CHS Speech Team wins Region 5 competition

The CHS speech team won the regional competition last Saturday, April 9 at Barnes County North High School and will send six competitors to the state competition on April 23. Those who competed at the regional meet included front row left to right: Rori Ricter, first in dramatic interpretation and second in poetry; and Briley Carr, second in humorous interpretation. Back: Ashley Lindberg, fourth in serious interpretation and fifth in humorous interpretation; Sarah Hallwachs, first in radio broadcasting and first in speech to inform; Mollie Lindberg, tied for second in speech to inform; and Kaley Kostelnik, first in serious interpretation and sixth in poetry. Not pictured: Molly Hansen, first in speech to persuade.

Those moving on to state competition placed first or second in their event at the regional meet or state qualified at a regular season meet. M. Lindberg, Ricter, Kostelnik, Hallwachs, Hansen, and Carr will all compete at the state competition.