Cherokee HS Speech and Debate Team Wins Awards Congratulations to Mrs. Jamie Wills for being awarded GA District Coach of the Year by the National Speech and Debate Association. Mrs. Wills is the coach of the Speech and Debate Team at Cherokee High School (CHS) where she teaches language arts and speech and forensics. This was awarded at the District Tournament.Additionally, CHS competed at the GA Varsity State Championship. Junior John Peterson is the team captain. He made it to the semifinals with eight wins and one loss in Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate. He has qualified to represent the Speech and Debate Northern Georgia District in Congress in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the 2018 National Speech and Debate Tournament. Other award winners included Rylee Holland, a first-year debater who made it to the octagonal rounds, and she is the first person on the team to compete at the Varsity State Championship in her first year of debate. Hannah Galloway made it to the final round for informative speaking. Jessica Tabickman made it to the final round in dramatic interpretation, winning sixth place in the state. Anne Greer made it to octafinals and won sixth place LD speaker. Sean Howell won seventh place LD speaker.
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