LCHS Speech Team regional results

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[February 16, 2015]  NORMAL - The LCHS Speech Team advanced seven students Saturday from the IHSA Regional Individual Events competition at Normal University High School and placed 5th overall.


Braden Tanner and Justin Woods presented ‘Confessions from the Afterlife” during last week’s “Meet the Speechies.” Their performance took First Place in Dramatic Duet Acting at Saturday’s Regional competition.
-- Photo by Jan Youngquist

Junior Braden Tanner and freshman Justin Woods were regional champions in Dramatic Duet Acting, the 5th year consecutively that Lincoln has been the regional champs in DDA.



"Lincoln has a rich speech and theatre history," said head coach Jennifer Keith. "We have the only state championship trophy in the school and send kids to state nearly every year, but the entire downstate region is in one sectional, and it's pretty cutthroat.

"It's difficult to make it to the next level," Keith continued. "It will be a lot of work, but with despite them being a young team, work is not something they are afraid of."

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Junior Zac McCray placed 3rd in Humorous Interpretation while sophomore Reagen Tibbs placed 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking. Sophomore Belle Smith placed 3rd in Oratorical Declamation and junior Lena Stapleton placed 3rd in Poetry Reading. Sophomore Claire Conrady placed 4th in Original Comedy and Tanner and McCray were 4th in Humorous Duet Acting.

The top four in regional competition move to sectional competition Feb. 14 at Normal Community West High School from regionals held at U-High, Carbondale and Chatham Glenwood. Of the top 12 entrants at the Sectional, the top three move to State competition at Peoria Civic Center Feb. 20-21.



Finalists who did not advance to Sectional are: Conrady, 5th in Dramatic Interpretation; sophomore Caleb White, 6th in Radio Speaking; sophomore Jake Berglin, 6th in Original Oratory; Smith, 6th in Informative Speaking; and junior McKenzie Landers, 6th in Special Occasion Speaking.

[Speech Coach Jennifer Keith, Lincoln Community High School]

 

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