Three valley teams finish on top in Polson
Bigfork, Glacier and Whitefish high school teams won sweepstakes titles Saturday in Polson at the Piratepalooza Speech, Debate and Drama Meet.
Bigfork topped Class B/C Drama and placed third in Class B/C Speech sweepstakes.
Whitefish was first in Class A speech competition while the Glacier junior varsity not only won the Class AA category but also won the overall team sweepstakes.
Final point totals were Glacier 165, Loyola 115 and Whitefish 85 for the overall sweepstakes in Polson.
Columbia Falls placed second in Class AA speech in Polson while the Wildcat debaters traveled to Billings Central where they placed third.
Piratepalooza Speech, Debate and Drama
Team Sweepstakes
AA Speech: Glacier 165, Flathead 3, Big Sky 0
A Speech: Whitefish 85, Columbia Falls 63, Polson 36, Corvallis 24, Stevensville 25, Hamilton 15
B/C Speech: Loyola 115, Ronan 21, Bigfork 12, Cut Bank 4, North Toole County 0
A Drama: Corvallis 131, Stevensville 69, Hamilton 33, Frenchtown 9, Browning 4
B/C Drama: Bigfork 19, Cut Bank 15, North Toole County 1
Overall Speech Sweeps: Glacier 165, Loyola 115, Whitefish 85
Overall Drama Sweeps: Corvallis 119, Stevensville 69, Hamilton 33
Top finishers by school
Bigfork
• Mime: 1.Kim McDonald
• Classical Duo: 4. Bella Goodsen and Tanae Myers
• Memorized Public Address: 4. Riley Hoveland
• Dramatic Interpretation: 7. Stacey Poulson
• Expository: 8. Shannon Frizzell
Columbia Falls
• Expository: 3. Emily Getts, 6. Danielle Rosenbaum
• Serious Oral Interpretation: 1. Jerelyn Jones; 3. Kaitlin Creekmore
• Humorous Oral Interpretation: 4. Ava Chisholm
• Extemporaneous: 7. Tim Ingham
• Memorized Public Address: 1. Joey Chester
• Original Oratory: 5. Chloe Foster; 6. Emily Getts; 8. Victoria Bloomgren
• Public Forum Debate: 8. Kelsey Wright & Cassidy Norick
Glacier
• Policy Debate: 1. Jenna McCrorie & Emma Trunkle
• Public Forum Debate: 3. Dillon Knuffke & Matt Knuffke 4. Sophie Benedetto & Erin Schleusner; 7. Julie Tripp & Anna Cecil
• Lincoln-Douglas Debate: 1. Emmett Van Allen; 3. Nick Tonjum; 4. Kyeisha Morris; 8. Sarah Stern
• Serious Interpretation: 5. Amanda Wiersma; 6. Renee Barker
• Humorous Interpretation: 1. Kedryn McElderry; 3. Jon Sorensen
• Impromptu: 3. Francis Loviska; 4. Trevor Woodward
• Expository: 2. Joey O’Myer; 4. Delaney Wilson
• Memorized Public Address: 6. Akela Hammond; 8. Jon Sorensen
• Oratory: 2. Emily Kern; 3. Abi Vanorny; 4. Trevor Woodward; 7. Shay Reynolds
• Humorous Duo: 5. Joshua Green & Max Devries
Polson
• Public Forum Debate: 1. Mollie Lemm & Katelyn Toland
• Policy Debate: 6. Annabelle Smith & Sophia Speckert
• Lincoln-Douglas Debate: 7 Kenyon Cairns
Whitefish
• Impromptu: 1. Abbie Belcher; 5. Teigen Temper
• Extemporaneous: 2. Abbie Belcher; 4. Zach Ade
• Original Oratory: 1. Sam Benkelman
• Memorized Public Address: 3. Sam Benkelman; 5. Austin Reese; 7. Zach Ade
• Expository: 7. Regan Tintzman
• Humorous Oral Interp: 6. Saige Perchy
• Serious Oral Interp: 2. Ella Van Vlack; 8. Hunter Crepe
• Public Forum Debate: 6. Bailey McCann & Cody Casazza; 5. Dakota Hanson & Julien Leroux
• Lincoln-Douglas Debate: 6. Galen Jamison
Billings Central
Invitational
Columbia Falls
• Policy Debate: 1. Annabel Conger & Colin Norick; 5. Ian McKenzie and Danielle Schwalk
• Public Forum: 2. Anna Nicosia & Mary Ward
• Lincoln Douglas: 8. Gabby Merrell; 9. Mikel Knutson