The entire first semester had built up to December 2nd and 3rd at McClintock High School for 5A Winter Trophy and MHS4n6 put on arguably the best performance of their existence. Mesquite collected an unprecedented 14 trophies from just 34 entries and took 6th overall with 128 sweepstakes points.
Speech was led by the seniors doing their business as usual. Alexa Curran once again dominated the scene and took home two 1st place trophies by winning both Dramatic Interp and Prose. Nicole Fisher was also a double finalist and took 2nd in Extemp, giving the reigning Glenbrooks winner all he could handle. Nicole also finaled in impromptu for the second straight tournament taking 4th overall.
Leading the Juniors was Michael Ippolito who finally got over the semi-final struggles to take 6th in extemp. Impromptu smiled warmly on Mesquite again as Michael took home a first place trophy for the second consecutive tournament. MHS Speech also saw two more competitors qualify for Harvard as Cassandra Sunga and Katherine Wu both broke to semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament. Sophomore Kevin Tian also made a major splash by taking 2nd overall in Radio Broadcasting for his first ever finals appearance. In Expository, freshman Gabby Luu showed everyone in 5A her talent and took 4th overall for her first ever top 6 placing. Other notable first time breakers were Lazarus Tate who broke with his debut humor interpretation and Mollie Moreno who was a semi-finalist in dramatic interp.
Leading the Juniors was Michael Ippolito who finally got over the semi-final struggles to take 6th in extemp. Impromptu smiled warmly on Mesquite again as Michael took home a first place trophy for the second consecutive tournament. MHS Speech also saw two more competitors qualify for Harvard as Cassandra Sunga and Katherine Wu both broke to semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament. Sophomore Kevin Tian also made a major splash by taking 2nd overall in Radio Broadcasting for his first ever finals appearance. In Expository, freshman Gabby Luu showed everyone in 5A her talent and took 4th overall for her first ever top 6 placing. Other notable first time breakers were Lazarus Tate who broke with his debut humor interpretation and Mollie Moreno who was a semi-finalist in dramatic interp.
Debate really was about two men and their partnership and how they made more Mesquite High history. The team of Eric Liang and Mitchell Dyer took their second tournament of the year and won in varsity Public Forum Debate going 7-1 for the entire tournament. To add to the prestige, Eric also won his Congress house, becoming the first Wildcat to do that as well. Not to be outdone, Mitchell Dyer took 4th in his house as well. Rounding out an on-the-rise-Congress program, Nicole Fisher and Michael Ippolito both took 2nd in their respective houses and Cassandra Sunga earned 5th place honors in her second time ever doing the event.
Mesquite can relax and relish in the success from Winter Trophy and enjoy a break for school finals and the Christmas holiday before getting ready for Red Mountain Jan 6th and 7th. The topics have changed but the dedication level and commitment to excellence has not as MHS4n6 continues to rise up and spread their voices throughout Arizona.
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