Reaching the gold standard

The Hartington-Newcastle Speech team dominated the competition Friday to win the District Speech title here. (above) The Oral Interpretation of Drama team of Austin Sudbeck, Trevon Hopping, Dane Gotch, Issac Santiago and (not pictured) Carter Kelly recite their piece during a recent local performance. (left) Lainey Morten and Cole Heimes perform their District runner-up duet selection. The HNS team is sending 13 entries to State, which will be held March 27 in Kearney.