Speech and debate wins Hamilton Invitational

The Wildcat speech and debate team took first in Hamilton on Saturday.

“A number of our newer competitors have hit their stride with some of them finishing for the first time in the top eight of their event.  We are now more than half-way through our season with just a few tournaments remaining before divisionals at Polson in January.  We are excited to compete in Kalispell this coming weekend,” coach Dawn Roe said.

The Wildcats took second to Whitefish at Ronan just before Thanksgiving.

Whitefish was second in Hamilton and Frenchtown was third.  The following competitors placed in their events:

Celestine Young, 1st in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Merell Cooley 1st in Memorized Public Address

Boone Shanks and Lauren Rogers, 1st in Policy Debate

Reed Wollenzien and Carson Settles, 1st in Duo Interp

Carson Settles, 1st in Program Oral Interp

Kaya Carlburt and Quinn Caudle 2nd in Public Forum Debate

Kira Shanks, 2nd in Memorized Public Address

Merrick Fairchild & Allycyn Palmer, 2nd in Duo Interp

Tia Marie Poor, 2nd in Humorous Interp

Merrick Fairchild, 3rd in Extemporaneous

Kira Shanks, 3rd in Program Oral Interp

Reed Wollenzien, 3rd in Humorous Interp

Greyson Pfeifle, 4th in Informative

Sage Petioni, 4th in Extemporaneous

Brandon Widhalm & Kory Moran, 4th in Duo Interp

Von Blanchard, 4th in Dramatic Interp

Chey Dear-Ruel and Loren Connors, 5th in Policy Debate

Josie Ekholt, 6th in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Kory Moran, 6th in Dramatic Interp

Adrien Sandon-Thompson, 6th in Humorous Interp

Miles Colliander, 6th in Memorized Public Address

Malakai Shaw and Chloe Kinsella, 6th in Public Forum Debate

Brandon Widhalm, 7th in Informative

Melody McNally, 7th in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Sage Petioni, 7th in Impromptu