(Anita, Iowa) –  CAM Speech/Debate team Head Coach Manda Thomas says the month of November is very busy for the CAM Drama Department.  She says students have participated in tournaments in Atlantic and Bettendorf.  This coming weekend they will be traveling to Des Moines North for a tournament to finish out the month.

At Atlantic’s Bull Creek Invitational Friday night speech events, Macy Burg participated in Informative speaking and placed 2nd overall.  Hannah Thomas placed 2nd overall in Original Oratory.  Sophie Herberg placed 3rd overall in International Exptemoransous Speaking.  Jakob Petersen participated in Humorous Acting, Declan Cambaage in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Megan Gerlock in United States Extemporaneous Speaking and Echo Crecilus in Original Oratory.

Sophie Herzberg, Macy Burg, and Hannah Thomas at Atlantic’s Bull Creek Invitational (Photo courtesy Coach Thomas)

On Saturday the team returned to Atlantic for Debate events.  Megan Gerlock placed 2nd in speaker points and 2nd overall in Lincoln Douglas Debate. Creighton Kinzie placed 2nd in speaker points for Public Forum Debate.  Creighton and Declan Cambage placed 2nd overall in Public Forum behind a tough Rosevelt team. Jakob Petersen participated in Student Congress where he received an award for being Presiding Officer and placed 6th overall.

November 9th saw the Debate team at home participating in the WILD Debate Tournament. In Public Forum Debate Declan Cambage and Creighton Kinzie placed 3rd overall. The team of Sophie Herzberg and Megan Gerlock placed 4th.  The team of Katilynn Platt and Marcus Jarosik finished in 5th place.  Macy Burg placed 3rd in Student Congress.

On November 15, 4 Debate students travel to Bettendorf High School to participate in the Bulldog Invitational.  Hannah Thomas and Jakob Petersen participated in Student Congress on Friday night.  Declan Cambage and Marcus Jarosik participated in the Public Forum on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday Hannah Thomas and Jacob Petersen participated in Informative Speaking and Humours acting respectively.  While none of the students placed, they all felt it was a good tournament and they gained experience and knowledge on how to better themselves.

This coming weekend the team will travel to Des Moines North to participate in speech events on Friday evening and Debate events on Saturday.  Thomas says “The coaches are very proud of these students and look forward to seeing how they continue to grow as the season progresses.”