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Official updates for Liberty HS Speech & Debate. Director of Debate. Communication, Political Science, & Running Enthusiast. LPS. DMS. LHS. EDGE. Cross Country.

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David Dempsey
1 year
Kaylen King finishes her season as an octofinalist (15th) in Big Questions Debate! This auto qualifies her to NSDA Nationals 2024 in Des Moines, IA! #Nats23 #GoJays @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
MSHSAA Districts Results *State Qualifying HI-Hand 1st* DI-Dow 5th DUO-Ferguson/Rieger 4th DUET-Ferguson/Rieger 4th OO-Vallier 6th INFO-Bates 2nd* PR-Wheeler 3rd* ST-Price 2nd* RS-Naseem 5th POE-Torno 8th IX-Burnham 1st* USX-Linzy 1st* Overall speech sweeps- 1st @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
These two are too talented to express so the 2nd place is too fitting. Welcome back team, itโ€™s going to be a great year! @Blue_Jay_Nation #LPSLeads
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David Dempsey
2 years
Liberty Speech and Debate starts the postseason today at MSHSAA Districts. Speech events today and Debate events tomorrow. Soak it up kiddos! @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts
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David Dempsey
1 year
King -Advances to top 40 of BQ Senator Burnham -Adv to Semis of Senate Linzy -Finishes top 60 LD Ramey/Peacock finish 7-5 & Primm finishes BQ 3-3 (1 ballot off top 60) Shemwell & VanYperen finish strong in extemp Supplemental events tomorrow! @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Thatโ€™s a wrap for the MSHSAA debate season, Grace and Kiran lose a close round to a very talented Springfield Central team. An All-State finish senior year though is so incredible! Weโ€™ll be back together for the Speech events!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Conference Debate Results-Silver Division Policy-Burns/Shemwell 1st, Peacock/Frizzo 3rd LD-Linzy 1st, Primm 4th, King 7th PF-Rotert/Dresslaer 1st, Comegys/Esser 7th SC-Burnham 1st,Peacock 7th Debate Sweeps 1st Overall Sweeps 1st @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
3 years
GKCSC Conference Debate Results: Policy- 4th Shemwell/Burns, 2nd King/Ensor Public Forum- 5th Wiedmaier/Menges, 3rd Chapman/Keenan, 2nd Deol/Guillaume 1st Place Debate Sweepstakes 1st Place Overall Team Sweepstakes @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Advancing to Finals of IEโ€™s at Willard- DI - De La Cruz DUO - Ferguson/Rieger, Chapman/Dow
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David Dempsey
3 years
Super excited to congratulate Mallory Chapman and Ciara Keenan on taking 1st place in Reg Public Forum at the Raytown Varsity Last Blast Invitational! Great job ladies!!
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David Dempsey
3 years
In conclusion of the Grain Valley Varsity tournament- Kora and Sabrina take 3rd place in CPF and Liberty takes 1st place out of 26 schools in the overall tournament championship. Great team effort all around. @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
1 year
We started with 26 of the best debaters in the state. Linzy and Burnham advance to the top 8 of Lincoln Douglas and are competing now for a spot in the semifinals later tonight. @MrTurpinLPS @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
1 year
Ethan Burnham finishes his career as a national semifinalist in congressional debate (Senate)! This is the second national semifinalist finish for Senator Burnham. #Nats23 #GoJays @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
1 year
NSDA Congress & Big Questions District *Denotes National Qualifier Big Questions-King 1st*, Primm 3rd Senate-Burnham 1st* IX-Shemwell qualifies w/ Burnham vacating his spot. Heart of America District Student of the Year-Linzy @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
2 years
MSHSAA State Championships Day 2- Debate is now underway. Soak it up kiddos!! @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
An awesome 2nd place LD finish for Linzy. Bravo!
