Tiger debaters compete in five tournaments, earn overall sweeps
Over the past two weekends of debate the Tigers have competed at five different tournaments. On Oct. 22-23, the team competing at Blue Valley North found some success. In the open division, with more than 60 teams competing, the pairing of Kurtis West and Glenn Gaeke earned a 4-1 record that pushed them into the quarter-finals (top 8). At the novice level, Jacob Casselman and Jesse Guerrero also competed against 60 plus teams. They too finished preliminaries with a 4-1 record and a birth to the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, the tournament ended there for both Fort Scott teams. The following weekend at Louisburg, an all- novice affair, two Tiger teams separated themselves from the rest with perfect 5-0 records. Teammates Eric Garner and Hayden Shelden joined partners Tyler Slinkard and Chase Gourd in accomplishing this feat.