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North Dakota divides its state competitions into two classes and these classes traditionally hold their state championship competitions on different dates. The Class B North Dakota High School Activities Association State Speech Tournament took place last week at Mandan High School. Gavin Muscha of Richland High School successfully defended his tournament title and gives Richland its third extemporaneous speaking state title in at least the last four years. Brandt Vernon and Dakota Degenstein of Hazen High School finished second and third, respectively.
Two extempers earned an automatic qualification to next year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University based on their non-senior status and reaching the final round of the tournament. These individuals are indicated in italics in the results listing. However, other students may have qualified since the graduation year status of all of the final round competitiors could not be verified. If you notice an underclassmen not italicized below, please let us know.
Here are the results of the 2014 North Dakota High School Activities Association Class B State Speech Tournament: