Elgin Public, Pope John Students Earn Speech Medals

Two Pope John students and 11 Elgin Public students brought home medals from the Lindsay Holy Family Speech Meet on February 14.

Pope John freshmen Maddie Dilly and Sydney Kerkman tied for 6th place in their first high school speech meet. They competed in duet acting and performed "The Boy Book" as their selection.

The Elgin Public team qualified five events for finals and brought home eleven medals. They tied for 7th place as a team.

Individual medalists were:

Dylan Widger placed 6th out of 30 competitors in Poetry.

Lisa Dohmen placed 6th out of 35 in Humorous Prose.

Ethan Fischer and Kenny Bush placed 5th out of 36 teams in duet acting.

Both of EPS OID teams made finals. The OID of Christopher Bush, Alois Warner, Kenny Bush and Jaime Hoefer placed 5th out of 20 teams. The OID of Dylan Widger, Taya Voborny and Zoey Bergman placed 7th.

The following team members received Superior ratings during the day:

Bergman and Warner-Duet, Paige Nichols-Entertainment, Tyler Smith-Entertainment, Morgan Carpenter-Humorous, Dohmen-Poetry, and Hoefer-Serious.

Katie Polk also received an Excellent rating in Serious Prose.

The next meet will be at Newman Grove on February 25. The Pope John Invite will follow on the 28th. The NVC East Meet, also at Pope John, will take place that following Monday. The rescheduled Riverside meet will be held on that Wednesday. 

District competition will be in Ewing on March 18.