Broward school debaters win six state championship titles

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) debate students won six state championship titles at the Florida Forensics League State Tournament.

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The state championship competition took place recently, in Gulf Breeze, Florida, and included more than 600 students from public and private high schools across the state.

In addition to winning the six championship titles, BCPS students ranked among the best in the state in numerous other categories. Taking top honors:

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proud Broward debater display their trophies

Below are the achievements of the debaters:

 

  • Charles Flanagan High School (Original Oratory) – Neuteyshe Felizor
  • Charles Flanagan High School (Program of Oral Interpretation) – Jayley Halpern-Drock
  • Cypress Bay High School (Policy Debate)  – Roberto Fernandez and Reilly Markowitz
  • Nova High School (Extemporaneous Speaking) – Eleanor Bock
  • Nova High School (Public Forum Debate) – Rafey Khan and Cornelia Fraser
  • Western High School (Group Interpretation) – Kayla Terry, Sofia Paez, Rebecca Claudio, Monica Claudio, Sophie Ross and Mickenzie Donnellydebate
  • Charles Flanagan High School (Dramatic Interpretation) – David Rodriguez, Third Place
  • Cypress Bay High School (Oral Interpretation) – Sterling Wertanzl , Second Place
  • Cypress Bay High School (Extemporaneous Speaking) – Brian Levy, Third Place
  • Cypress Bay High School (Dramatic Interpretation) – Maya Hedrick, Fourth Place
  • Cypress Bay High School (Extemporaneous Speaking) – Dylan Lyon, Fifth Place
  • Fort Lauderdale High School (Public Forum Debate) – Kevin Hautigan and Danny Siegel, Second Place
  • Miramar High School (Program of Oral Interpretation) – Daliss Hicks, Sixth Place
  • Nova High School (Dramatic Interpretation) –  Christine Tao, Second Place
  • Nova High School (Humorous Interpretation) – Nick Grosso, Second Place
  • Nova High School (Humorous Interpretation) – Jacob Lieberman, Fourth Place
  • Nova High School (Congressional Debate) – Anthony Walton, Fifth Place
  • Nova High School (Dramatic Interpretation) – Nick Grosso, Fifth Place
  • Nova High School (Humorous Interpretation) – Abigail Goldstein, Fifth Place
  • Nova High School (Duo Interpretation) – Christine Tao and Amanda Berger, Sixth Place
  • West Broward High School (Duo Interpretation) – Preston Galban and Rock Navamuel, Seventh Place
  • Western High School (Duo Interpretation) – Jessica Laurence and Dylan Davis, Second Place
  • Western High School (Duo Interpretation) – Jared Hurwit and Josh Benbasat, Fourth Place
  • Western High School (Congressional Debate) – Mohammad Naeem,  Fourth Place
  • Western High School (Program of Oral Interpretation) – Brian Inerfeld, Fifth Place
  • Western High School (Extemporaneous Speaking) – Tam Pham, Fifth Place; and
  • Western High School (Humorous Interpretation) – Camille Tate, Sixth Place

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