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Lincoln Community High School Speech Team Wins Olympia Christmas Classic

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[December 17, 2007]  STANFORD -- The Lincoln Community High School Speech team topped 18 teams to win the Olympia Christmas Classic. The points from the team's nine varsity tournament champions and one novice champion boosted LCHS to the winning score of 327. The next-highest team scored 197.

The varsity team was led by the double wins of Cameron Kurtz in impromptu and extemporaneous, Janel Filbeck in oratory and declamation, and Todd Schumacher in dramatic interpretation. Individual tournament champions were Annie Sheley in radio speaking, Kaylyn Engelhardt and Kelly Knecht in humorous duet, and Taylor Muck in verse.

Second place was notched by Annie Sheley in special occasion speaking, Cody Follis in prose reading, and Taylor Muck and Stephanie Holford in humorous duet. Kaylyn Engelhardt and Cody Follis were third in dramatic duet, Kelly Knecht third in special occasion, and Stephanie Holford was third in humorous interpretation. Other varsity finalists were Rebecca Kasa, fourth in radio, and Emily Harms and Trevor Arrington, sixth in humorous duet.

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Many team members advanced to the semifinals but not the finals in their events. Those contestants were Rebecca Kasa, Lorenda Kirby, Heather Meisenbach, Katy Langdon, Abby Parmenter, Jairris Vermeire and Raeann Sheley.

Novice finalists were Katy Langdon, first in dramatic interpretation and third in verse; Abby Parmenter, third in special occasion and fourth in declamation; Nicole Fenner and Cheyenne Duncan, fifth in dramatic duet; Emily Harms, second in original comedy; and Trevor Arrington, fifth in extemporaneous.

The team is off until Jan. 12, when they travel down the road to the Link Heyworth Tournament, named in honor of retired coach Connie Link.

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