Columbia Falls speech wins first in East Helena

Columbia Falls High School speech and debate team swept up the competition in East Helena to win first on Nov. 19.

The Class A team amassed 148 overall points at the tournament for the win. Laurel took second place with 103 points and Billings Central, third with 47 points.

Whitefish High School also competed at the tournament, which featured 25 teams from east and west Montana, which Columbia Falls Head Coach Dawn Roe said is a rare opportunity prior to the state competition.

Following are local individual results.

Duo Interpretation

1 Carson Settles and Reed Wollenzien, Columbia Falls

Informative Speaking

1 Ruby Davis, Columbia Falls

2 Carson Settles, Columbia Falls

4 Eleanor Smiley, Columbia Falls

Public Forum Debate

1 Aiden Rohn and Brayden Crawford, Columbia Falls

6 Stimson Dolesh and Jonathan Blankenship, Columbia Falls

7 Quinn Caudle and Julianna MacPherson, Columbia Falls

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

1 Eddie Chisholm, Columbia Falls

3 Celestine Young, Columbia Falls

Humorous Interpretation

1 Annie Walsh, Whitefish

2 Ellie Sandstrom, Columbia Falls

5 Makinzie Taylor, Columbia Falls

6 Scarlet Burke, Whitefish

Policy Debate

3 Boone Shanks and Lauren Rogers, Columbia Falls

5 Kynsleigh Gould and Ava Minns-Prezeau, Columbia Falls

7 Alex Losee and Vana Fortune, Whitefish

8 Bjorn Bungener and Zoe Tremper, Whitefish

Memorized Public Address

6 Eleanor Smiley, Columbia Falls

Original Oratory

4 Lauren Rossi, Whitefish