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SPEECH RESULTS FOR 2023-2024
January 20, 2024
CFHS Speech and Debate Wins Western A Divisionals:
Saturday, January 20, the Wildcats Speech and debate team competed in the Western Divisional Tournament for Class A in Stevensville with a team of 34. The last few weeks were tough for the kids with school and practices canceled for weather, while also juggling their final exams. These amazing kids did not let that get in their way! Out of 11 events for speech and debate, Columbia Falls placed Divisional Champs in 7 of the events. The Wildcats qualified competitors into all events for the State Tournament next week with 29 entries. Whether the competitors qualified or ended their season on Saturday, the entire Divisional team contributed to Columbia Falls winning the Class A Western Division with 236 sweeps points. Whitefish was 2nd with 136 sweeps points and Stevensville was 3rd with 55 points.
Divisional Champions in the following Events
Lucas Counts & Kajsa Mohr, 1st in Duo Interp
Sage Petioni, 1st in Extemporaneous
Kory Moran, 1st in Humorous Interp
Sage Petioni, 1st in Impromptu
Ruby Davis, 1st in Informative
Chris Daenzer & Quinn Caudle, 1st in Public Forum Debate
Kynsleigh Gould & Eleanor Hollingsworth, 1st in Policy Debate
The following placed in their events:
Carson Settles & Reed Wollenzien, 2nd in Duo Interp
Lauren Rogers & Boone Shanks, 2nd in Policy Debate
Kajsa Mohr, 3rd in Humorous Interp
Eleanor Smiley, 3rd in Memorized Public Address
Kendal Moultray & Zoe Roemer, 3rd in Policy Debate
Logan Peterson, 4th in Humorous Interp
Reed Wollenzien, 4th in Dramatic Interp
Ruby Davis & Makinzie Taylor, 4th in Duo Interp
Selah Heinzen, 4th in Extemporaneous
Carson Settles, 4th in Informative
Eleana Dorr, 5th in Original Oratory
Melody McNally, 5th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Eleanor Smiley, 6th in Impromptu
Ivy Salmon, 6th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Colton Little & Logan Emerson, 6th in Public Forum Debate
Merell Cooley, 7th in Memorized Public Address
Lorelai Dekay, 8th in Dramatic Interp
Olivia McCarley, 8th in Impromptu
The following students also qualified for the State team:
Nalani Rivera - Lincoln Douglas Debate, Keian Moran & Malakai Shaw - Public Forum Debate, Lucas Counts - Extemporaneous, Kira Shanks - Memorized Public Address
8 IS GREAT!! — The Wildcats Speech and Debate team brought home their 8th tournament win this weekend at the Yeti Tournament at Glacier High School. The tournament was attended by Class A and AA schools from Missoula, the Flathead Valley, and from Washington State and provided the opportunity for competitors to crossover and compete in both speech and debate events or to maximize the number of events in a round. It was a fantastic conclusion to our undefeated regular season competition. We have a week off before we travel to Stevensville for the Western Divisional Tournament on January 20th.
The following placed in their events:
Ruby Davis 1st in Informative
Kynsleigh Gould & Eleanor Hollingsworth 1st in Policy Debate
Boone Shanks & Lauren Rogers 4th in Policy Debate
Ruby Davis & Makinzie Taylor 4th in DUO Interp
Chris Daenzer & Quinn Caudle 6th in Public Forum Debate
Carson Settles & Reed Wollenzein 6th in DUO Interp
Kajsa Mohr & Lucas Counts 7th in DUO Interp
Carson Settles 7th in Informative
Eleanor Smiley 7th in Memorized Public Address
The Sidney Team Travelled all the way to Park County (Livingston) for a Tournament against over 200 competitors and AA, A, B & and C schools.
The DRAMA Team Placed 3rd.
Sam Pacarro and Raine Bones competing in their 2nd tournament EVER won Dramatic Theatre!!!
Whisper Enriquez competing in the largest group of mimes(14)placed 2nd.
