VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – On Saturday, April 9^th, the Valley City High School Speech Team earned their 5^th consecutive State Championship. The Hi-Liners placed 1^st as a team with 148 points, followed by West Fargo Sheyenne in 2^nd with 93 points, Jamestown in 3^rd with 76 points, West Fargo Horace in 4^th with 42 points, and St. Mary’s in 5^th with 35 points. Overall, VCHS had 6 individual event State Champions out of 14 total events, and 13 out of 36 team entries placed in the top 3. Out of those 36 total state qualifying team entries, 23 entries individually placed at the State tournament. Additionally, the following five VCHS Students earned All-State accolades: Jerrica Eldridge, Brinklyn Johnson, Madi Klabo, Emmy Jones, and Abby Redfearn.

To add to an already exciting day, VCPS Superintendent, Josh Johnson, was able to present the team with their 2022 State Championship plaque.

Individual results are as follows:

Humorous – 

Ben Kruta – 1^st – State Champion

Inform- 

Amelia Meester- 1^st – State Champion

Humorous Duo-

Ben Kruta & Jerrica Eldridge- 2^nd

Poetry- 

Vismaya Jacob- 1^st – Back-to-back Poetry State Champion

Ayden McPartland- 3^rd

Serious Duo- 

Brinklyn & Tucker Johnson- 2^nd

Morgan Jenner & Emmy Jones- 4^th

Prose- 

Cassie Mundal- 2^nd

Ayden McPartland- 5^th

Entertain- 

Gabe Herzog- 3^rd

Dramatic- 

Madi Klabo- 1^st –  State Champion

Emmy Jones- 5^th

Persuade- 

Brinklyn Johnson- 1^st – State Champion

Abby Redfearn- 3^rd

Stephanie Hoffarth- 4^th

EPR- 

Stephanie Hoffarth- 1^st – State Champion

Madi Klabo- 5^th

Morgan Jenner- 6^th

Storytelling- 

Amelia Meester- 2^nd

Tucker Johnson- 6^th

Gabriel Herzog- 7^th

Radio- 

Ada Gilbertson- 3^rd

Abby Redfearn- 7^th