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WAUSA — The Hartington-Newcastle Speech team took home the varsity team championship at Saturday’s Wausa Invite.
The Wildcats scored 57 points to claim the title, while Wausa and Crofton tied for team runners-up with 40 points each.
The HNS JV and varsity teams took home 17 medals on the day. Coach Kyle Stevens said the team has been working hard to improve each and every day.
“This week was a positive step forward for the team, “ he said. “We competed well on Saturday and have been working hard in practice. There is still work to do, but every time we go out to compete, we are getting closer to maximizing our potential. It will be exciting to see what these talented students can accomplish as the season progresses.”
Results are as follows: Carter Kelly--Champion--Entertainment Issac Santiago--Champion--Serious Prose Ryell Haug--Champion--Poetry Katelyn Uldrich--Champion--JV Informative Dane Gotch--Runner Up--Serious Prose Lainey Morten--Runner Up--Humorous Prose Ziva Stratman--Runner Up--JV Informative Alyk Zach--3rd Place--Poetry Cole Heimes--3rd Place--Entertainment Dane Gotch & Issac Santiago--3rd Place--Duet Hazel Hochstein--3rd Place--Informative Cole Heimes, Lainey Morten, Jason Heimes, Gabe Reyes, & Alyk Zach-4th Place--OID Alyk Zach--4th Place--Humorous Prose Kloe Fischer--4th Place--JV Entertainment Trynity Zach--4th Place--Persuasive Vayda Lippert--5th Place--Program of Oral Interpretation Trynity Zach--5th Place--Extemporaneous
