Whitefish High School Speech & Debate Wins 2025 State Title

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM

By Cole Havens @C_Havens22

The Whitefish High School Speech and Debate Team took home the 2025 State Title over the weekend.

Whitefish and all of Class "A" was in Laurel for the State Championship.

Whitefish qualified all 31 of it's members for State.

Full results (courtesy of Whitefish High School) below:

Policy Debate: 1. Jake Dunker and Bjorn Bungener, 2. Vana Fortune and Ethan Hunsaker, 7. Cohen Gates and Andrew Gibbs

Public Forum: 3. Marcus Mercer and Gracie Sliman, 5. Brynn McDonald and Solvei Gunderson, 7. Avery McPherson and Shailey Green

Extemp: 1. David Losee, 2. Mason Loeffler

Impromptu: 2. Iona Sarraille, 4. Astir Pulsifer

Memorized Public Address: 1. Unity Loveless, 3. Mason Loeffler

Original Oratory: 3. Astir Pulsifer, 8. Lizzy Holien

Informative: 4. Scarlet Burke

Humorous Interp: 2. Lillian Nelson

Duo Interp: 4. Scarlet Burke and Unity Loveless, 5. Coy Moss and Lillian Nelson, 6. Lizzy Holien and Avery Sorensen

Program Oral Interp: 2. Iona Sarraille, 7. Maren Cromie

Sweeps: 1. Whitefish (255), 2. Columbia Falls (250), 3. Frenchtown (84)

Jason Smith and Mike Harmon