Moorhead High’s Spud speakers set team records in stellar state performance
May 19, 2015
The Moorhead High speech team was named the Section 8AA champions for the 21st consecutive year and advanced a Section 8AA record of 29 speakers to the state tournament on April 18 — the most from any of the 69 schools represented at this year’s Class AA state contest.
Of the 312 Minnesota students who qualified for the state tournament, only 104 students earned a spot in the finals. Nearly one in five of those finalists were Moorhead students.
At the state tournament, a Moorhead team record of 22 students comprised 19 final round entries, good for second all time and one shy of the state record set by Eagan in 2007. At least one speaker represented Moorhead in each of the 13 speech categories, also a state record.
The following students were medalists at state: Laurel Mikkelson placed first in Drama, Lizzy Kasper placed first in Informative, Mia Miller placed second in Poetry, Abram Sand placed second in Creative Expression, Lauren Arnold placed third in Original Oratory, Auna Lee placed fourth in Humor, Maddy Timm and Adam Bakken placed fourth in Dramatic Duo, Izzy Larson placed fourth in Poetry, Devon Solwold placed fifth in Prose, McKensie Bedore placed fifth in Storytelling, Annika Nelson placed sixth in Discussion, Sarah Nelson placed sixth in Extemporaneous Reading, Quinn Kupec placed sixth in Extemporaneous Speaking, Rachel Rossen placed sixth in Humor, Miah Lee placed sixth in Great Speeches, Nora Mueller and Kristen Bishop placed seventh in Dramatic Duo, Delana Haglund placed seventh in Prose, Levi Seidel and Sean Dahlberg placed eighth in Dramatic Duo, and Jessica Anderson placed eighth in Drama.
Head coach of the Moorhead Speech team is Rebecca Meyer-Larson.
Additionally, the following students have qualified for the National Forensics League Speech Tournament in Dallas in June: Laurel Mikkelson and Ali Hastings in dramatic interpretation; Madison Timm/Adam Bakken and Abby Dahlberg/Skyler Klostriech in dramatic duo; Rachel Rosson in humorous interpretation; and Lauren Arnold and Jessica Anderson in oratory.
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