Gators Dominate the 2010 Speech Season
March 03, 2010
The Wisner-Pilger speech team has had quite a successful season--and that proved to be true with the last two tournaments as the Gators claimed runner-up honors at both the East Husker and District championships!
The Gators traveled to Lyons-Decatur February 27th to compete for conference honors, and left with a runner-up team title! The Gators lost a close one to Stanton High, 129-128, but earned its second runner-up title in three years. Following the conference championship, the Gators focused on the district contest held March 2 at Wayne State College, and finished with the team runner-up plaque! The Gators fell to Crofton, 141-117, but earned four event champions and seven state qualifying events overall!
The Wisner-Pilger Gator Speech Team, with their results...(* indicates state qualifier)
Luke Evans*--District and Conference Extemporaneous Champion
Kasey Pestel*--District and Conference Persuasive Champion
Miranda Hammerback*--District Serious Prose Champion, Third, Conference
Luke Evans/Zach Johnson*--District and Conference Duet Champion
Tawny Nekuda*--Third, District and Conference Persuasive
Sara Lenox*--Third, District and Fifth, Conference Humorous Prose
Lizbeth Orozco*--Third, District Informative
The seven Gator speakers advance to the state C-1 championships at the University of Nebraska-Kearney March 18th, with rounds beginning at 8:00 AM!
Also placing at the district and East Husker contests were the following...
Lizz Cornett--Conference Poetry Runner-Up
Thays Lantz--Third, Conferece and Fourth, District Entertainment
Taylor Horst--Third, Conference and Fifth, District Informative
Stephanie Jones--Fourth, Conference and Fifth, District Serious Prose
Cassie Kerkman--Fifth, Conference Poetry
Brian Leisy--Superior, Conference Humorous Prose
Liz Moeller--Superior, Conference Entertainment
MaggieJo McMahon--Excellent, Conference and District Extemporaneous
DRAMA--"American Womens Justice League of America" (Lizz Cornett, Taylor Horst, Lizbeth Orozco, Miranda Hammerback, Sarah Schweers), Third, Conference; Sixth, District
"Perils of LuLu" (Zach Johnson, Cassie Kerkman, Sara Lenox, Brian Leisy, Liz Moeller),
Fourth, District and Conference
DUET ACTING--Thays Lantz and Tawny Nekuda, Third, Conference and Fifth, District
