Kent Denver Speech and Debate places 4th at California tournament

Kent Denver’s Speech and Debate places fourth place overall in the 2013 California Invitational Tournament. Photo courtesy of Kent Denver

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Kent Denver’s Speech and Debate team performed at an exceptional level and finished in fourth place overall among a field of 237 schools at the 2013 California Invitational Tournament held at the University of California, Berkeley.

A sign that the weekend would go well for the team was the early result turned in by Kent Denver senior Sam Mathews, who arrived in California on Feb. 13 as a competitor in the California Round Robin — an invitation-only tournament that hosted 12 of the nation’s best Lincoln Douglas debaters. After two days of competition, Sam was awarded the