Havre High School speech and debate kicks off season

Special to the Havre Daily News

The Havre High School speech and debate team opened the season with some success at its home tournament, but couldn’t quite edge out the Belgrade High School Panthers in the team competition.

Havre took second in the tournament Saturday with 52 points, while Belgrade won the team sweepstakes competition with 85. Fergus County High School took third with 23 points.

The tournament saw 14 schools including Havre, with the Blue Ponies Northern Class A rival Browning also competing, and both Great Falls High School and C.M. Russell High School along with most...