Members of Cedar High School speech and debate team celebrate their third straight region title, Cedar City, Utah, Feb. 27, 2024 | Photo courtesy of Cedar High School Activities, St. George News / Cedar City News

CEDAR CITY — Cedar High School’s speech and debate team won the region championship for the third year in a row.

In the Region 9 competition held at Southern Utah University in Cedar City on Feb. 27, the Reds saw several top finishers, including some who placed highly in more than one category.

Cedar swept the top three spots in informative speech, with Elena Roundy placing first, Grace Hansen taking second and Lauren Yardley finishing third. 

Also for the Reds, Dawson Marriott placed first in Congress and second in impromptu. Hadley Persons finished second in both domestic (national) extemp and Congress. Logan Nelson placed third in both policy and domestic extemp.

Region 9’s top three placers in each category are listed below. Besides those listed, other finalists for Cedar High included Katelyn Green, Katie Anderson, Jackson Hinton, Milton Lo, Jake Riddle and Trason Hayden

Next up for the debaters is the 4A state tournament, which will be staged this Friday and Saturday, March 8-9, at Payson High School.

Region 9 speech and debate competition 2024

Top 3 results by category

Lincoln-Douglas

1. Rosalind Woolley, Desert Hills
2. Tony Nelson, Hurricane.
3. Libby Bigler, Crimson Cliffs.

Public Forum

1. Gavin Graff and Max Larson, Desert Hills.
2. Abby Wright and Jon Wright, Cedar.
3. KJ Finsand and Jack Madsen, Crimson Cliffs.

Foreign Extemp

1. William Garza, Cedar.
2. Sarah Lebaron, Hurricane.
3. Gavin Graff, Desert Hills.

Domestic Extemp

1. Jack Madsen, Crimson Cliffs.
2. Hadley Persons, Cedar.
3. Logan Nelson, Cedar.

Impromptu

1. Esther Wright, Hurricane.
2. Dawson Marriott, Cedar.
3. Tony Nelson, Hurricane.

Informative Speech

1. Elena Roundy, Cedar.
2. Grace Hansen, Cedar.
3.  Lauren Yardley, Cedar.

Original Oratory

1. Ray Angulo, Hurricane.
2. Sage Spendlove, Snow Canyon.
3. McKay Price, Cedar.

Mixed Interps

1. Sadie Hinck, Cedar.
2. Avery Lehenbauer, Snow Canyon.
3. Abby Wright, Cedar.

Congress

1. Dawson Marriott, Cedar.
2. Hadley Persons, Cedar.
3. Sage Spendlove, Snow Canyon.

Policy

1. Mya Htun and Vedi Vekaria, Desert Hills.
2. Allyson Thacker and Audrey Harris, Desert Hills.
3. Logan Nelson and McKay Price, Cedar.

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