CJI speakers place at Red Lodge tournament

Press release

The CJI speech team competed at its second virtual meet of the 2020-2021 season Saturday. 

Four students competed for the CJI Hawks at the Red Lodge Class BC Invitational. 

Emma Wickum led the way for the Hawks, finishing second in extemporaneous speaking for the second week in a row.  Wickum tied for first place with the eventual champion from Three Forks but lost the tiebreaker and was awarded second place. 

Cain Cole claimed third place in memorized public address with his interpretation of a speech given by former professional wrestler Marc Mero. 

Freshman Martin Fulbright finished seventh in informative speaking with his speech about wormholes. 

Junior Azeria McIntosh competed in spontaneous oral interpretation of literature and just missed qualifying for semi-finals.

As a team, the CJI Hawks finished fourth for a second week in a row behind Harlowton, Gardiner, and Twin Bridges.   

The CJI Hawks next compete Saturday at the Choteau Class BC Virtual Invitational Tournament.