Havre High comes up third in state A speech and debate

Havre High School improved over its fourth-place finish last year at the state Class ABC speech, debate and drama tournament, taking third place in the Class A competition at the tournament hosted in Havre Friday and Saturday.

Havre had the second-highest number of students entered in the tournament, which had 73 schools registered. Havre competed against 23 Class A schools to take the third-place trophy.

Columbia Falls High School won Class A and Whitefish High School took second.

Havre had 15 competitors who won points in the sweepstakes race. Matt Welch and Peter Spangelo placed fourth in t...