VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)- On Saturday January 13th, Valley City High School hosted the VCHS Speech Invitational. This was an extremely huge tournament with 25 schools and 325 students in attendance.
There were over 500 individual entries spread out through the 14 different events. In the largest events, students needed almost perfect ranks to break into finals. In the team sweepstakes, Enderlin-MV placed first with 114 sweepstakes points. Dickinson captured second place with 61 sweepstakes points. West Fargo High School placed third (42 points) and West Fargo Sheyenne placed fourth (39 points).
Host schools typically don’t take a team trophy at their tournament, but Valley City did have 143 sweepstakes points. The Valley City High School speech team saw tremendous success and had over 50 students competing (which is the biggest team in years).
Individual Results are as follows:
Humorous Duo: Jack Jordan/David Opdahl (8th), Elizabeth Gazeley/Katy Meester (2nd), Talia Germann/Andrew King (1st and State Qualified)
Speech to Persuade: Elisabeth Borg (2nd), Abby Slyter (1st and State Qualified)
Dramatic Interpretation: Madi Klabo (6th), Maggie Oberlander (3rd), Rose Marcellus (2nd), David Opdahl (1st and State Qualified)
Impromptu Speaking: Elisabeth Borg (5th)
Serious Prose: Stephanie Hoffarth (Top Novice), Abby Slyter (4th), Maggie Oberlander (1st and State Qualified)
Speech to Entertain: Madi Knight (Top Novice)
Storytelling: Elizabeth Gazeley (6th)
Radio Broadcasting: Eliza Johnson (1st and State Qualified)
EPR: David Opdahl (1st and State Qualified)
Poetry: Cassie Mundal (Top Novice), Brooke Ask (8th), Abby Slyter (2nd), Rose Marcellus (1st and State Qualified)
Humorous Interpretation: Ben Kruta (Top Novice), Aurora Ziniel (9th), Morgan Jenner (6th), Andrew King (3rd)
Extemporaneous Speaking: Elisabeth Borg (2nd and State Qualified on A/B split)
Serious Duo: John Lahlum/Madi Klabo (Top Novice)
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