The BJA Forensic Team competes in a four-state region throughout the school year; and although the team competes in many speech and debate events, the team is best known for its successes in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Coach Chuck Nicholas continues to teach a debate class which reaps winners in novice- and varsity-level value debate, including a top 20 finish at the 2014 national tournament. This year is no exception. At the recent Hillcrest High School invitational four of the six students who won trophies were from BJA. At the Laird Lewis invitational hosted by Myers Park High School three BJA debaters were in the top 16 contenders with one BJA debater going all the way to semifinals.
The following is a list of winners from recent tournaments:
On Saturday, January 17, 2015, the BJA Forensic team competed against 24 schools from a four-state area at the Hillcrest High School Invitational. The BJA team came in fourth place overall with the following students winning individual awards:
Fifth place Original Oratory – Emma Pait
Third place Children’s Literature – Lyndsie Gray
Sixth place Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a 3-1 record – Daniel Quigley
Fifth place Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a 3-1 record– Anne Nguyen
Third place Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a 4-0 record – Andrew Clater
Second place Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a 4-0 record – Lauren Jacquette
Second place Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a 3-1 record – Jonathan Savoy
On Friday and Saturday (January 9–10) seven members of the BJA Forensic team competed in Charlotte, N.C., at Myers Park High School. Competing against over 600 students from a 14-state area, the following Academy students earned awards:
Quarterfinalist in Original Oratory – Ghevont Panosian
Semifinalist in Original Oratory – Emma Pait
Octofinalists in Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Josh Casillas and Andrew Clater
A 5-0 record in prelims and a semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Lauren Jacquette
On December 13 the BJA team competed at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, N.C. The following students won trophies:
Third Place in Original Oratory – Emma Pait
Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Josh Casillas, Andrew Clater, Lauren Jacquette, Daniel Quigley
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