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Three schools lead Whitefish speech meet

by The Daily Inter Lake
| November 24, 2014 9:00 PM

Columbia Falls topped Class A schools, Flathead won Class AA competition and Eureka won Class B drama sweepstakes on Saturday at the Whitefish Invitational speech, debate and drama meet.

There were 12 schools competing at the Whitefish meet.

Class B Drama

1. Lincoln County High School

Class A Drama 

1. Corvallis

2. Hamilton

3. Stevensville

Class B Speech

1. Frenchtown

2. Loyola

Class A speech

1. Columbia Falls

2. Hamilton

3. Stevensville

Class AA speech

1. Flathead

2. Glacier Navy

3. Glacier Green

Following are area place-winners at the Whitefish Invitational:

Extemporaneous 

1. Sarah Ward, Flathead

5. Cody Phillips, Columbia Falls

7. Abbie Belcher, Whitefish

8. Robert Hafemeyer, Flathead

Memorized public address 

3. Haley Kendley, Polson

4. Bre Friar, Columbia Falls

6. JoVonne Wagner, Browning

7. Chloe Foster, Columbia Falls

Humorous Oral Interpretation

1. Ava Chisholm, Columbia Falls

4. Jenna Smith, Columbia Falls

5. Ryan Dresen, Ronan

6. Jerelyn Jones, Columbia Falls

7. Trey Shields, Glacier

8. Hannah Gustin, Columbia Falls

Impromptu

3. Meredith Stolte, Columbia Falls

4. Casey Shea, Columbia Falls

6. Henry Chisholm, Columbia Falls

7. Trevor Woodward, Glacier

8. Kail Cheff, Ronan

Original Oratory

1. Hira Ramay, Whitefish

2. Meredith Stolte, Columbia Falls

4. Brock Adkins, Glacier

5. Hunter Cripe, Whitefish

6. Emily Getts, Columbia Falls

7. Casey Shea, Columbia Falls

8. Ali Gould, Columbia Falls

Expository speaking

1. Sam Benkelman, Whitefish

2. Emily Getts, Columbia Falls

4. Tommy Diegel, Flathead

5. Sam Gilk, Columbia Falls

7. Trevor Woodward, Glacier

8. Zach Rasmussen, Flathead

Serious Oral Interpretation

4. Jenna Smith, Columbia Falls

5. Hunter Cripe, Whitefish

6. Kristen Fraticelli, Flathead

7. Estevon Torres, Coumbia Falls

Lincoln Douglas Debate

1. Mikel Knutson, Columbia Falls

4. Colter Norick, Columbia Falls

6. Katie Stobie, Flathead

8. Zoe Dugan, Flathead

Policy Debate

1. Stephanie Woodland and Tyler Hong, Flathead

2. Lauren Crose and Mason Devries, Flathead 

4. Annabel Conger and Colter Norick, Columbia Falls

5. Keegan Siebenaler and Harrison Rennie, Glacier

6. Anna Nicosia and Monique Schoech, Columbia Falls

7. Jenna McCorie and Emma Trunkle, Glacier

8. Annabelle Smith and Shannon McGinnis, Polson

Humorous duo 

2. Sarah Moen and Madison Stort, Eureka

6. Alexandra Bartmess and Michelle Baetge, Eureka

Classical Duo

2. Storm Bakkila and Caitlin Hanson, Eureka

Pantomime

4. Austin Watts, Browning

Serious solo

2. Dylan Running Crane, Browning