2025 Highlands Latin School (Louisville, KY) Tournament Results
On Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8, 2025, students from AOSDA, Forum, Kairos, Prime, STA, Theophilus, and TNT gathered at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, KY to compete in multiple events There were 131 students competing in 190 Individual Events, and 38 debate teams.
Here are the results:
TEAM DEBATE:
Varsity Team Debate: (38 teams competed)
1st Place Team: Elisa Crowley and Evelyn Penix (Theophilus)
2nd Place Team: Anara Anderson and John Vanchura (Kairos)
3rd Place Team:: Luke Jordan and Jonathan Troutner (AOSDA)
4th Place Team: Marcus Holmes and Jack Pandey (AOSDA)
5th Place Team: Agatha Jones and Norah Bodoh (STA)
6th Place Team: Teagan Herod and Azariah Maurer (Theophilus)
Varsity Team Debate Speaker Awards
: (76 Competitors)
1st Place Speaker Elisa Crowley (Theophilus)
2nd Place Speaker Marcus Holmes (AOSDA)
3rd Place Speaker John Vanchura (Kairos)
4th Place Speaker Jonathan Troutner (AOSDA)
5th Place Speaker Evelyn Penix (Theophilus)
6th Place Speaker Anara Anderson (Kairos)
7th Place Speaker Azariah Maurer (Theophilus)
8th Place Speaker Anna Lent (AOSDA)
9th Place Speaker Lauren Knudsen (AOSDA)
10th Place Speaker Ezra Bernstein (Theophilus)
11th Place Speaker Jack Pandey (AOSDA)
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
Varsity - 156 Entries
Persuasive
(17 Speakers Competed)
Informative
(28 Speakers Competed)
1st Place: Moriah Alatis (AOSDA)
2nd Place: Meredith Tarr (AOSDA)
3rd Place: Sophie Holmes (AOSDA)
1st Place: Peri Jordan (AOSDA)
2nd Place: Lauren Knudsen (AOSDA)
3rd Place: Elizabeth Vanchura (Kairos)
4th Place: Ava Kidd (AOSDA)
News Analysis:
1st Place Teagan Herod (Theophilus) (9 Speakers Competed)
Impromptu:
(18 Speakers Competed)
Extemporaneous Apologetics:
(42 Speakers Competed)
1st Place: Eloise Bernstein (Theophilus)
2nd Place: Matthew Maloney (STA)
3rd Place: Ezra Bernstein (Theophilus)
1st Place: Elisa Crowley (Theophilus)
2nd Place: Caroline Tarr (AOSDA)
3rd Place: Moriah Alatis (AOSDA)
4th Place: Preston Spires (Forum)
5th Place: Adam Creamer (Theophilus)
6th Place: Lauren Knudsen (AOSDA)
Humorous Interpretation
1st Place: Luke Jordan (AOSDA) (14 speakers competed)
2nd Place: Tessa Clay (Forum)
Prose Interpretation
1st Place: Moriah Alatis (AOSDA) (28 Speakers Competed)
2nd Place: Lauren Knudsen (AOSDA)
3rd Place: Matthew Recznik (STA)
4th Place: Caroline Tarr (AOSDA)
5th Place: Daniel Alatis (AOSDA)
Sweepstakes
1st Place: Moriah Alatis (AOSDA) (21 Total Speakers)
2nd Place: Lauren Knudsen (AOSDA)
3rd Place: Caroline Tarr (AOSDA)
Junior Varsity/Junior - 34 Entries
JV Informative
1st Place: Samuel Lent (AOSDA) (6 Speakers Competed)
JV Prose Interpretation:
1st Place: Andrew Vance (AOSDA) (22 Speakers Competed)
Junior Prose:
(4 Speakers Participated)
2nd Place: Noble Shelley (AOSDA)
3rd Place: Lincoln Roseboom (Forum)
Regina Englert
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Anastasia Jones
Whitney Vance