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FARGO, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City High School Speech team traveled to the West Fargo Sheyenne Speech Meet on February 25th.

Student Advisor Nicholas Lee said, with a young team and several veterans absent for the tournament, we still managed to place 2nd out of the 10 teams. Individual results were as follows:

Speech to Entertain: Rachel Borg- 6th

Radio Broadcasting: Eliza Johnson- 5th

Serious Prose: Monisha Terry- 5th, Abby Slyter- 3rd

Dramatic Interpretation: Talia Germann- 7th, Tanaya Leifson- 6th, Monesha Terry- 5th, Maggie Oberlander- 1st and State Qualified

Speech to Persuade: Erik Johnson- 8th, Sharon Michael- 7th, Jacob Berntson- 5th, Abby Slyter- 2nd

Serious Duo: Olivia Slyter/Dylan Quick- Top Novice, Tanaya Leifson/David Opdahl- 4th, Maggie Oberlander/Eliza Johnson- 2nd

Speech to Inform:Jacob Berntson- 2nd, Erik Johnson- 1st

Storytelling:Elizabeth Gazeley- 7th

Poetry: Olivia Slyter- Top Novice

Humorous Duo: Luke Plagens/Dylan Quick- Top Novice, Olivia Slyter/Sophie Boe- Top Novice, Morgan Jenner/Cassie Mundal- 8th, David Opdahl/ Jack Jordan- 7th

EPR: Eliza Johnson- 8th, Abby Slyter- 5th

Humorous: Maggie Oberlander- 6th, Eliza Johnson- 5th, Dylan Quick- 4th

Lee said, the team will compete in the Grand Forks Central Speech Classic Saturday, March 4th.