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The Potter-Dix High School speech team, above, captured first place at last weekend's MAC Speech Contest. Leyton took home second place.
Leyton High's Jake Ernest, left, and Kenny Ernest took fourth place in "Duets."
MINATARE – More than 125 students from across the Panhandle competed last week during the Minuteman Activities Conference Speech Contest. Schools that competed included Banner County, Bayard, Creek Valley, Garden County, Leyton, Minatare, Potter-Dix and South Platte.
Potter-Dix went home with the conference title, accruing 112 sweepstakes points at the event hosted by Minatare High School. Finishing in second place was Leyton with 62 points, followed by Bayard with 50 points.
Potter-Dix had individual champions including Bekah Hutchinson in Persuasive and Poetry; Audrey Juelfs in Humorous along with Justice Palmer and Kevertt Rusk in Duet Acting.
Other champions included Megan Gifford of Banner County in Informative; Aaron Schrotberger of Leyton in Entertainment; RyAnne Blau of Bayard in Extemporaneous; Jesse Straber of Creek Valley in Serious and Leyton's Oral Interpretation of Drama (OID) consisting of Abbe Draper, Jack Houk, Aaron Schrotberger, Kelsey Miller and Cheyenne Nickel.
Many of the schools that competed at the MAC Tournament will perform again Saturday during the Small Schools Invite at Hemingford followed by district contests. In Paxton on March 16, Leyton, Minatare and Potter-Dix will compete. Meanwhile, the Creek Valley speakers will compete in North Platte that day.
MAC event results
Informative
1st – Megan Gifford (Banner Co.)
2nd – Theresa Barnhart (Garden Co.)
3rd – Sam Bogert (Potter-Dix)
4th – Ryley Hicks (Potter-Dix)
5th – Berlin Moreno (Minatare)
6th – Aaron Buttle (Creek Valley)
Persuasive
1st – Bekah Hutchinson (Potter-Dix)
2nd – Megan Baker (Bayard)
3rd – Regyn Hicks (Potter-Dix)
4th – Caitlyn Deal (Leyton)
5th – Jessica Houk (Leyton)
6th – Sarah Reish (Bayard)
Entertainment
1st – Aaron Schrotberger (Leyton)
2nd – Levi Kasten (Potter-Dix)
3rrd – Mykayla Brown (Bayard)
4th – Brooke Glass (Potter-Dix)
5th – Kenny Ernest (Leyton)
Extemporaneous
1st – RyAnne Blau (Bayard)
2nd – Rylie Hicks (Potter-Dix)
3rd – Sam Bogert (Potter-Dix)
4th – Zach Deal (Leyton)
5th – Brianna Weyerts (Leyton)
6th – Peyton Stanczyck (Garden Co.)
Humorous
1st – Audrey Juelfs (Potter-Dix)
2nd – Hope Shepard (Potter-Dix)
3rd – Brooklyn Kniss (Bayard)
4th – Kendra Johnson (Garden Co.)
5th – Jeramy Bartels (South Platte)
6th – Jon Park (Minatare)
Serious
1st – Jesse Straber (Creek Valley)
2nd – Hope Shepard (Potter-Dix)
3rd – Kinley Vowers (Potter-Dix)
4th – Jessi Smith (Bayard)
5th – Alexis Mentzer (South Platte)
6th – Mikaela Franzen (Leyton)
Poetry
1st – Bekah Hutchinson (Potter-Dix)
2nd – Lanie Thies (Potter-Dix)
3rd – Nina Henry (South Platte)
4th – Catherine Applegate (Bayard)
5th – Berlin Moreno (Minatare)
6th – Ashlee Huestis (South Platte)
Duet Acting
1st – Justice Palmer/Kevertt Rusk (Potter-Dix)
2nd – Jake Johnson/Cooper Hicks (Potter-Dix)
3rd – Logan Douglas/Dustin Bleidt (Garden County)
4th – Jacob Ernest/Kenny Ernest (Leyton)
5th – Josh Boston/Megan Gifford (Banner County)
6th – Dani McKay/Rhett Dye (Leyton)
OID
(Oral Interpretation of Drama)
1st – Draper & Company (Leyton)
2nd – Higgins & Company (Leyton)
3rd – Langley & Company (Potter-Dix)
4th – Spencer & Company (South Platte)
5th – Criswell & Company (Creek Valley)
6th – Park & Company (Minatare)
Overall
Sweepstakes Points
1st – Potter-Dix (112 points)
2nd – Leyton (62 points)
3rd – Bayard (50 points)
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