The Bemidji High School Speech Team was the champion out of 22 teams at the Hibbing Heartbreaker invitational tournament Saturday.
Amy Frenzel was first place in both Extemp Speaking and Original Oratory, Elizabeth Rafferty took home a first place medal in Extemp Reading and Melanie Richards was champion in Great Speeches and also placed in Drama.
Other medalists include Maya Lindquist, second place in Original Oratory, Danielle Gray, medalist in both Prose and Creative Expression, Orion Montgomery and Evelyn Cordts medaled in Extemp Reading, Grace Nelson medaled in Poetry, Tristan Hamann medaled in Informative and Savannah Haugen medaled in Great Speeches.
Several students will compete in East Grand Forks this Friday, and the entire team will compete again next week for the Lumberjack Invitational here in Bemidji.
