Walker Talkers take home awards from Cass Lake and Pequot Lakes Tournaments

   Over the past two weeks, the Walker Talkers have competed in two early bird tournaments. On Saturday, January 21st, the team traveled to Cass Lake to compete in their newly-reinstated varsity tournament. One week later, the team competed in  Pequot Lakes-a tournament that was previously held at the beginning of January. From these two tournaments, the team took home a combined six awards. 

   The following speakers earned awards at the Cass Lake tournament: Ada Muller, Leo Burns, and Elyana Freeman earned black ribbons, earning scores just short of a final round. At the Pequot Lakes tournament, the following speakers broke into the honor-final round, earning scores just short of the final round: Abagayle Audette placed 2nd in the honor-final of Extemp Reading; Natalie Resch-Seely placed 4th in the honor-final round of Extemp. Speaking; Leo Burns placed 4th in the honor-final round of Humor; and Elayna Freeman placed 6th in the honor-final round of Humor. 

   The beginning of this season has been unique for the WHA Speech Team. Many of the Walker speakers who would normally attend tournaments are busy practicing, performing, and competing in the One Act play. The One Act play, which has not been active in Walker for several years, is a form of competitive theater. The One Act team, which has been practicing since the beginning of January, competed in the sub-section tournament last Friday. They placed in the top two, which earned them a spot at the section tournament this coming weekend. While the speech team misses attending competitions with their One Act teammates, we could not be more proud and excited about what they have accomplished this year. While the One Act team competes this Saturday in Baudette for a chance to go to state, the speech team will be traveling to Denfeld High School in Duluth to compete in the 62nd Annual Denfeld High School Rotary Tournament.