As he stood at the podium he could feel the adrenaline coursing through his veins. His rock solid argument bounced off his lips and hit the opposing team like a brick wall.different teams competed for the top three places.

By the time he finished speaking he glanced at the triumphant smile on his partner’s face and knew that this debate round had just been dominated.

Senior Colten Cowart and junior Brett Howard traveled to compete at the CX Debate state meet March 15-18. Juniors Connor Lawrence and Ephraim Lorenz qualified as the alternate team and attended the competition with Cowart and Howard.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” Howard said. “But we did pretty good and defended our arguments well.”

The meet was held in Austin where 60

“There were a lot of teams but it wasn’t that bad,” Howard said, “Only eight out of sixty advanced.”

Although Cowart and Howard did not advance they expressed pride over what they accomplished at the competition.

“I think we did amazing for it being Brett’s first year to debate, my second year, and our first year to go to state,” Cowart said.

Debate coach Stefanie Suto had high praise for her team.

“The boys did a great job representing this area for the first time,” Suto said. “This was the first state trip in CX for me as the Canyon coach, and I couldn’t be any more proud.”