The Luverne High School speech team joined teams from 19 other schools involving 250 students Saturday at the Marshall Speech Spectacular at Southwest Minnesota State University.
The LHS team came away with third place, four points out of first.
“Because the meet was so large, it qualified as a NIETOC bid tournament,” said coach Gavin Folkestad
The National Individual Event Tournament of Champions takes place in May.
Junior Roselynn Hartshorn, who finished third in original oratory, earned an invite to the NIETOC tournament.
“To earn a bid for NIETOC, a student must place in a top predetermined percentage of their category,” Folkestad said. “To allow more students to qualify, the meet had regular final rounds for the top six prelim finishers, a next-in finals for the following five places, and a novice division for students in grades 7-9 and those new to speech.”
Luverne had three students receive NIETOC recognition.
Bergen Ask, a freshman, received fourth-place novice in original oratory.
Next-in placings went to freshman Makayla Oechsle (fifth) and junior Cassi Chelsey (third) in discussion.
Other results included:
•Creative expression: Brianna Kinsinger, sixth.
•Extemporaneous speaking: Parker Carbonneau, third; Zander Carbonneau, fourth.
•Informative speaking: Jessika Tunnissen, third; Elizabeth Mulder, fifth.
Redwood Falls Invitational
Luverne garnered a smaller team Feb. 18 for the speech invitational in Redwood Falls.
The group placed ninth out of 17 teams.
More than 200 students competed at the event with six LHS students receiving awards.
•Creative expression: Brianna Kinsinger, sixth.
•Dynamic Duo: Brianna Kinsinger and Bethany Behr, sixth.
•Extemporaneous speaking: Zander Carbonneau, second.
•Informative speaking: Jessika Tunnissen, third; Elizabeth Mulder, blue ribbon.
•Original oratory: William Johnson, fifth.
The speech team’s next competition is Saturday in Montevideo.