Speakers take first at Corvallis
The Columbia Falls speech and debate team had a full slate of competition last week.
On Dec. 6, they competed against Class AA and A schools in the Glacier Talkdown at Glacier High School.
The unique meet allowed speakers to perform in front of live audiences throughout the evening. They then traveled to Corvallis on Dec. 7-8 where they took first place.
The Wildcats had some nice performances at Glacier High. Blake Ladenburg, Mason Gedlaman, Meredith Stolte and Brittney Cotton all had first-place finishes.
The Cats will host the Columbia Falls Invitational on Jan. 5. The meet is in need of coaches. Interested people can contact coach Tara Norick at 249-6177.
Glacier Talkdown
Gold extemporaneous speaking
1st Blake Ladenburg
5th Cody Phillips
Silver extemporaneous speaking
3rd Mary Gross
7th Henry Chisolm
Gold impromptu speaking
1st Mason Gedlaman
8th Tim Ingham
Silver impromptu speaking
1st Blake Ladenburg
6th Joey Tamburelli
8th Henry Chisholm
Gold serious interpretation
3rd Meredith Stolte
7th Bailey Duke
Silver serious interpretation
1st Brittney Cotton
7th Kelsey Reese
Gold humorous inter-pretation
7th Mason Geldaman
8th Lexi Corbett
9th Matt Geldaman
Silver humorous inter-pretation
4th Jenna Smith
6th Daisyjane Johnson
7th Cooper Wendt
Gold original oratory
6th Mary Gross
Silver original oratory
1st Meredith Stolte
2nd Cassidi Bowman
Gold expository
3rd Baylee Brinton
8th Yeo Chung
Silver expository
5th Samantha Gilk
6th Mariah Walker
Gold memorized public address
5th Breanna Friar
6th Olivia Ramstad
Silver memorized public address
6th Garrett Role
Gold Lincoln-Douglas debate
3rd Allison Foust
3rd Kaitlin Barnes
Silver Lincoln-Douglas debate
2nd Ada Brooks
3rd KC Holm
Gold policy debate
3rd Erick Franklund and Colter Norick
3rd Mara Barnes and Monique Schoech
Silver policy debate
2nd Emily Getts and Maddie Mantell
2nd Stephen Lindsay and Mike Dittrich
Corvallis tourney
Lincoln-Douglas debate
3rd Allison Foust
4th Kaitlin Barnes
9th Ada Brooks
Policy debate
6th Mara Barnes and Monique Schoech
9th Erick Franklund and Colter Norick
10th Emily Getts and Maddie Mantell
Extemporaneous speaking
2nd Blake Ladenburg
4th Cody Phillips
6th Mary Gross
Original oratory
5th Mary Gross
9th Casey Shea
11th Cassidi Bowman
Memorized public address
4th Breanna Friar
11th Alex Damon
Impromptu speaking
6th Henry Chisholm
9th Blake Ladenburg
Serious oral interpretation
9th Meredith Stolte
10th Bailey Duke
Humorous oral interpretation
9th Daisyjane Johnson
Expository speaking
9th Yeo Chung
10th Mariah Walker
11th Samantha Gilk