Sumner Academy Speech & Debate

🏆 12-Time KSHSAA State Champions🏆

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Huge shoutout to our debate team for a stellar performance at the Washburn Rural Invitational! 🏆
Special congrats to our:
🎤 Gabriel Andrade – 2nd Place Open Speaker Award
🎤 Kayleeann Milborn – 5th Place Open Speaker Award

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Welcome aboard! We couldn't be more excited to add Jaleon Brown to the @WhiteCase NAUDL Fellows Intern team! Jaleon is a former @DebateKC debater and currently studies at Western Kentucky University.

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Congrats to London Monroe & the entire crew on a GREAT week at nats!

London placed 6th in Prose & was an octofinalist in POI. Isaac Lainez broke to quarters in Prose & London also broke to quarters in Poetry. Gabe Andrade ended his feat in Extemp Debate with a 5-2 record.

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We have a national finalist!!! London will compete tomorrow in the Prose final round at NSDA nationals at noon.

Congratulations, London!!!

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NSDA UPDATE: Isaac Lainez made it to octos in Prose. London Monroe has moved on to quarters in both Prose and Poetry.

GO TEAM!
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Good luck today to Gabe Andrade in Extemp Debate and Isaac Lainez in Prose and London Monroe in Prose & Poetry!

Let's do this!!!

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Congrats to London Monroe for breaking to the POI octofinal rounds at the NSDA National Tournament!

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The National Speech & Debate Tournament is underway.

Good luck Sumner Academy!!!

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Congrats to our NCFL Sunday breaks to elimination rounds in Chicago:

Alexandria Radford - Dramatic Performance
Kayleeann Milborn - Dramatic Performance
Isaac Lainex - Oral Interpretation of Literature
London Monroe - Oral Interpretation of Literature
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We arrived in Chicago Friday for the NCFL Grand National Tournament. Day #1 of the competition is complete.

GO SUMNER ACADEMY COMPETITIVE SPEECH & DEBATE!!!

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CONGRATS London Monroe, 2nd in Prose & 9th in Poetry and Isaac Lainez, 2nd in Poetry at NIETOC Nationals in Bellevue, Nebraska!

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@kckschools

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Good luck to London Monroe in semifinals for Prose and Poetry and Isaac Lainez in Poetry semifinals at the NIETOC tournament in Bellevue, Nebraska!

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5A STATE CHAMPS - YEAR #12!

L. Monroe, 1st Poe & POI, 5th Pro
I. Lainez, 1st HI, 2nd Poe & POI
K. Milborn, 1st DI, 4th POI & OO
Morrow/Moses, 5th Duo
S. Hairston, 5th Poe
N. Robinson, Sems Pro
A. Reynolds, Sems HI
Benton/Jefferson, Sems Duo
S. Sadeghi, Sems POI
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Way to go, Alexandria Radford and Bridget Peterson!
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Thanks to everyone who competed, supported, and judged FCI/Novice Champs @ Sumner!

FCI Results:
I. Lainez
1st POE & HI
2nd POI

S. Hairston
2nd POE

Reynolds/McClaine
1st IDA

G. Andrade
5th USX

Morrow/Jacobs
5th DUO

Sweeps:
1st Novice
2nd FCI
1st Combined
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Novice State Results:

S. Brown
Nov Pro 1st

S. Wember
Nov DI 1st

Robinson/Henry
Nov Duo 1st

K. McClaine
Nov DI/HI 2nd

A. Reynolds
Nov DI/HI 3rd

Lilian Willard
Nov Pro/Poe 3rd

A. Henry
Novice Pro/Poe 5th

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East KS NSDA National Qualifier @ SME:

Isaac Lainez
1st POI (NQ)
2nd HI

Kayleeann Milborn
1st OO
3rd DI (NQ)

London Monroe
2nd POI (NQ)

Jinaea Benton/Brielle Jefferson
4th DUO

Sumner Academy
3rd Place Speech Sweeps

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We're ready for Day #2 of the East Kansas NSDA National Qualifier @ Shawnee Mission East!

GO TEAM!
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@SMWestDebate Congratulations, Peggy Patch. We always appreciate a "Peggy Patch ballot!"