Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Speech team places again

The talented and passionate Kimball High School speech team, who faced some tough competition at the Perkins County competition on Saturday, Jan. 30, had a great day according to coach Jennifer Dillinger and came home in fourth place out of 21 teams.

“At this particular meet, we were competing head-to-head against Class A/B schools. That is always difficult for us, because they have so many more students than we do. A team like Ogallala brings 50 students, while Kimball was competing with 12 on Saturday,” Dillinger said. “The fact that our 12 students were about to take 4th place (behind Ogall...