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David Dempsey
3 years
Two great finishes today for the Blue Jay Debaters in finals of debate. Second place in Champ PF is Rand Brown and Kaylen King and second place in novice policy is Richard Burns and Caroline Shemwell! Waiting on two more debaters thoughโ€ฆ letโ€™s go Mallory and Ciara!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Raytown Varsity Awards Info: Torno 3rd, Ferguson 5th POI: Torno 3rd, Rieger 5th IX: Burnham 4th OO: Vallier 5th, King 1st Duo: Ferguson/Rieger 2nd DI: De La Cruz 1st USX: Linzy 3rd, King 2nd CLD: King & Linzy advance to semifinals Team Sweeps 2nd @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
If you were wonderingโ€ฆ Liberty is still busy doing work at Willard! DI Results - 1st Place De La Cruz DUO Results - 2nd Place Dow/Chapman, 3rd place Rieger/Ferguson CLD Results - 4th Place King & Linzy is currently debating in Semi-Finals!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Advancing to Novice Quarterfinals at Blue Springs South! LD - Ellie Primm, Kate Ornelas PF - Eric Rotert & Orian Middleton AND, all other novice debaters had at least 1 win in their first tournament! Be proud Jays! @LHSJAYS @LPSEDGE @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
NSDA National Qualifier Results Congratulations to all participants on a wonderful weekend. @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts
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David Dempsey
2 years
MSHSAA Districts Debate Results *State Qualifying Policy- Burns/Shemwell 3rd*, King/VanYperen 5th, Petty/Rathore 12th Lincoln Douglas- Linzy and Burnham Undefeated District Co-Champions Public Forum- Peacock/Ramey 4th, Dresslaer/Esser 9th Debate Team Sweeps- 1st @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
In conclusion of a fantastic weekend, several winning records and a couple trophies- thatโ€™s a wrap! Congratulations on a second place finish for Kiran Deol and Grace Guillaume in Public Forum at Ray-Pec! @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Varsity debaters advancing to quarterfinals at Blue Springs! LD- Kaylen King, Elliot Vogelaar @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
Varsity traveled to Leeโ€™s Summit West today and also had fantastic results! (1 of 2) Info: Ella Torno: 5th Meg Rieger: 3rd Andrew Letsch: 4th Kora Wiedmaier: 2nd Congress: Bela Sullivan: 6th Duo: Rand Brown & Patrick Sheeley 2nd Original oratory: Grace Fisher 1st
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David Dempsey
2 years
Champion Lincoln Douglas is down to 2โ€ฆ Linzy is prepping for the final debate of the evening.
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David Dempsey
1 year
Linzy finishes LD tonight with a 3rd place state, all state finish! Through Districts and State on whether or not the Supreme Court ought to have term limits, Linzy was 34-4 on ballots. Speech events start in the morning for Burnham and Linzy! @MrTurpinLPS @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
3 years
Elinor Dow had a goal to try debate this year and worked tirelessly on learning LD and developing her craft. It is with great enthusiasm I can congratulate her on winning Lincoln Douglas at the Novice Leeโ€™s Summit North Tournament!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Liberty Debaters (amongst 5 events) are either starting their first round or finishing it up. Keep the vibes up yโ€™all! Great start for the first day of competition!
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David Dempsey
2 years
UCM Mini Mule Varsity Results Great work Blue Jays! @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
Fantastic opening weekend in the books for the novice debaters! Everyone won at least 1 round and this competitive sophomore, Lydia Kahassai, took 3rd place in her first Lincoln Douglas tournament.
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David Dempsey
3 years
Linzy finishes 3rd place in Lincoln Douglas to conclude a great weekend. Also a phenomenal 2nd place out of 27 schools for the Blue Jays! As the kiddos are saying โ€œMISS MATERIAL GORLโ€. Good job kiddos! @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
ONE MORE ROUND OF LINCOLN DOUGLAS. Linzy continues into finals!
