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Havre High School speech and debate team members Paige Anderson, from left, Lyvia Little, Quentin Randles, Ishaan Vikas and Malachi Morris pose Saturrday for a photograph in Browning High School after competing at the school's invitational speech, drama and debate tournament.
Press release
Havre took a team shrunk by conflicting events and other issues to a tournament heavy in Class A competition in Browning Saturday, and saw success from its competitors.
Some Class A western powerhouses crossed the divide to compete Saturday, in addition to tough competition from north-central Class BC schools and a team from Class B Eureka, which also crossed the divide to compete.
Along with Havre and host Browning, Class A saw teams from Columbia Falls, Whitefish, Bigfork, Libby, Polson, Ronan and Stevensville.
"This gave us a chance to see some major competition from the west, and our team did pretty well at a tough ABC meet," Havre head coach Tim Leeds said.
Sophomore Paige Anderson received some high scores in the preliminary rounds to break into the finals round in impromptu speaking, and received high marks there as well. Anderson ended taking fourth at Browning in the event.
Lincoln-Douglas debater Lyvia Little, also a sophomore, won a round against a Whitefish debater, then lost a close debate to a Libby competitor. Little came back with a decisive victory in the third round against a debater from Polson, and also brought home a fourth-place finish for Havre.
Freshmen policy debaters Ishaan Vikas and Malachi Morris, competing at their second-ever tournament, lost some rounds to some veteran western debaters to come back and win their third round.
Vikas and Morris lost to teams from debate powerhouses Columbia Falls and Whitefish before coming back to defeat a Ronan team, and ended up in fifth place at the tournament.
Senior Quentin Randles, competing for Havre in his first year, received some good comments and some decent marks from judges in the preliminary rounds, but didn't make the break into finals. Randles ended in a tie for 12th place.
The Havre team now takes a break over the holiday before returning to action Dec. 1-2 at the Valley of Gold tournament in Helena, hosted by East Helena High School, Helena Capital High School and Carroll College.
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