
Welcome to the Speech and Debate Team's information page. Here you will find all information related to the TCH Speech and Debate Team for the 2006-2007 season, including rosters, schedules and tournament results. This is also the place to find info about the annual school plays sponsored by TCH Speech.
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Speech and Debate Team Roster and Officers

The Teurlings Catholic Speech and Debate team captured the 2006 State Championship in Shreveport atCaptain Shreve High School. Those placing were: David Bienvenue and Andre' Courville - 1st in Novice Cross-Examination Debate; Danielle Cottonham and Colby Melvin - 1st in Duet Acting; Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 1st in Duo Reading; Jean-Paul Abshire - 2nd in Oral Interpretation; Jennifer Dupre' - 3rd in Original Oratory; Danielle Cottonham - 3rd in Humorous Interpretation; Kathryn Barry - 3rd in Advanced Lincoln-Douglas Debate; Lori Leday and Arielle Latiolais - 3rd in Duet Acting; Allie Warren - 3rd in Declamation, and Chelsea Dore' - 3rd in Student Congress.

On March 29 - 31st, 2007, at Comeaux High, the TCH Speech and Debate team won 1st place overall sweepstakes, making them the State Champions. Placing at the top of the state in their indiviual events were: Jennifer Dupré (1st in Original Oratory), Justin Cantu (1st in Student Congress), Kathryn Barry (1st in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate), Blake Flugence and Danielle Cottonham (1st in Duo), Danielle Cottonham (2nd in Humorous Interpretation), Michelle Scelfo (3rd in Original Oratory), Toni Menard (3rd in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate), Justin Cantu (3rd in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate), Arielle Latiolais and Jean-Paul Abshire (4th in Duo), Mary Morgan and Danielle Cottonham (4th in Duet), Danielle Cottonham won the Performance Award.
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October 6-7, 2006 October 20-21, 2006 November 3-4, 2006 November 10-11, 2006 November 10-11, 2006 November 17-18, 2006 December 2, 2006 December 8-9, 2006 December 8-9, 2006 January 12-13, 2007 January 19-20, 2007 January 27, 2007 February 2-3, 2007 February 2-3, 2007 February 10, 2007 February 16-17, 2007 February 23-24, 2007 March 3-4, 2007 March 9-10, 2007 March 29-30, 2007 |
LSU-Ruston Teurlings Catholic Lafayette High School Bolton High School Riverdale High School Barbe High School Abbeville High School Comeaux High School Newman St. Thomas More Breaux Bridge High School Carencro High School LaGrange High School Erath High School Cecilia High School Acadiana High School Kaplan High School CFL District at St. Thomas More NFL District at Acadiana High School State Tournament at Comeaux High School |
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November 17-20, 2006 February 15-20, 2007 March 24-29, 2007 June 16-23, 2007 |
Glenbrooks, Chicago Harvard Invitational CFL Nationals, Houston, Texas NFL Nationals, Wichita, Kansas |
Allyson Abadie Jean-Paul Abshire Allyce Andrew Chris Ardoin Jordan Attales Kathryn Barry Cassie Boudreaux Jacob Broussard Justin Cantu Danielle Cottonham André Courville Chelsea Doré Sam Doré Michael Dubose Gerard Ducharme Kasie Dugas
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Jennifer Dupré Blake Flugence Amber Frederick Lauren Granger Jules Guidry Michelle Guidry Dasha Homylyayeva Sam Hudi Lauren Huval Katie Landry Arielle Latiolais Alexis Lormand Simone Malveaux Kay Manuel Samantha Marks Leah Maxwell
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Toni Menard Adam Miller Aaron Morgan Mary Elizabeth Morgan Nelson Newman Caitlin Papa Mason Picard Martee Roy Gabrielle Savoie Michelle Scelfo Melodie Stanley Sophie Theriot Brittany Thousand Allie Warren Joshua Washington
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October 6 - 7, 2006 - Ruston, LA:
Congratulations to the speech and debate team who placed 2nd in Sweepstakes at the Ruston High School tournament with only 5 students participating. Placing 1st were: Samantha Marks, Lincoln Douglas Debate; Kathryn Barry, Extemporaneous Speaking; and Chelsea Dore & Andre Courville, Cross Examination Debate. Placing 2nd were: Kathryn Barry, Lincoln Douglas Debate; and Toni Menard, Extemporaneous Speaking and 3rd place in Lincoln Douglas Debate.