Team captain Cedar Hovde is still finding the laughter placed 4th in the Humorous Solo
SPEECH AND DEBATE KEEPS RACKING UP THE FIRST PLACE FINISHES (7th THIS YEAR, SO FAR!) -- The Columbia Falls Speech and Debate team stayed in the valley this weekend to compete in Whitefish at the Stumptown Classic. The Wildcats and the Whitefish Bulldogs fought hard for first with Columbia squeaking out a win at the end making it their 7th win of the season. We are off for the holiday break, and will be working hard on our events before our final regular season tournament the first weekend in January at Glacier High School. The following students placed in their events.
Reed Wollenzein, 1st in Dramatic Interp
Lauren Rogers & Boone Shanks, 1st in Policy Debate
Lucas Counts & Kajsa Mohr, 1st in Duo Interp
Ruby Davis, 1st in Informative
Carson Settles & Reed Wollenzein, 2nd in Duo Interp
Merell Cooley, 3rd in Memorized Public Address
Chris Daenzer & Quinn Caudle, 3rd in Public Forum Debate
Makinzie Taylor & Ruby Davis, 4th in Duo Interp
Carson Settles, 5th in Informative
Eleanor Hollingsworth & Kynsleigh Gould, 5th in Policy Debate
Kira Shanks, 6th in Memorized Public Address
Selah Heinzen, 6th in Extemporaneous
Eleanor Smiley, 7th in Memorized Public Address
Celestine Young, 7th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Olivia McCarley, 8th in Impromptu
Logger Speech and Debate competed in the Stumptown Invitational in Whtefish this weekend. With 17 schools and 252 students participating, it was a large and competitive meet. 5 Loggers made the top 10 going into finals. 2 students placed! Cash Vaugh #4 and Layla Dagel #7, both in Informative Speaking
SPEECH AND DEBATE ROCKS 1ST PLACE AGAIN — The Columbia Falls Wildcats competed in their 4th tournament of the speech and debate season in Browning earning their 4th win. 9 Class A, 5 Class B, and 4 Class C schools competed with the Wildcats placing first with 193 sweeps points, Whitefish was 2nd with 122 points, and Polson was 3rd with 48 points.
The following students placed in their event:
Merrick Fairchild, 1st in Extemp
Boone Shanks & Lauren Rogers, 1st in Policy Debate
Merell Cooley, 1st in Memorized Public Address
Kory Moran, 1st in Humorous Interp
Celestine Young, 2nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Logan Peterson, 2nd in Humorous Interp
Quinn Caudle & Christopher Daenzer, 2nd in Public Forum Debate
Kensleigh Gould & Eleanor Hollingsworth, 2nd in Policy Debate
Kajsa Mohr & Lucas Counts, 2nd in Duo Interp
Melody McNally, 3rd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Ruby Davis & Makenzie Taylor, 3rd in Duo Interp
Eleanor Smiley, 3rd in Memorized Public Address
Selah Heinzen, 4th in Extemp
Logan Emerson & Colton Little, 4th in Public Forum Debate
Kendal Moultray, 5th in Extemp
Keian Moran & Malakai Shaw, 5th in Public Forum Debate
Lorelai DeKay, 7th in Dramatic Interp
Lizzie Burton & Malcom Frink, 7th in Duo Interp
Kira Shanks, 7th in Memorized Public Address
Nalani Rivera, 8th in Memorized Public Address
Elaina Dorr, 8th in Original Oratory
Sage Petioni, 8th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Libby High School hosted an invitational meet on Saturday (our first in over 10 years). It was a great success with tremendous support from our school and the community!
Our Logger Speech and Debate team did very well!
Placing were:
Teague Thompson 6th in Impromptu Speaking
Jasper Bowers 4th in Dramatic Interpretation of Literature
Max Grosch 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation of Literature
Addison Skranak 3rd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Daphne Johnson 2nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Madison Brush 5th in Original Oratory
Juliana Shumate 3rd in Original Oratory
Baylie Ames 1st in Original Oratory!
Isabella Meyer 8th in Informative Speaking
Teague Thompson 5th in Informative Speaking
Layla Dagel 4th in Informative Speaking
Cash Vaughn 1st in Informative Speaking
Libby was 2nd overall in total points
The Team was in Laurel and competition was tough!!
