Gering Speech Meet

     On Saturday, January 12, Chadron High Speech Team had their first competition in Gering, Nebraska. "We killed it." coach Breanda Lanphear said. "I was very proud of them because we were the champions of the meet. Out of seven events we took, four of the events got first."
      Lucy Biernacki, Hayly Clark and Alexis Conboy all participated in the "Poetry" event. Alexis Conboy was the only student in the poetry section to place, taking home fourth place on her poem about her life. Hayly recited a poem about slavery and freedom, while Lucy Biernacki's poem was about insomnia.
     Along with poetry another event students participated in was persuasive speaking. Taya Leija was next in finals (an understudy) with her piece on animal testing. Paige Carattini took home third place with her persuasive piece on prison reform and the justice system. "Public Speaking and acting is my jam!!!" Carattini said.
     Another event was the Oral Interpretation of Drama or OID. Four year speechie, Claire Margetts, and two year speechie, Alexis Conboy both participated in the OID. Claire's OID group took first place with their condensed version of Disney's "Hercules." Alexis's OID group took home third place with their "School Reunion" piece.