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Charger Speech earns 2nd in two meets


DASSEL, COKATO, MN – Members of the Dassel-Cokato High School speech team participated in two conference meets March 3 and 4.

Wright County Conference

The Chargers took second place at the Wright County Conference meet in Orono March 3.

Teams from Annandale, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Mound Westonka, New Prague, Orono, Rockford, New London-Spicer, and Watertown-Mayer also took part in the conference, with 250 students competing.

DC had 17 entries earn top honors.

Seventh place – Abbie Stertz in great speeches; Evette Johnson in humorous interpretation; Elizabeth Knutson in poetry.

Sixth place – Carrie Nelson and Jubal Nelson in duo interpretation; Katrina Thinesen in discussion; Miranda Pokornowski in prose.

Fifth place – Dani Leung in humorous interpretation; Erikka Langemo in dramatic interpretation.

Fourth place – Caroline Cronk in creative expression; Jessica Cron in humorous interpretation.

Third place – Katelyn Lundeen in discussion.

There was an unbreakable tie in storytelling, and the two competitors were both from Dassel-Cokato – Abby Carpenter and Audrey Weckwerth.

Second place – Ethan Langemo in dramatic interpretation; Sara Cronk in extemporaneous reading.

Wright County Conference champions – Mark Pringnitz earned his first conference championship in storytelling. Kailee Johnson earned her second conference championship in extemporaneous reading. Pringnitz and Johnson are juniors at DCHS.

Read about the team’s achievements at Fridley in the March 20 edition of the Enterprise Dispatch. Click here to subscribe to the print or online edition.

Members of the Chargers speech team at Dassel-Cokato High School competed in the Wright County Conference meet in Orono, and earned second place.

Members of the Chargers speech team at Dassel-Cokato High School competed in the Wright County Conference meet in Orono, and earned second place.

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