C. Falls wins Hamilton speech meet

by The Daily Inter Lake
| November 23, 2009 2:00 AM

Columbia Falls won its second straight speech and debate tournament Saturday in Hamilton.

Twelve schools competed at the two-day Hamilton Invitational. In Class A action, Columbia Falls squared off against Libby, Polson, Ronan, Corvallis, Stevensville, Hamilton, Frenchtown and Whitefish, which came in fourth.

Class B teams Loyola Sacred Heart from Missoula, Gardiner and Florence also competed at the tournament.

Columbia Falls led the Class A tournament with 93 points. Hamilton came in second with 80 points, and Stevensville finished third with 72 points. Whitefish ended the tournament with 57 points.

The teams’ next tournament is in Ronan Dec. 5. Local AA teams did not compete over the weekend.

Individual local results are as follows:

• Policy Debate — 3. Joe Mazur and Jack Hyer, Whitefish

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate — 7. Derek Janni, Whitefish

• Expository Speaking — 1. Keri Potter, Columbia Falls; 2. Jessie Mazur, Whitefish; 4. Jennifer Jurva, Columbia Falls

• Original Oratory — 1. Stephanie Christensen, Columbia Falls; 3. Shiloh Knudsen, Columbia Falls; 5. Jessie Mazur, Whitefish; 6. Julie Peterman, Whitefish

• Extemporaneous Speaking — 2. Jon Riffey, Columbia Falls; 6. Jesse Flickinger, Columbia Falls

• Impromptu Speaking — 1. Jon Riffey, Columbia Falls; 5. Jesse Flickinger, Columbia Falls; 7. Chance Morine, Columbia Falls; 8. Vince Erickson, Columbia Falls

• Serious Oral Interpretation — 6. Jenni Vail, Whitefish

• Humorous Oral Interpretation — 4. Candy Ward, Columbia Falls; 5. Laura Burgess, Columbia Falls

• Memorized Public Address — 5. Stephanie Christensen, Columbia Falls; 7. John Joern, Whitefish; 8. Nathan Trinastich, Columbia Falls