Several Lawrence high school debate teams place well in tournament

Several Lawrence high school students placed well in debate tournaments over the weekend. Both the Lawrence High School and Free State High School debate teams traveled to Emporia High School to compete in the Emporia Invitational. The FSHS team, which has 32 first-year debaters, also attended the Novice Positive Experience Tournament at Olathe South.

LHS

Sophomores Chisato Kimura and Claire Walther, 1st place

Novice division:

Freshmen Vera Petrovic and Will Yanek, 3rd place

FSHS

Advanced novice division:

Freshmen Li Gordon-Washington and Kalia Fowler, 3rd place

Sophomores Eileen Huang and Emma Dixon, 6th place

Novice division:

Freshmen Emmaleigh Hancock and Miles Kingsley, 3rd place