THOMPSON, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The Carrington High School Speech team won the Region 5 Championship on Saturday, April 13th. State qualifiers were Mason Rose and Carter Larson in humorous; Caedon Pederson and Rori Ricter in serious; Savanna Friedt and Caedon Pederson and Rori Ricter and Mason Rose in humorous duo; Bella Garr and Dawsyn Anderson in speech to inform; Kaylee Weninger, Dawsyn Anderson, and Ella Nowatzki in speech to persuade; Logan Weninger and Ella Nowatzki in speech to entertain; Kaylee Weninger and Logan Weninger in impromptu speaking; Bella Garr in EPR; Jacob Page in extemp speaking; and Savanna Friedt in radio broadcasting.

Here is a list of the actual places received by all team members:

Humorous: Mason Rose 1st, Carter Larson, 2nd, Carrie Hovdenes 7th

Serious: Caedon Pederson 1st, Rori Ricter 2nd,  Sage Patzer 6th

Storytelling: Joseph Nowatzki 3rd, Carter Larson 4th

Humorous Duo: Savanna Friedt/Caedon Pederson 1st, Rori Ricter, Mason Rose 2nd

Inform: Bella Garr 1st, Dawsyn Anderson 2nd, Sarah Hallwachs 5th, Carrie Hovdenes 6th

Persuade: Kaylee Weninger 1st, Dawsyn Anderson 2nd, Ella Nowatzki 3rd, Mollie Lindberg 4th

Entertain: Logan Weninger 1st, Ella Nowatzki 2nd

Impromptu: Kaylee Weninger 1st, Logan Weninger 2nd

EPR: Bella Garr 2nd

Extemp speaking: Jacob Page 1st

Radio: Savanna Friedt 1st, Sarah Hallwachs 3rd, Jacob Page 5th

Poetry: Sage Patzer 7th

The state speech meet will be held in Mandan on Saturday, April 27th.