Debaters prepare for Utah competition

Despite the long holiday weekend, the Green River Speech and Debate team is preparing to face tough competition in Utah.

This weekend, a little over half of the team will travel to Alta, Utah, to compete against schools from all over the country.

Three public-forum debate teams, four policy debate teams and eight Lincoln Douglas debaters will compete at this tourney. However, a lot of novice team members will also attend to learn through observation.

“Competing at this tournament right after the break will be somewhat of a challenge because it gave us less practice time leading up to the tourn...