VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Below are speech results from the first half of March.

On March 5^th, the Hi-Liner Speech Team split and attended meets in both Grand Forks and Lisbon. The Hi-Liners qualified an additional 7 entries to the State Tournament in April. There were no sweepstakes awards presented in Grand Forks. The Hi-Liners took 1^st Place as a team in Lisbon, followed by Enderlin in 2^nd, and Kindred in 3^rd.

Individual Results for Grand Forks are as follows:

Poetry:  Ayden McPartland (7^th), Vismaya Jacob (2^nd)

Serious: Ayden McPartland (5^th)

Humorous Duo:  Jack Sorby / Elijah Drummond (Top Novice)

EPR:  Jared Burk (8^th), Madi Klabo (2^nd  – State Qualified on A/B Split)

Speech to Entertain: Katy Borg  (1^st – Champion – State Qualified)

Speech to Persuade: Alyssa Wilmes (8^th), Madi Klabo (3^rd), Vismaya Jacob (2^nd), Abby Redfearn (1^st – Champion – Previously State Qualified)

Speech to Inform: Elijah Drummond (Top Novice)

Dramatic: Erin Lutiker (Top Novice), Ayden McPartland (1^st – Champion – State Qualified)

Serious Duo: Abby Redfearn/Madi Klabo (1^st – Champions – Previously State Qualified)

Humorous: Katy Borg (2^nd)

Storytelling: Elijah Drummond (Top Novice)

Radio: Carter Hass (Top Novice), Abby Redfearn (6^th)

Impromptu: Abby Wilmes (8^th), Carter Hass (4^th)

Extemp: Alyssa Wilmes (Top Novice)

Individual Results for Lisbon are as follows:

Poetry:  Alexis Wobbema (4^th), Cassie Mundal (3^rd)

Serious: Cassie Mundal (5^th), Emmy Jones (3^rd)

Humorous Duo:  Morgan Jenner / Evan Mielke (3^rd)

EPR:  Cassie Mundal (8^th), Morgan Jenner (3^rd), Brinklyn Johnson (2^nd), Stephanie Hoffarth (1^st – Champion – Previously State Qualified)

Speech to Entertain: Alex Wobbema (3^rd), Gabe Herzog  (1^st – Champion – Previously State Qualified)

Speech to Persuade: Brinklyn Johnson (7^th), Josie Spengler (4^th), Stephanie Hoffarth (2^nd  – State Qualified on A/B Split)

Speech to Inform: Amelia Meester (1^st – Champion – Previously State Qualified)

Dramatic: Emmy Jones (2^nd  – State Qualified on A/B Split)

Serious Duo: Josie Spengler / Amelia Meester (7^th), Brinklyn Johnson / Tucker Johnson (4^th), Morgan Jenner / Emmy Jones (2^nd), Alex Wobbema / Cassie Mundal (1^st – Champions – State Qualified)

Humorous: Teddy Hochhalter (8^th), Gabe Herzog (7^th)

Storytelling: Tucker Johnson (5^th), Stephanie Hoffarth (3^rd), Amelia Meester (1^st – Champion – State Qualified)

Radio: Josie Spengler (4^th)

On March 12^th, the Hi-liner Speech Team traveled to Milnor. The Hi-Liners qualified 7 new entries to the State Tournament in April. The Hi-Liners took first as a team followed by Enderlin in 2^nd, and Kindred in 3^rd.

Individual Results for Milnor are as follows:

Poetry:  Leah Hochhalter (6^th), Ayden McPartland (5^th), Cassie Mundal (4^th), Vismaya Jacob (1^st – Champion – State Qualified)

Serious: Cassie Mundal (3^rd), Ayden McPartland (1^st – Champion – State Qualified)

Humorous Duo:  Leah Hochhalter / Teddy Hochhalter (7^th), Morgan Jenner / Evan Mielke (5^th), Gabe Herzog / Amelia Meester (4^th), Benjamin Kruta / Jerrica Eldridge (2^nd)

EPR:  Ayden McPartland (8^th), Morgan Jenner (1^st – Champion – Previously State Qualified)

Speech to Entertain: Jack Sorby (Top Novice), Katy Borg (3^rd), Gabe Herzog  (1^st – Champion – Previously State Qualified)

Speech to Persuade:  Josie Spengler (8^th), Abby Redfearn (3^rd), Vismaya Jacob (2^nd  – State Qualified on A/B Split)

Speech to Inform: Elijah Drummond (8^th), Abby Redfearn (3^rd), Amelia Meester (2^nd), Vismaya Jacob (1^st – Champion – State Qualified)

Dramatic: Erin Lutiker (Top Novice), Addy Loehr (7^th), Ayden McPartland (2^nd), Madi Klabo (1^st – Champion – Previously State Qualified)

Serious Duo: Jack Sorby / Kylie Van Bruggen (Top Novice), Ada Gilbertson / Leah Hochhalter (5^th), Emmy Jones / Cassie Mundal (2^nd – State Qualified on A/B Split)

Humorous: Gabe Herzog (6^th), Tucker Johnson (5^th), Benjamin Kruta (3^rd)

Storytelling: Tucker Johnson (3^rd)

Radio: Kylie Van Bruggen (Top Novice), Jerrica Eldridge (8^th), Kellen Westman (6^th), Katy Borg (5^th), Abby Redfearn (4^th), Carter Hass (2^nd – State Qualified on A/B Split)

Impromptu: Evan Mielke (8^th), Jared Burk (7^th), Matthew Holm (6^th), Carter Hass (2^nd)

Extemp: Carter Hass (5^th), Kellan Westman (3^rd)

The Hi-Liners will compete at Davies High School on the 19^th and Fargo North High School on the 26^th.