November 3 - 4, 2006 - Lafayette High School:
Cassie Boudreaux - 3rd in Junior Oral Interpretation Alexis Lormand - 2nd in Junior Oral Interpretation Mary Morgan - 1st in Senior Oral Interpretation Leah Maxwell - 3rd in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Gabbie Savoie - 3rd in Junior Extemporaneous Speaking André Courville - 1st in Junior Extemporaneous Speaking Justin Cantu - 2nd in Senior Extemporaneous Speaking Katie Landry - 1st in Declamation Leah Maxwell / Jacob Broussard - 3rd in Junior Duo Reading Jean-Paul Abshire / Arielle Latiolais - 3rd in Senior Duo Reading Katie Landry / Brittany Thousand - 2nd in Junior Duet Acting Jennifer Dupré / Blake Flugence - 4th in Senior Duet Acting Jean-Paul Abshire / Arielle Latiolais - 3rd in Senior Duet Acting Justin Cantu - 3rd in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Kathryn Barry - 1st in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Andre Courville / Chelsea Dore - 1st in Advanced Cross Examination Justin Cantu - 3rd in Student Congress
November 10 - 11, 2006 - Bolton and Riverdale:
Placing at Bolton was: Justin Cantu - 1st in Advanced Lincoln Douglass Samantha Marks - 2nd in Student Congress
Placing at Riverdale was: Arielle Latiolais - 1st in Oral Interpretation Cassie Boudreaux and Leah Maxwell - 1st in Duo Michelle Scelfo - 2nd in Oral Interpretation Michelle Scelfo - 2nd in Original Oratory Arielle Latiolais - 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation Leah Maxwell - 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation Cassie Boudreaux and Samantha Dore - 3rd in Duet Impromptu
November 17-18, 2006 - Barbe:
Justin Cantu - 1st in Student Congress Justin Cantu - 3rd in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Samantha Marks - 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking
November 17 - 20, 2006 - Glenbrook Invitational in Chicago, Illinois:
Blake Flugence - 1st in Prose Poetry Jennifer Dupré - 2nd in Original Oratory Mary Morgan - 6th in Prose Poetry
December 2, 2006 - Abbeville High School :
TCH Speech Team - 1st Place Sweepstakes Brittany Thousand - Thespian Award Jean Paul Abshire - 1st place in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Brittany Thousand - 1st place in Junior Oral Interpretation Danielle Cottonham - 1st in Senior Oral Interpretation Katie Landry - 1st in Declamation Kathryn Barry - 1st in Student Congress Andre Courville and Justin Cantu - 1st in Ted Turner Debate Cassie Boudreaux - 2nd in Junior Oral Interpretation Blake Flugence - 2nd in Senior Oral Interpretation Andre Courville - 2nd in Junior Extemp Katie Landry and Brittany Thousand - 2nd in Junior Duet Allie Warren and Sam Hudi - 2nd in Senior Duo Katie Landry and Brittany Thousand - 2nd in Junior Duo Allie Warren - 3rd in Senior Humorous Interpretation Gabrielle Savoie - 3rd in Junior Extemp Cassie Boudreaux and Leah Maxwell - 3rd in Junior Duet Samantha Marks - 3rd in Student Congress Jean Paul Abshire and Arielle Latiolais - 4th in Senior Duet Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 4th in Senior Duo Cassie Boudreaux and Gabrielle Savoie - 4th in Junior Duo
December 8-9, 2006 - Isadore Newman:
TCH Speech Team - 3rd Place Sweepstakes Kathryn Barry - Lincoln Douglas Top Speaker Award Kathryn Barry - 3rd place in Advanced Lincoln Douglas
December 8-9, 2006 - Comeaux
