BRUNSWICK
Despite competing against much larger teams, the Brunswick High School debate team placed third at the state meet in Bangor Saturday.
Multiple students won state titles in their events and the team took home the sportsmanship award.
“It was ‘game day,’ it was ‘crunch time’ on Saturday at the Maine State Speech and Debate Championships at Bangor High School,” said Coach Tom Sheehy. “Our Dragons did not disappoint.”
Emma Hughes claimed first place in Original Oratory, while Ania Johnston and Calla Hladky won a first-place victory in Duo competition.
On the debate side, Logan Holt won first place in House 2, qualifying for the National Catholic Forensic League national tournament in Washington D.C.
Sheehy reported that Sarah Poutree took third place in Original Interpretation of Literature on her very first try, and third place in Humorous Interpretation. Julia Krutul earned second place in Original Works and third place in Dramatic Interpretation.
The Brunswick team won third place in Speech Sweeps, fifth place in Congressional Sweeps and also brought home the Sportsmanship Award.
The team will be preparing for the National Catholic Forensic League qualifier tournament at Poland Regional High School on Saturday, and the National Speech and Debate Association qualifier tournament on their home court Saturday, Feb. 10.
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