Charter debate team is fourth at tournament

COEUR d'ALENE — The Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy Debate Team placed fourth at the Coeur d'Alene Challenge Debate Tournament last weekend.

The high school debate competition was held at Coeur d'Alene High School, and the academy squad took in a lot of hardware while being the smallest team in the competition. Tracey Vaughan, who teaches debate at the school, told The Press she is incredibly proud of this year's team.

"The success we have had thus far depends heavily on their dedication to hard work and their direct support of each other as a team," Vaughan said. "I am always amazed by the effort our students are willing to put into the learning and competition process."

The following are individual awards given to team members during the competition:

Garrett Gains: Third-place Speaker

Max McCormick: Seventh Speaker

Brooklyn Cunningham: LD Quarter Finalist and Third-place Speaker

Ashley Kaitz: First-place Speaker, Second-place novice exp., Fourth LD

Preston Delaune: Impromptu Finalist

Karson Chrispens: Second-place Impromptu

Marie Zaragoza: Second-place Speaker, First-place Impromptu, Second-place LD

Rafael Zamora: Third-place Impromptu

Marie Michalson: Seventh speaker, First PF

Sydney Morrison: First-place speaker, First IR, First PF

Hannah Daniels: Fifth Speaker, First LD

Cassidee Smidt: Fourth Speaker, LD Quarter Finalist