Speakers take first at Corvallis
<p>Kaitlyn Barnes competes in debate last week at Glacier High School.</p>
The Columbia Falls speech and debate team took first place among Class A, B and C schools at the two-day tournament in Great Falls on Dec. 7-8. The squad was led by Erick Franklund and Colter Norick with a first-place win in varsity policy debate.
“It was a very competitive tournament, and yet we had some students placing that had not been on stage yet this year,” coach Tara Norick said. “The team has been working very hard in practice.”
This week, the team travels to Kalispell for the Valley Wide Talkdown at Glacier High School on Thursday and then a two-day tournament in Corvallis on Friday and Saturday.
Great Falls results:
Varsity policy debate
4th - Mara Barnes and Monique Schoech
Novice policy debate
3rd - Emily Getts and Maddie Mantell
5th - Stephen Lindsey and Mike Dittrich
Varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate
9th - Allison Foust
Novice Lincoln-Douglas debate
8th - KC Holm
Original oratory
8th - Mary Gross
13th - Meredith Stolte
14th - Casey Shea
15th - Cassidi Bowman
Memorized public address
15th - Breanna Friar
16th - Garrett Role
Impromptu speaking
8th - Blake Ladenburg
12th - Henry Chisholm
14th - Britney Cotton
Extemporaneous speaking
3rd - Blake Ladenburg
6th - Mary Gross
8th - Cody Phillips
9th - Henry Chisholm
Expository speaking
4th - Yeo Chung
6th - Baylee Brinton
8th - Mariah Walker
12th - Samantha Gilk
Serious oral interpretation
6th - Bailey Duke
8th - Britney Cotton
10th - Meredith Stolte
Humorous oral interpretation
11th - Bailey Duke
15th - Lexi Corbett
16th - Jenna Smith