SPEECH SEASON ENDS WITH PROULX ADVANCING TO STATE, HAGEN NAMED SUBSECTION COACH OF THE YEAR

The Crookston High School finished off their regular season with great results in the Section 8A Subsection and Section speech meets.  Phyllis Hagen was named the Sub-Section 8A Coach of Year at the subsection tournament.

At the Sub-Section event, the following students advanced to the Section 8A Tournament:

• Georgie French – Great Speeches – 2^nd place
• Linnea French – Humor – 3^rd place
• Emily Gillette – Original Oratory – 2^nd place
• Victoria Proulx – Storytelling – 2^nd place
• Isaac Wandrie – Original Oratory – 3^rd place

Also recognized for their participation were:

• Ben Brantner – Extemporaneous Speaking – 4^th place
• Zara Baig – Humor – 4^th place
• Jocelyn Midboe – Humor – 5^th place
• Emma Sherman – Informative – 5^th place
• Ed Luckow – Informative – 6^th place
• Samantha Rezac and Sophia Rezac – Humor – 6^th place
• Elizabeth Helgeson – Humor – 11^th place

At the Section 8A Event, Victoria Proulx finished 3rd place in Storytelling and advances to the State Speech Tournament Friday and Saturday at Wayzata High School. 

Also recognized at the Section 8A event were:

• Linnea French – Humor – 5th place
• Emily Gillette – Original Oratory – 6th place
• Ben Brantner – Extemporaneous Speaking – 7th place
• Georgie French – Great Speeches – 8th place
• Zara Baig – Humor – 8th place
• Emma Sherman – Informative – 11th place
• Isaac Wandrie – Original Oratory – 10th place

The Speech team is coached by Hagen, Colleen MacRae, Assistant Coach; Gay Wick, Coach, and Muira MacRae, Manager.