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Potter-Dix Speech Team members accepting the D-2 championship trophy include, from left, Micheal Steele, assistant coach Morgan Boots, Emily Bussanich, Anna Manning, Sierra Wheelock, Ginny Herboldsheimer, head coach Chandel Oleson, Michaela Rotert, Brooke Moench, Reagan Williams, CC George, Hannah Stahl, Mary Kasten, Erica Bogert, Aryanna George and assistant coach Kristin Kasten.
Potter-Dix came out on top of the competition last Friday, earning the championship in Class D-2 at the Nebraska School Activities Association Speech Championships.
Potter-Dix scored in five of nine events on the way to winning the D-2 team sweepstake crown, with six Coyote individuals or groups earning medals.
Duet Acting was Potter-Dix' best arena, where CC George and Ana Manning finished in second, while teammates Erica Bogert and Reagan Williams were third.
Ginny Herboldsheimer was a double individual medalist, taking fourth in Extemporaneous Speaking, and fifth in Persuasive Speaking. She was also a part of another medal winning group.
In that performance, Potter-Dix took fourth place in Oral Interpretation of Drama with the team of CC George, Reagan Williams, Hannah Stahl, Herboldsheimer and Brooke Moench. Another Potter-Dix team competing in the category were Mary Kasten, Sierra Wheelock, Aryana George, Emily Bussanich and Michael Steele.
Michaela Rotert was the final medalist for Potter-Dix, earning sixth in Informative Speaking.
Other Coyotes competing at the state meet were Reagan Williams in Entertainment Speaking, Hannah Stahl and Erica Bogert in Oral Interpretation Humorous Prose, and Emily Bussanich, Oral Interpretation of Poetry.
Other Cheyenne County competitors also showed strong at state. DJ George and Josh Kruse of Leyton both competed on Extemporaneous Speaking, where George finished in seventh, just three points shy of medaling.
Other Leyton students competing included Hannah Vath and Cassidee Murray in Duet Acting; the team of Danielle Higgins, DJ George, Drew Haley and Josh Kruse, Oral Interpretation of Drama were just shy of medaling. Also competing in the division were Leyton's Kaitlyn Jones, K.J. Bush and Cortney Holt. Hannah Vath was in Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose; and Janessa Carley competed in Informative Speaking and in Persuasive Speaking.
Two Sidney High School students also competed at state. They were Clara Kokjer in Entertainment Speaking, and Makenna Douglas in Informative Speaking.
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