Congratulations to the Mustangs’ speech team on a great day at the Minden Speech Meet. They placed fourth as a team in the Novice Division. Izzy Whitten and Graham Karr each earned the championship title in their individual events. Whitten won Persuasive, and Karr won Extemporaneous. For group events, the OID composed of Whitten, Karr, […]
Silver Lake Speech Team Finds Success at Elm Creek and Deshler
By Libby Soucek The Mustang speech team has been busy at various speech meets. They have spent countless hours preparing their speeches for each meet, leading up to the district meet in Grand Island Central Catholic on March 18th. Senior Katelyn Strampher says, “We practice really hard every week so that we can get to […]
Mustang Speech Team Earns Medals at First Speech Meet
By MaKenna Karr The Silver Lake Speech Team traveled to High Plains to compete in their first speech meet of the season on January 18th. 16 teams competed at this meet. The Silver Speech Team has 10 members this year including Isabella Whitten, Frank Thomas, Molly Hemberger, Brooklyn Himmelberg, Lee Gibson, Justin Sharp, Conner Blythe, […]
Nine Mustangs Qualify for State Speech
By Addison Schmidt The Silver Lake Speech Team competed at district speech on March 12 at Grand Island Central Catholic. Eight schools participated in their district this year. It was a busy day for the team since GICC also hosted two other district competitions. Each speech event competed in two rounds and those who qualified […]