Walker Talkers take home six awards at Hibbing Invitational

   February 11th the Walker Speech Team traveled to the historic Hibbing High School to compete in their annual Heartbreaker Tournament. The tournament hosted three preliminary rounds and a final round. The top six speakers in each category advanced into a final round and speakers just short of the final round earned an honorable mention. Of the twelve Walker Talkers in attendance, six left with awards. 

   One speaker earned an honorable mention in their category: Reagan Tabaka earned an honorable mention in Informative. The following speakers advanced into the final round earning an award: Ada Muller placed fourth in Discussion, Madison Kendrick placed fourth in Drama, Natalie Resch-Seely placed fourth in Extemp. Speaking, Leo Burns placed sixth in Humor, and Elijah Cox placed sixth in Prose. 

   In the team sweepstakes, Walker placed eighth overall. Hermantown, Rockridge, and Duluth East placed first through third respectively. 

   The team has now competed in three varsity tournaments and one junior high tournament. As the season progresses more Walker Talkers are joining the team on the road each weekend. Additionally, speakers in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade are competing in junior high tournaments during the week. Next weekend, select speakers will be traveling to Chaska to compete in their invitational tournament. This is a change in the traditional tournament schedule for the team, but they are excited to experience a different group of competitors. On Thursday this week, the junior high team will compete in Laporte at the Wildcat Junior High Tournament. Finally, the Walker Speech would like to extend a congratulations to the Walker One Act Team for placing third at the section tournament. We are so proud of your performance, and we are excited to have some of you join us on the road for speech tournaments on the weekends!