Pampa High School Debate

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[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

Already having cemented her spot in the top 12 in the state for Lincoln Douglas debate and Persuasive speaking, Ruth begins the fight for the State Championship today! #harvestingsuccess #goldcollector #uilstate

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

At the end of UIL Regionals Ruth Gaite is a TWO TIME STATE QUALIFIER, placing 3rd in LD and 2nd in Persuasive! Catarina finished Poetry in 5th! Addi finishes Informative in 6th!
#UILSTATE #GOLDCOLLECTOR #HARVESTINGSUCCESS

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

Day two starts with more success. ALL Harvesters make finals in ALL events. Ruth in Persuasive and LD, Addi in Informative, Catarina in Poetry. Already in the top 24 in the state they now fight for a chance at the big show. #UILSTATE #HARVESTINGSUCCESS #goldcollector #raisethebar

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

Day one of UIL Regionals couldn’t have gone any better. Ruth finishes 3-0 in LD and advances to quarter-finals tomorrow morning. Catarina finished 2nd in Poetry prelims and advances to Finals. Tomorrow, Extemp and two more chances at #UILSTATE #GOLDCOLLECTOR #harvestingsuccess

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

Also placing were Avery 5th in Spelling and Vocabulary, Maya 4th in Copy Editing and 6th in Editorial Writing, Alexa 6th in Poetry, Kaedyn 4th Informative, and Lillie 6th Informative! Great showing Harvesters!

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

PHS finishes UIL District Academics with 5 regional qualifiers in 6 events, Ruth 2nd in Informativeand 3rd in LD, Catarina 3rd in Poetry, Addisyn 3rd in Persuasive, Rylan 2nd in Current Events, and Danika 2nd in Ready Writing! #harvestingsuccess #uilacademics

[Texas UIL @uiltexas]

BIG week for students competing in UIL Academics & Speech! Good luck to all competitors embarking on #DISTRICTWEEK! 📚🗣️

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

After the dust has settled, YOUR Pampa national debate team is, in Senate Ruth! In Extemp Commentary Kaedyn! And in Extemp Debate Josie! They will join the best in the nation in Iowa to vie for the national championship. #goldcollector #harvestingsuccess #raisethebar #nsdanats

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

The start of day two of the NSDA National Qualifier finds Ruth in finals of Senate and all five still in, fighting for spots in ALL of their events. A great first day in Lubbock. #nextstopdesmoines #goldcollector #harvestingsuccess #PHSDB8

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

PHSDB8 hosted our contest today, Kaeyden takes Second in HI and Third in IX qualifying for TFA State in both! Cat places 2nd in DI and quals for state along with 3rd in poetry! Addi took fourth in IX! Thanks to all the judges for helping, we couldn't have done it without you!

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

At the Be Herd Invitational in Hereford Kaedyn is the tournament CHAMPION in Humorous and takes second place in International Extemp! #harvestingsuccess #goldcollector

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After 12 hours of intense debate over 20 items of legislation spanning the course of two days, Ruth Gaite finishes the UIL Congress season in 15th place! Great showing! #harvestingsuccess #uilstate #uilcongress #goldcollector

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

Representative Gaite advanced to finals at UIL State Congress!!! She will debate at the state capitol tomorrow for the championship! #UILSTATE #GOLDCOLLECTOR #HARVESTINGSUCCESS #TOP18

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

Kaedyn breaks to Semifinals in Humorous on day two at Churchill. #goldcollector #harvestingsuccess

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PHSDB8 traveled all the way to San Antonio to take on the best in the state at Winston Churchill @WCHSDebate ready for a great tournament weekend! #goldcollector #harvestingsuccess

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

PJHS Dominated at UIL District

Chloe placed 1st in Oratory, Impromptu, and Oral Reading, sweeping the top spot in EVERY EVENT!

Zoey - 2nd Oral Reading, 3rd OO, 4th Imp

Tei - 2nd Imp

The future is bright at PISD!

#harvestingsuccess #goldcollector #uilacademics

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

Great showing at Amarillo High today! Lillie placed 2nd in DX and qualified for TFA State! Kaedyn was the HI Champion!
Lillie - 3rd Info
Cat - 4th DI
Addi - 4th IX
Josie - 5th Info

#TFASTATE #goldcollector #winning #harvestingsuccess

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

At the Canyon/Tascosa Swing this weekend Ruth picked up two NIETOC Extemp bids and Lillie earned one bid in Extemp. Ruth now has three bids which more than qualifies her to the National Tournament! Kayden placed 5th in HI too! #goRuth #goldcollector #harvestingsuccess #NIETOC

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

For PHS -
Catarina-1st Poetry, 3rd DI
Kaedyn 2nd IX
Ruth 3rd Imp
Gage 5th IX
Josie 6th Prose, 4th Info
Lillie 4th DX, 6th Info

Great showing by all! #goldcollector #harvestingsuccess #PISDDEBATE #PJHSDEBATE #PHSDEBATE

[Pampa High School Debate @PHSDB8]

At the Bushland tournament Saturday PISD finished 3rd overall and had some great results!
For PJHS -
Tei placed 4th in Impromptu
Chloe Placed 6th in Poetry
This is the first time in school history that PJH students have placed in either of these events at a TFA Tournament.