BBQ-in' in Kentucky

On November 8th and 9th, member of the McNeese State University Forensics team traveled to Owensboro, KY for a speech and debate tournament hosted by Owensboro Community and Technical College.  The meet consisted of a parliamentary debate tournament and a single-day IE tournament.

In the debate half, McNeese's Corey Greineisen placed as the 6th overall speaker.

The IE half saw more hardware come back to Louisiana.  Team president Alex Reinauer placed 5th in After Dinner Speaking.  Greineisen also earned a 5th place finish in Extemporaneous Speaking, 4th place in Radio Broadcasting, and 2nd place om both Impromptu Speaking and Impromptu Counseling.  These placings combined to give Greineisen 3rd place as overall speaker for the IE portion.

The trip to Owensboro marked the end of the competitive semester for McNeese.  They will return in January, starting the spring semester with the Hell Froze Over Swing in Austin, TX.

Pokes' Success is Big in Texas

From November 1-2, the McNeese State University Forensics Team competed at the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association (TIFA) fall tournament.  McNeese entered competitors in both NPDA Debate and individual events.

Over the course of the weekend, the debate team of Corey Greineisen and A'renica Mumford reached the quarterfinal round out of 25 debate teams.  Additionally, Greineisen earned 7th Place overall speaker during the debate competition.

Greineisen also enjoyed success in the individual events portion, reaching the semi-final round of extemporaneous speaking.  Competitors Morgan Authement and Kyla Standley performed well in the dramatic duo category, ending next out of the final round.

As a team, McNeese State placed 4th overall among schools with both debate and individual events at the tournament.  There were 18 schools present at the event.

McNeese ends their competitive semester next week in Owensboro, KY.