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Kimball speech winners headed to State

The Kimball High School Speech Team won the C1-6 District Championship in Gering, on Monday, March 14.

Individual awards were presented to Desyree Nelson for sixth place in Persuasive speaking, Kennedy Lewis for fifth place in Serious Prose, and the Oral Interpretation of Drama team of Nicholas Thomas-Lewis, Taylor Muldoon, Kaden Adrian and Leisha Casimiro took fifth place.

Sebastian Portillo, Audrey Day, Paycen Harroun, Mikylah Seely, and Tristen Cook were awarded fourth place in Oral Interpretation of Drama and the team of Connor Moore and Mackenzie Brower took fourth place in Duet Acting

"We had a great day," expressed team leader, Jenn Dillinger, "they were against some really tough competition."

The following medal winners qualified for the state speech competition scheduled for March 23 in Kearney:

Kennedy Lewis - 3rd place in Extemporaneous speaking

Tristen Cook - 3rd place in Informative Speaking

Audrey Day - 2nd place in Humorous Prose

Leisha Casimiro - Informative speaking Champion

Taylor Muldoon - Poetry Champion

Sebastian Portillo - Serious Prose Champion

Nicholas Thomas-Lewis - Persuasive Speaking Champion