VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City High School Hi-Liner Speech Team hosted its annual VCHS Speech Tournament on Saturday, January 15th. This tournament was a successful one for the Hi-Liners as they qualified 7 total entries to the State tournament in April.
The sweepstakes awards are as follows: Enderlin – 1st, West Fargo Sheyenne – 2nd, West Fargo High – 3rd, Jamestown – 4th. As a team, the Hi-liners do not compete for sweepstakes awards at their own home meet. Both Class A and Class B teams were present. In the case where 1st and 2nd place are taken by one class A entry and one class B entry, both students State qualify. This is known as an “A/B Split”. “Top Novice” indicates that the student was the highest scoring 7th/8th grader or first year 9th grade competitor. Individual Results for the Hi-Liners are as follows:
Poetry: Cassie Mundal (8th), Alexis Wobbema (2nd – State Qualified – A/B Split)
Serious: Matthew Holm (Top Novice), Kendra Green (4th)
Humorous Duo: Evan Mielke/Morgan Jenner (5th), Jerrica Eldridge/Ben Kruta (3rd)
Extemporaneous Speaking: Abby Redfearn (5th), Madi Klabo (1st – Champion – State Qualified)
EPR: Jared Burk (Top Novice), Steph Hoffarth (6th), Morgan Jenner (3rd), Emmy Jones (2nd)
Speech to Entertain: Alexis Wobbema (6th), Gabriel Herzog (5th), Amelia Meester (3rd), Katy Borg (2nd)
Speech to Persuade: Abby Redfearn (6th)
Speech to Inform: Emmy Jones (2nd), Amelia Meester (1st – Champion – State Qualified)
Dramatic: Alexis Wobbema (4th) , Madi Klabo (1st – Champion – State Qualified)
Serious Duo: Alexis Wobbema/ Cassie Mundal (7th) Abby Wilmes/Kendra Green (6th), Morgan Jenner / Emmy Jones (3rd), Abby Redfearn/ Madi Klabo (1st – Champions – State Qualified)
Storytelling: Gabriel Herzog (5th), Amelia Meester (4th), Steph Hoffarth (3rd)
Radio Broadcasting: Alyssa Wilmes (Top Novice), Katy Borg (8th), Jerrica Eldridge (6th), Carter Hass (5th), Abby Redfearn (2nd – State Qualified – A/B Split)
Impromptu: Carter Hass (Top Novice), Abby Wilmes (7th), Madi Klabo (2nd – State Qualified – A/B Split)
Next up for the VCHS Speech Team is their second meet of the season in Linton on January 22nd.