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David Dempsey
3 years
MSHSAA Districts Debate Results: * Denotes State Qualifier Lincoln Douglas Ethan Burnham 3rd Place* Liv Linzy 2nd Place* Public Forum Deol/Guillaume 3rd Place* Chapman/Keenan 2nd Place* Policy King/Ensor 5th, Burns/Shemwell 6th, Peacock/Menges๐Ÿ…(Honorary) 1st Place Team Sweeps
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David Dempsey
2 years
Liberty HS Speech and Debate travel to compete at Park Hill this weekend for the Crabtree Classic! The last invitational of the season! #soakitup @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @MrTurpinLPS @NoahG1748
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David Dempsey
2 years
Advancing to Semifinals at UCM: HI-Hand DI-Wheeler,De La Cruz,Price INFO-Torno,Bates DUO-Hand/Fisher,Chapman/Dow, Rieger/Ferguson OO-Wheeler,King,Fisher,De La Cruz, Vallier POI-Chapman,Torno,Sola USX-Linzy,King,Comegys IX- Ramey Debate, IDA, Radio are still cooking @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
โญ๏ธIE Varsity Final Resultsโญ๏ธ HI: โ€ขHand - 1st Place DUO: โ€ขChapman & Dow - 1st Place OO โ€ขFisher - 2nd Place USX โ€ขKing - 2nd Place โญ๏ธDebate Varsity โญ๏ธ LD: โ€ขVogelaar 4th โ€ขKing 1st @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Varsity Results at NKC DI- Wheeler 1st POI- Chapman 2nd, Dow 3rd DUO- Chapman/Dow 1st IX- Burnham 5th USX- Linzy 6th Reg PF- Ramey/Guillaume 4th Champ PF- Linzy/King & Burnham/Dow advance to Semifinals Varsity and Novice take 2nd place in team sweeps
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David Dempsey
2 years
Advancing to Quarters of Debate at Grain Valley- LD- Linzy
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David Dempsey
2 years
Congratulations to Senator Ethan Burnham on a tremendous semifinal finish in the US Senate! While heโ€™s at the hotel, we await supplemental events which are still underway. More to come Jays!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Day 2 is in the books. See everyone when the sun rises! @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts
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David Dempsey
3 years
MSHSAA Districts, Day 3, Debate Edition. Weโ€™re ready to go!
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David Dempsey
3 years
Insisting on this aesthetic, Kaylen King (freshman!) and Karlee Ensor take 1st place in Reg Policy Debate! We are so excited for you!!
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David Dempsey
3 years
Congratulations Rand and Patrick for winning the Oak Grove Varsity Invitational as well as to the Liberty Team for 1st place overall sweepstakes! Today took all of us. This was a true display of teamwork and dedication. @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Speech and Debate has arrived in Springfield. The variety of menu choices was splendid to witness. Good job kiddos.
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David Dempsey
1 year
Two sharper thinkers competed in day two of Extemp debate today- in a field of 1040 entries. Linzy finished in round 6 among the top 206. Shemwell finished in round 10 of 23 debaters. T-14th for placement. @MrTurpinLPS @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Springfield Central Varsity Results HI-Hand 2nd DI-Dow 1st, Wheeler 4th DUO-Chapman/Dow 2nd POI-Sola 4th OO-A.Vallier 2nd, King 6th IX-VanYperen 3rd, Shemwell 5th RLD-Primm 4th CX-Shemwell/Burns 4th CLD-Burnham 4th. Top 4 Tournament Co-Champions King+Linzy Sweeps 1st @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Kansas City Suburban Conference Championships is underway. Speech starts today, Debate is tomorrow. Soak it up, kiddos! @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
1 year
MSHSAA State Update: Burnham loses on a 2-1 and finishes T-4th with all state distinction. Linzy punches her ticket into the semifinals and has one more round to finish the evening. Good luck Linzy! @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
3 years
Started at 8am and now 2 teams remain- on to finals for this hard working duo/public forum team. @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
Itโ€™s been a rush of a day and itโ€™s still cooking but to include some updates- qualifying to state in Public Forum is Guillaume and Deol + Chapman and Keenan (waiting to debate finals) and qualifying in Lincoln Douglas is Ethan Burnham and Liv Linzy (waiting to debate finals) ๐Ÿฅณ
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David Dempsey
8 months
The new year kickoff has concluded. Primm/Ornelas take 2nd in Reg PF! Bravo! @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
King advances to LD finals!
