| Creative Expression |
| 1 | Ella Erdmann |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Fast Pass to Heaven |
| 2 | Ava Wensmann |
Melrose Area H.S. |
The Echo of You |
| 3 | Dominic Schmidt |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Kids Deserve to be Kids |
| Discussion |
| 1 | Aiden Kluempke |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 2 | Ash Grosshuesch |
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted* |
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| 3 | Abigail Stephens |
Albany H.S. |
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| Duo Interpretation |
| 1 | Julia Wehrman
Olivia Marsh |
Sauk Centre H.S. |
Airswimming by Charlotte Jones |
| 2 | Milah Hall
Madeline Guanella |
Minnewaska Area H.S. |
The Phoenix by Philip Vassallo |
| 3 | Lillian Turja
Natalie Jones |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
A Dozen Red Flags by Briana LaVine Leigh |
| Extemporaneous Reading |
| 1 | Emily Sand |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 2 | Esther Kapsner |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 3 | Rebecca Welle |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| Extemporaneous Speaking |
| 1 | Lea Ghazi |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
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| 2 | Hailey Hammond |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 3 | Ramona Lurken-Tvrdik |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| Great Speeches |
| 1 | Teague Dusha |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Address to the Nation on the Economy by Donald Trump |
| 2 | Aria Hammond |
Melrose Area H.S. |
You've Got to Have Hope by Harvey Milk |
| 3 | Molly Anderson |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
Addressed the citizens of Greenville, Mississippi by Leroy Percy |
| Humorous Interpretation |
| 1 | Isaiah Gilk |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Corky Romano by David Garrett and Jason Ward |
| 2 | Jada Rausch |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Superstar by Molly Shannon & Steve Koren |
| 3 | Ruby Moe |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
Teachers on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Bradley Hayward |
| Informative Speaking |
| 1 | Autumn Tortorella |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
What's So Funny |
| 2 | Brinley Ritter |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Diagnosis: Female |
| 3 | Elsi Halvorson |
Albany H.S. |
The Blue Dress: A Duality of Biases |
| Original Oratory |
| 1 | Stacy Timp |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Breaking the ICE |
| 2 | Addie Buboltz |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
My Voice Matters |
| 3 | Brooke Ruoff |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Putting the Odds Back in Our Favor |
| Serious Interpretation - Drama |
| 1 | Lola Dusha |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Crossroads by Diana Solberg |
| 2 | Owen Armstrong |
Minnewaska Area H.S. |
Silent Night of Firefly Lights by Eric Benson |
| 3 | Nolan Murphy |
Foley H.S. |
Out of My Chest by Emily Hageman |
| Serious Interpretation - Poetry |
| 1 | Sophia Berubee |
Annandale H.S. |
Dear American Christian, Islamaphobia, MAGA Hat in the Chemo Room by Chris Lilley, Rudy Francisco, Andrea Gibson |
| 2 | Laina Halonen |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
The world keeps ending, and the world goes on, Kindness and Shoulders, The word that is a prayer by Franny Choi, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ellery Aker |
| 3 | Autumn Foshaug |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
All the Hate That Blinds Us by All the Hate That Blinds Us |
| Serious Interpretation - Prose |
| 1 | Nora Thompson |
Sauk Centre H.S. |
Dear Husband by Joyce Carol Oates |
| 2 | Alayna Haag |
Eden Valley-Watkins H.S. |
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson |
| 3 | Annabelle Lester |
Melrose Area H.S. |
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy |
| Storytelling |
| 1 | Liz Eiden |
Sauk Centre H.S. |
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| 2 | Jason Warner |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
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| 3 | Zoe Hoeshen |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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