Six Dodge City High School forensics students qualified for the National Invitational Tournament of Champions recently.
According to DCHS forensics coach Johnny Dunlap, to qualify, the students must earn two bids at qualifying tournaments by placing high enough to win a bid. For an idea of how difficult this is, the team competed in seven NIETOC qualifying tournaments to earn their six qualifiers, said Dunlap. Qualifying tournaments are the largest tournaments in the state and feature the best competitors.
The NIETOC National Tournament will be held online from May 5-8.
The NIETOC qualifiers for DCHS were:
Senior Alicia Santos; Dramatic Interpretation Original Oration.
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After competing in two tournaments over the weekend, the Dodge City High School forensics team will be sending five more students to the state tournament after bringing home 12 medals in Wichita East and Garden City tournaments.
According to DCHS forensics coach Johnny Dunlap, the forensics team competed in the Wichita East Blue Aces Forensics Invitational from Wednesday, Feb. 3, through Saturday, Feb. 6.
The team then competed in an all-live-streaming event hosted on Feb. 8 by Garden City. This tournament was similar to their first tournament in that the students competed both asynchronously via recorded performances, then in a mix of live-streamed events and finals on Saturday, Dunlap said of the Wichita East tournament, where the forensics team won four medals.