Thanks to runner-up finishes from Parker Alvstad and Makenna McNamara Windom’s speech team finished ninth in the 17-team Redwood Valley Cardinal Invitational Saturday.
The meet was again a hybrid competition with teams emailing recordings of their students to judges, while individuals in draw categories competed live via a virtual platform from their respective schools.
Luverne won the meet with 66 points, while Murray County Central was a close second with 62 points. Minneota was third with 58 points and Westbrook-Walnut Grove/Red Rock Central finished fourth with 52 points.
Alvstad, a senior, and McNamara, a sophomore, earned silver medals in creative expression and original oratory, respectively.
For more on the tournament, as well as WWG/RRC’s fourth-place finish, see the story in the March 3 issue of the Cottonwood County Citizen, on newsstands Wednesday.
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