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Montana Sidelines
By DILLON TABISH

Roundup of recent sports and outdoors news

Skiers write congratulatory messages on a banner at Whiteish Mountain Resort last weekend for
Maggie Voisin, a 15-year-old skier competing at the Winter Olympics. DILLON TABISH | FLATHEAD BEACON

VOISIN, TEAM USA READY FOR COLUMBIA FALLS, GLACIER
WINTER OLYMPICS
CLINCH SPEECH AND DEBATE
Let the Games begin.
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Maggie Voisin and Team USA are in That’s nine in a row for Columbia
Russia and ready to compete in the XXII Falls and four for Glacier.
Winter Games. The opening ceremony is The Flathead Valley’s speech and
Friday, Feb. 7 and will be televised start- debate dynasties remain irmly intact.
ing at 5:30 p.m.
Columbia Falls had four champions and
Voisin, the youngest Winter Olym- 19 all-state placers at the Class A speech
pian since 1972 at 15 years old, competes and debate inal sweeps in Hamilton last
in the women’s slopestyle event on Tues- weekend. Mark Hader won Humorous

day, Feb. 11. The qualifying round is ear- Oral Interpretation, Mason Gedlaman
lier in the day and the inals will be tele- won Impromptu and Meredith Stolte
vised on NBC starting at 6 p.m.
and Colter Norick claimed the trophy
Leading up to the excitement of So- in Policy Debate, leading the Columbia
chi, Whiteish Mountain Resort put Falls team to 170 points. Hamilton was
a banner at the base of Chair One last second with 127 and Stevensville was
weekend gathering well wishes and con- third with 82. Whiteish’s Sam Benkel-

gratulatory messages for the hometown man won the title in Expository Speak-
Olympian. By the end of Saturday, it was ing and Whiteish inished in sixth place.
already covered with more than 200 Glacier earned the Class AA four-
notes. The resort sent the banner with peat thanks to a dominant all-around
Voisin’s parents, Kristin and Truby, who showing in the sweepstakes in Kalispell.
left for Sochi this week.
The team tallied 158.5 points to edge
“We’re excited about (Voisin com- Flathead, 114.5. Bozeman placed third,
peting in the Olympics) and the banner 95.

seemed like a neat way to be able to send Harrison Kaufman won Memo-
her our wishes,” resort spokesperson Ri- rized Public Address, Hannah Halbur
ley Polumbus said.
won Original Oratory and Jessica Mount
Bozeman native Heather McPhie won Serious Oral Interpretation. Glacier
will compete in the women’s moguls on had 22 members place in the top eight at
Saturday, Feb. 8. The event is slated to be state.
televised on NBC starting at 6 p.m. Brad- Flathead’s Ethan Hall won state in

ley Wilson, a Butte skier, will compete in Humorous Oral Interpretation and Sar-
the men’s moguls on Monday, Feb. 10, ah Ward won Impromptu. Flathead had
and the event will be televised on NBC 22 individuals and pairs place in the top
starting at 6 p.m.
eight.
For a complete television listing of
the Olympics, visit www.latheadbea-
con.com.

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