DHS Speech & Debate

New Story: Wildcats compete at 5A State Forensics dhswildcatnation.com/2024/05/06/wil…

Congrats to De Soto 2~Speaker Debate team of Isabella Guess and Lucienna Guess with Coach Will Mercer as they win Class 5A State Championship #WellDone

Piper results: Henry & Aurora - Open - 2nd Amelia & Liesel - Open - 4th Great job Wildcats!

BVN Results: Luci/Bella - DCI - Quarters Claire/Alayna - Open - Quarters El/Eion - JV - 6th Chloe/Lily - NOV - 9th Great work Wildcats!

Lansing results: We are FIRST in sweeps with lots of individual placements. Aurora/Victoria are 3rd in JV El/Eion are 5th in Novice Amelia/Liesel are 1st in Novice Great job Wildcats!

WaRu results: Novice - Amelia/Liesel - 3rd Novice - Aurora/Victoria - 4th Novice - Aurora - 6th speaker DCI - Bella/Luci - Octafinalists Great weekend Wildcats!

DHS Speech/Debate is now on Instagram! Check out our new post about the KSHSAA Performing Arts School of Excellence award at dhsspeechdebate!

NSDA Results: Tyler, Kennedy, and Cael advance to day two of Extemp Debate! Tyler & Kennedy are 5-1 and Cael is 6-0 (guaranteeing DHS two more rounds of debate)!

We are registered and ready to compete in Phoenix for NSDA Nats! Preliminary rounds begin tomorrow in all events.

These three are taking home some national hardware for DHS. Nic & Norah finish as Octafinalists (top 48 competitors in the nation). Jay finishes as a Double Octofinalist (top 32 competitors in the nation). Huge congrats to these students for their achievement!

After day one at NCFL Nats, the following students advance to elimination rounds: Jay in LD Nic in EXT Norah in DP Tyler, Kennedy, and Henry finish their run today and will cheer on these three tomorrow morning!

KSHSAA Results (2/2): A big congratulations to our two state finalists! Norah finishes 4th in Dramatic Interp Tyler finishes 2nd in Domestic Extemp DHS finishes 7th overall at the tournament. Congrats to all for a great weekend!

KSHSAA State Results (pt. 1/2)- We broke 9 of our entries to semifinals at the state tournament today. Congrats to… Nic (IX) Claire (OO) Kennedy (DX & IMP) Maya (PRO) Henry (IX) Chloe (INF) Who finished in the top 12 of 5A!

We’re currently halfway through our fundraising campaign. Please consider donating or sharing this post to spread the word!

EKNSDA: These Wildcats just qualified to the NSDA National tournament in Phoenix this summer! Congrats to Norah (DI), Tyler (WS), Chloe (WS), and Henry/Kennedy (PFD)!

Olathe West Results: We finished second in sweeps with lots of finalists! That’s a wrap on our regular season, now on to State and Nats!

Lansing results: Henry/Kennedy - PFD - 2nd Cael - LD - 4th Jay - LD - 5th Great work Wildcats!

New Story: Support Debate and Forensics! dhswildcatnation.com/2023/04/11/sup…

Today we launched our annual online fundraiser campaign. This fundraiser is our primary way to raise money for entry fees, travel, and coaching expenses. Please consider donating at the link or QR code below! dhswildcatnation.com/program/190533…

Piper results: Congrats to You-Ha for finishing 5th in OO this weekend!