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Two weeks ago, the Idaho High School Activities Association State Speech Tournament was held and Josh Mansfield of Highland High School emerged as the 2014 state extemporaneous speaking champion. Mansfield triumphed in the final round by four ranks over Blake Dewveall of Blackfoot High School. Mansfield’s title is the first for Highland High School since 2011 and the school had more extempers in the final round that any other program in attendance. Mansfield’s teammate, Anurag Tripathy, took fourth. Abby Poelstra of Lake City High School placed third.
Since Idaho held its state tournament after the 2014 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) deadline, all of the underclassmen who made the final round are the first qualifiers to next season’s TOC. Three extempers fit this definition, including Mansfield, and they are indicated in italics in the results listing.
Here are the results of the 2014 Idaho High School Activities Association State Speech Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Josh Mansfield (Highland High School)
2nd: Blake Dewveall (Blackfoot High School)
3rd: Abby Poelstra (Lake City High School)
4th: Anurag Tripathy (Hillcrest High School)
5th: Tripti Rathi (Highland High School)
6th: Zach Baker (Mountain Home High School)
Semi-Finalists
*Christian Cousins (Lake City High School)
*Arman Cuneo (Eagle High School)
*Trenton Holenbeck (Bonneville High School)
*Scout McClure (Lake City High School)
*James Mullen (Highland High School)
*Nicholas Murdock (Bishop Kelly High School)
*Rebekah Triolo (Nampa High School)
*Darian Wood (Eagle High School)
Extemp Central thanks the Idaho State Speech Tournament for posting the results of the tournament online.