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.