VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – On Saturday, April 15th, the Valley City High School Speech Team won their 6th consecutive Team State Championship. Additionally, they had 4 Individual State Champions, 14 All-State Team Members, and 23 out of their 36 total State Qualifying entries advanced to finals and placed. Individual results are below:

Extemp:

Abby Redfearn – 7th

Casey Kruger – 4th

 

Radio:

Carter Hass – 2nd

 

Impromptu:

Carter Hass – 5th

 

Entertain:

Gabe Herzog – 1st, State Champion

 

Serious Duo:

Ada Gilbertson & Leah Hochhalter – 8th

Tucker Johnson & Emmy Jones – 1st, State Champion

 

Humorous:

Teddy Hochhalter – 2nd

Ben Kruta – 1st, State Champion

 

Poetry:

Ada Gilbertson – 5th

 

Serious Prose:

Ayden McPartland – 4th

Leah Hochhalter – 5th

 

Storytelling:

Amelia Meester – 7th

Gabe Herzog – 5th

Tucker Johnson – 1st, State Champion

 

Persuade:

Abby Redfearn – 7th

Casey Kruger – 6th

 

Dramatic:

Ayden McPartland – 6th

Alex Wobbema – 5th

Abby Martineck – 2nd

 

Humorous Duo:

Kellen Westman & Teddy Hochhalter – Superior Speaker

Olivia Ingstad & Abby Martineck – 2nd

 

Inform:

Ben Kruta – 7th

Amelia Meester – 4th

 

All-State Team Members:

Carter Hass

Abby Wilmes

Ada Gilbertson

Leah Hochhalter

Ayden McPartland

Abby Redfearn

Katy Borg

Gabe Herzog

Tucker Johnson

Emmy Jones

Casey Kruger

Ben Kruta

Amelia Meester

Alex Wobbema

Feature Photo:

Back Row: Coach Madi Klabo, Teddy Hochhalter, Ayden McPartland, Jackson Eisen, Tucker Johnson, Alex Wobbema, Emmy Jones, Casey Kruger, Coach Grady Hornung

Middle Row: Coach Maddie Yoder, Ben Kruta, Jared Burk, Carter Hass, Alyssa Wilmes, Abby Wilmes, Amelia Meester, Gabe Herzog, Abigail Martineck, Olivia Ingstad, Coach Abby Ingstad

Front Row: Abby Redfearn, Addy Loehr, Elijah Drummond, Ada Gilbertson, Leah Hochhalter, Katy Borg, Quin Kruger, Kellen Westman