C. Falls 2nd at speech meet

by The Daily Inter Lake
| November 9, 2009 2:00 AM

Columbia Falls High School came in second to Missoula Loyola Sacred Heart High School in its first speech and debate tournament of the season Saturday.

Columbia Falls finished the Polson Invitational with 72 points, well behind Class B powerhouse Loyola's 180 points. Loyola has won the last 26 straight Class B state championships and is stiff competition even for Class A schools like Columbia Falls.

The junior varsity squad from Flathead High School came in third with 37 points. Hamilton finished fourth with 33, and Glacier High School's JV team finished fifth with 30 points.

In the drama tournament, Polson won with 102 points, followed by Libby with 102 and Hamilton with 36.

Bigfork High School also competed in Polson. Whitefish High School had planned to attend, but most of its seniors took the SAT on Saturday instead, head coach Pat McLaughlin said. The team will compete this Saturday in Libby.

Local results from the Polson meet are as follows:

Speech and debate results:

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate - 2. Ariel Ramstad, Columbia Falls; 6. Emily Masuda, Flathead; 8. Kaitlin Barnes, Columbia Falls

• Policy Debate - 5. Raymond Symes and Cheyenne Rivera, Flathead; 6. Bria Frame and Gabriel Meyer, Flathead; 7. Cameron Brown and Jon Weatherly, Flathead; 8. Linda Waller and Ashley Larson, Flathead

• Serious Oral Interpretation - 1. Chris Magers, Glacier; 2. Natalie Griffin, Flathead; 4. Ashley Carlson, Columbia Falls; 5. LeAnna Herbert, Flathead

• Humorous Oral Interpretation - 2. Danny Power, Flathead; 3. Sami Banker, Glacier; 4. Hannah Brinton, Columbia Falls; 5. Brittanie Dull, Glacier; 7. Zoe Gaiser, Bigfork; 8. Jake Wilson, Flathead

• Impromptu Speaking - 2. Brittani Hart, Glacier; 4. Chance Morine, Columbia Falls; 5. Nick LaGrandeur, Glacier; 7. Cailey Philmon, Columbia Falls; 8. Adam Cebulla, Glacier

• Extemporaneous Speaking - 4. Jesse Flickinger, Columbia Falls; 5. Mariah Schuster, Flathead; 6. Anna Deleray, Glacier; 7. Natalie Law, Columbia Falls; 8. Kevin Kuper, Columbia Falls

• Expository Speaking - 3. Jennifer Jurva, Columbia Falls; 4. Toni Braig, Glacier; 5. Elise Jarvis, Glacier; 6. Keri Potter, Columbia Falls; 8. Larissa Hanson, Polson

• Memorized Public Address - 1. Stephanie Christensen, Columbia Falls; 8. Nathan Trinastich, Columbia Falls

• Original Oratory - 1. Shiloh Knudson, Columbia Falls; 2. Stephanie Christensen, Columbia Falls; 4. Tessa King, Glacier

Drama results:

• Humorous Duo - 1. Molley Ricketts and Rob Ricketts, Polson; 2. Paige Bothman and Jason Shikora, Libby; 5. Andrew Crenshaw and Shelby Fisher, Ronan; 6. Jae Chinzoriq and Honza Kaczor, Ronan; 7. Ejnar Peterson and Nina Araos, Polson; 8. Dustina Deans and Tiffany Moreau, Libby

• Serious Duo - 1. Joley Holden and Miranda Raab, Libby; Josh Ransom and Kyle Butterhof, Polson; 5. Sydney Gambrell and Molly Whitewater, Polson

• Classical Duo - 1. Josie Benedette and Nation Garza, Polson; 2. Kelsey Koberg and Laura Barta, Polson; 3. Shelby Fisher and Robert Hocker, Ronan

• Humorous Solo - 1. Gwen Frat, Bigfork; Jason Schikora, Libby; 7. Mike Wise, Libby

• Serious Solo - 1. John Bishop, Polson; 2. Logan Garcia, Polson; 7. Justin Lauer, Libby

• Mime - 1. Colin Burvess, Polson; 2. Amber Metzger, Ronan; 4. John Vinion, Libby