Coach Heather Schwenn, Kjirstin Almos, and Kyle Pederson went to a debate tournament in Madison, SD at the high school and also Dakota State University (DSU). The tournament started on February 13 and it ended on the 14. This tournament is done in honor of Karl E. Mundt was a South Dakota native who became a Senator and Representative. He helped co-found the National Forensic League (NFL). The main reason this was in honor of Mundt mostly because of his advocacy for debate and speech programs in high school. "In oratory, I received rankings of 4 and 1, and in debate, I had a record of 4-1," said Kjirstin Almos. Kyle Pederson competed in drama and received rankings of 2 and 4.
"Even though we are an A school, we compete against the best of the best from Sioux Falls, Watertown, Brookings, etc., so yes, it's fair to say that we have hard competition. We also are not separated by ability; in other words, you may be a sophomore competing against a senior," said Almos. There was close to twenty different schools there, but the number of actual competitors depended on the event.
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