C. Falls wins third straight in speech

Columbia Falls High School continued its winning streak at the Ronan Invitational speech and debate tournament Saturday.

Columbia Falls finished the meet with 90 points, followed by Whitefish High School with 52 and Stevensville High School’s 40 points. It was Columbia Falls’ third straight win.

Nine Class A schools and two Class B schools, including Bigfork High School, competed at the tournament.

Bigfork competed in speech and drama events.

The schools’ next tournament is the Kalispell Invitational at Flathead and Glacier high schools Friday and Saturday.

Individual local results

n Lincoln-Douglas Debate — 1. Josh Schott, Whitefish; 4. Derek Janni, Whitefish; 7. Tanner Conrad, Whitefish

n Original Oratory — 1. Stephanie Christensen, Columbia Falls; 2. Shiloh Knudsen, Columbia Falls; 3. Julie Peterman, Whitefish; 5. Jessie Mazur, Whitefish; 8. Christa Konopatzke, Whitefish

n Memorized Public Address — 1. Tyler Schiff, Whitefish; 4. John Joern, Whitefish; 6. Becky Griffith, Columbia Falls; 7. Melissa Carr, Columbia Falls

n Humorous Oral Interpretation — 1. Candy Ward-Shears, Columbia Falls; 4. Hannah Brinton, Columbia Falls; 5. Laura Burgess, Columbia Falls; 6. Patrick Meehan, Whitefish; 7. Ashley Carlson, Columbia Falls

n Serious Oral Interpretation — 2. Ashley Carlson; 8. Marissa Getts, Columbia Falls

n Expository Speaking — 1. Keri Potter, Columbia Falls; 2. Jennifer Jurva, Columbia Falls; 4. Kate Donner, Columbia Falls

n Extemporaneous Speaking — 2. Jon Riffey, Columbia Falls; 4. Jesse Flickinger, Columbia Falls

n Impromptu Speaking — 2. Jon Riffey, Columbia Falls; 4. Jesse Flickinger, Columbia Falls; 7. Alex Neu, Bigfork

n Humorous Solo — 2. Gwendolyn Fratt, Bigfork

n Serious Solo — 8. Amber McDaniel, Bigfork

n Humorous Duo — 6. Kenny Patrick and Ernie Cottle, Bigfork