Francis Howell North High School

This past weekend, the North Speech and Debate team started their season with a trip to Parkway West, and the Knights did not come home empty-handed. Award winners were: Oliver Raymond, 6th in Informative Speaking; Sam Ryan, 5th in U.S. Extemp Speaking; Regan Griffin, 3rd in U.X. Extemp Speaking; Dunyah Almuttan, 3rd in Varsity Oratory; Ethan Ackenhausen, 3rd in JV Lincoln-Douglas Debate; the team of Sophia Johnson and Oliver Raymond, first place in JV Public Forum Debate; and Alex Ingrassia, tournament champion in Open Lincoln-Douglas Debate. In the overall team sweepstakes, the Knights came in 4th out of 18 schools. The team will now prepare new debate cases for a trip to Lee's Summit the first weekend of November.