Speech and debate wins last meet of the regular season
The Columbia Falls speech and debate team edged Whitefish last week to round out the regular season by just three points in an impromptu meet hosted by the Bulldogs.
“Whitefish agreed to host the tournament after last minute changes left the Western A division schools without a tournament for the weekend. The competition was fierce, and the results were the closest yet this season with just three sweeps points separating first-place Columbia Falls and second-place Whitefish,” coach Dawn Roe said. “Thank you to Whitefish head coach Sara Mueller and her team for putting together the tournament with such short notice.”
The Divisional tournament is in Polson next Saturday.
Teams can have three entries per event as they compete for a spot on the State team. Top 12 in each event for the Western Division will continue on to State in Laurel Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
The Wildcats are hoping to secure their 25th state A title in school history. It’s the winningest program at the school by a large margin.
The following Columbia Falls students placed in their events:
Quinn Caudle and Kaya Carlburg 1st in Public Forum Debate
Tia Marie Poor, 1st in Humorous Interp
Carson Settles, 1st in Program Oral Interp
Eleanor Smiley, 2nd in Impromptu
Kory Moran, 1st in Dramatic Interp
Sage Petioni, 2nd in Extemporaneous
Tia Maria Poor, 2nd in Dramatic Interp
Kira Shanks, 2nd in Memorized Public Address
Greyson Pfeifle, 3rd in Informative
Celestine Young, 3rd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Carson Settles and Reed Wollenzien, 3rd in DUO Interp
Alston Olson and Stimson Dolesh 4th in Public Forum Debate
Merell Cooley, 3rd in Original Oratory
Boone Shanks and Lauren Rogers, 3rd in Policy Debate
Eleanor Smiley, 3rd in Memorized Public Address
Josie Ekholt, 4th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Logan Emerson and Kendal Moultray 4th in Policy Debate
Merell Cooley, 4th in Memorized Public Address
Kira Shanks, 4th in Program Oral Interp
Abby Lawhead, 5th in Original Oratory
Reed Wollenzien, 5th in Humorous Interp
Cheyenne Dear-Ruel and Loren Connors, 5th in Policy Debate
Von Blanchard, 5th in Dramatic Interp
Adrien Sandon-Thompson, 6th in Humorous Interp
Melody McNally, 6th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Sage Petioni, 6th in Impromptu
Brandon Widhalm, 6th in Informative
Selah Heinzen, 7th in Extemporaneous
Abby Lawhead, 7th in Impromptu
Emma Wilcox, 7th in Program Oral Interp
Elizabeth Burton, 8th in Informative
Merrick Fairchild, 8th in Extemporaneous
Mady Walker, 8th in Dramatic Interp
Miles Colliander, 8th in Memorized Public Address