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Two weeks ago, extempers from South Dakota competed in the South Dakota Activities Association State Tournament. South Dakota has two classes for its state tournament, which are then divided into International and United States Extemp categories.
In Class A International Extemp, Brady S. Jandl of Lennox High School became the first winner from Lennox since 2010. Jandl defeated Kadon Leddy of Milbank High School for the title. Jandl’s Lennox teammate August W. Meyer finished in third place.
In Class A United States Extemp, Berk Ehrmantraut of Beresford High School became the first state champion from his school in the category since 1992. Joe Miller of Vermillion High School finished runner-up for the second consecutive year and was trying to become the second consecutive Vermillion extemper to win the U.S. Extemp state title. Connor Lightfield of Milbank High School took third place, an improvement over his seventh place finish last season.
Class AA International Extemp saw Shyanne Redlin of Watertown High School successfully defend her state championship. Redlin defeated Ryan Wellman of SF Lincoln High School. She becomes the first back-to-back winner in AA International Extemp since Ann Fishback of Brookings High School accomplished the feat in 1996. Yilun Li of Brookings High School finished third.
And in Class AA United States Extemp Ryan Solberg gave Mitchell High School its fourth consecutive winner in the category, defeating Caleb Munce of SF Lincoln. Solberg was a return finalist, having placed fifth at last year’s state tournament. Emily Meier of Aberdeen Central High School rounded out the top three.
All of the finalists at the tournament earned an automatic qualification to the 2015 Extemp TOC at Northwestern University.
Here are the results of the 2015 South Dakota High School Activities Association State Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
Class A International Extemp
Champion: Brady S. Jandl (Lennox High School, South Dakota)
2nd: Kadon Leddy (Milbank High School, South Dakota)
3rd: August W. Meyer (Lennox High School, South Dakota)
4th: Sowmya Ragothaman (Vermillion High School, South Dakota)
5th: Brianna Schreurs (Milbank High School, South Dakota)
6th: Kevin Huot (Beresfod High School, South Dakota)
Class A United States Extemp
Champion: Berk Ehrmantraut (Beresford High School, South Dakota)
2nd: Joe Miller (Vermillion High School, South Dakota)
3rd: Connor Lightfield (Milbank High School, South Dakota)
4th: Kolby C. Reinke (Lennox High School, South Dakota)
5th: Erika Moen (Vermillion High School, South Dakota)
6th: John T. Steever (Lennox High School, South Dakota)
Class AA International Extemp
Champion: Shyanne Redlin (Watertown High School, South Dakota)
2nd: Ryan Wellman (SF Lincoln High School, South Dakota)
3rd: Yilun Li (Brookings High School, South Dakota)
4th: Brett Duffek (SF O’Gorman High School, South Dakota)
5th: Destiny Pinder-Buckley (Mitchell High School, South Dakota)
6th: Derek Hamre (SF Lincoln High School, South Dakota)
Class AA United States Extemp
Champion: Ryan Solberg (Mitchell High School, South Dakota)
2nd: Caleb Munce (SF Lincoln High School, South Dakota)
3rd: Emily Meier (Aberdeen Central High School, South Dakota)
4th: Sydney Gelling (Aberdeen Central High School, South Dakota)
5th: Jonah Dally (SF O’Gorman High School, South Dakota)
6th: Alexander King (SF O’Gorman High School, South Dakota)
Extemp Central thanks the South Dakota High School Activities Association for putting the results of the tournament online.