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Speech Team Results 2025

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District Speech Meet at Wausa - March 

• Congratulations to the EPS Speech team today on a tough D1-3 District performance yesterday.
• The team placed third overall.
• Chloe was the District Entertainment Speaking Champion!
• Gemma placed third in Extemp, and Zoey placed 3rd in Serious Prose.
• Those three will represent EPS at the State Speech Championships in Kearney
• The OID of Chloe, Callie, Kayton, Braelyn and Kierstyn placed 4th, the Duet of Chloe and Callie placed 4th, Kyndal placed 4th in Persuasive, and Gemma placed 4th in Poetry—all missing state qualification by one place.
• Kyndal also placed 5th in Informative, Kyla placed 5th in Extemp, and Kayton placed 5th in POI.
• Ruby placed 6th in Serious and Kyla placed 6th in Humorous. Callie received a Superior Rating in Informative.
• Congratulations to all on some excellent performances against some tough competition. Moving up a class is always difficult, but you held your own, kids.
   

RIVERSIDE Speech Meet - March 10th

• Chloe was the Entertainment Speaking Champion.
• The OID of Chloe, Callie, Kayton, Braelyn and Kierstyn brought home the 4th place medals.
• Chloe and Callie's Duet placed 10th
• Kyndal's Informative placed 10th
• Kyla earned a Top Novice medal in Extemporaneous Speaking
• Superior Ratings were earned by Callie in Informative, Gemma in Poetry and Extemp, Zoey in Serious, Kyla in Humorous, Ruby in Serious, and Kyndal in Persuasive.

NVC Speech Meet at Bartlett - March 3rd

• The team placed third!
• Chloe was the Conference Entertainment Champion.
• Callie and Chloe were Duet Champions.
• Kyndal was the Runner-up in Informative and placed Third in Persuasive.
• Zoey was Runner-up in Serious.
• The OID of Callie, Chloe, Kayton, Braelyn and Kierstyn placed Third.
• Kyla placed Fourth in Extemporaneous and Gemma placed Fifth.
• Superior Ratings were earned by Callie in Informative, Kyla in Humorous, Gemma in Poetry, and Ruby in Serious.

Lutheran High Northeast Speech Meet - February 29th

• Chloe earned the runner-up medal in Entertainment Speaking.
• The OID of Chloe, Callie, Kayton, Braelyn, and Kierstyn brought home the 5th placed medals in OID.
• The Duet of Chloe and Callie was just one place out of finals, earning a Superior Rating.
• Superior Ratings were also earned by the following: Kyndal-Informative and Persuasive, Callie-Informative, and Kyla-Humorous. Kyla earned an Excellent Rating in Extemp, and Gemma earned Excellent Ratings in Extemp and Poetry.

Howells-Dodge Speech Meet - January 29th

• In the Varsity Championship Division, Chloe was runner-up in Entertainment Speaking and Kyndal placed 6th in Persuasive Speaking. 
• The OID of Chloe, Callie, Kayton, Braelyn and Kierstyn were runners-up in the Honors Division, and the Duet of Chloe and Callie placed third in the Honors Division. 
• Zoey placed 5th in JV Serious Prose. 
• Earning Superior ratings were the Kyla in Humorous, Gemma in Poetry, and Ruby in Serious Prose.
• Excellent Ratings were awarded to Kyla and Gemma in Extemporaneous Speaking.