TCH Speech Team - 1st Place Sweepstakes Jean-Paul Abshire -Thespian Award Katie Landry - 1st in Declamation Jennifer Dupre - 1st in Oratory Jean-Paul Abshire - 1st in Junior Oral Interpretation Allie Warren - 1st in Senior Humorous Interpretation Jean-Paul Abshire - 1st in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Cassie Boudreaux and Leah Maxwell - 1st in Junior Duet Mary Morgan and Danielle Cottonham - 1st in Senior Duet Leah Maxwell and Jacob Broussard - 1st in Junior Duo Blake Flugence and Danielle Cottonham - 1st in Senior Duo Leah Maxwell - 2nd in Junior Oral Interpretation Mary Morgan - 2nd in Senior Oral Interpretation Kay Manuel - 2nd in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Danielle Cottonham - 2nd in Senior Dramatic Interpretation Cassie Boudreaux and Gabrielle Savoie - 2nd in Junior Duo Leah Maxwell - 3rd in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Jean-Paul Abshire and Arielle Latiolais - 3rd in Senior Duo Katie Landry and Brittany Thousand - 4th in Junior Duo Allie Warren and Sam Hudi - 4th in Senior Duo Katie Landry and Brittany Thousand - 4th in Junior Duet Jennifer Dupre and Blake Flugence - 4th in Senior Duet
January 12-13, 2007 - St. Thomas More High School :
TCH Speech Team - 1st Place Sweepstakes Justin Cantu - Forensics Award Danielle Cottonham - 1st in Senior Dramatic Interpretation Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 1st in Senior Duo Chelsea Dore - 1st in Student Congress Justin Cantu - 1st in Student Congress Kathryn Barry - 1st in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Leah Maxwell - 2nd in Junior Oral Interpretation Arielle Latiolais - 2nd in Senior Oral Interpretation Jean Paul Abshire - 2nd in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Katie Landry - 2nd in Declamation Jennifer Dupre - 2nd in Original Oratory Justin Cantu - 2nd in Senior Extemp Mary Morgan and Danielle Cottonham - 2nd in Duet Justin Cantu - 2nd in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Blake Flugence - 3rd in Senior Oral Interpretation Katie Landry - 3rd in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Gabrielle Savoie - 3rd in Declamation Samantha Dore and Gerard Ducharme - 3rd in Junior Duo Jean Paul Abshire and Arielle Latiolais - 3rd in Senior Duo Allie Warren and Adam Miller - 3rd in Duet Jules Guidry - 3rd in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Jordan Attales - 3rd in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
January 19-20, 2007 Breaux Bridge High School
Nelson Newman - 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation Justin Cantu - 1st in Extemp Justin Cantu - 1st in Lincoln Douglas Debate
February 10, 2007 - Cecilia High School :
TCH Speech Team - 1st Place Sweepstakes Arielle Latiolais - Thespian Award Jennifer Dupré - Renaissance Award Arielle Latiolais - 1st in Oral Interpretation Arielle Latiolais - 1st in Dramatic Interpretation Kay Manuel - 1st in Declamation Jennifer Dupré - 1st in Oratory Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 1st in Duo Blake Flugence - 2nd in Oral Interpretation Danielle Cottonham - 2nd in Humorous Interpretation Allie Warren and Arielle Latiolais - 2nd in Duo Leah Maxwell - 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation Cassie Boudreaux and Gabrielle Savoie - 3rd in Duo Michelle Scelfo - 3rd in Oratory
February 15-20, 2007 - Harvard National Invitational Tournament :
Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 1st in Duo Kathryn Barry - 32nd speaker out of 295 debaters Receiving trophies for advancing: Michelle Scelfo, Danielle Cottonham, Jennifer Dupré, Cassie Boudreaux, Leah Maxwell
February 23-24, 2007 - Kaplan High School :
Leah Maxwell - Thespian Award Justin Cantu - Forensic Award Michelle Scelfo - 1st in Original Oratory André Courville - 1st in Junior Extemp Kathryn Barry - 1st in Lincoln Douglas Debate Justin Cantu - 1st in Congress Leah Maxwell - 2nd in Junior Dramatic Interpretation Jules Guidry - 2nd in Junior Extemp Justin Cantu - 2nd in Senior Extemp Cassie Boudreaux and Leah Maxwell - 2nd in Duet Justin Cantu - 2nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate Mary Morgan - 3rd in Senior Oral Interpretation Kathryn Barry - 3rd in Senior Extemp Jacob Broussard and Leah Maxwell - 3rd in Duo
