Connor and Olivia are the first Casady team to qualify for the NFL national tournament in our three years of existence as a program. This is an incredible accomplishment for a number of reasons. We are only in our second year of having a varsity level squad, so our team is very young. Additionally, Connor and Olivia are both second-year debaters. The other two teams who qualified were seniors from Moore High School and Heritage Hall. Finally, this year's district tourney was the largest in the history of our district; 33 teams competed in policy debate, so the field was quite a challenge.
Connor and Olivia have traveled extensively to compete on the national circuit this year, and the high level of competition at tournaments like Greenhill, St. Mark's, UT Austin, Montgomery Bell Academy, Heritage Hall and Harvard has helped them learn and develop steadily in this extremely difficult activity.
Casady's two other varsity teams competing were Eihab Khan and Natasha Spicer, and Adam Hassoun and Sidney Jones. Also impressive was our novice team. The policy division combines all policy debaters into one group, rather than dividing them into varsity, JV, etc. Our freshman team of Conner Coles and Fiona Rendon finished with a 3-2 record against primarily varsity debaters.
Connor and Olivia have also been accepted to compete at the National Debate Coaches Association national tournament, to be held in Nashville, TN in April. Go Cyclones!
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