Pope John finished second and Elgin High School took third at the Niobrara Valley Conference – East Speech competition held Monday at Niobrara.
Clearwater/Orchard won the competition with 311 points, Pope John was second with 236 followed by Elgin High with 211, Verdigre finished fourth with 191 points and Ewing had 140 points.
Results for Pope John were:
First place — Marie Meis, informative speaking; Marie Meis, persuasive speaking
Third place — Brody Hupp, extemporaneous speaking; Scott Moser, entertainment speaking
Fourth place — Karissa Dicke, informative speaking; Emily Seier, Erin Beckman, Nicki Payne, Shantel Preister and Sydney Kerkman, oral interpretation of drama; Karissa Dicke, persuasive speaking
Fifth place — Brianna Hupp, oral interpretation of poetry; Nicki Payne, extemporaneous speaking
Sixth place — Lexie Heithoff, Lizzie Mlnarik, Maria Bartak, Terri Seier and Whitney Walker, oral interpretation of drama
Superior — Scott Moser and Brody Hupp, duet acting; Maddie Dilly, entertainment; Wenting Yu, poetry
Excellent — Brianna Hupp, humorous prose; Lauren Seier and Maddie Schrage, duet acting; Maddie Dilly, serious prose
Elgin High School
Results for Elgin High School were:
First place — Alois Warner and Kenny Bush, duet acting; Alois Warner, Kenny Bush, Taya Voborny and Zoey Bergman, oral interpretation of drama
Second place — Leslie Linares, entertainment speaking
Third place — Dylan Widger, Kira Widger, Leslie Linares, Lydia Behnk and Morgan Carpenter, oral interpretation of drama
Fourth place — Dylan Widger, oral interpretation of poetry
Sixth place — Katie Polk, oral interpretation of serious prose; Lydia Behnk, oral interpretation of humorous prose; Taya Voborny and Zoey Bergman, duet acting; Katie Polk, persuasive speaking
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