WEST FARGO, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)- On Saturday, February 23 the Valley City High School Hi-Liner Speech team traveled to the West Fargo Sheyenne Mustang Mane Speech Invitational. Out of a field of 9 Class A and Class B teams the Hi-Liners placed first as a team with 229 sweepstakes points ahead of 2nd place Devils Lake (58 points) and Fargo Shanley (51 points).
We advanced 39 entries to the final round and picked up 3 new state qualifiers to the 2019 State Class A Speech Tournament in Jamestown on April 13th. We also had We had two students final (top 8) for the first time: MJ Lorenz in Serious Prose and Isaac Abrahamson in his Humorous Duo with Benjamin Kruta.
Individual Results for VCHS are as follows:
Storytelling: Amelia Meester (Top Novice), Tucker Johnson (6th), Elizabeth Gazeley (4th), Sophie Boe (2nd)
Radio Broadcasting: Eliza Johnson (3rd)
Speech to Entertain: Maddi Knight (8th), Benjamin Kruta (7th), Amelia Meester (6th), Katy Borg (5th), Elizabeth Gazeley (3rd)
Speech to Inform: Emmalee Jones (Top Novice), Sophie Boe (4th), Aurora Ziniel (3rd)
Impromptu Speaking: Gabriella Shipp (2nd)
Serious Prose: MJ Lorenz (7th), Olivia Slyter (6th), Ariana Abrahamson (5th), Maggie Oberlander (2nd), Gabriella Shipp (1st and State Qualified)
Humorous Duo: Isaac Abrahamson/Benjamin Kruta (7th), Amelia Meester/Katy Borg (6th), Sophie Boe/Dylan Quick (1st and State Qualified)
Extemporaneous Programmed Reading: Eliza Johnson (5th), Olivia Slyter (2nd), Monisha Terry (1st and State Qualified)
Humorous: Isaac Abrahamson (Top Novice), Skye Auka (4th), Monisha Terry (3rd), Owen Plagens (1st and State Qualified)
Dramatic: Owen Plagens (8th), Maggie Oberlander (5th), Gabriella Shipp (3rd), Lillian Kiefert (2nd), Madi Klabo (1st and State Qualified)
Speech to Persuade: Maggie Oberlander (2nd), Elizabeth Gazeley (1st and State Qualified)
Poetry: Monisha Terry (6th), Olivia Slyter (4th), Lillian Kiefert (3rd), Gabriella Shipp (2nd)
Serious Duo: Chelsea Urbano/Alexis Wobbema (Top Novice), Elizabeth Gazeley/Olivia Slyter (2nd), Maggie Oberlander/Eliza Johnson (1st and State Qualified)
Next up for the Hi-Liner speakers is the Grand Forks Speech Classic at Grand Forks Central High School Saturday, March 2.
