Speech team places first at home tournament

Perkins County Speech Invitational was held Saturday, Jan. 28 with 16 western teams involved. Perkins County mustered up several medals to edge Ogallala by .5 point to be the overall champion; Chase County was third; Hershey, Sutherland and Wallace followed with fourth, fifth and sixth.

Coaches Penny Hite and Whitney Soper are very proud of Perkins County’s performances and improvements made week by week. 

Results

Duet: Ava Reese/Ava Seger, fourth; MaylynnWalker/Selah Richter-Martinez, sixth; Cecilia Putnam/Madi Swesey, 10th *Novice champs; Ella Uehling/Tessa Uehling 11th.

Entertainment: Maggie Fisher, third; Mason McGreer, eighth.

Extemporaneous: Bishop: third *novice champ; Cooper Kroeker/Ryder Potts, fourth (unbreakable tie).

Humorous: Maylynn Walker, third; Kaitlyn Meyer, seventh; Connor Tyerman, ninth.

Informative: Gavin Smith, second; Connor Tyerman, ninth.

OID: Ava Seger/Kenna Busick/Bishop/Emily Cornelius/Paige Franklin, second; Uehling/Maggie Fisher/Caitlyn Dolezal/Mallory McClenahan/Ava Reese, fourth; Eli Busick/Cecilia Putnam/Mason McGreer/Kaitlyn Meyer/Eric Gonzalez, eighth.

Persuasive: Gavin Smith, first; Paige Franklin, sixth; Eli Busick, eighth.

Poetry: Mallory McClenahan, third.

 Programmed Oral Interpretation: Selah Richter-Martinez first; Bishop, fifth *novice champ; Kaitlyn Cook, ninth. 

Serious: Emma Klahn, 14th; Caitlyn Dolezal, 15th; Eric Gonzalez, 23rd.