All four of school’s section participants broke to final round
OF THE FOUR competitors that the Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) Speech Team took to the Section 2A Meet, held in St. Peter, Minnesota on Friday. March 4 – ALL four broke to the final round in their individual categories. Of those four, freshman Danica Dick will advance to the Minnesota State Class A Speech Meet by virtue of her third-place finish in Storytelling. The State Class A Speech Contest will be held this Saturday, April 12, at Blaine Public High School. (Class AA will be held on Friday, April 11 at the same location). Junior Elijah Stoesz, narrowly missed moving on to the state level, ending fourth in Informative Speaking. The two remaining “speechies” also earned medals, junior Caitlyn Smith, fifth in Great Speeches and sophomore Josh Raabe, fifth in Humorous Interpretation. All four moved on to section by finishing in the top three at the sub-section level contest held Monday, March 14, at Fairmont Public High School. The team is coached by Kim Friesen. Pictured above, from left, Josh Raabe, Elijah Stoesz, Danica Dick and Caitlyn Smith.