On Oct. 6, the Hood River Valley High School’s Speech and Debate Team traveled to the Sandy Kickoff Tournament for the first tournament of the 2018-2019 season.

The Hood River Valley High School Speech and Debate Team won its district tournament April 5-6.

Junior Ruby Patterson made it to the final round of Open Prose and won second place in Open Oratory as Hood River Valley High School Speech and Debate team competed in the Robert D. Clark Invitational tournament at the University of Oregon Feb. 18-19.

Ten Hood River Valley High School students competed in the Feb. 11 Saints Invitational Forensics Tournament held at Mt Hood Community College.