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As readers wait for finals postings at NSDA, they might enjoy reading our fourth state tournament recap that provides results for state tournaments in Alabama, California, Minnesota, and North Dakota (Class A).
Tag: Minnesota extemp results
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The Minnesota High School League State Speech Tournament usually attracts attention due to the state’s success over the last decade at the CFL and NSDA national tournaments. The tournament divides its schools into two classes: Class A and Class AA. This year saw Sydney Erhardt of Cannon Falls High School repeat as the Class A state champion and she won the final round by three ranks over Shane Price of Mankato Loyola Catholic School. Nicole Riegert of Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School took third place.
In Class AA, two prominent competitors at last year’s NSDA National Tournament faced off in the final round. Dylan Adelman of Lakeville South High School, a semi-finalist in last year’s NSDA International Extemp category, defeated last year’s U.S. Extemp finalist Adam Stromme of Eagan High School by two ranks. Adelman’s win is the first by an extemper from Lakeville South since Dylan Slinger won consecutive state championships in 2010 and 2011. Andrew Urevig of Robbinsdale Armstrong High School finished third and Haley Brahmbhatt of Chanhassen High School, who won the Chanhassen High School Tournament (a TOC qualifier held a few months ago), finished fifth.
The finals of both classes were dominated by seniors as evidenced by only four underclassmen extempers earning bids to next year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. They are indicated in italics below.
Here are the results of the 2014 Minnesota High School League State Tournament (Click here for tab sheets):
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Minnesota is a state that splits its debate and speech seasons by semester and the spring semester is the beginning of speech competitions in one of the country’s most nationally successful states. Chanhassen High School in Chanhassen, Minnesota hosted its annual Chanhassen High School Speech Tournament, which attracted twenty-nine extempers like Saturday. Haley Brahmbatt of Chanhassen, a semi-finalist at last year’s CFL Grand National Tournament and quarter-finalist at last year’s NFL National Tournament in International Extemp, took advantage of competing on familiar ground and denied Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA) bid to win a third Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) qualifying tournament this season. Brahmbhatt defeated Nellans by one rank to take the title after Nellans took a fourth place rank from one of the five judges on the final round panel, which negated three first place ranks that she received in the round. Brahmbhatt took the other two first place ranks available in the final. Jack Kurila of Eastivew High School (MN) took third. Des Moines Roosevelt placed three extempers in the final round, which was more than any other school. The tournament was unique among many of the TOC qualifying tournaments this season as the final was equally gender balanced, with three female extempers competing against three male extempers.
The tournament also hosted a novice tournament, which was won by Grant Longman-Wheeler of Chaska High School (MN). Longman-Wheeler triumphed over Olivia Shoemaker of Lakeville North High School (MN). Jacob Thompson of Des Moines Roosevelt High School placed third.
All of the extempers in varsity finals earned a TOC qualifying leg and two extempers earned their first qualifying leg for the season. They are indicated in italics in the results listing.
Here are the results of the 2014 Chanhassen High School Speech Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
Here are the results for the Minnesota High School League State Tournament, held on April 15th & 16th, 2011. All of the finalists earned automatic qualifications to next year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University.
Class A
Champion: Caroline Miller (Mounds Park Academy)
2nd: Ameay Naravane (Mounds Park Academy)
3rd: Eric Voss (Dawson-Boyd High School)
4th: Dan Obermiller (St. Peter High School)
5th: Jeremy Clark (Worthington High School)
6th: Thomas Huling (Annandale High School)
7th: Eric Noll (Fairmont High School)
8th: Molly Monk (Rochester Lourdes High School)