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FORKS, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Valley City Hi Liners competed in the Grand Forks Speech Classic held at Grand Forks Central High School held March 4th.

Student Advisor Nicholas Lee said, of the 15 teams in attendance, Valley City placed 2nd as a team behind West Fargo Sheyenne and ahead of West Fargo High School (3rd). Individual Results for the Grand Forks Speech Classic are as follows:

Impromptu Speaking: Tanaya Leifson- 8th

Humorous Interpretation: Tucker Schonert- Top Novice, Luke Plagens- 8th, Maggie Oberlander-5th, Eliza Johnson- 4th

Storytelling: Elizabeth Gazelely- 7th

Speech to Inform: Libby Borg-7th, Jacob Berntson- 1st (State-Qualified)

Serious Duo: Luke Plagens/ Aurora Ziniel- Top Novice, Madi Klabo/ Tucker Schonert- 8th, Eliza Johnson/Maggie Oberlander- 8th

Serious Prose: Rose Marcellus- 2nd

Speech to Entertain- Luke Plagens- Superior Speaker, Rachel Borg- 4th

Dramatic Interpretation- Maggie Oberlander- 2nd, Rose Marcellus- 1st (State Qualified)

EPR- Elizabeth Gazelely- Superior Speaker, Maggie Oberlander- 7th

Poetry- Monisha Terry- 7th, Rose Marcellus- 4th

Speech to Persuade- Libby Borg-7th, Sharon Michael- 6th, Jacob Berntson- 2nd

Extemp Speaking- Libby Borg- 4th

Humorous Duo- Talia Germann/ Alexa Uecker- 7th, Rachel Borg/ Libby Borg- 4th

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – On March 10th Valley City hosted two speech tournaments at the High School. Lee said Valley City didn’t take home a sweepstakes trophy (courtesy) but would have placed first as a team ahead of West Fargo Sheyenne (2nd) , Carrington (3rd), and Lamoure (4th). There were 14 teams in attendance.

Individual Results are as follows:

Serious Duo: Madi Klabo/ Tucker Schonert- Top Novice, Eliza Johnson/Maggie Oberlander- 7th, Monisha Terry/Rose Marcellus- 6th, Mikey Meester/Abby Slyter- 4th

Humorous: Madi Klabo- Top Novice, Dylan Quick- 3rd, Maggie Oberlander- 2nd, Andrew King- 1st (State Qualified)

Speech to Persuade: Rebecca Montecuollo- 7th, Jacob Berntson- 4th, Libby Borg- 3rd, Sharon Michael- 1st (State Qualified)

Dramatic: Talia Germann- 7th, Maggie Oberlander- 4th, Monisha Terry- 2nd, Rose Marcellus-1st (State Qualified)

Speech to Inform: Sophie Boe- Top Novice, Makayla Nehlich- 8th, Jacob Berntson- 5th, Libby Borg- 3rd, Erik Johnson- 1st (State Qualified)

Serious Prose: Brooke Ask- 8th, Monisha Terry- 7th, David Opdahl- 3rd, Abby Slyter- 2nd, Mikey Meester- 1st (State Qualified)

Speech to Entertain: Katy Meester- 3rd, Rebecca Montecuollo- 2nd, Rachel Borg- 1st (State Qualified)

Poetry: Morgan Jenner- Top Novice, Tanaya Leifson- 2nd, Rose Marcellus- 1st (State Qualified)

Humorous Duo: Sophie Boe/Olivia Slyter- Top Novice, Luke Plagens/ Dylan Quick-8th, David Opdahl/Jack Jordan- 7th, Morgan Jenner/Cassie Mundal- 5th, Rachel Borg/Libby Borg- 3rd, Mikey Meester/Erik Johnson- 1st (State Qualified)

Impromptu Speaking: Tanaya Leifson- 4th, Abby Slyter- 2nd, Erik Johnson- 1st (State Qualified)

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – On Saturday, March 11th Valley City hosted a tournament on the campus of Valley City State University. There were over 400 individual entries! Valley City didn’t take a sweepstakes trophy (courtesy) but would have placed first as a team ahead of Enderlin-MV (2nd), Jamestown (3rd), and Milnor (4th). There were 15 teams in attendance. Individual results are as follows:

Humorous Duo: Sophie Boe/Olivia Slyter- Top Novice, Libby Borg/Rachel Borg- 6th, Mikey Meester/Erik Johnson- 1st (State Qualified)

Speech to Persuade: Rebecca Montecuollo- 6th, Libby Borg- 4th, Abby Slyter- 2nd (State Qualified on A/B split)

Dramatic Interpretation: Lily Kiefert- Top Novice, Talia Germann- 6th, Monisha Terry- 4th, Rose Marcellus- 1st (State Qualified)

Speech to Inform- Sophie Boe- Top Novice, Sharon Michael- 6th, Libby Borg- 5th, 3rd Erik Johnson, 2nd Jacob Berntson (State Qualified on A/B Split)

Speech to Entertain- Dylan Quick- Top Novice, Rachel Borg- 3rd

Storytelling- Racheal Couture- Top Novice , Mikey Meester- 2nd (State Qualified on A/B split)

Impromptu Speaking- Erik Johnson- 4th

Serious Prose- Monisha Terry- 6th, David Opdahl- 5th, Abby Slyter- 3rd, Mikey Meester- 1st (State Qualified)

Poetry- Olivia Slyter- Top Novice, Brooke Ask-8th, Monisha Terry- 4th, Rose Marcellus- 1st (State Qualified)

EPR: Elizabeth Gazelely- Top Novice, Maggie Oberlander- 4th, Abby Slyter- 1st (State Qualified)

Extemp: Rachel Borg- 6th, Libby Borg- 3rd

Humorous: Dylan Quick- Top Novice, Andrew King- 3rd

Serious Duo: Dylan Quick/Olivia Slyter- Top Novice, Rose Marcellus/Monisha Terry- 4th, Mikey Meester/Abby Slyter- 3rd.

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