Casper not so friendly

Coming off of winter break, the six-member Saratoga Speech and Debate Team headed to Casper to compete in the Kelly Walsh Invite where just one of the team members broke into the semi-final round in both Poetry and Program Oral Interpretation (POI).

“Kelly Walsh was a bit of a punch in the gut for us,” said Head Coach Johnny Mercer, “but there were some valuable lessons learned. Coming off of a long break and getting back into the groove of Speech was a tough hill to climb this week.”

Kaylyn Hunter was the single member of the team to head into semi-finals in her respective events of Poetry an...