Twenty-one students from Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan District 196 high schools had top finishes at the Section 3 debate tournament Jan. 6-7 and qualified to compete at the state debate tournament Jan. 13-14 at the University of Minnesota.

In Lincoln-Douglas debate, District 196 students captured five of the six state qualifying spots: Kenan Anderson of Apple Valley High School was the section champion, John Boals of Apple Valley was runner-up, Benjamin Pankow of Eagan High School finished fourth, Jason Senthil of Rosemount High School was fifth and Marguerite LaPlant of Eagan finished sixth.

  
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