MindenHigh School hosted the B-5 District Speech Contest on March 4, 2008. Eight teams participated: Adams Central, Aurora, Broken Bow, Cozad, Grand Island Northwest, Holdrege, Lexington, and Minden. Minden placed first as a team with 126 points. Lexington was the runner-up with 109 points. Minden earned medals in 14 of its sixteen events. The top three medal winners in each event advance to the state competition to be held in Kearney on March 18. Individual results follow:

1^st Place

Colby Dolan, Humorous Prose

Colby Dolan, Audrey Jacobsen, and Sara Chavez, Oral Interpretation of Drama

2^nd Place

Sara Chavez, Poetry

William Panec, Extemporaneous

Molly Trausch, Informative

Audrey Jacobsen & Zachary Hawthorne, Duet Acting

Zachary Hawthorne, Humorous Prose

3^rd Place

Courtney Nelsen, Informative

Peter Raun, Entertainment

Lukas Petersen, Extemporaneous

William Raun, Persuasive

Brooke Choquette, Poetry

Laynee Woodward, Serious Prose

4^th Place

BrittanySampy, Entertainment

For more information about the state tournament schedule, visit the Nebraska Schools Activities Association homepage at www.nsaahome.org