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Glacier High School wins multi-state Spokane speech and debate meet

by Daily Inter Lake
| January 7, 2018 6:15 PM

Glacier High School won the Gonzaga Conway Classic Speech and Debate Tournament in Spokane this weekend.

The two-day tournament featured 37 schools from eight different states, and Glacier scored nearly twice as many points as the second-place team. The Kalispell team was the only one to represent Montana in the large meet.

Columbia Falls hosted another two-day meet that attracted schools of various sizes from across the state. The host team won the overall tournament, Flathead was first amongst Class AA schools and Whitefish got second in Class A.

Below are the area finishers from the Conway Classic in Spokane:

Humorous Interpretation: 1. Simon Hill, Glacier; 3. Drew Lorenc, Glacier; 4. Jez Schussler, Glacier; 5. Kenna Bemis, Glacier; 7. Zach Hill, Glacier

Dramatic Interpretation: 1. Delaney Wilson, Glacier; 2. Matt Knuffke, Glacier; 3. Brooklyn Lamers, Glacier; 5. Jez Schussler, Glacier

Duo Interpretation: 1. Drew Lorenc and Zach Hill, Glacier; 2. Kenzie White and Kedryn McElderry, Glacier; 3. Matt Glimm and Simon Hill, Glacier; 4. Sierra Riley and Kenna Bemis, Glacier

Interpretative Reading: 2. Matt Knuffke, Glacier; 4. Joel Stewart, Glacier; 5. Aidan Fritz, Glacier

Expository Speaking: 3. Delaney Wilson, Glacier; 5. Galvin Ness, Glacier

Original Oratory: 1. Galvin Ness, Glacier; 4. Aidan Fritz, Glacier

Extemporaneous Speaking: 2. Trevor Woodward, Glacier; 3. Brenden Anderson, Glacier; 5. Akhil Patel, Glacier

Impromptu Speaking: 2. Brenden Anderson, Glacier; 4. Brooklyn Lamers, Glacier; 5. Akhil Patel, Glacier

Congressional Debate: 4. Abigail Roston, Glacier

Lincoln-Douglas Debate (open division): 2. Izy Lyon, Glacier

Public Forum Debate (open division): 2. Jenna McCrorie and Emmett Van Allen, Glacier; 5. Millie Espeseth and Keegan Siebenaler, Glacier

The following are the area finishers from the Columbia Falls Invitational:

Policy Debate: 1. Shyane Williams and Danielle Schwalk, Columbia Falls; 4. Ella Hutcheson and Ian McKenzie, Columbia Falls; 6. Calie Jo Johnson and Tre Finley, Columbia Falls

Public Forum Debate: 1. Laney Conger and Maggie McKeon, Columbia Falls; 3. Cassidy Norick and Kelsey Wright, Columbia Falls; 4. Ethan Tanko and Ryan Vosen, Flathead; 7. Lilly Briney and Hannah Mriss, Flathead

Lincoln-Douglas Debate: 1. Sierra Wilworth, Flathead; 2. Eva Bruce, Flathead; 5. Annabelle Pukas, Flathead; 6. Chloe Coberley, Columbia Falls; 7. Alan Taylor, Flathead

Legislative Debate: 1. Kianna Storm, Flathead; 2. Jacob Beaudoin, Flathead; 5. Abe Otto, Flathead

Impromptu Speaking: 1. Ava Chisholm, Columbia Falls; 3. Sienna Riley, Flathead; 5. Madeline Jarvis, Columbia Falls; 6. Reed Miller, Flathead

Extemporaneous Speaking: 3. Scott O’Donnell, Flathead; 5. Noah Golan, Columbia Falls; 7. Reed Miller, Flathead

Humorous Oral Interpretation: 1. Ava Chisholm, Columbia Falls; 3. Jacob Hohman, Columbia Falls; 5. Danielle Rosenbaum, Columbia Falls

Humorous Oral Interpretation (AA): 4. Annie Jones, Flathead; 5. Toby Diegel, Flathead; 6. Connor Bullins, Flathead

Dramatic Interpretation: 4. Ave’ McDonald, Columbia Falls; 5. Jordyn King, Columbia Falls

Dramatic Interpretation (AA): 2. Moriah Schutt, Flathead; 3. Korbyn Howe, Flathead; 4. Alix Major, Flathead; 6. Morgan Lawson-Sanderlin, Flathead

Memorized Public Address: 1. Riley Jochim, Flathead; 2. Emma Erickson, Columbia Falls; 3. Emmalee Hellen, Columbia Falls; 4. Jordyn King, Columbia Falls; 5. Tayler Jakeway, Flathead; 6. Anna Christensen, Flathead

Informative Speaking: 2. Bohdi Hollman, Flathead; 3. Kennedy Payne, Columbia Falls; 6. Jacon Hohman, Columbia Falls

Original Oratory: 1. Carson Robison, Flathead; 6. Haileigh Bayee, Columbia Falls

Duo Interpretation: 2. Annie Jones and Hunter Driear, Flathead; 3. Conrad Hedinger and Alex Coulter, Flathead; 4. Hannah Greene and Marisal Jennings, Flathead