Travel Baseball, travel basketball, how about travel speech and debate? In June select students from across the country, will travel to Birmingham, Alabama to compete at the national speech and debate tournament. But before they even can pack their bags, students must first qualify at a local district tournament.

Cheyenne East hosted the Hole-in-the-wall district tournament, Schools in eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska, and southwestern South Dakota all sent their best to compete.

Cheyenne East had 12 competitors qualify in various events. East also won the Speech Award, Debate Award, and the Overall Award, signifying East did better than any other school in attendance.

These students will compete at the national speech and debate tournament.

Jessie Archambeau, 11, in Drama and Humor
Pia Black, 11, in Informative
Brittany Brower, 12, in Duo
Andrew Harwell, 11, in Policy Debate
Brenden Hunt, 12, in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Brady Davis, 11, in Policy Debate
Dylan Hirsch, 12, in Duo
Noah Paiz, 11, in Policy Debate
Connor Sears, 11, in Humor and POI
Elsha Seiloff, 11, in Duo and POI
Dorian Scholz, 12, in Duo
Mike Swidecki, 9, in Policy Debate