Under a new virtual format, Luverne High School claimed the Sub-Section Championship trophy, and all 17 students earned the right to compete in the Section 3A Championship on Saturday.
“Generally there are three sub-section meets, but due to COVID-19, the virtual format and fewer participants, students were combined into two sub-sections this year,” said Caroline Thorson, who coaches the Luverne team with Gavin Folkestad.
“That means the top six finishers in each of the 13 categories move on to section competition.”
All 17 Luverne team members finished in the top six at the April 6 sub-section meet.
Following are the categories and student placings from the sub-section event:
•Discussion: Burke Johnson, first; Maddy Schepel, third.
•Duo interpretation: Bethany Behr and Brianna Kinsinger, third.
•Extemporaneous Reading: Destiny Matthiesen, third; Grace Ingebretsen, fifth.
•Extemporaneous speaking: Chance Tunnissen, first; Parker Carbonneau, second; Zander Carbonneau, third.
•Great speeches: Rylee Anderson, second.
•Humorous: Luke Thorson, third.
•Poetry: Mia Wenzel, third; Zoe Perkins, fifth.
•Prose: Josie Golla, second.
•Informative: Jessika Tunnissen, sixth.
•Storytelling: Xavier Carbonneau, first; Roselynn Hartshorn, fourth.