Young speakers from across the region met up at Chadron High School this past Saturday for Chadron High School’s annual Speech Invite. Chadron showed aggressive competition with many individuals taking home awards and winning Team Overall Runner-Up for the event.
Sara Carrick and Audrey Dailey won first in their Duet competition. The five star crew of Lillie Uhing, Alexis Haver, Charlotte Fisher, Audrey Dailey, and Sara Carrick took home the gold for the OID event. Emi O’donnel was first in her poety speech, while Audrey Dailey was right behind her in third. Fourth place was awarded to Sara Carrick for her Interpretation of Humerous Prose, and Rex Ritterbush for Informative. Lillian Johndreau secured the fifth place spot with Entertainment and Charlotte Fisher won her second award of the day, placing sixth in Humorous.
Mitchell High School went home with the gold team title, while Alliance was in third. Chadron hosted eleven schools Saturday for the meet.
The talented crew is bound for Gordon-Rushville schools Saturday, February 8th for their Invite, with Districts and State Speech set to take place in March.