Speech, debate winners

Here are the local winners of the recent Pueblo West High School Forensic Olympiad, the league's first speech and debate tournament of the season.

Public forum debate: Katelyn Compton and Kara Mason, sixth place.

Duo interpretative: Kristen Hargett & Stacy Daberkow, third place; Sarah Swerdfeger and Joe Jackson, fourth place.

Lincoln Douglas cebate: Steven Cassidy, third place; Brandon Zimmerman, sixth place.

Foreign extemperaneous: Steven Cassidy, third place.

U.S. extemperaneous: Brandon Zimmerman, first place.

Karate promotions

Two Pueblo West residents earned black belts during last weekend's semi-annual testing by Bendell Karate at Florence Middle School.

Bendell instructor Amy Cullen was promoted to third-degree black belt, capping off years of study. She worked her way through college as an instructor and now is a law student and intern at the Pueblo County District Attorney's Office.

Norman Megilligan, 14, was promoted to second degree black belt. He ran three miles a day and lifted weights to train for the test.

Aside from tests in the basics - fighting single and multiple opponents, grappling, board-breaking, one-step sparring, forms, weapons and musical forms - candidates were required to perform community service and write essays about becoming black belts.

There were eight candidates, and one other who passed and won promotion.

PWMS honor rolls

The following Pueblo West Middle School students have earned places on one of three honor rolls for their grades during the first nine weeks of school:

(4.0 GPA)

Eighth grade - Deeanna Arrieta, James Casuas, Elsa Chavez, David Henderson, Justin Martin, Daniel Neales, Kaitlyn Pritchard, Paul Rodgers, Kelsie Schmidt, Audra Smith, Matthew Thibodeau, Jesse Tyler and Lindsey Wood.

Seventh grade - Derek Abernathy, Joseph Bellavia, Alison Gervais, Gabriel Maes, Kayla Nix, Brianna Norbury, Angelina Orta, Ana Rios Salgado, Eli Shoenbeck, Taylor South, Alexandra Torres, Jesse Valdez and Celeste Wormington.

Sixth grade - Hayley Abernathy, Juliana Bradley, Rebecca Bradley, Adriana Deville, Trevor Encinias, Amanda Fernau, Kristin Linford, Kathryn Livingston, Robert Lopez, Kristi Mann, Raymond Martinez, Matthew Mason, McKenzie Mason, Taylor Montoya, Alee Quint, Makayla Ramsey, Sheridan Rimola, Isabel Tafoya and Jessica Thiebaut.

(3.5-3.9 GPA)

Eighth grade - Desirae Arrieta, Kaytee Blount, Sharisse Broome, Kia Cabral, Jasia Calderon, Rayna Capritta, Emily Carey, Danielle Carrillo, Jamie Cook, Tyler Cook, Justin Cruz, Janelle Espinoza, Kayla Fisher, Katlyn Gallardo, Amber Gallo, Derek Grady, Mariah Griego, Christina Gripman, Krista Hall, Keith Hannafious, Casey Harness, Justin Hertneky, Mattie Jesmain, Kamryn King, Loree Larsen, Taylor Logan, Christina Lopez-Espinosa, Jasmine MacNeilage, Christopher Main, Sheree Martinez, Ashley Mcallaster, Bryan Mcdonald, Cristi Meyer, Jade Miller, Kevin Miller, Jaime Montoya, Dahlis Morgan, Paige Moseley, Brittney Norwood, Tamra Novak, Romelia Olivas, Kelsey Onkka, Nathan Ravenkamp, Megan Romero, Brandon Russell, Sarah Sandberg, Kameron Schmidt, Tyler Schmidt, Justis Shipp, Dakota Swagerty, Emily Tatinski, Ty Thomas, Kayla Timme, Zachary Torres, Sandra Uson, Cerina Valle, Elizabeth Vialpando, Zachary Ward, Ivy Waring and Emily Watson.

Seventh grade - Kayla Aranda, Patrick Armstrong, Rion Bates, Carlton Brown, Garrett Caraway, Nika Carriger, Samantha Duke, Marzel Estes, Samantha Frost, Richard Joe Gallegos, Ben Gehrke, Anthony LaRiva, Brandon Lening, Brian Lewton, Jordon Lundstedt, Shelby Matznick, Tyler Maulin, Kala Mccune, Chahlie McDonald, Jed Mendicino, Kyle Moore, Christopher Newton, Kaitlyn Padermos, Kristin Palmer, Timothy Pfannenstiel, Dakota Proctor, Chanler Ray, Brittani Rogers, Victorea Sager, Jessica Salazar, Savanna Samson, Justin Sanders, Marissa Scaman, Rachel Schroeder, Alexandra Simmons, Sean Summer, Samantha Thompson, Vincent Verderaime, Andrew Whitt, Joseph Winship and Chrystal Wyckoff.

Sixth grade - Evan Berrier, Corrine Berry, Bailey Binder, Chelsey Binder, Shannon Borders, Mariah Crespin, Dallas Dwyer, Jacob Enriquez, Tiffany Epp, Maxwell Essenburg, Tylor Garber, Kaitlynn Geier, Koral Griffith, Kyra Henderson, Alexandra Jones, Bailie Jones, Scarlett Latka, Nolan Maize, Fabiana Molina, Jessica Moore, Jordan Pacheco, Devin Pearce, Gavin Ramos, Jeremy Rojas, Adreana Romero, Kayla Rundle, Ryan Sanistiven, Kacee Seigle, Arianne Stevens, Sarah Stucke, Myriam Trevizo, Stephanie Trujillo, Jaqulyn Viner, Matthew Waldenmeyer, Karissa Weaver and Luke Westerman. (3.25-3.49 GPA)

Eighth grade - Kelsie Berry, Arin Brandenburg, Anthony Doyle, Ismael Duling, Jessica Duran, Aurianna Foster, Conner Frankmore, Emily Gallardo, Kyle Glueck, Kristian Gonzales, Christina Ham, Brett Hester, Kolby Hicks, Billy Irwin, Destinie Jones, Aaron Klein, Hailey Lee, Brandon Leingang, Jasmine Lowe, Jim Major, Rylee Markus, Amanda Miller, Timothy Mitchell, Adam Oliva, Lizette Rivera, Jovaun Rodriguez, Alyssa Salamena, Fantazia Sanchez, Aaron Skilling, Erik Skomsvold and Shelby Wyatt.

Seventh grade - Dallas Alvarez, Shaienrae Archuleta, Destinie Arias, Joseph Armstrong, Austin Bass, Blaine Bilger, Melinda Blake, Tatiana Calvo, Richard M. Gallegoes, Anna Gutierrez, Taylor Hoskins, Rachel Lopez, Cheyenne Martinez, Brandon Minich, Tayler Montez, Jacob Mueller, Alec Pineda, Uri Prescott, Lauren Rinard, Lorenzo Tafoya and Shawna Witty.

Sixth grade - Alexander Acord, John Baca, Sierrah Bennett, Da’vion Bugarin, Cassandra Burkepile, Sarah Craig, Kyle Dewey, Lucas Foreman, Mariah Gallegos, Shane Gomez, Orquidia Hernandez, Alexander Johnson, Esperanza Mendez, Halie Kravig, Curtis Lane, Christina Lee, Ashley Lowe, Rayanne Lundin, Angelica Madrid, Calvin Major, Sonia Malpica, Shania Mcmaness, Eric Mears, Corbett Murdock, Bradley Padilla, Kayla Roper, Leann Rosales, Richard Scaman, Andrew Tallent, Jordan Trujillo and Kayla Wharton.

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