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David Dempsey
6 months
NSDA District Debate Results *Nat qualified CX- Shemwell/Burns 1st*, Bixler/VanYperen 2nd*, Rathore/Petty 3rd* PF- Comegys/Rotert & Peacock/Ramey - district finalist & alternate to nationals LD- King- district finalist & alt to nats Team sweepstakes- 1st place @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Word has it that this CHAMPION OF Champ LD has ice cream waiting at home for her. Congratulations Liv Linzy! Letโ€™s get back to Liberty! @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @LHSTimBaldwin @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
With 66 competitors in the field, Liv Linzy is leading the charge into Lincoln Douglas Quarterfinals! Proud of you kiddo! Your work ethic these past few weeks has been astounding. Soak it up!
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David Dempsey
9 months
Liberty Speech and Debate travels to Van Horn (novice) and William Chrisman (varsity) for the Independence Winter Classic. Soak it up kiddos! @MrTurpinLPS @LPSFineArts
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David Dempsey
2 years
Concluding the first novice debate tournament of the season PF - Middleton & Rotert 4th place LD - Ellie Primm and Kate Ornelas close out the final round together in a field of ~58 debaters! @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS @MrTurpinLPS @LPSEDGE
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David Dempsey
3 years
It was a great day of debate for Liberty, we learned a lot and know what to improve on. 4th place in LD for Elinor, 4th place PF for Andrew and Evan and 4th place for Caroline and Kennedy. Great work!! @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
NSDA Districts Debate Breaking to Single Elimination Tomorrow LD. Linzy, King PF. Deol/Guillaume, Chapman/Keenan, Menges/Sullivan, Brown/Sheeley @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts
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Mr. Turpin
2 years
NSDA Districts Sems Breaks 2/2 OO. Alexander, Magera INF. Magera, Letsch, Rieger, Torno IX. Shemwell, Esser, Ramey USX. Linzy, Langhorst, Dressaler, Warman @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrDempseyLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
Announcing their first finals appearance in debate- Ciara Keenan and Mallory Chapman move on to the 7th and last round of the day. Bravo ladies!!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Willard Varsity Tournament- Weโ€™re Ready. They enjoyed the onions infomercial above so much that it made us 8 minutes late boarding the bus.
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David Dempsey
6 months
Debate Results from Today Big Questions Debate- King 1st* Ramey 2nd* Senate- Peacock 5th Middleton 7th *nationally qualified @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
3 years
Great finishes today for Sabrina and Kora 2nd place in Champ PF and Mallory and Ciara 2nd place in Reg PF. Bravo ladies!!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Breaking to semifinals at Blue Springs at the season opener! HI- Hand, Dohrmann DI- De La Cruz DUO- Chapman/Dow OO- King, Fisher USX- Comegys, King, Linzy @MrTurpinLPS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
11 months
Novice Speech Opener at Blue Springs DUO- Reeve/Elmer 1st, Enochs/Heits 2nd INFO- Mees 3rd ST- Dickey 1st DI- Elmer 1st, Enochs 5th HI- Willadsen 3rd, Ashby 4th, Reeve 5th Team Sweeps- 2nd of 25 schools @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
This dynamic duo knows that hydration and cardio are the keys to succeeding in a debate tournament marathon- moving on to round 7- Champ Public Forum Finals
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David Dempsey
2 years
Springfield Central Varsity Breaks HI- A. Hand DI- Wheeler, Dow DUO- Chapman/Dow POI- Torno, Chapman, Sola OO- A. & I. Vallier, King INFO- Bates IX- Shemwell, VanYperen SC- Burnham, Peacock @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
6 months
Ready for Day 2 of Debate National Qualifier Districts. Soak it up kiddos! @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts
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David Dempsey
2 years
Novice Oak Grove Results DI- Magera 7th HI- Blaine 1st USX- VanYperen 1st, M. Petty 5th IX- Bixler 5th, Rathore 6th INFO- Blaine 1st, Magera 2nd SC- T. Petty 4th PF- Schulte/Smith 3rd CX-Rathore/Petty 3rd, VanYperen/Bixler Co-Champs T-1st Team Sweepstakes- 2nd Place @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
11 months
Belton 6 Round Throwdown Novice Results- Bella Vansell finishes 2nd out of 32 LD debaters as well as bringing home the highest school win percentage when combining all school entries. @MrTurpinLPS @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
2 years
Advancing to Semifinals of Willard tomorrow morning- USX - Linzy DUO- Ferguson/Rieger, Reeve/Brusven, Chapman/Dow DI- De La Cruz, Wheeler, Price Radio- Price, Esser @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
3 years
โ€œThis is all I have ever wantedโ€ Congrats Liv! On to semifinals! May the body armor protect you.
