Glacier takes second at Gonzaga tournament

The Glacier High School speech and debate team took second place in the prestigious Conway Classic at Gonzaga University in Spokane this weekend.

The Wolfpack were outpointed only by Lake City High School from Coeur d’Alene, 270 to 218. 

Glacier was the only Montana school in the field of 38 teams from 14 states.

“Scoring 218 points is awesome,” Wolfpack head coach Greg Adkins said. 

“We had a great tournament and saw some great competition. The tournament offered some events and categories that we don’t normally compete in, and that proved to be the difference in the final sweepstake tally.”

Glacier swept the top four spots in Duo Interpretation while Anika Fritz (Expository) and Teigan Avery (Lincoln-Douglas Debate) won individual championships in their speech events. 

Millie Espeseth, David Schwarz, Noah Hill and Ruben Castren all had top performances in debate.

Teams from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Texas and Florida competed in the Conway Classic.

Glacier competes this weekend in the Richest Hill on Earth Invitational in Butte. The Class AA State Tournament will be Jan. 30-31 in Missoula.

Conway Classic team results:

1. Lake City (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) 270; 2. Glacier 218; 3. Lewis and Clark (Spokane) 129.

Conway Classic Glacier results:

Duo Interpretation — 1. Ben Habel and Aaron Robinson; 2. Rebecca Konen and Abby Van Allen; 3. Joey O’Myer and Trey Shields; 4. Jacob Wutke and Brock Adkins.

Dramatic Interpretation — 2. Anika Fritz; 3. Josh Pitt; 5. Renee Baker.

Humorous Interpretation — 2. Abby Van Allen; 3. Jon Sorensen; 5. Trey Shields.

Expository — 1. Anika Fritz; 3. Trevor Woodward; 5. Mikayla Wilson.

Oratory — 4. Brock Adkins; 5. Aidan Fritz.

Extemporaneous — 5. Jake Cirincione.

Impromptu — 2. Trevor Woodward; 4. Lydia DalNogare.

Congressional Debate — 3. Grant Germann; 5. Kyersten Siebenaler; 8. Josie Jolly.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate — 1. Teigan Avery; 3. Brittany Cory; 5. Wyatt Germann; 6. Nick Tonjum; 7. Christina Johnson.