O-C Speech: Varsity Wins Sweepstakes, Novice Is Runner Up

The Clearwater-Orchard varsity won the sweepstakes and the novice group was runner up at the Whirlwind Speech Meet in Clearwater on Saturday.

Other schools competing in the meet were Crofton, Humphrey Public, West Holt, Creighton and Verdigre. 

O-C Novice placings: Entertainment 2nd Allison Kerkman; Entertainment Champion Vanessa Carpenter; Serious Prose Champion Adrian Love; Informative 2nd Faith Woslager; OID 3rd Skye Schroeder, Delfina Cerda Soto, Liam Odell, Zane Herley, and Allison Kerkman; Poetry Champion Adrian Love; and Persuasive Champion Jaiden Switzer.

Varsity placings: Persuasive 5th Audrey Wilhelm; Persuasive 6th Cadrien Livingston; Duet 3rd Mallory Cooper and Pammela Maxwell; Duet 6th Cassie Steskal and Antonio Cerda Soto; Serious 5th Kinsley Cooper; Informative 2nd Hanna Cronk; Informative 5th Peyton Clifton; Humorous 3rd Mallory Cooper; Humorous 4th Pammela Maxwell; Poetry 4th Kinsley Cooper; Entertainment 2nd Katie Funk; Entertainment 6th Sean Krebs; and Extemporaneous 5th Cadrien Livingston.

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