VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City High School Speech Team had a great week of competition last week.
Coach Abby Ingstad said on Thursday, March 23rd, the team competed at Maple River’s Speech Meet in Tower City. She add, additionally, they split their team and traveled to Fargo Davies High School and Barnes County North to compete on March 25th. Ingstad said the Hi-Liners finished the week with 15 state qualifying entries. Individual results below:
Maple River:
Radio: Brooks Beyer (8th), Ayden McPartland (5th), Kellen Westman (4th), Katy Borg (3rd), Carter Hass (1st – State Qualifier)
Storytelling: Jared Burk (5th), Elijah Drummond (3rd), Abby Wilmes (2nd), Tucker Johnson (1st – State Qualifier)
Inform: Elijah Drummond (7th), Jared Burk (6th), Emmy Jones (3rd), Carter Hass (2nd), Katy Borg (1st – State Qualifier)
Serious Prose: Leah Hochhalter (8th), Ayden McPartland (2nd – State Qualifier, A/B Split)
Humorous Duo: Teddy Hochhalter & Kellen Westman (5th), Katy Borg & Leah Hochhalter (4th)
Impromptu: Matthew Holm (6th), Abby Wilmes (2nd), Alyssa Wilmes (1st – State Qualifier)
Entertain: Quin Kruger (6th), Tucker Johnson (3rd – Tie), Teddy Hochhalter (3rd – Tie), Alexis Wobbema (1st – State Qualifier)
Extemp: Brooks Beyer (7th), Abby Wilmes (2nd), Carter Hass (1st – State Qualifier)
Serious Duo: Abby Wilmes & Addy Loehr (8th), Leah Hochhalter & Ada Gilbertson (2nd) Tucker Johnson & Emmy Jones (1st – State Qualifier)
Humorous: Elijah Drummond (Top Novice), Teddy Hochhalter (5th)
Persuade: Alyssa Wilmes (5th), Quin Kruger (1st – State Qualifier)
EPR: Alexis Wobbema (3rd), Emmy Jones (1st – State Qualifier)
Poetry: Ada Gilbertson (5th), Addy Loehr (3rd)
Dramatic: Ayden McPartland (1st – State Qualifier)
Fargo Davies:
Radio: Katy Borg (5th), Carter Hass (3rd)
Storytelling: Tucker Johnson (2nd)
Inform: Katy Borg (Superior Speaker), Carter Hass (8th), Ben Kruta (3rd)
Serious Prose: Ada Gilbertson (3rd), Emmy Jones (2nd)
Humorous Duo: Olivia Ingstad & Abby Martineck (4th)
Impromptu: Carter Hass (6th)
Entertain: Teddy Hochhalter (4th)
Extemp: Carter Hass (7th)
Serious Duo: Leah Hochhalter & Ada Gilbertson (6th), Abby Redfearn & Ayden McPartland (3rd), Emmy Jones & Tucker Johnson (1st – State Qualifiers)
EPR: Alexis Wobbema (Superior Speaker), Emmy Jones (Superior Speaker)
Poetry: Ada Gilbertson (7th), Leah Hochhlater (2nd)
Dramatic: Alexis Wobbema (4th), Abby Martineck (3rd)
Barnes County North:
Radio: Jackson Eisen (Top Novice), Kellen Westman (1st – State Qualifier)
Storytelling: Elijah Drummond (3rd)
Inform: Jared Burk (7th)
Humorous Duo: Colin Hoff & Matthew Holm (8th)
Impromptu: Matthew Holm (8th), Alyssa Wilmes (3rd)
Extemp: Brooks Beyer (8th), Kellen Westman (3rd), Abby Wilmes (2nd – State Qualifier, A/B Split)
Humorous: Elijah Drummond (Top Novice)
Persuade: Abby Wilmes (8th), Alyssa Wilmes (6th)
EPR: Kendra Green (2nd – State Qualifier, A/B Split)
Poetry: Addy Loehr (Top Novice), Kendra Green (5th)
Dramatic: Addy Loehr (Top Novice)
