Home cookin': Speech and Debate takes third at Polson Invitational

Congratulations to the Polson Speech Team for their 3rd Place finish at the Polson Invitational Speech and Drama meet on Saturday, December 14th.

The finalists for Polson were:

• 1st Place, Impromptu Speaking: Sharidan Russell

• 3rd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking: Sharidan Russell

• 5th Place, Serious Oral Interpretation: Lindy Rutledge

• 7th Place, Expository Speaking, Haley Kendley

• 7th Place, Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Jacob Raymond

• 7th Place, Impromptu Speaking: Dominic Rosatti

• 8th Place, Policy Debate: Annabelle Smith and Katie Stobie

• 8th Place, Memorized Public Address: Kylie Koberg

• 8th Place, Serious Oral Interpretation: Brian Jore

Team Sweeps results:

• Class AA Speech: 1st—Glacier, 2nd—Flathead

• Class A Speech: 1st—Columbia Falls, 2nd—Stevensville, 3rd—(tie) Hamilton and Polson

• Class B Speech: 1st—Loyola, 2nd—Bigfork, 3rd—Ronan

• Class A Drama: 1st—Corvallis, 2nd—Stevensville,     3rd—Libby

•Class B Drama: 1st—Eureka, 2nd—Bigfork, 3rd—Cut Bank

Facts and Comments:

•16 schools and roughly 350 contestants participated in the meet.  Due to the tremendous number of entries, three schools were needed: Polson High School (4 debate events), Polson Middle School (7 speech events), and Linderman Elementary (6 drama events).

•We tried something different this year and started an hour later than normal.  There were several coaches and contestants who commented that they appreciated the later start—I think we’ll do the same thing next year.

•I really want to thank the dozens of volunteers who participated as judges—they did a great job, and they made this a very successful meet.

•Polson has four speech meets remaining: January 11th at Loyola, January 18th at Bigfork, the divisional meet on January 25th at Whitefish, and the two-day state meet in Hamilton on January 31st and February 1st.