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David Dempsey
1 year
Taking care of business in debate and in the classroom, congratulations โ€˜Senatorโ€™ Ethan Burnham on being a National Merit Finalist!
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David Dempsey
2 years
No better place to celebrate with Parkerโ€ฆ Happy Birthday from the team!
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David Dempsey
3 years
A huge congratulations to the following finalists at Leeโ€™s Summit North-4th place US Extemp Lydia Kahassai, 1st place Dramatic Interp Sophia Sola, 1st place Humorous Interp Isabelle Porter, 1st place Storytelling Eli De La Cruz @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
The beginning of something great. Party time folks. @MrTurpinLPS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Varsity IE Finalist NKC DUO & POI-Dow/Chapman IX-Burnham USX-Linzy DI-Wheeler Novice IE Finalist PHS DUO-Tempest/Dolton INFO-Fisher,Blaine,Magera POE-Lanzone CONG-Petty,Birkenholz OO-Naseem USX-Rotert, Meisel HI-Lively, Marr @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
8 months
Liberty Speech and Debate travels to Fort Osage this weekend to kick off the new year. Soak it up kiddos! @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
Overall debate weekend results: Novice- LD 1st Place Elinor Dow Varsity- 3rd place Reg PF Kora & Kennedy, 3rd place Champ PF Rand & Patrick. 1st place Reg LD Ethan Burnham Overall Sweepstakes 2nd place! @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Concluding Leeโ€™s Summit North- Burns & Shemwell take 3rd in Policy Burnham & Peacock take 2nd in Champ Public Forum
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David Dempsey
2 years
Speech Finalist at UCM HI- Hand DI- Wheeler, Price INFO- Bates DUO- Hand/Fisher, Dow/Chapman, Rieger/Ferguson OO- Wheeler, Fisher, Vallier POI- Chapman, Sola USX- Linzy @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
2 years
Novice Van Horn HI-Hand 2nd, Fisher 5th DI-Hand 1st DUO-Dolton/Tempest 1st PR/PO-Dolton 6th EXT-Rotert 4th OO-Lanzone 1st PF-Rotert/Middleton 4th Varsity Fort O SC-Burnham 5th CLD-Burnham Advโ€™s to Semis CX-Shemwell/Burns 4th @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation
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David Dempsey
3 years
Ethan Burnham is the Reg LD champion at the Leeโ€™s Summit West Varsity tournament!! Congratulations Ethan!! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
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David Dempsey
2 years
Debate Quarterfinalists for the weekend Raytown Varsity Champ LD- King, Linzy Raytown South Novice CX- Bixler/VanYperen, Petty/Rathore LD- Meisel @MrTurpinLPS @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts
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David Dempsey
2 years
Advancing to Quarterfinals of Champ LD at Willard - Linzy & King
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David Dempsey
2 years
NSDA Student Congress and Big Questions Districts Results: *denotes national qualifier House of Representatives Sullivan 4th* Peacock 8th Senate Burnham 2nd* Big Questions Debate King 2nd* Letsch 3rd Ramey 4th Linzy 6th @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
3 years
