Well, we had a wonderful tournament… again! Here are a few pictures:

Guys will be guys.

The weather was either raining or freezing, but we all survived.

We even survived with smiles on! (And the little timer girl Ellie made me smile even more this tournament! )

I point the camera at Jonathan again and he asked me what pose to make. I told him, “Show me how you felt this tournament.” And that’s what he did! I would say that I felt excited like him, but maybe I wouldn’t go quite that far.

You ARCers make each tournament fantastic and I am so very blessed to be in ARC…

The final results are in! Here’s

Individual Events

Sweepstakes

• 9th – Christina Hastings
• 13th – Beth Maisano

Apologetics

• 6th – Christina Hastings
• 8th – Daniel Gaskell

Semifinals

• Beth Maisano
• Ben Snodgrass

Dramatic Interpretation

• 6th – Grace Einkauf
• Semifinals – Jonathan Morgan

Duo Interpretation

• 6th – Exley/Exley

Semifinals

• Morgan/Morgan
• Hastings/Snodgrass

Humorous Interpretation

• 7th – Grace Einkauf

Impromptu

• 1st – Christina Hastings

Original Oratory

• 2nd – Beth Maisano
• 3rd – Jonathan Morgan
• Semifinals – Ben Billups

Persuasive

• 2nd – Beth Maisano
• 3rd – Christina Hastings

Thematic Interpretation-Semifinals

• Paul Exley
• Daniel Gaskell

Debate

Lincoln Douglas

• Octafinals – Christina Hastings
• 15th – David Huber

Lincoln Douglas Speaker

• 5th – Christina Hastings

Team Policy

Double Octafinals

• Adkinson/Simmons
• Billups/Billups
• Maisano/Morgan

Team Policy

• 4th – Clarkson/Exley
• 10th – Harris/Snodgrass
• 12th – Exley/Yaklin

Team Policy Speaker

• 3rd – Beth Maisano
• 12th – Zach Harris
• 14th – Ben Snodgrass
• 16th – Daniel Gaskell
• 24th – Jonathan Morgan
• 29th – Marshall Yaklin

Here’s the ARCers giving speeches in finals.  Congratulations to everyone!!!

Apologetics:
Christina Hastings
Daniel Gaskell

Dramatic Interp:
Grace Einkauf

Duo:
Exley/Exley

Humorous:
Grace Einkauf

Impromptu:
Christina Hastings

Original Oratory:
Beth Maisano
Jonathan Morgan

Persuasive:
Beth Maisano
Christina Hastings

Here are the ARC double-octafinalists. Way to go, guys (and gals)!

Lincoln-Douglas:
Christina Hastings
David Huber

Team Policy:
Harris/Snodgrass
Exley/Yaklin
Clarkson/Exley
Maisano/Morgan
Billups/Billups
Adkisson/Simmons

Wish I could be there!

EDIT–Here’s the octafinalists.

Lincoln-Douglas:
David Huber

Team Policy:
Exley/Yaklin
Clarkson/Exley
Harris/Snodgrass

Speech semi-finalists:

Apologetics:
Beth Maisano
Daniel Gaskell
Ben Snodgrass
Christina Hastings

Dramatic Interp:
Grace Einkauf
Jonathan Morgan

Duo Interp:
Exley/Exley
Morgan/Morgan
Hastings/Snodgrass

Humorous Interp:
Grace Einkauf

Impromptu:
Christina Hastings

Original Oratory:
Ben Billups
Beth Maisano
Jonathan Morgan

Persuasive:
Christina Hastings
Beth Maisano

Thematic Interp:
Paul Exley
Daniel Gaskell

“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels… but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.”

1 Corinthians 13:1