| Creative Expression |
| 1 | Logan Schad |
Melrose Area H.S. |
From Under Center to Under the Spotlight |
| 2 | Ella Erdmann |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Behind the Brow |
| 3 | Annalise Wheatley |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
App-solutely App-alling App-ocalypse |
| Discussion |
| 1 | Zachary Dietz |
Morris Area School |
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| 2 | Ash Grosshuesch |
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted* |
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| 3 | Aidan Kluempke |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| Duo Interpretation |
| 1 | Julia Wehrman
Olivia Marsh |
Sauk Centre H.S. |
I Am Who We Are by Megan Callaghan and Annette Yoo |
| 2 | Carter Ertel
Olivia Mueller |
Maple Lake H.S. |
Anna and August by Don Zolidis |
| 3 | Kevin Stanley
William Wendroth |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
What the Voice Wants Me to Do by Bradley Walton |
| Extemporaneous Reading |
| 1 | Anastasia Polipnick |
Sauk Centre H.S. |
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| 2 | Emily Sand |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 3 | Esther Kapsner |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| Extemporaneous Speaking |
| 1 | Ramona Lurken-Tvrdik |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 2 | Teague Dusha |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 3 | Cade Kuznia |
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted* |
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| Great Speeches |
| 1 | Aaliyah Albright |
Eden Valley-Watkins H.S. |
Human Trafficking-President Barack Obama-Clinton Global Initiative or CGI by Barack Obama |
| 2 | Kieley Jacobson |
Annandale H.S. |
Wellesley College Graduation 1996 by Nora Ephron |
| 3 | Molly Anderson |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
Commencement Speech at Dominican University of California by Ronan Farrow |
| Humorous Interpretation |
| 1 | Levi Nelson |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
Bible Camp: The Musical by Chris and Ryan Wilkens |
| 2 | Darby Frei |
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted* |
Oz by Don Zolidis |
| 3 | Harper Hoffman |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
Spaceballs by Mel Brooks |
| Informative Speaking |
| 1 | Autumn Tortorella |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
The Most Profitable Mistake |
| 2 | Makayla Scherer |
Annandale H.S. |
Behind The Screen: Digging Deeper Into Family Vlogging |
| 3 | Nora Westby |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
Energy Drinks |
| Original Oratory |
| 1 | Lydia Prout |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Playing With Fire |
| 2 | Stella Nordin |
New London-Spicer H.S. |
Art's Evermore Dominant Goal |
| 3 | Julia Anderson |
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted* |
The Blame Game |
| Serious Interpretation - Drama |
| 1 | Taylor Bierwerth |
Paynesville Area H.S. |
Crafty by Paul Rudnick |
| 2 | Owen Armstrong |
Minnewaska Area H.S. |
Continuing Education by Jordan Douglas |
| 3 | Lola Dusha |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Girl by Megan Mostyn-Brown |
| Serious Interpretation - Poetry |
| 1 | Julia Segner |
Annandale H.S. |
God is Gay, Your God, Wild Geese, Jesus by Elliot Darrow, Rudy Fransisco, Mary Oliver, Lou Reed |
| 2 | Meadow Schaefer |
Melrose Area H.S. |
Say No To Green Eggs and Ham by Riley Zahn, Desiree Dallagiacomo, FreeQuency, Ava Gordon, and Caroline Kaufman |
| 3 | Camryn Moon |
Annandale H.S. |
The Five Stages of Grief, excerpts from find her, keep her, Top of the World, Come Over, House in Nebraska by Linda Pastan, Renaada Williams, Patty Griffin, Noah Kahan, Ethel Cain |
| Serious Interpretation - Prose |
| 1 | Myles Hayes |
Annandale H.S. |
Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson |
| 2 | Syd Roberts |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 3 | Ben Pererva |
Dassel-Cokato H.S. |
Standing my Ground by Harry Dunn |
| Storytelling |
| 1 | Liz Eiden |
Sauk Centre H.S. |
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| 2 | Zoe Hoeschen |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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| 3 | Jada Rausch |
Melrose Area H.S. |
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