Osmond speech team kicks off season at area meets

The Osmond High School speech team has kicked off its season. This year’s team consists of junior Diandra Polt, sophomore Austin Vinson and freshmen Kenzie von Rentzell, Kaden Polt, Bailey Schmit, Holly Jensen and Riley Wagner.

WAYNE —The D-1 Osmond team faced tough competition on Saturday, Feb. 2 at Wayne State College’s meet, facing teams ranging from Class B to Class D-2.  This is one of the few meets where all competitors are lumped into varsity competition, resulting in more than 50 entries per event. Although Osmond did not have any finalists, many of the students placed second and third in their competition rounds.

WAUSA — On Saturday, Feb. 9, the team traveled to Wausa to compete against 12 teams.  Osmond had four medalists. At the varsity level, Diandra Polt received second in extemporaneous speaking. At the junior varsity level, Riley Wagner and Kaden Polt took first place with their duet, Kenzie von Rentzell received third in informative speaking and Kaden received fourth for his humorous prose.

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