Area students won awards at the 2011 Region 8 speech meet held at Minot State University on April 16. Glenburn won first place overall and Velva won second place. Individual results follow:
Humorous interpretation: 1Briana Anderson, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Zach Craig, Velva, state qualifier; 3Halle Schumann, Glenburn; 4Meagan Behm, Bishop Ryan High School; 5Morgan Raap, MLS-Mohall; 6Matthew Parmenter, Velva.
Impromptu interpretation: 1Nicole Stivers, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Steven Miller, Glenburn, state qualifier; 3Jami Feist, Velva; 4Alex Monk, Velva.
Speech to inform: 1Emily Miller, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Alex Holte, Velva, state qualifier.
Speech to entertain: 1Zach Craig, Velva, state qualifier; 2Calder Solloway, Glenburn, state qualifier; 3Steven Miller, Glenburn; 4Shayd Dalen, Lewis and Clark-Berthold.
Poetry interpretation: 1Jenny Poth, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Kayla Craig, Velva, state qualifier; 3Grace Keller, Velva, state qualifier; 4Logan Hermes, Westhope-Newburg; 5Jaydin Becktell, MLS-Mohall; 6Meagan Behm, Bishop Ryan High School.
Dramatic interpretation: 1Justine Schmidt, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Veranikah LaTrace, Glenburn, state qualifier; 3Marissa Choiniere, Velva.
Extemporaneous programmed reading: 1Taylor Cunningham, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Kayla Craig, Velva, state qualifier; 3Rachael Rott, Anamoose-Drake; 4Cora Pfennig, Velva; 5Sandi Kruse, Anamoose-Drake.
Extemporaneous speaking: 1Alex Holte, Velva, state qualifier.
Radio broadcasting: 1Forrest Carlson, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Benjamin Sharkey, Westhope-Newburg, state qualifier; 3Alex Monk, Velva; 4 Liz Vickerman, Bishop Ryan High School.
Storytelling: 1Brad Dean, Velva, state qualifier; 2Brandon Christman, Lewis and Clark-Berthold, state qualifier; 3Brittany Bender, Anamoose-Drake; 4Shayd Dalen, Lewis and Clark-Berthold.
Humorous duo: 1Taylor Cunningham and Forrest Carlson, Glenburn, state qualifiers; 2Samuel Zelinksi and Halle Schumann, Glenburn, state qualifiers; 3Zachary Klokstad and Logan Hermes, Westhope-Newburg; 4Bailey Uleberg and Calder Solloway, Glenburn; 5Michelle Kuntz and Sandi Kruse, Anamoose-Drake; 6Jami Feist and Marissa Choiniere, Velva; 7Michala Elmore and Riley Guenthner, MLS-Mohall.
Speech to persuade: 1Tristan Anderson, Westhope-Newburg, state qualifier; 2Nicole Stivers, Glenburn, state qualifier; 3Morgan Hampshire, Lewis and Clark-Berthold; 4Destiny Devine, Glenburn.
Serious prose: 1Karissa Dean, Glenburn, state qualifier; 2Abby Berg, Lewis and Clark-Berthold, state qualifier; 3Veranikah LaTrace, Glenburn; 4Michaela Christianson, Glenburn; 5Rachael Rott, Anamoose-Drake; 6Grace Keller, Velva; 7Brandon Christman, Lewis and Clark-Berthold; 8Michala Elmore, MLS-Mohall.
Serious duo: 1Autumn Gardner and Briana Anderson, Glenburn, state qualifiers; 2Bailey Uleberg and Karissa Dean, Glenburn, state qualifiers; 3Riley Guenthner and Morgan Raap, MLS-Mohall.