2025 NDHSAA State Debate Results
NDHSAA NEWS RELEASE: Tuesday, February 11
VALLEY CITY – The 112th Annual North Dakota High School Activities Association Debate Tournament was held at Fargo Davies High School on Saturday, February 8, 2025. West Fargo Horace was crowned state team champions with 54 team points and West Fargo Sheyenne received Runner-Up with 44 team points.
Elected by peers as the 2025 Debate Co-Coaches of the Year were Kayla Geyer and Denise Johnson, coaches at Fargo Davies.
Individual place winners in each division are as follows:
Division I Lincoln-Douglas Debate
1st Place-Aiden Shultz - West Fargo; 2nd Place-Nora Aeilts - West Fargo Horace; Semi-Finalist-Ariel Bahn - Fargo Davies; Semi-Finalist-Braden Li - Fargo Davies; Consolation Champion-Lukas Robinson - Fargo South; Quarterfinalist-Jama Jama - West Fargo; Quarterfinalist-Levi Gordon - West Fargo Horace; Quarterfinalist-Neha Kamalakannan - West Fargo Sheyenne.
Division II Lincoln-Douglas Debate
1st Place-Adam Said - West Fargo Sheyenne; 2nd Place-Ally Huynh - West Fargo Horace; Semi-Finalist-Alex Chislii - Mandan; Semi-Finalist-Zevon Sappington - West Fargo Horace; Consolation Champion-Adorah Bishop - West Fargo Horace; Quarterfinalist-Silas Rodriguez - Fargo South; Quarterfinalist-Emily Hutchinson - West Fargo Horace; Quarterfinalist-Allison Choi - Fargo North.
Division I Public Forum Debate
1st Place-Hosna Dawlaty & Eli Nyberg - West Fargo Sheyenne; 2nd Place-Elena Weng & Zuan Park - West Fargo Sheyenne; Semi-Finalist-David Ha & Lillian Meidinger - Fargo Davies; Semi-Finalist-Jonah Follingstad & Reagan Koppelman - West Fargo Sheyenne; Consolation Champion-Corinne Schmidt & Jordan Graves - West Fargo Horace; Quarterfinalist-Penelope Echola & Kaitlyn Desmarais - Fargo North; Quarterfinalist-Aneesh Vegi & Grady Gronos - West Fargo; Quarterfinalist-McKenzie Freier & Ashley Hsu - Fargo Davies.
Division II Public Forum Debate
1st Place-Lucy Scherbenske & Keesha Saldivar - West Fargo Horace; 2nd Place-Elton Zeqiri & Zaita Mohamed - West Fargo; Semi-Finalist-Aman Riak & Sienna Bowen - West Fargo Horace; Semi-Finalist-Alexis Nelson & Sierra Knutson - Fargo Davies; Consolation Champion-Hadley Hoffman & Gowri Pillai - West Fargo Sheyenne; Quarterfinalist-Adrianne Stoskopf & Connor Gallagher - Fargo South; Quarterfinalist-Chloe Le & Nikky Le - West Fargo Horace; Quarterfinalist-Abrar Haque & Alexander Lattergrass - Fargo North.
Participating teams included: Fargo Davies, Fargo North, Fargo South, Mandan, West Fargo, West Fargo Horace, and West Fargo Sheyenne.