Pratt High School Forensics

Yesterday, Saturday, May 2, we had two big groups of Pratt High Greenbacks competing in State Forensics.
12 Students, 2 coaches, 4 judges, and 1 middle school runner attended 4A Forensics State Championships in Topeka. We took 8th place as a team in a huge state tournament, and I am thrilled we made it into the top 10! We are limited to 16 total entries and it is always a hard decision determining who will go on to Champs. Champs is set up as 3 regular rounds, semifinals, and then finals. We had 8 entries make it into semifinals, and 3 making it into Finals. Braylee Cash placed 6th in the state in Prose, Beau Palmer and Iliana Craft placed 2nd in the state in IDA, and Claire Jack and Cici Flury placed 4th in the state in IDA. Making into semifinals were Braylee in Poetry, Beau in Prose and Poetry, Iliana in Poetry, Denise Araniego in Serious Solo. Also competing were: Braylee with POI, Emmersyn Haskett in Humorous Solo and Duet with Kennadie Haskett, Barrett Thomas in Informative and Impromptu, Cambridge Rector in Humorous Solo and Duet with Elizabeth Ohler, and Caynaan Arp in Serious Solo. Way to go Greenbacks! What a great way to end the season!
We also had 10 students and 1 sponsor travel to Forensics State Festival in Maize. For Festival, students perform one time and receive either a I, II, III, or IV rating. Everyone performing did a fabulous job!
Earning a I rating were: Kharise Araniego in Prose, and in Duet with Rylee Hagman, Rylee in Poetry, Richael Rice in Prose and Humorous Solo, & Mya Orrantia and Jaslynn Cline in IDA.
Earning a II rating were: Kynlee Hildebrand in Prose, Kate Slaughter in Oration and IDA with Makyla Brown, Kharise in Extemp, & Maci Kemper and Emma Inslee in IDA. Great job Greenbacks! Way to end your Forensics season strong!

Yesterday, Saturday, March 28th, 10 members of the Pratt High Greenbacks Forensics team and 2 coaches traveled to Garden Plain for the GPHS Forensics Invitational Tournament. Every student we took made it into finals, and we ended up 1st as a team! It was a wonderful day to be Greenbacks! Beau Palmer took 1st place in Prose, 1st place in Impromptu, and 2nd place in Prose. Iliana Craft placed 1st in Poetry, and 3rd in POI. Barrett Thomas placed 2nd in Informative Speech and placed 5th in IDA with his partner Jaslynn Cline. Emmersyn Haskett placed 3rd in Humorous Solo and 2nd in Duet with her partner Kennadie Haskett. Kennadie also placed 4th in Humorous Solo. Denise Araniego took 3rd in Serious Solo and 4th place in Poetry. Richael Rice placed 5th in Extemp and 6th in Humorous Solo. Emma Inslee and Maci Kemper placed 6th in IDA. Congratulations team, fabulous job!

On Thursday, March 26, 16 Pratt High Greenbacks Forensics students and 2 coaches traveled to St John for the St. John - Hudson Invitational Forensics Tournament. We had an excellent day and took 1st place as a team! We had 16 entries make it into finals and several qualifed for State Championships and State Festival! Beau Palmer placed 1st in Prose, 2nd in Impromptu, and 1st in IDA with Braylee Cash. Braylee also placed 1st in POI. Cambridge Rector placed first with her Humorous Solo, and she and Elizabeth Ohler placed 1st with their duet. Iliana Craft placed 2nd with her POI and 2nd with her Poetry. Denise Araniego took 2nd place with her Serious Solo, and 5th place with her Poetry. Caynaan Arp took 3rd place with Poetry. Isabel Ordonez and Kamden T***s placed 4th with their duet. Emmersyn Haskett placed 4th in Prose, 5th in Extemp, and 6th in Humorous Solo. Kennadie Haskett placed 5th with her Humorous Solo. Also bringing in important points that helped us win as a team were: Katelyn Slaughter, Makyla Brown, Emma Inslee, Rylee Hagman, and Kharise Araniego. Way to go Greenbacks!

Yesterday, Saturday, March 7, 12 Pratt High Greenbacks and 2 coaches traveled to Kingman for the Kingman Invitational Forensics tournament. We placed 2nd at the tournament as a team, and got quite a few entries qualified for state! Braylee Cash placed 2nd in Poetry as well as 2nd in POI. Cici Flury and Claire Jack took 2nd in IDA, while individually Cici got 6th in Poetry and Claire got 6th in Prose. Iliana Craft placed 4th in both POI and Poetry. Barrett Thomas placed 3rd in Informative speaking and 5th in Impromptu. Emmersyn Haskett and Kennadie Haskett placed 4th with their Duet, Kennadie and Rylee Hagman placed 6th in IDA, and Rylee and Kharise Araniego placed 5th in Duet. Kharise also took 5th place with her Prose. Denise Araniego placed 3rd with her Serious Solo, and 7th with her Poetry. Also bringing in points for the team were: Makyla Brown and Emma Inslee. Please note: in the pictures below, we are missing Makyla and Cici as they needed to leave early.

