd Program Interpretation, Akasha Schnaithman/Chelsea Valadez, 3^rd Duo Interpretation, Anna Lobmeyer, 3^rd Oration, 5^th Humorous Interpretation, Aley Cannaley, 3^rd Oration,

Chelsea Valadez, 3^rd Prose and 4^th Oration, Gunner Newberry, 4^th Extemporaneous, Maddie Stout, 4^th Program Interpretation, Anne Lofquist, 4^th DI and 5^th Program Interpretation, Natalie Radke, 5^th Impromptu, and Kassandra Martinez, 7^th Dramatic Interpretation.

Russ Tidwell coaches forensics at Garden City High School.