Dickson County Tournament

[trcanimation]

Well this weekend was the tournament at Dickson County High School in TN. 25 schools from across the state (Memphis all the way to Dandridge) and from Kentucky descended upon Dickson, TN for a day of competition. Anyone on the boards who went to the tournament have any feedback about how the tournament ran/quality of competition/general notes/etc?

BTW....here are the complete results

Sweepstakes
1st- Brentwood High School (132 points)
2nd- Collierville High School (72 points)
3rd- tied between Ravenwood High School and Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts (66 points)
5th- Rossview High School (58 points)
6th- Calloway County High School (42 points)

Congress
PO- Diane Roberts, Rossview
1st- Will Sampson, Calloway County
2nd- Chris Powers, Brentwood
3rd- Chelsea Darnell, Calloway County
4th- Helene Burks, Nashville Overton
5th- Noah Pittman, Collierville
6th- Veronica Privett, Nashville Overton

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
1st- Chelsea Darnell, Calloway County
2nd- Bo Zhang, Collierville
3rd- Ian Graves, Ravenwood
4th- Gloria Fritz, Calloway County
5th- Ashley Winkler, Calloway County
6th- Sasha Zheng, Ravenwood

Public Forum Debate
1st- Messamore/Short, Nashville Overton
2nd- Padgett/Sloan, Rossview
3rd- Hall/Bruce, Rossview
4th- Johnson/Lax, Northeast
5th- Lindsey/Farris, Henry County

Extemporaneous Speaking
1st- David Kumbroch, Collierville
2nd- Noah Pittman, Collierville
3rd- Jake Poteet, Brentwood
4th- Chris Powers, Brentwood
5th- Lauren Taylor, Henry County
6th- Mimi Lee Curtis, Brentwood
7th- James Butler, Gallatin

Original Oratory
1st- Kimya Sarayloo, Brentwood
2nd- David Kumbroch, Collierville
3rd- Sean Nix, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts
4th- Charrelle Coates, Rossview
5th- Sandra Miselem, Merrol Hyde Magnet
6th- John Oxendine, Collierville

Duo Interpretation
1st- Wallace/Miller, Collierville
2nd- Doyel/Shin, Brentwood
3rd- Grimes/Gwock, Brentwood
4th- Foy/Johnson, Graves County
5th- Fulghum/Grimm, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts
6th- Bennie/DiGiorgi, Brentwood

Humorous Interpretation
1st- Sarah Welbourn, Brentwood
2nd- Ashley DiGiorgi, Brentwood
3rd- M. Shropshire, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts
4th- Elisa Lutz, Brentwood
5th- Rachel Romeo, Brentwood
6th- Dontay Williams, Nashville Overton

Dramatic Interpretation
1st- Sean Taylor, Rossview
2nd- Seth Wiggins, Graves County
3rd- Josh Hornberger, Jefferson County
4th- Taylor Wood, Collierville
5th- Anna Douglas, Ravenwood
6th- Lisa LaViers, Jefferson County

Prose Interpretation
1st- Kelsey Taylor, Upperman
2nd- Ashlee Owens, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts
3rd- Brittini Smith, Rossview
4th- Ruthie Diroff, Father Ryan
5th- Jon Bowen, Ravenwood
6th- Constance Taras, Ravenwood

Poetry Interpretation
1st- Elisa Lutz, Brentwood
2nd- Brittini Smith, Rossview
3rd- Alex Shepard, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts
4th- Lindsay Stegall, Ravenwood
5th- Keeshonda Eddings, Collierville
6th- Donielle Wallace, Collierville

Storytelling
1st- Caitlin Eckstein, Brentwood (winning $150)
2nd- Sarah Welbourn, Brentwood (winning $75)
3rd- Kristen Gwock, Brentwood (winning $50)
4th- T. Phillips, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts (winning $40)
5th- Mitch Miller, Ravenwood (winning $30)
6th- Brittany Greer, Ravenwood (winning $25)

Duet Acting
1st- Phillips/Shropshire, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts
2nd- Sampsell/Taras, Ravenwood
3rd- Cranfield/Cranfield, Father Ryan
4th- Simons/Snyder, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts
5th- Bryan/Feltner, Jefferson County
6th- Bardin/Mason, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts

Duet Improvisational Acting
1st- Miller/Rosencrants, Ravenwood
2nd- Jackson/Thompson, Upperman
3rd- Deason/Wells, Ravenwood
4th- Diroff/Yontz, Father Ryan
5th- Marubashi/Weingartner, Ravenwood
6th- Carrithers/Green, Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts

[Jordan F]

I'm Feltner from Bryan/Feltner, duet team, 5th place. We had gone to four tournaments now five this year, excluding Dickson, taking first at every one of them. We got to final, and a kid who I competed against last year, and beat... gave me a 6 - 70, the lowest possibly score, my other scores were a 1, and a 2. God it pisses me off that they let graduated students judge. I hate to sound like a sore loser but it really was upseting.... But congrats to all of those at Dickson county, good job.

[foyboy75]

Hey, this is Richie Foy from Graves Co. I thought the tournament went great, except for the fact that the lunch line was 20,000,000 feet long (ok, i'm exaggerating a bit) haha. The awards were cool too. I'm still recovering from the culture shock that I found between Kentucky and Tennessee forensics.

[clkou]

...a kid who I competed against last year, and beat... gave me a 6 - 70, the lowest possibly score, my other scores were a 1, and a 2

Yes, I've seen similar behavior towards other students. Some people just can't let go.