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Havre High School speech and debate competitors Dartanion Kaftan, back row from left, Paige Bertelsen and Alyssa Smith, and LillieAnn Mecklenburg, middle row. Deve Everingham, Scarlett Marin, Tristan Molyneaux, Elaine Atkinson and Kate Hemmer and, kneeling, Angelle Roen and Xavier Ulano pose for a photograph Saturday in the University of Providence University Center after the Great Falls Central invitational tournament. Not available to photograph were Joram Randolph and Melanie Veith.
Press release
Havre High School speech and debate excelled at the Great Falls Central High School New Year's Invitational, with students bringing home two first-place medals and a team trophy.
"This was a great showing," head coach Tim Leeds said. "We seem to be building and peaking at just the right time, going into divisionals and state."
Havre took 13 competitors to the meet to face competition from host Great Falls Central and four AA schools, Great Falls High and CM Russell from Great Falls and Helena High and Helena Capitol, as well as 15 BC schools from as far away as Malta, Stanford-Geyser-Denton and Eureka.
The tournament was held entirely on the campus of University of Providence in Great Falls.
Havre earned 36 points in its Class A team sweepstakes first-place victory, and was just behind Class AA competition.
Helena High earned 37 points while Helena Capitol earned 40. CMR earned 60 points while Great Falls High won the AA trophy with 83 points.
But host Great Falls Central ruled the tournament, earning an impressive 109 points.
Leading the charge for the Blue Ponies were Elaine Atkinson and Kate Hemmer.
Hemmer, a freshman, received three first-place finishes in original oratory and continued with high marks in the three-judge finals round to finish in first place.
Atkinson also was nearly perfect in preliminary rounds, earning two first- and one second-place finishes and continued in finals, earning a first-place medal.
Angelle Roen was strong in memorized public address in preliminary rounds, and ended in fifth place.
The public forum team of Joram Randolph and Xavier Ulano, debating at their first tournament together while Ulano filled in for Randolph's regular partner, went 2-1 in debates and ended up in fifth at the tournament.
Alyssa Smith also had a strong showing in preliminary rounds and ended up in sixth place in informative speaking
Policy debate team LilliAnn Mecklenburg and Dartanion Kaftan ended up in seventh in their event at Great Falls.
Havre next travels to Simms for the co-hosted Simms/Power-Dutton-Brady tournament, then next week heads to Miles City for the Class A Eastern Divisional Tournament.
Havre High competitors will face off against the speech and debate students from the other 10 Class A schools in the east to earn a trip to state, this year in Whitefish. The top 12 competitors in each event at divisionals qualify for state.
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