courtesy photo PCS speech team attending PCS meet, beginning with the front row from left are Coach Mikaela Stephenson, Sophia Perez, Summer Postlewait, Emmerald Sims, Meghan Bishop, Triston Hite, Jeb Kohl, Kylie Tucker and Blake Dolezal. Middle row from left are Coach Penny Hite, Caitlyn Dolezal, Gavin Smith, Ella Uehling, Maggie Fisher, Kaitlin Meyer, Ryder Potts, Eric Gonzales, Elijah Busick and Mallory McClenahan. Back row from left are Daniel Hampton, Selah Richter-Martinez, Kailee Potts, Maylynn Walker, Emma Klahn, Ava Reese, Emily Cornelius, Kenna Busick, Layla Vigil and Mason McGreer. Not pictured are Iris Robles and Katie Cook.
courtesy photo WPS speech team attending the PCS meet are from left, Coach Larae Buresh, Brylie Robinson, Kendall McClintock, Joey Ledbetter, Angie Vasquez and Erica Rosentrater.
PCS Speech Invitational hosts 18 area teams
Perkins County Schools hosted a Speech Invitational Jan. 29 with 18 teams in attendance.
PCS finished fourth overall and second C1/C2 as a team, said Penny Hite, speech coach.
Placing at the meet in each category were:
OID
4th - Jeb Kohl, Blake Dolezal, Triston Hite, Meghan Bishop, Sophia Perez
5th - Maggie Fisher, Ella Uehling, Kailee Potts, Ava Reese, Caitlyn Dolezal
PERSUASIVE
4th - Gavin Smith
POETRY
8th - Summer Postlewait
10th - Maylynn Walker
11th - Emma Klahn
Top Novice - Eric Gonzales
HUMOROUS
4th - Summer Postlewait
SERIOUS
6th - Caitlyn Dolezal
INFORMATIVE
2nd - Gavin Smith
9th- Kaitlin Meyer
DUET
4th - Jeb Kohl, Triston Hite
9th - Summer Postlewait, Gavin Smith
EXTEMPORANEOUS
8th - Ryder Potts
Wallace Public Schools speech results
Samantha Garrison, WPS speech, sent five students to the PCS speech meet Jan. 29.
Attending with the students was Coach Larae Buresh.
“We might of been a small team today, but the kids worked hard, gained confidence and performed their best. I am so proud of these kids—the Fab 5,” said Buresh.
Attending the PCS meet from WPS was Angie Vazquez - Poetry; Joey Ledbetter - Humorous Prose; Brylie Robinson - Persuasive; Erica Rosentrater - Serious Prose and Kendall McClintock who broke for champion finals and earned fourth overall, she said.
Jan. 15 WPS speech results @ WPS meet
DUET
3rd - Triston/Jeb Kohl
5th - Summer Postlewait/Gavin Smith
ENTERTAINMENT
7th - Selah Richter-Martinez (missed finals by 2 speaker points)
INFORMATIVE
1st - Kaitlin Meyer
4th - Gavin Smith
OID
4th - Uehling/Reese/Dolezal/Potts/Fisher
5th - Perez/Bishop/Hite/Dolezal/Kohl
HUMOROUS
3rd - Summer Postlewait
5th - Emme Sims
POETRY
2nd - Summer Postlewait
6th - Eric Gonzales
PERSUASIVE
1st - Meghan Bishop
2nd - Gavin Smith
SERIOUS
2nd - Mallory McClenahan
3rd - Caitlyn Dolezal
5th - Iris Robles
The next Speech Invitational will be in Sutherland on Feb. 5.