Help send local students to National Speech and Debate Tournament

Debate students from Ygnacio Valley, College Park, Northgate and Las Lomas high schools
displayed strong performances at the NCFL National Qualifier, held this past weekend at C. K. McClatchy High
School in Sacramento.
Qualifying at the tournament were Ygnacio Valley’s Matt Boer and Paige Oka and Northgate’s Elizabeth Coates
and Parisa Banini in Duo Interpretation, Northgate’s Alexandra Jacobson and College Park’s Peter Tolentino
qualified in Declamation. Qualifying in Oratory from Northgate was Ayse Trail and Darshna Anigol from Las
Lomas qualified in Oral Interpretation of Literature. All will compete in these events during the NCFL National
Speech & Debate Tournament in Chicago, Memorial Day Weekend May 2426.
Also placing in Declamation were College Park’s Max Morehead, James Andrews, and Josh Christopher. They
will serve as runner ups to the qualifiers, placing 5th, 6th and 7th respectively overall. Placing 8th overall in
Congress was Andrew Zucker from Northgate.
“This is a great accomplishment for our schools, especially considering the programs are less than four years
old”, said Dan Leahy, Executive Director of Impact Through Debate. “Additionally, student participation in this
qualifying tournament would not have been possible without the generous donors of Impact Through Debate”.
Impact Through Debate is a local non profit organization that is focused on speech and debate education. For
more information please visit: www.impactdebate.org or contact info@impactdebate.org.