LCC Speech Team finds success as they complete a busy season
LAUREL — The last 10 days of the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge speech team season were comparable to a roller coaster.
Emotions ran high as the Bears entered their District meet after a busy 10-day period.
The Bears started off with a trip to the 20-team Wisner-Pilger Gator Gab Fest.
With nearly 40 entries in every event, LCC held its own against some great competition.
Two days later, LCC headed back to Wisner for the annual Pilger Cardinal Triangular with W-P and Wakefield.
While the main purpose of the triangular is to get verbal feedback from NSAA official judges, there remains a small competition between the three schools.
The top four speakers in each event earned old 4-H and bowling trophies that were repurposed from Dixon County.
LCC finished as team champions earning a huge bowling trophy.
The Bears continued their busy week on Friday with their community performance to showcase all of the hard work they had put in to the season.
There was a great turnout on hand to watch as one of the few chances to watch the kids perform.
The following day, LCC hosted its first speech meet in quite a few years. While a smaller meet, the competition on the day was fierce and competitive.
Some judges commented that finals at LCC’s meet was as tough, if not tougher than some of the finals at the actual state meet.
The Bears finished fourth in the team standings.
Finally, the Bears packed up and headed to Hartington-Newcastle for the C2-2 District Meet.
The Bears gave it everything they had and represented LCC well in a District that many coaches around the state claimed was tougher than state.
LCC managed to send five into finals, but sadly the Bears continued to find themselves in the heartbreak position of fourth, finishing right outside of the state qualifying position.
LCC’s great season finished for the year, but has a great starting point for next season.
W-P GAB FEST RESULTS
Merit Finals (15th-22nd)
Izabella Kock Poetry fifth place
Katie Schutte Humorous Prose fifth place
Maddy Graham Serious Prose runner up
White Finals (8th-14th)
Mikayla Walker Persuasive seventh place
Trevin Boysen Poetry sixth place
Jackson Hall Informative sixth place
Jackson Hall Extemp sixth place
Delaney Hall and Ella Hartung Duet fourth place
Jadyn Kinkaid and Kalin Olson Duet third place
Mckenna Leonard Informative second place
Green Finals (1st-7th)
Delaney Hall Entertainment seventh place
Ethan Cross Extemp seventh place
Ella Hartung Entertainment sixth place
Tyler Lubberstedt Humorous Prose third place
Tyler Lubberstedt Impromptu runner up
LCC finished eighth out of 20 schools
W-P TRIANGULAR RESULTS
Mikayla Walker-Persuade runner up
Delaney Johnson-Persuade fourth place
Jackson Hall Inform runner up
McKenna Leonard Inform third place
Haley Christensen Inform fourth place
Maddy Graham Serious Prose runner up
Izabella Kock Serious Prose fourth place
Trevin Boysen Poetry third place
Izabella Kock Poetry fourth place Delaney Hall Entertainment run
Delaney Hall Entertainment runner up
Ella Hartung Entertainment third place
Ethan Cross Extemp runner up
Brianna Campbell Extemp third place
Tyler Lubberstedt Humorous Prose Champion
Jadyn Kinkaid and Kalin Olson Duet third place
Ethan Cross, Maddy Graham,
Sarah Karnes, and Samantha Pehrson OID Champion
LCC finished first as a team
LCC BEAR INVITE RESULTS
--Honors Finals—
Haley Christensen Entertainment seventh place
Delaney Johnson Persuasive sixth place McKenna Leonard Inform fifth
McKenna Leonard Inform fifth place
Haley Christensen Inform fourth place
Trevin Boysen Poetry fourth place Izabella Kock, Gabbie Kock, Tyler Lubberstedt, and London Van Cleave OID third place
Ethan Cross Extemp third place Izabella Kock Serious Prose third place
Jadyn Kinkaid and Kalin Olson Duet third place
Katie Schutte Humorous Prose third place
Delaney Hall and Ella Hartung Duet runner up
Izabella Kock Poetry runner up Mikayla Walker Persuasive Champion
Ethan Cross, Maddy Graham, Sarah Karnes, and Samantha Peherson OID Champion
--Champs Finals—
Megan Forsberg, Jadyn Kinkaid, McKenna Leonard, Kalin Olson, and Katie Schutte OID fifth place Brianna Campbell Extemp fifth place
Ella Hartung Entertainment fourth place
Maddy Graham Serious Prose fourth place
Delaney Hall Entertainment third place
Tyler Lubberstedt Humorous Prose third place
Tyler Lubberstedt Impromptu Champion
C2-2 DISTRICT RESULTS
Brianna Campbell Extemp sixth place
Jadyn Kinkaid and Kalin Olson Duet sixth place
Ethan Cross Extemp fourth place Maddy Graham Serious Prose fourth place
Ethan Cross, Maddy Graham, Sarah Karnes, and Samantha Pehrson OID fourth place
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