Leigh Speech Finishes 4th Out of 17 Teams!
Launch the media gallery 1 playerThe Leigh Speech team had a great showing competing at the North Bend Speech meet on Saturday, January 25, placing 4th as a team out of 17 schools!
17 teams participated in the competition including West Point-Beemer, Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Homer, North Bend, Seward, Wisner-Pilger, Clarkson, Scribner-Snyder, Madison, Pender, East Butler, Yutan, UMÓⁿHOⁿ Nation, Lyons-Decatur, Cedar Bluffs, and Logan View.
The speech team saw many successes. Brianne Kuhr placed 2nd and Luke Esenmann placed 3rd in varsity extemperaneous, Lexis Gleason and Jocelyn Donnelly placed 4th in varsity duet, Brayden Loseke paced 4th in varsity informative, Sydney Messerlie placed 6th in varsity serious and 6th -in varsity poetry, Kaylee Brabec placed 2nd in novice persuasive, James Moore placed 6th in novice POI, and Syndney Messerlie, James Moore, Kaycee Lange, Vivian Bunner, and Cade Hoesly placed 3rd in novice OID.
Speech coach Mr. Ethan Hathaway says, “It was a great start to our season. All the kids have been working hard and it was great to bring home lots of hardware. There were a lot of bigger schools at this meet but the kids didn't let that scare them. They did great individually and as a team. They are all very supportive of each other and I'm excited to see where the rest of the season takes them!”
“It was great to start off the season with a successful meet,” senior Brianne Kuhr said. “There were many Class B and Class C teams at the meet, but Leigh was still a huge competitor. I am glad that we were able to officially start off the season with a large competition, and the underclassmen were able to watch other speeches in their categories. I was really happy to see many people make it to finals at the meet, and it shows how hard they work.”