River Valley Speech wins Subsection championship, 24 speakers advance

The River Valley Speakers competed at the MSHSL 3A Subsection A tournament at Windom High School April 2nd. The team has 24 speakers who will be advancing on to the Section 3A tournament in a few weeks. The team also earned the Subsection Champion title.

Those receiving special recognition were:

Abigail Jensen – Prose – 1st

Leo Hovland & Lily Pingeon – Duo – 1st

Taya Beyer – Ex. Reading – 1st

Lily Kallevig – Ex. Reading – 2nd

Kaylee Granda – Drama – 2nd

Levi Johnson – Storytelling – 2nd

Kyla Peichel – Great Speeches – 2nd

Alayna Beyer & Jazmine Robertson – Duo – 3rd

Aiden Grausam – Great Speeches – 3rd

Jozie Pingeon – Ex. Reading – 3rd

Reagan Schmidt – Ex. Reading – 4th

Aubree Paplow – Informative – 4th

Alex Confer – Prose – 4th

Ella Kottke – Humorous – 4th

Sophia Simon – Poetry – 4th

Christina Reindl – Creative Ex. – 4th

Paige Schwarzrock – Humorous – 5th

Ayvah Wendt – Prose – 5th

Randee Dombek – Creative Ex. – 5th

Anna Johnson – Original Oratory – 6th

Trenton Johnson – Prose – 6th

Kameron Bigelow – Informative – 6th