March 3-4, 2007 - CFL District (St. Thomas More High School ):
The Teurlings Speech and Debate Team received 1st place sweepstakes and the following students have qualified to go to Nationals in Houston, Texas:
Jennifer Dupre - Dramatic Performance Blake Flugence - Oral Interpretation Arielle Latiolais - Oral Interpretation Katie Landry - Declamation Kay Manuel - Declamation Michelle Scelfo - Oratory Jennifer Dupre - Oratory Kathryn Barry - Extemporaneous Speaking Gabrielle Savoie - Extemporaneous Speaking Allie Warren and Sam Hudi - Duo Adam Miller and Brittany Thousand - Duo Leah Maxwell and Arielle Latiolais - Duo Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - Duo Andre Courville and Chelsea Dore - Cross Examination Debate Kathryn Barry - Lincoln Douglas Debate Samantha Marks - Lincoln Douglas Debate Toni Menard - Lincoln Douglas Debate Chelsea Dore - Student Congress Justin Cantu - Student Congress
March 9-10, 2007 - NFL District (Acadiana High School ):
The Teurlings Speech and Debate Team captured 2nd place. Qualifying for the national tournament in Wichita, Kansas this summer are:
Justin Cantu - Lincoln Douglas Debate Jennifer Dupre - Original Oratory Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - Duo Interpretation Arielle Latiolais - Dramatic Interpretation Recognized as one of the top five students with the highest number of NFL points in the state was Justin Cantu.
March 29-31, 2007 - State Tournament (Comeaux High School ):
The Teurlings Speech and Debate Team received 1st place overall sweepstakes making them state champions. Also placing at the top of the state in their individual events were:
Jennifer Dupre - 1st in Original Oratory Justin Cantu - 1st in Student Congress Kathryn Barry - 1st in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 1st in Duo Danielle Cottonham - 2nd in Humorous Interpretation Arielle Latiolais - 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation Michelle Scelfo - 3rd in Original Oratory Toni Menard - 3rd in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Justin Cantu - 3rd in Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate Arielle Latiolais and Jean-Paul Abshire - 4th in Duo Mary Morgan and Danielle Cottonham - 4th in Duet Danielle Cottonham - Performance Award
May 24 - 29, 2007 - NCFL Tournament (Houston, Texas):
Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 6th in Duo Reading Arielle Latiolais and Leah Maxwell - Quarterfinalists in Duo Reading Kathryn Barry - Double Octo-finalist in Lincoln Douglas Debate
June 16 - 23, 2007 - NFL Tournament (Wichita, Kansas):
Danielle Cottonham and Blake Flugence - 4th in Duo Reading Jennifer Dupré - 8th in Original Oratory Arielle Latiolais - 9th in Dramatic Interpretation
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February 1-4, 2007
Mary Lennox Archibald Craven Lily Neville Craven Martha Dickon Colin Ben Weatherstaff Rose Lennox Albert Lennox Ayah Fakir Alice Claire Holmes Mrs. Medlock Chelsea Dore Wright Lt. Shaw Dreamers Ensemble
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Mary Morgan Blake Flugence Danielle Cottonham Jean-Paul Abshire Jennifer Dupre Dustin Lafleur Jacob Broussard Sam Hudi Lindsey Primeaux Phillip Fisher Ali Beslin Brittany Morvant Arielle Latiolais Leah Maxwell Sophie Theriot Chelsea Dore Kay Manuel Gerard Ducharme Kasie Dugas, Melodie Stanley
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A DVD of the play will be available from BéBé Video Productions.
To order a copy, please visit: www.BeBeVideoProductions.com/products
1999 - Fame (1st production)
2000 - Little Shop of Horrors
2001 - Godspell
2002 - Into The Woods
2003 - Grease (Click here to view video)
2004 - A Chorus Line
2005 - Lucky Stiff
2006 - The Wizard of OZ Click Here for Photos!
2007 - The Secret Garden Click Here for Photos!