Leigh Speech Showcases Talent
The Leigh speech team has been keeping busy this season, with meets on back-to-back weekends recently.
The Leigh Speech Team traveled to Wakefield on February 12 to compete in the “Sweet Meet.”
The speech team had 16 members compete at this meet with Luke Eisenmann placing 1st in Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking, Sydney Messerlie placing 4th in Varsity Serious, and Jocelyn Donnelly & Lexis Gleason placing 6th in Varsity Duet Acting.
On Saturday, February 21, the Speech Team traveled to Wisner-Pilger to compete against speakers from over 20 teams, making it one of their biggest meets of the season.
It was a smaller group that traveled to Wisner with just 7 members competing. At this meet, there were 3 different rounds of finals: “Green, White, and Recycling” with Green being the highest and “Recycling” being the lowest. In the Green finals, Luke Eisenmann placed 3rd in Impromptu. In the White finals, James Moore placed 1st in Poetry, Luke Eisenmann placed 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking, and Brayden Loseke placed 5th in Informative. In the Recycling Finals, Kaylee Brabec placed 5th in Persuasive Speaking.
“I think that overall, our speech team was very successful at both of these meets. The Wisner Meet was a tough meet with many other schools there, but it didn’t stop any of our members from doing their best and placing,” said junior Kaylee Brabec. “I am so proud of our team and how far some of our members have come.”
Coach Ethan Hathaway said, “Wisner is a big meet! It was a tough day, but I'm super proud of the whole team and those that medaled across all sections. This was a good test heading into Conference and helped us gain some momentum.”