Team Results
2023-2024 Season
Overall Team Results 23-24:
Great Falls Kickoff Tournament: 3rd Place
Bozeman Fabulous Fallrensics Spectacular: 4th Place
Helena Tournaments:
Carroll College Tournament of Champions (Debate Only): 5th Place
City of Gold Tournament (Speech Only): 7th Place
Belgrade Regional Tournament: 2nd Place
Butte Tournament: Cancelled
State Tournament in Missoula: 5th Place
National Qualifying Tournament: 3rd Place Overall
2nd Overall Debate
3rd Overall Speech
3rd Overall Congress
State Champions in Public Forum Debate
Maxwell DeFanti and Ravenor Davion
5th Place at State Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Julian Staggs
5th Place at State Extemp Speaking
Devon Hanley
Individual Results:
Great Falls Electric City Kick Off:
Debate Placements:
Ezra Graham, 1st Place, Novice Lincoln-Douglas Champion
Elina Jiang, 2nd Place, NLD
Capri Hall, 5th Place, NLD
Evie Taylor and Pranshu Krishna, 6th Place, PF
Ravenor Davion, 6th Place VLD
Sam Fay and Sophie Woodard, 8th Place, VPOL
Speech Placements:
Shelby Tyler, 2nd Place Extemp
Shelby Tyler 2nd Place Impromptu
Devon Hanley and McCants Meinders, 2nd Place DUO
Lila Sundeen, 4th Place Informative Speaking
Devon Swift, 4th Place Impromptu
Cole Fisher, 5th Place, HI
Jameson Palmer, 6th Place, Extemp
Kendall Levert, 6th Place, Informative
Ben Fay, 7th Place, Extemp
Hannah Reece, 7th Place, DI
Emily Miner, 8th Place, HI
Bozeman Fabulous Fallrensics Spectacular:
Debate Placements:
Pranshu Krishna and Evelyn Taylor, 1st place, Public Forum Champions
Capri Hall, 3rd Place, NLD
Ezra Graham, 4th Place NLD
Sophie Woodard and Sam Fay, 4th place, Varsity Policy
Speech Placements:
Wilder Henningsen, 5th place, Humorous interpretation
Shelby Tyler, 6th place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Hannah Reece, 8th place, Dramatic Interpretation
Helena:
Carroll College DebateTournament of Champions:
Helen Raaf and Sophia Roe: 1st Place, Novice Policy Debate Champions
Sophie Woodard and Sam Fay: 3rd Place, Varsity Policy
Ezra Graham, Top 16 Finalist Novice LD
Dakota Schwendeman, Top 16 Finalist Novice LD
Valley of Gold Speech Tournament at Capital:
Elliot Larimer, 5th place, Impromptu
Lila Sundeen, 5th place, Informative Speaking
Devon Hanley, 6th place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Jack Mayr, 7th place, Informative Speaking
Belgrade Regional
Speech Placements:
Hannah Reece: 1st Place, Dramatic Interpretation Champion
Wilder Henningsen: 2nd Place, HI
Jack Mayr: 2nd Place, Informative
Lila Sundeen: 4th Place, Informative
Audrey Kimmel: 4th Place, DI
Shelby Tyler: 4th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Devon Hanley: 5th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Jaczlyn Jiang: 6th Place, DI
Cole Fisher: 6th Place, HI
Kendall Levert: 7th Place, Informative
Debate Placements:
Ravenor Davion and Maxwell DeFanti: 1st Place, Public Forum Champions
Julian Staggs: 3rd Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Cole Woodward and Tucker Hall: 3rd Place, Varsity Policy Debate
Capri Hall: 4th Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Mallory Mencas: 5th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Helen Raaf and Sophia Roe: 5th Place, Varsity Policy Debate
Dalilah Judy: 5th Place, Legislative Debate
Tess Levin and Kryka Shockley: 5th Place, Novice Policy Debate
Pranshu Krishna and Evelyn Taylor: 6th Place, Public Forum
Cooper Jones: 6th Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Ari Morrison and Harrison Williams: 6th Place, Novice Policy Debate
Sophie Woodard and Samuel Fay: 7th Place, Varsity Policy Debate
Ezra Graham: 7th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
William McClain: 7th Place, Legislative Debate
Nora Ferguson: 8th Place, Legislative Debate
Dakota Schwendeman: 8th Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Butte: Cancelled
State: Missoula
Top 8 Placements
State Champions: Maxwell DeFanti and Ravenor Davion, Public Forum
5th Place Lincoln Douglas Debate: Julian Staggs
5th Place Extemporaneous Speaking: Devon Hanley
Top 16 Speech Placements
Humorous Interp:
Wilder Henningsen,
Cole Fisher
Dramatic Interp:
Jacelyn Jiang,
Hannah Reece
Program Oral Interp:
Autumn Spear
Informative Speaking:
Lila Sundeen
Extemporaneous Speaking:
Shelby Tyler,
Devon Swift
Top 16 Debate Placements:
Policy:
Cole Woodward and Tucker Hall;
Samuel Fay and Sophie Woodard;
Helen Raaf and Sophia Roe
Public Forum:
Pranshu Krishna and Evelyn Taylor
Lincoln-Douglas:
Mallory Mencas
National Qualifier: Billings
Lila Sundeen:
Informative Qualifier
Devon Hanley:
IX and USX Qualifier
Wilder Henningsen:
Humorous Interp Qualifier
Julian Staggs:
Lincoln Douglas Debate Qualifier
Max DeFanti & Pranshu Krishna:
Public Forum Qualifiers
Dalilah Judy, Shefler Carl, Cooper Jones (not Pictured):
House Qualifiers
National Qualifiers:
* Qualified but cannot compete in June
Lincoln-Douglas: Julian Staggs
Public Forum: Maxwell DeFanti and Pranshu Krishna
House Congressional Debate: Shefler Carl*, Cooper Jones*, Dalilah Judy
World Schools Debate: Shelby Tyler and Sophie Woodard
Informative Speaking: Lila Sundeen
Humorous Interpretation: Wilder Henningsen
International Extemporaneous Speaking (IX): Devon Hanley
United State Extemporaneous Speaking (USX): Devon Hanley*
Note: Devon Dual Qualified and will compete in IX in June.
Alternates:
Policy: Cole Woodward and Tucker Hall; Samuel Fay and Sophie Woodard
Public Forum: Evelyn Taylor and Elina Jiang
Congressional House Debate: Nora Ferguson, William McClain
Dramatic Interpretation: Audrey Kimmel
Informative Speaking: Jack Mayr
Coaches 2023-2024 Season
Shelby Jackson: Head Coach, All Events, with focus on Varsity LD
Lynn Holsinger: Memorized
Nate Johnson: Short-Prep
Lorelei Michael Owens: Novice LD Debate and Varsity Public Forum Debate
Halton Stancil: Novice Policy and Varsity Policy Debate
Quentin Miller: Interp
Volunteer Coaches: Andrew Testerman, Alison Apostle, Jacek O'Connell
Goldinger's Coaches all Dressed Up
Holsinger, Johnson, Jackson
A Very Merry Duo of Coaches
Johnson and Holsinger