The annual Lisa Sippel Novice Debate contest was hosted by Groton High School on Monday, December 6th. Teams from Aberdeen Central, Groton, and Watertown attended along with the Milbank squad. The Milbank public forum team of Seth McDonald and Sierra Baumgart were the only team in the division to finish undefeated as they captured the first place trophy. They finished 4-0.
In the policy division, all three Mibank tandems won awards. Going undefeated on the negative side were Morgan Jones and Tori Remington. Finishing 2-1 were affirmative counterparts Dezmond Ward and Allwin McDonald. As a quartet they captured the second place trophy with a 5-1 record. Also recognized for finishing 2-1 were Dylan Fox and Jacob Erickson.