Persing sisters excel in speech, debate
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Sisters Honor and Mercy Persing of Martinsville excelled in the NCFCA Region VI Regional Championship at Lake Geneva, Wisc.
Over 100 students from a six-state area earned invitations at qualifying tournaments throughout the year by challenging each other in two debate styles and eight speech categories.
Honor, a junior, and freshman Mercy finally faced each other in the team policy debate semifinal round, after eight other 1 ½ hour debates.
Honor and her partner, Isaac Schurger, came out on top. The Persing/Schurger team then proceeded to win the four-day competition, placing first out of 26 teams and they were undefeated.
Student wins debate competition
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A local homeschooled teenager won first place in the last NCFCA qualifier of the season April 8-10.
Mercy Persing, together with her partner Samson Scheie of West Chester, tried their first time partnering and came out on top over six other teams.
This qualifies them to compete together in the Regional Competition. NCFCA the National Christian Forensics and Communication Association exists to help students across the nation develop their communication skills. Thousands of high schoolers come together for competitive debate and speech during the January through April season. NCFCA offers three types of debate and nine speech categories.