The DHS speech team competed in the last regular season speech meet of the school year Feb. 10 and 11 at Montrose High School. The young Delta team earned fourth place overall in the field of 10 Western Slope schools.

In humor, both Jeremy Dziubasik and Taylor King made finals, with Jeremy placing fourth and Taylor finishing sixth. Haley Donathan just missed making the cut for finals and finished in seventh place. In poetry, Sawyer Keeline qualified for finals and finished third. Javier Romero just missed qualifying for finals and finished seventh.

In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Ridge Green finished with a 3-1 record, which earned him third place. DHS's other three Lincoln-Douglas debaters, Haley Donathan, Javier Romero and Linh Nguyen all finished with 2-2 records. Public forum debate saw the team of Sawyer Keeline and Valerie Velasco post a 3-1 record for third place. The Dziubasik brothers, Nick and Jeremy, went 2-2 and placed fourth.

The team next heads for Durango the last weekend in February to compete in the district tournament. The outcome of this tournament will determine who will be qualified to compete at the state tournament to be held mid-March in Fort Collins.