Columbia Falls speech and debate team took first place Saturday at the 10-team Ronan Invitational Tournament, with 177 points.

The team had two first place finishes in speech, Joey Chester in Memorized Public Address and Emily Getts in Expository, and first place in all three debate events, Annabel Conger and Colin Norick in Policy Debate, Gabby Merrell in Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Cassidy Norick and Kelsey Wright in Public Forum Debate. Whitefish was second with Polson taking third. 

“This is going to be a competitive year with the strength of the Whitefish team. We will be working hard in practice this week,” head coach Tara Norick said.

This upcoming weekend the team competes in their first two-day tournament at the Corvallis Invitational. 

Lincoln-Douglas

4th Mikel Knutson

Policy

5th Ian McKenzie & Ruth Nelson

6th Shayne Williams & Danielle Schwaik

Public Forum

3rd Sarah Posey & Katie Helton

Memorized Public Address

5th Emma Erickson

Humorous Oral Interpretation

3rd Jerelyn Jones

Dramatic Oral Interpretation

3rd Estevon Torres

7th Jacob Hohman

Original Oratory

5th Haylie Peacock

Expository

2nd Samantha Gilk

4th Danielle Rosenbaum

8th Miranda Lauria

Extemporaneous

7th Tim Ingham and 4th improptu

3rd Alex Garate