William Chrisman Varsity Results Champ PF 4th Place Grace & Kiran + Rand & Patrick 2nd Place Sabrina & Kora Reg PF 2nd Place Mallory Chapman & Ciara Keenan Reg CX 1st Place Kaylen & Karlee Overall Team Sweepstakes: 3rd Place! @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Debate updates: Novice PF- Eric Rotert/Orian Middleton 2nd LD- Ellie Meisel Varsity Champ PF- Ethan Burnham & Elinor Dow advance to finals
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David Dempsey
3 years
Speech and Debate Novice have arrived at Leeโ€™s Summit North for the first day of competition!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Kiran and Grace have advanced to Quarterfinals at State! Number 41 on the bracket. Soak it up kiddos!!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Results at William Chrisman Novice DUO: Tempest/Dolton- 1st INFO: Magera- 4th, Fisher- 2nd PROSE: Dolton- 2nd place USX: Primm- 4th CX: Petty/Lanzone- Advance to Semifinals on a 3-0 Debate Quarters Breaks at UCM Varsity RPF- Peacock/Ramey CLD- King @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
1 year
Today kicks off the last leg of Debate National Qualifying Districts for Congress and Big Questions competitors. Soak it up kiddos! @MrTurpinLPS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts @LHSJAYS
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David Dempsey
3 years
(2 of 2) Great work to everyone today! Proud of all of your hard work! HI: Kennedy Naseem: 7th Andrew Hand: 8th Evan Marley: 6th Erin Brage: 3rd POI: Mallory Chapman: 1st @LHSJAYS @Blue_Jay_Nation @LPSFineArts @MrTurpinLPS
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David Dempsey
2 years
Novice Awards Park Hill South HI-Lively 3rd, Marr 4th DUO-Dolton/Tempest 4th INFO-Fisher 1st, Magera 3rd, Blaine 4th POE-Lanzone 2nd CONG-Birkenholz 1st, Petty 3rd OO-Naseem 2nd USX-Rotert 3rd, Meisel 4th CX-Lanzone/Petty 6th LD-Meisel adv to sems PF-Rotert/Middleton adv to sems
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David Dempsey
3 years
Congratulations to Andrew Letsch, Ethan Burnham, Ciara Keenan & Mallory Chapman on fantastic 4th finishes at Grain Valley! Kora Wiedmaier & Sabrina Menges continue on to semi-finals of Champ PF! Letโ€™s do this!
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David Dempsey
2 years
Advancing to debate finals at Park Hill South! LD - Ellie Meisel PF - Eric Rotert/Orian Middleton
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David Dempsey
3 years
Grain Valley Friday Varsity Results HI-2nd Makenna Dohrmann, 3rd Andrew Hand, 4th Erin Brage DUO- 2nd Dohrmann & Price POI-5th Ciara Keenan 6th Bennett Chapman ST 6th Ella Torno, OO 2nd Grace Fisher, 8th Cole Wheeler, INFO 1st Andrew Letsch IX 5th Ethan Burnham USX 2nd Kiran Deol
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David Dempsey
3 years
Liberty Varsity Debate moving on to quarterfinal rounds at Grain Valley: Champ LD - Ethan Burnham Reg LD - Andrew Letsch Champ PF- Mallory Chapman and Ciara Keenan Kora Wiedmaier and Sabrina Menges Soak it up kiddos!!
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David Dempsey
3 years
They started the year with philosophical games and working on the art of persuasion. Today these two, Caroline Shemwell & Kymon Warman debated six rounds of policy debate (9 hours!) and finished 7th place! Great work Jays! @LHSJAYS @LPSFineArts @Blue_Jay_Nation @MrTurpinLPS
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