Eisenmann and Kuhr Place at Conference Speech
Launch the media gallery 1 playerOn Wednesday, the Leigh Speech Team went to Clarkson to compete in the East Husker Conference (West Division) speech meet. It was a very long day, beginning at 8 am and ending at 5 pm.
The schools involved at the meet included Leigh, Humphrey, Madison, Clarkson, North Bend, Howells-Dodge, Wisner-Pilger, and Stanton.
19 Leigh team members competed at the meet. There were two medalists at this meet, both in Extemporaneous Speaking. Junior Luke Eisenmann placed 3rd and senior Brianne Kuhr placed 5th.
Team placings had Howells-Dodge in 1st, with Wisner-Pilger coming in 2nd. Leigh finished in 6th as a team.
Ethan Hathaway said "It was a tough day for the Leigh speech team at Conference, but the kids all did well and I'm proud of all of them. Congrats to our two medalists, Luke and Brianne. They earned it!"
“It was fun to watch my teammates compete and get after it,” Brett Wemhoff said. “It wasn’t the result we were hoping for, but I feel confident in our future because we have a young team.”