Perkins County speech team finishes fourth at Blue & Gold

By Erin Gibbens

Grant Tribune-Sentinel

Out of the 32 teams that were invited and participated in the North Platte Blue & Gold speech meet on Saturday, Feb. 15, Perkins County managed to place fourth with 120 points.

The speakers were divided into varsity (experienced) and novice (first year) groups.

Perkins County had seven novice events and 21 varsity events compete on Saturday. 11 of those 28 total events earned medals.

Coach Penny Hite said the team did so well on Saturday, and noted it was an All-Class meet that took the top 12 varsity speakers and top six novice speakers to finals.

The team will next compete in Ogallala on Saturday, Feb. 22 before having a weekend off from competitions.

Varsity Results

•Serious Prose: Summer Postlewait, 19th; Hannah Kempf, 25th; Sam McArtor, 30th; Bella Fraizer, 35th

•Humerous Prose: Jacob Woodmancy, 6th; Keshia Leeper, 10th

• Poetry: Summer Postlewait, 19th; Jessie Craig, 39th

•Persuasive: Meghan Bishop, 7th

•Entertainment: Ian Sihm, 11th; Carter Krajewski, 12th; Madelyn Ingold, 25th

•Informative: Sam McArtor, 1st; Savannah Schmitt, 28th

•Extemporaneous: Jeb Kohl, 20th

•Duet: Matthew Wendell and Jacob Woodmancy, 4th; Ian Sihm and Ethan Terry, 5th; Rylee Huff and Carter Krajewski, 7th; Keshia Leeper and Hannah Kempf, 7th; Emmerald Sims and Kayla Reichenburg, 25th; Bella Fraizer and Hallie Fisher, 30th

• Oral Interpretation of Drama: Meghan Bishop, Blake Dolezal, Triston Hite, Jeb Kohl and Sophia Perez, 7th

Novice results

• Humerous Prose: Elijah Busick, 13th

• Persuasive: Ethan Sihm, 21st

• Informative: Dayami Ruiz, 2nd; Emmerald Sims, 9th

• Extemporaneous: Gavin Smith, 6th; Elijah Busick, 9th

• Duet: Juels Lyon and Kylie Tucker, 9th