Remaining tournaments

Hello all,

If you're attending the UW tournament this weekend, be aware that we are all leaving from Bellingham HS by 8am.

Below is the schedule of remaining tournaments:

December 2nd-3rd, University of WA (Seattle)

January 20th-21st, Mt Vernon High School (not overnight, come back Friday night and depart again early Saturday)

February 3rd-4th, Kamiak HS Invitational (Mukilteo, WA)

February District 1 Debate Qualifiers (Date/location TBA, not overnight)


March 1st-3rd Puget Sound National Forensic League Qualifiers (location TBA, not overnight)

March 16th-17th State Debate @ Gonzaga University (most likely leave the 15th, the Thursday beforehand)

Snohomish Re-Hash + UW Info

Hello everyone,



It's nice to say we have a few weekends off from debate tournaments, but don't forget University of WA is quickly approaching. I still need one parent driver or else I'll be limited in the numbers I can bring. We'll be staying overnight at Hotel Deca, within walking distance of the tournament. We will leave at 7:45am from Bellingham (Schools TBD) on Friday the 2nd, so you will be missing most of school. I will work out attendance issues with each school. The tournament starts at 10:30am.



Please sign up with me before the 21st (Monday) so I can arrange transportation, judges, and hotel rooms.



As for Snohomish, I'd like to recognize Ken Carpenter for driving and judging. Thank you so much! We were able to bring more debaters with his help. It wasn't easy getting home at 12:30pm on Friday, and returning at 6:30am Saturday but he did it for the team!



I also want to recognize Felipe Rivera and Connor Carpenter for their 1st place in JV policy debate. This was Felipe's first tournament so we're especially proud. We also had some students who defeated a few of our long time rivals- Marina beat the 2nd place LD'er at the tournament, Valerie defeated Glacier Peak's Helman, and Duncan defeated Snohomish's Carroll. Good job everyone!


We'll also skip practice on the 23rd (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). See you later!

Update from Sedro Woolley + Snohomish HS info

Hi everybody,



Sorry I'm a day late getting this out, but hopefully SQHS announced in their bulletin that Sam Sandoz took second place in novice Lincoln-Douglas debate. She was 5-0 going into finals, and was rematched against Glacier Peak's Alex Helman, whom she had already beaten earlier in the tournament.



A big thank you to Lee Bartlett and Mr. Woods for judging- both are with the WWU debate team and used one of their few weekends off to help us out.



The Snohomish HS tournament is this weekend, and then we get a break from tournaments until December! Please plan to meet at 2pm at Squalicum HS on Friday, the 11th. We will get home late from this tournament since we're not staying overnight. We will call parents when we are coming home. We will depart again at 6:30am sharp on Saturday from SQHS as well, except for Felipe and Connor who will ride down with Connor's father.



I know December seems a long way away, but in order to reserve hotel/vans before the holiday I'll need to sign people up for the University of WA tournament by Nov 22nd. I'll also need another parent driver for that tournament, so please let me know if you can help. It will be an overnight, from the 2nd-3rd.



Thanks for reading! Looking forward to Snohomish,



Aly Hoover

Debate Coach