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CROFTON — It was a gold rush for the Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats on Saturday.
The Wildcats captured six of the 10 events to run away with the team championship at the Crofton Invite at Crofton High School.
Hartington-Newcastle piled up 21 medals and finished with 78 team points. Wausa Vikings claimed runner-up honors with 40 points.
“The team performed well Saturday,” coach Kyle Stevens said. “We have really been working hard and a lot of performances are really developing nicely.”
The Wildcats will host Speech Night for the public at Hartington-Newcastle Public Schools on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m.
The team will compete on Saturday, March 7 when they travel to Columbus for a triangular with Columbus Scotus and David City. The GNAC Conference meet is Monday, March 9 at Lutheran High in Norfolk.
Crofton Invite results: Alyk Zach–1st Place–Poetry Issac Santiago & Dane Gotch–1st Place–Duet Trynity Zach–1st Place–Persuasive Carter Kelly, Trevon Hopping, Dane Gotch, Issac Santiago, and Austin Sudbeck–1st Place–OID Issac Santiago–1st Place–Serious Prose Lainey Morten–1st Place–Program of Oral Interp.
Dane Gotch–2nd Place–Serious Prose Gabe Reyes–2nd Place–Extemporaneous Lainey Morten–3rd Place–Humorous Prose Trevon Hopping–3rd Place–Program of Oral Interp.
Trynity Zach–3rd Place–Poetry Emily Climer–4th Place–Entertainment Elena Reyes–4th Place–Poetry Alyk Zach–4th Place–Humorous Prose Lainey Morten, Gabe Reyes, Jason Heimes, Alyk Zach & Vayda Lippert– 4th Place–OID Jason Heimes & Scout Heimes– 5th Place–Duet Hazel Hochstein–5th Place–Informative Trevon Hopping & Austin Sudbeck–6th Place–Duet Carter Kelly–6th Place–Entertainment Elena Reyes–6th Place–Serious Prose Nathan Heimes–6th Place–Informative
