PRESS RELEASE 10/27/2008

GLACIER EARNS TROPHY AT BUTTE SPEECH TOURNAMENT

Sixteen schools, including all fourteen AA schools competed at the “Montana Tech Bulldog Speech & Debate Invitational” held in Butte last weekend. Flathead High and Glacier High each earned trophies. Flathead scored 129 points and Glacier scored 113.5 to earn 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Bozeman earned top honors by scoring 168.5 points.

“I am proud of our performance—proud, but not satisfied,” said Greg Adkins, Head Coach for Glacier High. Adkins added, “It was the first trophy Glacier has won at a full AA team-tournament. Finishing in the top three at every tournament is one of our goals, so—goal accomplished. Bozeman and Flathead are great programs, with strong traditions, excellent coaching staffs, and some great individual students, and to be on par with Bozeman and Flathead is an excellent measure of how far we have developed as a team in the past twelve months.”

The varsity teams from Glacier and Flathead will again compete at the “Electric City Invitational” in Great Falls on November 14 & 15th. Both will send Junior Varsity teams to Polson on November 8th.

Team Sweepstakes

1.Bozeman (168.5)

2.Flathead (129)

3.Glacier (113.5)

4.Billings West (62.5)

5.Missoula Sentinel (55)

6.Billings Skyview (53.5)

7.C.M. Russell (53)

8.Helena Capital (51.5)

9.Helena (48.5)

10.Butte (37)

11.Missoula Big Sky (32.5)

12.Great Falls (29)

13.Missoula Hellgate (15.5)

14.Billings Senior (10.5)

15.Corvallis (9)

16.Butte JV (1.5)

17.Butte Central (0)

Varsity Policy Debate
1 / Devon Lach and Morgan Coffin / Bozeman
2 / Greg Elison and Nick Gengler / Helena High
3 / Brianna Beswick and Eric Justin / Bozeman
4 / Montana Ziglar and Ashley Berger / Glacier
5 / Brigitte Baake and Kelsie Lew / Flathead
6 / Kathryn Newhart and Brandon Shannon / Missoula Sentinel
7 / Madi Brooke and Josh Stevens / Bozeman
8 / Karla Nettleton and Kate Runkel / Helena High
Novice Policy Debate
1 / Spencer Baldwin and Kalena Paea / Bozeman
2 / Erik Olmholt-Montague and Melissa Collwell / Great Falls CMR
3 / Ryan Dolezal and Jacob Hooten / Billings Skyview
4 / Tess Dufrechou and Madison Knight / Helena High
5 / David Culbertson and Stephanie Eddy / Billings West
6 / Andy Havens and Ivy Chesterman / Billings Skyview
7 / Quitin Brown and Torre Fields / Billings Skyview
8 / Jill Pierson and Nick Gengler / Helena High
Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
1 / Drew Dokken / Bozeman
2 / Sadie Viergutz / Helena Capital
3 / Emily Stoick / Flathead
4 / Connor Tice / Flathead
5 / Kayla Pomeroy / Great Falls High
6 / Bronte Wigen / Great Falls High
7 / Katy Bensen / Missoula Hellgate
8 / Kady Nordstrom / Butte
Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
1 / Carly Ryan / Helena Capital
2 / Stachus Tu / Bozeman
3 / Mary Snipstead / Glacier
4 / Isaac Guy / Bozeman
5 / Alyssa Basher / Missoula Big Sky
6 / Connell Rogers / Flathead
7 / Sam Niederman / Missoula Big Sky
8 / Lauren Beyer / Missoula Big Sky
Public Forum
1 / Chad Dokken and Sam Uhlman / Bozeman
2 / Anna Peterson and Trent Dugger / Billings West
3 / Cameron Meek and Stacy Sammons / Great Falls CMR
4 / Miles Douglas and Richard Gagliardi / Missoula Hellgate
5 / Sarah Wilcockson and Courtney James / Helena Capital
6 / Ariel Berg and Kyle Schmauch / Glacier
7 / Sam Martin and Ben Zeiske / Great Falls High
8 / Ellen Kuntz and Megan Frisk / Billings West
Legislative Debate
1 / Alice Martin / Missoula Sentinel
2 / Cailin Rogers / Flathead
3 / Justine Klein / Glacier
4 / Logan Warberg / Glacier
5 / Min Sheehy / Missoula Sentinel
6 / Haiden Mohl / Missoula Sentinel
7 / Dean Stimpson / Flathead
8 / Robert Ross / Flathead
Extemporaneous Speaking
1 / Tim Seery / Great Falls CMR
2 / Severn Crabtree / Flathead
3 / Claire McGuire / Helena Capital
4 / John Stiles / Bozeman
5 / Elyse Voegeli / Bozeman
6 / Maxine Sugarman / Flathead
7 / Sarah Hunting / Great Falls High
8 / Brittany Hollobaugh / Bozeman
Impromptu
1 / Garret Morril / Great Falls High
2 / Tom Rader / Glacier
3 / Tim Seery / Great Falls CMR
4 / Kelsey Marcinko / Bozeman
5 / Mary Hoy-Park / Butte
6 / Miriam Kraimacher / Helena High
7 / Severn Crabtree / Flathead
8 / Valkyrie Jensen / Missoula Sentinel
Duo Interpretation
1 / Sam McCue and Zach Rudio / Missoula Sentinel
2 / Alex Bush and Collin McRae / Billings West
3 / Dylan Rodwick and Megan Leininger / Glacier
4 / Cory Markellis and Matt Schwager / Glacier
5 / Kyle McChesney and Peter Brooke / Bozeman
6 / Kyle Decker and Accadia Gardner / Flathead
7 / Joseph Bakken and Katie Knutson / Billings Senior
8 / Julia Wiencek and Andrew Wiencek / Corvallis
Humorous Interpretation
1 / Casey Brown / Flathead
2 / Maddy Bjork / Flathead
3 / Clayton McDougall / Glacier
4 / Dylan Rodwick / Glacier
5 / Tyler Hopkin / Billings Skyview
6 / Joseph Bakken / Billings Senior
7 / Geoffrey Rolan / Helena High
8 / Will Tedrow / Glacier
Serious Interpretation
1 / Alicia Connolly / Billings West
2 / Casey Brown / Flathead
3 / Eric Jeffords / Flathead
4 / Caroline Houser / Flathead
5 / Landry Bertsch / Billings Skyview
6 / Tori Gaines / Butte
7 / Cory Markellis / Glacier
8 / Brittany Osborn / Great Falls CMR
Memorized Public Address
1 / Bert Martin / Butte
2 / Caroline Houser / Flathead
3 / Nick Hart / Missoula Big Sky
4 / Dawson Lynch / Flathead
5 / PJ Downey / Bozeman
6 / Katie Wycoff / Bozeman
7 / Kaitlyn Turner / Glacier
8 / Shandra Bryson / Missoula Big Sky
Original Oratory
1 / William Wilde / Butte
2 / Cari Sielbach / Billings Skyview
3 / Alex Schwier / Bozeman
4 / Molly Downey / Bozeman
5 / Abby Connolly / Glacier
6 / Mary Koppy / Great Falls High
7 / Emily Maeser / Butte
8 / WenHei Wu / Helena Capital
Expository Speaking
1 / Katie Weber / Flathead
2 / Abby Connolly / Glacier
3 / Ann Koenig / Glacier
4 / Megan McCauley / Flathead
5 / Tess Barker / Flathead
6 / Sarah Beth Gumm / Billings Senior
7 / Danyelle Moore / Glacier
8 / Kayla Nelson / Glacier