Glacier wins big Spokane speech meet

The Glacier High School Speech and Debate team dominated the Gonzaga Conway Classic this past weekend in Spokane.

Glacier scored 345 points to earn first place, outdistancing second-place Lake City, Idaho, which had 186.

The two-day tournament featured 30 teams from 10 states.

Glacier ended up with eight champions, eight second-place winners and seven third places.

“Just a great weekend from our team,” Glacier head coach Greg Adkins said. “I love this tournament because it helps our kids realize how they stack up against other teams from the Northwest. We really wanted to have a better showing this year than last year and I am proud of the team. We had depth and balance, which is how you can win big tournaments like this.”

Glacier will compete this weekend at the Garden City Invitational in Missoula, the last invitational tournament before the Class AA State Tournament in Billings at the end of the month.

Top Glacier finishers

• Original oratory: 1. Aaron Robinson; 2. Brock Adkins; 4. Aidan Fritz; 5. Emily Kern; 6. Trevor Woodward; 7. Kate Giffin

• Expository: 1. Joey O’Myer; 2. Anika Fritz; 3. Alec Willis; 4. Natalie Krueger; 6. Delaney Wilson

• Impromptu: 1. Trevor Woodward; 3. Abigail Roston; 6. Dylan Crandell

• Extemporaneous: 5. Dylan Crandell

• Duo interpretation: 2. Nate Lorenc & Andrew Lorenc; 3. Brock Adkins & Abby Van Allen; 5. Adam Habel & Josh Pitt

• Humorous interpretation: 2. Zach Hill; 3. Nate Lorenc; 5. Andrew Lorenc; 6. Kedryn McElderry

• Dramatic interpretation: 5. Aleesha Hillis; 6. Anika Fritz

• Interpretive reading: 5. Rebecca Ames

• Ed comm: 1. Ryker McIntyre; 2. Nathan MacGregor

• Student Congress (open division): 1. Kyersten Siebenaler; Finalist: Tristen Lang

• Student Congress (jr division): 1. Nick Brester; Finalist: Alden Drew

• Lincoln-Douglas debate (open division): 8. Teigan Avery

• Lincoln-Douglas debate (Junior Division): 6. Emmett Van Allen; 7. Sarah Stern

• Public forum debate (Open Division): 7. Spencer Johnson & Josie Jolly

• Public forum debate (Junior Division): 1. Julie Tripp & Anna Cecil; 2. Dillon Knuffke & Matt Knuffke; 3. Maya Buckingham & Erin McHugh; 4. Millie Espeseth & Keegan Siebenaler

• Policy debate (Novice Division): 6. Elizabeth Klemann & Ashlyn Cleveland

In addition, the tournament rewards the top speakers in the debate events. Here are Glacier students who earned speaker awards:

• Erin McHugh (Junior Public Forum) — First place

• Maya Buckingham (Junior Public Forum) — Second place

• Julie Tripp (Junior Public Forum) — Third place

• Millie Espeseth (Junior Public Forum) — Fourth place

• Anna Cecil (Junior Public Forum) — Fifth place

• Spencer Johnson (Open Public Forum) — Fourth place

• Sarah Stern (Junior Lincoln-Douglas Debate) — Second place

• Emmett Van Allen (Junior Lincoln-Douglas Debate) — Third place

• Teigan Avery (Open) Lincoln-Douglas Debate) — Second place