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2016 State Class A Speech Results

The 2016 and sixty-fourth annual NDHSAA Sponsored State Class A Speech Tournament was held at Jamestown High School on April 16. All participants qualified from one of two regional tournaments or at an invitational tournament held during the season.

 

Dickinson captured first place with 88 points. Valley City took second with 69 points, Mandan third with 50 points, Jamestown and Bismarck St, Mary’s tied for fourth with 47 points.

 

Elected by peers as the 2016 State A Speech Coach of the Year was Phyllis Kadrmas of Devils Lake.

 

The following are the top place winners in each of the 14 categories.

 

Radio Broadcasting: 1st –Preeti Chemiti, West Fargo Sheyenne; 2nd –Micayla Bitz, Mandan; 3rd –Sierra Gordon, Jamestown; 4th –Jed Thomas, Shanley; 5th –Tanner Carlson, Bismarck Century; 6th –Emily Ehlis, Dickinson; 7th –Dawson Dutchak, Dickinson; 8th –Anthony Schreirer, Grand Forks Red River

 

Storytelling:  1st –Stephanie Johnson, Bismarck Century; 2nd –Shawn Harter, Fargo Davies; 3rd –Abigail Moberg, Dickinson; 4th –Isaiah Jilek, Dickinson; 5th –Megan Krantz, St.Mary’s; 6th –Ian Olson, West Fargo Sheyenne; 7th –Grace Dahlen, Grand Forks Central; 8th –Maddie Shafer, Bismarck Legacy

 

Extemporaneous Programmed Reading:  1st –Alexandra Reichert, St. Mary’s; 2nd –Marc Michaelson, Dickinson; 3rd –Madison Moch, Mandan; 4th –Paige Amann, Dickinson; 5th –Abby Slyter, Valley City; 6th –Reid Nelson, Shanley; 7th –Anna Vandeberg, Grand Forks Central; 8th –Sophia Maliscke, Fargo South

 

Humorous Duo: 1st –Alyssa Rodriguez/Hunter McKelvey, Devils Lake; 2nd –Adam Mastel/Nicole Rothenberger, Grand Forks Central; 3rd –Sarah Huebschwerlen/Ty Farnsworth, Bismarck High; 4th –Micayla Bitz/Ashlyn Quintus, Mandan; 5th –Marshall Ziegler/Margaret Brink, Bismarck Century; 6th_ Anthony Peralta/Haison Nguyen, West Fargo; 7th –Marlen Meester/Erik Johnson, Valley City; 8th-Ruby Wittmayer/Hunter Cady, Bismarck Legacy

 

Dramatic Interpretation:  1st –Reid Nelson, Shanley; 2nd –Suzanna Moberg, Dickinson; 3rd –Julia Breidenbach, Jamestown; 4th –Emily Lauinger, Jamestown; 4th –Victoria Windsor, St. Mary’s; 6th –Trey Zent, St. Mary’s; 7th –Rylee Lindemann, Fargo Davies; 8th –Emily Cox, Grand Forks Central

 

Extemporaneous Speaking:  1st –Isaac Spanjer, Fargo North; 2nd –Nate Thoreson, Fargo Davies; 3rd –Katherine Gladitsch, Shanley;  4th –Andrew Taszarek, Fargo South; 5th –Casey Ovedal, Fargo Davies;  6th –Shiori Kudo, Fargo South; 7th –Dyuti Dawn, Fargo Davies; 8th – Thomas Curry, St. Mary’s

 

Poetry:  1st –Rebecca Duncan, West Fargo Sheyenne; 2nd –Madison Moch, Mandan; 3rd –Francine Dong, Grand Forks Central; 4th –Yasmine Mojica, Minot; 5th –Gladymar Gamboa, Dickinson; 6th –Timothy Bjugstad, Mandan; 7th –Abby Ingstad, Valley City; 8th –Zaynab Said, West Fargo Sheyenne

 

Humorous Interpretation:  1st –Zayd Amundson, Fargo South; 2nd –Mikayla Patel, Jamestown; 3rd –Emilie Voeller, St. Mary’s; 4th –Evan Amunsdon, Fargo South; 5th –Nicholas Schoens, Shanley; 6th –Marshall Ziegler, Bismarck Century; 7th –Kaitlyn Kidder, Fargo Davies; 8th –Padmanabha Kavasseri, West Fargo

 

Serious Duo:  1st – Emily Lauinger/Julia Breidenbach, Jamestown; 2nd –Maggie Oberlander/Eliza Johnson, Valley City; 3rd –Makenzie Thuerer/Jeremy Parker, Dickinson; 4th –Joseph Munowenyu/Rose Marcellus, Valley City; 5th –Victoria Johnson/Grace Letteer, St. Mary’s; 6th –Anna Joyce/Anthony Peralta, West Fargo; 7th –Rylee Lindemann/Page Schoer, Fargo Davies; 8th-James Belleque/Jaydon Grafsgaard, Devils Lake

 

Inform:  1st –Rachel Andrus, Dickinson; 2nd –Hannah Peterson, Valley City; 3rd –Sarah Montecuollo, Valley City; 4th –Sharon Michael, Valley City; 5th –Anthony Vecchia, St. Mary’s; 6th –Kaitlyn Kidder, Fargo Davies; 7th –Jordan Aberle, St. Mary’s; 8th –Erica Flores, Fargo North

 

Serious Prose:  1st –James Haaland, Mandan; 2nd –David Opdahl, Valley City; 3rd –Gladymar Gamboa, Dickinson; 4th –Marlen Meester, Valley City; 5th –Maggie Oberlander, Valley City; 6th –Madison Morken, Devils Lake; 7th –Macy Mack, Dickinson; 8th – Yasmine Mojica, Minot

 

Speech to Persuade:  1st –Shae Skager, Mandan; 2nd –Preeti Chemiti, West Fargo Sheyenne; 3rd –Dhruvika Patel, West Fargo Sheyenne; 4th –Esofi Nunyi, West Fargo Sheyenne; 5th –Elizabeth Borg, Valley City; 6th –Aicha Doume, Fargo South; 7th –Jordan Montgomery, Jamestown; 8th – Hayat Ahmed, West Fargo

 

Impromptu:  1st –Kassi Manley, Jamestown; 2nd –Ethan Herner, Dickinson; 3rd –Marc Michaelson, Dickinson; 4th –Jed Thomas, Shanley; 5th –George Kessel, Dickinson; 6th-Crystal Deng, West Fargo Sheyenne; 7th –Nate Thoreson, Fargo Davies

 

Speech to Entertain:  1st –Shawn Harter, Fargo Davies; 2nd –Hannah Peterson, Valley City; 3rd –Emilie Voeller, St. Mary’s; 4th –Hunter McKelvey, Devils Lake; 5th –Hillary Moberg, Dickinson; 6th –Courtney Emmil, St. Mary’s; 7th –Haison Nguyen, West Fargo; 8th –Caleb Eilts, Dickinson

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