Roster and Accomplishments From The 1969-1970 Season
The 1969-1970 Webster Club team was one of the most successful in the school’s history. With a core group of extremely talented underclassmen who would go on to form the nucleus of the team’s early-1970s dynasty, the 1969-1970 team won nine tournament championships including the National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament in Miami Beach, Florida.
Any words said about the Webster Club of ‘70 would not be equal to the scope of their accomplishments. Therefore, we shall let their rather eloquent record speak for them.
—Flambeau, 1970
Roster of Students & Coaches
- Mr. James Copeland - Moderator
- Mark Foley - Boy’s Extempore
- John Patek - Oratory
- Mark Pilliod - Oratory
- Jeffery Drummond - Oral Interpretation
- Jeffery Clark - Boy’s Extempore
- Robert End - Declamation
- Tom Sinsky & Neal Devitt - Debate
- Mark Weber - Student Congress
Team Accomplishments
After trailing throughout the entire tournament, the MUHS Webster Club forged ahead during the final event and won the National Catholic Forensic League Grand Tournament Sweepstakes in Miami Beach, Florida, May 7, 8, 9.
—Flambeau, 1970
- 1st Place - National Glass City Invitational
- 1st Place - State NFL Sweepstakes
- 1st Place - Columbus Day Invitational
- 1st Place - State NCFL Debate
- 1st Place - Marquette Invitational Sweepstakes
- 1st Place - Little Nationals Debate Tournament (St. Paul)
- 1st Place - NCFL Sweepstakes
- 1st Place - Bi-State Invitational (Wisconsin)
- 1st Place - National Catholic Forensic Grand Tournament
National Tournament Locations
National Forensic League:
Shawnee Mission South High School, Kansas
National Catholic Forensic League:
Miami, Florida
National Policy Debate Resolution
Resolved: That Congress should prohibit unilateral United States military intervention in foreign countries.
Photos
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Webster Club students at an awards ceremony.
“The man who made it all possible” - James Copeland.
The Holiday Inn welcomes the Webster Club.
Students at the NCFL Grand National Tournament Mass.
Students at an unknown tournament.
The NCFL Grand National Championship trophy.
Students prepare for competition.
Members of the 1969-1970 Webster Club.
A student uses a typewriter to prepare while on the way to a tournament.
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