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NORFOLK — The Hartington Newcastle Wildcat speech team won 8 of 10 events en route to its second straight GNAC conference title at Lutheran High Monday.
The Wildcats medaled 19 entries and scored 332 team points in the win. West Holt took home runner up honors, scoring 224 points.
“We really performed well,” Speech coach Kyle Stevens said. “Everyone has been working really hard in practice, and the coaches are proud of how each student has worked to prepare.”
GNAC Conference results: Lainey Morten, Gabe Reyes, Jason Heimes, Alyk Zach and Vayda Lippert–1st Place–-OID Dane Gotch and Issac Santiago–-1st Place–-Duet Dane Gotch–1st Place–Serious Prose Hazel Hochstein–1st Place–Informative Lainey Morten–1st Place–Humorous Prose Hazel Hochstein–1st Place–Persuasive Trevon Hopping–1st Place–Program of Oral Interp.
Trynity Zach–1st Place–Poetry Issac Santiago, Dane Gotch, Carter Kelly, Trevon Hopping and Austin Sudbeck–2nd Place–OID Issac Santiago–2nd Place–Serious Prose Lainey Morten–2nd Place–Program of Oral Interp.
Alyk Zach–2nd Place–Poetry Austin Sudbeck and Trevon Hopping– 3rd Place–Duet Gabe Reyes–3rd Place–Extemporaneous Alyk Zach–3rd Place–Humorous Prose Emily Climer–4th Place–Entertainment Trynity Zach–-4th Place–Persuasive Emily Climer–4th Place–Informative Carter Kelly–6th Place–Entertainment The Wildcats will next be in action at the C2-3 District meet on Friday, March 20 at Creighton High School.
“Our district will be extremely competitive,” Stevens said. “The team needs to keep working hard over the next week to make sure we are ready for a great day of Speech.”
