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Post date: Apr 13, 2018 7:09:02 AM
For the 24th consecutive season, the Moorhead Spuds speech team captured the Section 8AA title with a complete team performance that saw a team-record 27 entries punch their ticket to next Friday's MSHSL State Tournament. In all, Moorhead will represent the section in all 13 categories, with top three sweeps in Extemp. Speaking, Informative and Drama.
Eleven speakers also earned first place finishes, including seniors Ian Bahe (Creative), Bridget McManamon (Ex. Speaking), Izzy Larson (Poetry), and Luke Seidel (Prose); juniors Katherine Leiseth (Ex. Reading), Sophia Klindt (Humor), and Kaden Moszer (Drama); and sophomores Cassidy Wendt & Jonah Hanson (Duo), Anni Yoney (Inform), and Ali Astrup (Storytelling).
Larson advances to state for the fourth time in her speech career while McManamon will make her third consecutive appearance. Leiseth, Klindt, and Moszer join Ariana Grollman (Humor), Jennie Hastings (Drama), and Dylan Stage (Drama) as two-time state participants. Larson will pursue her fourth state medal while McManamon, Seidel, Leiseth, Grollman, Klindt, and Hastings will all vie for their second straight trip to the state final round.
A complete list of section finalists is below. The MSHSL State AA Tournament is Friday, April 20 at Apple Valley High School. Moorhead is the two-time defending state AA champion.
Creative:
Ian Bahe - 1st
Matt Rosson - 4th
Evyn Judisch - 5th
Discussion:
Sydney Anderson - 2nd
Drama:
Kaden Moszer - 1st
Dylan Stage - 2nd
Jennie Hastings - 3rd
Mustafa Ahmed - 4th
Duo:
Cassidy Wendt & Jonah Hanson - 1st
Greta Almlie & Stella Mehlhoff - 2nd
Lily Kjos & Ethan Crompton - 4th
Ex. Reading:
Katherine Leiseth - 1st
Chelsea Bubbers - 2nd
Ex. Speaking:
Bridget McManamon - 1st
Claire Stoltenow - 2nd
Emma Pranger - 3rd
Great Speeches:
Molly Hauf - 2nd
Neva Miller - 3rd
Emma McFeely - 6th
Humor:
Sophia Klindt - 1st
Ariana Grollman - 3rd
Maret Holm - 4th
Ella Halgrimson - 5th
Informative:
Anni Yoney - 1st
Grace Halvorson - 2nd
Anna Larson - 3rd
Ashley Buegel - 6th
Oratory:
Meghan Johnson - 2nd
Jack Entzion - 3rd
Lance Morlock - 4th
Poetry:
Izzy Larson - 1st
Amelia Bjorklund - 3rd
Juli Hanson - 7th
Prose:
Luke Seidel - 1st
Margaret Dickey - 2nd
Storytelling:
Ali Astrup - 1st
Alex Seigel - 2nd
Alyssa Haagenson - 4th
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