GHS Brings Home Regional Drama Trophy

The Glasgow High School Speech & Drama team competed at the Eastern B-C Speech & Drama Meet in Colstrip on Saturday and came home with the Class B Drama Sweepstakes trophy. Glasgow’s all-girl team was followed by Colstrip in second, and Plentywood took third.

Coach John LaBonty said, “All their hard work paid off with the team peaking at the right time.” The team was led once again by Senior Devyn Bell, first in Serious Solo, with a cutting from “Piece of My Heart;” seniors Jessica Carson and Danielle Belleau with “Shadow on the Photograph” taking first in Serious Duo; and freshman Hailey Stone’s “Remotely Related” Humorous Solo again taking first.

Strong performances that earned points toward sweepstakes were also turned in by senior Janine Chalmers, third in Humorous Solo; sophomore Haylee Safranski, second in Pantomime; and sophomore Kyle Cook, eighth in Serious Solo. Valuable experiences was gained by sophomores Amanda McDonald and Paige Schmitt, who competed in Humorous Duo.

Only three GHS students competed this week in Speech, but two earned points for their team. Junior Dakota Buerman took third in Original Oratory while sophomore Sija Laffin placed eighth in Serious Oral Interpretation of Literature. Sophomore Kat Geer also gained valuable experience, competing in Humorous Oral Interpretation

The Glasgow team will be leaving at noon on Thursday to compete in the Montana State B-C Forensic Meet on the MSU-B campus in Billings. This two-day meet brings the top six finishers in each of the 15 events from the three divisions together in competition.