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Lincoln Community High School speech team weekend results       Send a link to a friend 

[DEC. 5, 2005]  It was a very busy weekend for the Lincoln Community High School Speech team, which split its team to compete at a varsity tournament in Bloomington and a novice tournament in Heyworth. The novice team finished in first place, and the varsity team finished second.

Lincoln champions at the novice tournament were Cody Follis in verse, Chelsea Filbeck in impromptu, Stephanie Holford in original comedy and Kaylyn Engelhardt in prose and declamation.

Other novice placers for Lincoln were Katy Reynolds and Kelly Knecht, third in dramatic duet; Cody Follis, second in dramatic interpretation; Stephanie Holford, third, and Hailey Cooper, fifth, in humorous interpretation; Todd Schumacher and Maddy Bond, fifth in humorous duet; Schumacher, fifth in declamation; Knecht, fifth in oratory; Cooper, second in original comedy; Knecht, sixth in prose; Engelhardt, second in radio; and Reynolds, second in special occasion.

Varsity tournament champions for Lincoln were Rachel Kasa in dramatic interpretation, Tony Curcuru and Rachel Kasa in dramatic duet acting, and Lindsey Boerma in humorous interpretation.

Other varsity placers for Lincoln were Kelly Lohrenz, third in dramatic interpretation; Taylor Muck, sixth in humorous interpretation; Curcuru and Annie Sheley, third in humorous duet; Hannah Snyder, third, and Cameron Kurtz, fifth, in impromptu; Amy Schumacher, second, Sheley, fourth, and Dana Landess, sixth, in declamation; Janel Filbeck, third in oratory; Jaci Gandenberger, sixth in prose; Lohrenz, sixth in special occasion; and Ruth Ohmart, fifth in verse.

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Lincoln travels north next weekend for a tournament at Naperville Central.

"I am very proud of our novice speakers this weekend," said Carrie Schreiber, a coach for Lincoln. "We have a small novice team, but they are powerful. It is exciting any time you have five tournament champions. Our varsity team also fared well and was only a few points from first place. We look forward to good things next weekend when we go to the highly competitive Naperville Central tournament."

[LCHS news release]


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