Over 200 competitors and 18 schools (8class A).
Drama Team Placed 3rd!
Humorous Solo: 1st Cedar Hovde
Dramatic Theatre: 4th Luca Verville & Alyssa Batchelor 5th Raine Bones & Sam Pacarro
Classic Theatre: 7th Brooke Watson & Sophie Pust
Speech Team placed 5th!
Informative Speaking: 3rd Kyle Pust & 4th Mason Quick
Original Oratory: 4th Tytus Carter 7th Nicholas Jordstad
Public Forum Debate: 6th Audrey Oprica & Thaylan Fisher
The team travels to Park(Livingston) next weekend for the last meet before the new year.
Sidney’s Speech Team was exceptional today taking 1st in Class A Speech Sweeps!
Original Oratory: 1st Tytus Carter
Extemporaneous Speaking: 1st Keaton Burke
Informative Speaking: 2nd Mason Quick 4th Kyle Pust
Drama Team took 2nd in Class A Drama Sweeps!
Humorous Solo: 2nd Cedar Hovde
Dramatic Theatre: 2nd Alyssa Batchelor & Luca Verville
Classic Theatre: 3rd: Brooke Watson & Sophie Pust
The Team will be traveling to Laurel next week.
Billings Central Tournament was a success. The team were up against over 300 competitors from across the state all school classes (AA,A,B,C) were represented.
Public Forum: 2nd Audrey Oprica & Thaylan Fisher
Original Oratory: 3rd Tytus Carter 7th Cayla Hanson
Extemporaneous Speaking: 8th Keaton Burke
Pantomime: 5th Whisper Enriquez
Humorous Solo: 5th Cedar Hovde
Classical Theatre: 7th Brooke Watson & Sophie Pust
Dramatic Theatre: 5th Luca Verville & Alyssa Batchelor
SPEECH AND DEBATE GARNERS 1ST IN CLASS "A" DIVISION AND 5TH OVERALL IN BOZEMAN LAST WEEKEND -- The Wildcats Speech and Debate team competed at the AA Invitational Tournament in Bozeman on November 10th and 11th. The competition included 17 Varsity and 11 JV AA teams and 6 Class A/B/C teams from Montana and Idaho with 558 competitors. Columbia Falls placed 1st in their class and 5th overall.
The following students placed in their individual events:
Lucas Counts & Kajsa Mohr, 2nd in Duo Interp
Ruby Davis, 2nd in Informative
Carson Settles & Reed Wollenzien, 3rd in Duo Interp
Kynsleigh Gould, 3rd in Impromptu
Carson Settles, 4th in Informative
Keira Northcutt & Kendal Moultray, 6th Novice Policy Debate
Kynsleigh Gould, 7th in Extemporaneous
Eleanor Smiley, 7th in Memorized Public Address
Celestine Young & Lauren Rogers, 8th Policy Debate
Custer County was a success!!! Drama Team placed 2nd and Speech/Debate placed 4th!!!
Drama team results.
Humorous Solo: Cedar Hovde 1st
Classical Theatre: Brooke Watson & Sophie Pust 1st
Dramatic Theatre: Luca Verville & Alyssa Batchelor 2nd
Speech/Debate Results
Public Forum Debate: Thaylan Fisher & Audrey Oprica 2nd
Extemporaneous speaking Keaton Burke 2nd
Original Oratory Tytus Carter 2nd
Informative Speaking Mason Quick 4th
The team heads to Billings Central next weekend
Speech and debate making its mark early
The Columbia Falls speech and debate team looks to nab another state A title this season and already they’ve been showing their mettle at early meets.
They opened the season Oct. 28 with a win in Corvallis with 184 overall points. East Helena placed second with 66 overall points followed by Whitefish, with 64 points.
The season started a week earlier than normal, coach Dawn Roe said, because Corvallis wanted to host a tourney early, as teams from the south don’t travel as much once winter weather sets in.
