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Bigfork No. 1 in divisional speech, drama

Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 10 months AGO
by Daily Inter Lake
| January 25, 2016 11:30 AM

Bigfork High School students topped both speech and drama sweepstakes competition to win divisional championships on Saturday in Cut Bank.

Bigfork won the speech title by 50 points and edged Eureka by one point in drama competition.

Overall, 21 of 24 Bigfork competitors at divisionals qualified for the state meet this weekend in Ennis.

Grace Olechowski won the divisional championship in Original Oratory to pace the Bigfork effort.

In drama competition, Damon Maitland and KC Isaman were divisional champions in Humorous Duo and Kim McDonald was the champion in Pantomime.

Following are individual Bigfork place-winners who qualified for state:

Speech

Original oratory: 1. Grace Olechowski; 2. Melody McHaley; 5. Catelynn Henion

Expository: 2. Braeden Tovey; 4. Shannon Frizzell; 6. Kaylynn Isaman

Memorized Public Address: 2. Riley Hoveland

Dramatic Interpretation: 2. Stacey Poulson; 6. Aubrey Dixon

Humorous Interpretation: 4. Elizabeth Kalenak; 5. Keaton O’Conner

Extemporaneous: 2.Reuben Hubbard

Impromptu: 4. Ryan Shaw

Lincoln Douglas Debate: 3. Cole Hider

Drama

Humorous Duo: 1. Damon Maitland/KC Isaman

Pantomime: 1. Kim McDonald

Serious duo: 4. Ben Johnson/Madigan Kinslow

Classical duo: 6. Tanae Myers/Bella Goodson

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