Yesterday, Tuesday, March 3, 13 students and 2 coaches traveled to Kiowa County for the Maverick Nation Novice forensics meet. We had 8 competitors, and 5 varsity members who attended as student judges. We took 1st place as a team! Way to go Pratt High Greenbacks! We had 8 events that made it into finals, but every single performance was important, as it added points our team total to help bring us the win. The following students made it into finals and placed. Claire Jack took 1st place in Prose, and Claire and Cici Flury placing 1st in IDA. Caynaan Arp placed 1st in Poetry, and also placed 2nd in her Serious Solo. Kharise Araniego and Rylee Hagman placed 2nd in Duet, and individually Kharise placed 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking and 6th in Prose, while Rylee placed 3rd in Poetry. Also bring in points for our team were: Maci Kemper, Brooke McGreevy, and Emma Inslee. Our Varsity judges for the night were: Braylee Cash, Katelyn Slaughter, Emmersyn Haskett, Beau Palmer, and Kennadie Haskett.

Yesterday, February 28, 11 Pratt High Greenbacks traveled to Fairfield High School for the Fairfield High Invitational Forensics Tournament. We took 3rd place as a team, and had 11 entries make it into finals. Every performance was important, as it was a tight race for the top positions, and every point counted! Making it into finals and placing were: Katelyn Slaughter with 2nd place in Original Oration, Katelyn Slaughter and Makyla Brown taking 6th in IDA. Iliana Craft took 3rd place in Poetry and 5th in POI. Denise Araniego took 3rd place in Serious Solo, and 5th place in Poetry. Kharise Araniego took 5th place in both Extemp and Prose. Kennadie Haskett placed 4th place in Prose, Kennadie Haskett and Isabel Ordonez took 7th place in IDA, and Isabel Ordonez took 7th place in Poetry. Also bringing in points for PHS Forensics were: Brooke McGreevy, Kinley Hildebrand, Maci Kemper, and Yoselin Moreno. Way to go Greenbacks!

Yesterday, February 21, we hosted our Pratt High School Invitational tournament. It was a fabulous day and the tournament went well. Thank you so very much to everyone who judged for us, for students (and parents) that provided food for our hospitality room and for our incredible students who worked hard to put on this tournament. A majority of our students are in the picture below, but we're missing a few that had to leave early or were involved in state wrestling and weren't able to be there. Again, thank to our of wonderful community for all of your help with our tournament!

Today was a great day to be Pratt High Greenbacks! 14 students traveled to Greensburg for the Maverick National Invitational tournament. We took 1st as a team out of 14 teams, and had 12 entries make it into finals! Beau Palmer and Claire Jack placed 1st in Duet and 1st in IDA. Claire also placed 2nd in Prose. Braylee Cash placed 1st in POI, 4th in Prose, and 5th in Poetry. Emmersyn Haskett and Kennadie Haskett placed 2nd in Duet, and Emmersyn placed 3rd in Poetry. Cici Flury and Kinley Hildebrand placed 4th in IDA. Caynaan Arp placed 5th in Serious Solo and 6th in Poetry. Mya Orrantia and Jaslynn Cline placed 6th in IDA. Also bringing in points for the team were: Maci Kemper, Yoselin Moreno, Riley Hagman. Sophia Toalston also accompanied the team to observe and learn today. What a great way to spend Valentine's Day!

We will be hosting our home forensics tournament on Saturday, February 21. Past forensics students, parents, and community members: If you are interested in being a judge and have not been contacted by one of the students, please send a message here and I will get ahold of you to judge. If you want to brush up on your skills, or need a refresher, we will be having a Judge's Clinic on Thursday, February 19 at 7:00pm to go over events and ballots. Let me know if you have any questions!

On Thursday, February 5, The Pratt High School Forensics team competed in a large tournament in Medicine Lodge. Fourteen Pratt High Greenbacks competed in 10 different events, and our team took 2nd!! We had 9 entries get into finals and qualified several for State Championships and State Festival. Beau Palmer and Iliana Craft placed 1st in IDA, while individually Beau placed 1st in Prose and 4th in Impromptu, and Iliana took 4th in POI and 7th in Poetry. Barrett Thomas placed 3rd in Informative speaking and 5th in Extemporaneous Speaking. Isabel Ordonez and Kamden T***s placed 4th in Duet Acting, and Caynaan Arp placed 4th in Serious Solo Acting. Also bringing in points for the team with their performances were: Makyla Brown, Kate Slaughter, Maci Kemper, Emma Inslee, Denise Araniego, Mya Orrantia, Jazz Cline, and Kinley Hildebrand. Congratulations team on your 2nd place finish!

It was a great day to be a Greenback! The Pratt High School Forensics team took 3rd place at the 4A State Forensics Championships in Topeka!
We had 9 events make it into semi-finals, and 6 make it into finals!
Those in finals:
Tess Clarkson: 2nd in Serious Solo
Jack Barker: 2nd in Humorous Solo
Jack Barker and Beau Palmer: 3rd in Duet
Beau Palmer and Iliana Craft: 4th in IDA
Sarah Lamatsch and Hanna Gordon: 5th in IDA
Cambridge Rector: 6th in Humorous Solo
Making it to Semi-finals:
Tess Clarkson and Rayden Crow: Duet
Rayden Crow: POI
Beau Parker: Poetry
Also competing today and bringing in important points for the team:
Jesse Kemper, Neveah Woods, Richael Rice, and Katelyn Slaughter
Thank you to Melissa Rector, Amber Jellison-Harris, Ruby Howell, and Alyssa Green for judging for the tournament! Also, thank you to my wonderful assistant coach, Lindsey Bergner and to our class teacher, Elizabeth Poort for all of their work with the team.
It's been a fabulous season, and 3rd at State is a great way to end it!
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