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C/KATS TAKE 3RD AT MILES CITY SPEECH MEET
January 10, 2021
CFHS SPEECH AND DEBATE results and press release from virtual meet on 1/9/21
A Steady Climb
Columbia Falls Speech and Debate makes gains to take 3rd at Custer County Invitational
Miles City, MT – January 9, 2021 –
Coming off of a three week break Columbia Falls Speech and Debate made gains across the board to take 3rd place at the Custer County Virtual Speech meet. The team had less competitors missing, but still were down two of their top speakers who will now be out until the divisional and state meets. In all the final tally for this weekend had Columbia Falls scoring 100 points. That fell behind Whitefish’s 138 and Frenchtown’s 118 points, who were 1st and 2nd respectively.
It is clear that this is a close season. Each of the top three teams have now won a tournament, and have swapped taking second and third. Head Coach Blake Ladenburg noted the tight competition, “The competition has been strong for the past few years, but it really seems to be getting even tighter this year. I give a lot of credit to the competitors and coaches at the other schools. They are working tremendously hard. This season will come down to the last ballots.”
Ladenburg was pleased with the individual results of his team. This was the first tournament since the beginning of the season that the team scored points in each category, and he saw some real promise in some of the competitors added new pieces or joined this week. Overall the team was led by a first place finish by Eddie Chisholm in Lincoln Douglas Debate, and third place finishes by Griffin Conger in Dramatic Interp and Eleanor Hollingsworth and Finley Sundberg in Policy Debate.
Looking ahead the team competes at their last regular season tournament this coming weekend at the Corvallis virtual tournament. The team will look to continue a steady climb before the post season begins in two weeks.
Each team needs to provide virtual judges for each tournament if you are interested in judging at any tournament please email b_ladenburg@cfmtschools.net.
Individual Results:
Memorized Public Address
5th Lillian McDonald
Informative Speaking
8th Aiden Judge
Original Oratory
5th Griffin Conger
Impromptu
4th Chloe Coberley
Extemp
5th Aiden Judge
Dramatic Interp
3rd Griffin Conger
5th Chloe Coberley
6th Zack Tillman
Policy Debate
3rd Eleanor Hollingsworth and Finley Sundberg
4th Emma Stephens and Tre Finley
Lincoln Douglas Debate
1st Eddie Chisholm
Sweeps (team score):
1st Whitefish – 138
2nd Frenchtown – 118
3rd Columbia Falls – 100
4th Laurel – 72