The Wildcats won the state A meet last year, the program’s 23rd overall and first for coach Roe. They have eight seniors on the squad, but lost a few state champions from last season. They also have some returning, including senior Lucas Counts and junior Carson Settles. Settles was a state champ in informative last season and Counts paired up with Zack Tillman for a title in duo interpretation.
Counts has a new partner this year and Settles won in Corvallis and has paired up with Reed Wollenzein in duo interpretation as well. They already notched a win in Corvallis.
The squad also features senior Ruby Davis, who placed in a couple of events at state last year
All told they have a team of 43 which includes 25 returning from last year’s state championship team.
Roe said the team grew across all grade levels and this year — with 10 freshmen, 16 sophomores, eight juniors, and nine seniors.
Enthusiasm is high.
“They were coming in the first day of school wanting to practice,” Roe said.
Younger members are also stepping up — Eleanor Smiley looks good in Impromptu; Kory Moran in Humorous Interpretation and Quinn Caudle and Chris Daenzer in public forum debate to name a few. They all took titles in Corvallis.
The team will also travel to Bozeman Nov. 10-11 and compete with some eastern Montana schools.
This is Roe’s third season as head coach. She is assisted by Mikel Knutson, Ian Wheeler, Alix Major and Kavin Wickham.
Columbia Falls is hosting the State tournament Jan. 26-27 and is already signing up judges for the largest tournament of the year.
Folks interested in judging can contact Roe at: d_roe@cfmtschools.net
SPEECH AND DEBATE ROCKS THE FLATHEAD — Columbia Falls Speech and Debate participated in the Kalispell Kickoff Tournament at Glacier High School on Saturday, November 4th. There were 18 schools entered, which included 5 Class AA Varsity, 3 Class AA JV, and 10 Class A/B/C schools for a total of 404 individual competitors. Columbia Falls placed 1st in their class with 119 sweeps points with Loyola coming in second in a tiebreaker against Frenchtown, both with 32 points. Overall, Columbia Falls finished 3rd in the tournament behind Glacier with 224.5 sweeps points and Flathead with 162.5 points. The following students placed in their individual events:
Ruby Davis, 1st Informative
Boone Shanks & Lauren Rogers, 1st Varsity Policy Debate
Kajsa Mohr & Lucas Counts, 2nd Duo Interp
Eleanor Smiley, 2nd Memorized Public Address
Eleanor Hollingsworth & Kynsleigh Gould, 3rd Varsity Policy Debate
Carson Settles, 3rd Informative
Kendal Moultray & Keira Northcutt, 4th Novice Policy Debate
Merell Cooley, 4th Memorized Public Address
Carson Settles & Reed Wollenzein, 5th Duo Interp
Kory Moran, 6th Humorous Interp
Ivy Salmon, 7th Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Quinn Caudle & Chris Daenzer, 7th in Public Forum Debate
The Columbia Falls Speech and Debate team officially started their season this weekend with the Corvallis October Kickoff Tournament.
The tournament was attended by 16 schools across all classes. Whitefish took 3rd with 62 sweeps points, East Helena was 2nd with 64 points and Columbia Falls took 1st with 184 points.
The following students placed in their events:
Quinn Caudle & Chris Daenzer, 1st in Pubic Forum
Reed Wollenzein & Carson Settles, 1st in Duo Interpretation
Carson Settles, 1st in Informative
Kory Moran, 1st in Humorous Interpretation
Eleanor Smiley, 1st in Impromptu
Mika Bennett, 2nd in Impromptu
Sophia Petioni, 2nd in Extemporaneous
Makinzie Taylor, 2nd in Humorous Interp
Merell Cooley, 2nd in Memorized Public Address
Kynsleigh Gould & Eleanor Hollingsworth, 2nd in Policy Debate
Boone Shanks & Lauren Rogers, 3rd in Policy Debate
Ruby Davis, 3rd in Informative
Ruby Davis, 4th in Impromptu
Eleanor Smiley, 4th in Memorized Public Address
Kira Shanks, 5th in Memorized Public Address
Brin Shull, 7th in Original Oratory
Melody McNally, 7th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Logan Emerson, 8th in Extemporaneous
