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  • Cream Of The Crop

    Sharon LaBonty, For The Courier|Feb 5, 2014

    During the Awards Ceremony for the 2014 Class B-C State Speech, Drama & Debate Meet in the Glasgow High School gymnasium, Bridger Sanders was crowned the State Pantomime Champion. Glasgow didn't stop with just one medal at the event as Rachel Sigmundsted finished second in Spontaneous Oral Interpretation. Kylie Cook and Hailey Stone took third and fourth place in Serious Solo. Ethan Jamba had a fourth place finish in Serious Oral Interpretation and Kat Greer and Sija Laffin finished fifth in... Full story

  • Glasgow Brings Home the Hardware

    Sharon LaBonty, For The Courier|Jan 29, 2014

    The Glasgow High School Speech & Drama Team competed at the Eastern Class B-C Divisional Meet in Shepherd on Saturday. The Scotties came home with second place trophy in Drama and third place trophy in Speech. Three Scotties are Divisional Champions: Senior Bridger Sanders in Pantomime; Sophomore Ethan Jamba in Serious Oral Interpretation; and Freshman Rachel Sigmundsted in Spontaneous Oral Interpretation. The Glasgow team qualified 12 competitors for State competition. Divisional champion in...

  • Another Good Meet For GHS Speech and Drama

    Sharon LaBonty, For The Courier|Jan 22, 2014

    The Glasgow High School Speech & Drama team competed at the Huntley Project Invitational Meet on Saturday. There were 26 schools competing at this meet with over 350 students participating. Coach John LaBonty said, “A meet this size is a good tune-up for Divisionals and State. We were real proud of how our kids did.” The highlight of the meet was Glasgow’s two pantomime competitors. They ended the day tied but due to a tie breaking system, freshman Machaela Cathy took first place with her piece entitled “First Day on the Job”. Senior Bridger S...

  • Speech & Drama To Host State

    Sharon LaBonty, For The Courier|Jan 1, 2014

    Glasgow High School is hosting the Montana State Class B-C Forensic Meet on Jan. 31- Feb. 1. There are 52 schools that participate in Speech, Drama and Debate; with three divisions. There will be 360 students competing at the meet, the best six in each of the 16 events from each division. This is a huge undertaking. During the two days, there are four preliminary rounds in each event qualifying half of the students for semifinals; and eight in each event for finals to determine that state champions. Needless to say, many volunteer judges are st...

  • Speech and Drama Takes Third In Billings

    Sharon LaBonty, For The Courier|Dec 18, 2013

    The Glasgow High School Speech & Drama Team traveled to Billings Saturday to compete at the Billings Central Invitational Meet. Twenty-six schools competed at this meet, including two AA – Billings West and Bozeman. There were over 270 kids participating. The Glasgow team came home with the third place Class B Drama trophy. Coach John LaBonty said, “It’s good experience for our team to participate in a big meet against schools that we won’t see again until State.” These teams include Columbus, Joliet, and Red Lodge. Two senior Scotties took fir...

  • Dream Team Rounds Up A Third Place

    Sharon LaBonty, For The Courier|Nov 27, 2013

    On Saturday, Nov. 23, the Glasgow High School Speech and Drama team competed in the Roundup B & C Invitational against 13 other teams. It is not often that Glasgow is able to compete against southern teams such as Sweetgrass, Columbus and White Sulfur Springs. The next time Glasgow will see these teams will be at the State B competition early in 2014, which is being hosted in Glasgow. The team brought home the third-place trophy for Drama. This is due to the efforts of our remarkable drama competitors, including Kylie Cook who took home the fir...

  • GHS Drama Team Wins Again, Brings Home Trophy From Circle

    Sharon LaBonty|Nov 20, 2013

    The Glasgow High School Speech & Drama Team competed Saturday at the Circle Invitational Meet. Sixteen schools competed at this meet; eight of them were Class B schools, three Class A and five Class C. The Glasgow team again came home with the Class B Drama trophy, earning 50 points while their closest rival, Plentywood, earned 25 and Huntley Project had 24 points. The Speech team came home with 52 points and a third-place trophy behind Shepherd with 66 and Huntley Project with 60. The experience that the seniors bring to the team is translatin...