Speakers take third at kick-off

The Columbia Falls speech and debate team garnered third place in the kick-off tournament of the 2015 season in Kalispell.

Loyola and Whitefish lead the tournament at Flathead and Glacier High schools.

Head coach Tara Norick is excited for the team to get their feet underneath them and build the foundation for the season.

“There is a lot of competition this year and Whitefish looks like the team to beat. We have our work cut out for us,” Norick said.

The Wildcats were led by debaters Annabel Conger and Colin Norick, who won first place in varsity policy debate. Ian McKenzie and Ruth Nelson claimed a third place finish in novice policy debate.

Next weekend, the team travels to the Ronan Invitational.

Public forum debate

13th Mike Dittrich and Tim Ingham

14th Cassidy Norick and Kelsey Wright

Humorous oral interpretation

9th Jerelyn Jones

Extemporaneous speaking

15th Danny Morgan

Memorized public address

6th Joey Chester

11th Chloe Foster

15th Emma Erickson

Expository speaking

7th Emily Getts

11th Samantha Gilk

16th Danielle Rosenbaum

Dramatic oral interpretation

15th Jacob Hohman