speech

Speech team competes in Red Wing

Feb 26, 2020

The Lake City High School speech team competed in the Red Wing Speech Meet on Feb. 22. Sophie Mueller placed sixth in poetry honors finals; Carl Rol placed sixth in informative honors finals; Tori Oliver placed third in prose honors finals; Alex Holmgren placed fifth in discussion; Sarah Ziebarth...

Speech team competes in Wabasha

Feb 19, 2020

The Lake City High School speech team placed fourth at the Wabasha-Kellogg meet Feb. 15. Placing sixth in prose was Grace Ackermann; placing fifth in informative was Carl Rol; placing third were Naoto Litchtblau-Tepley in creative expression and Lindsay Hawkins in poetry.; placing second were...

Speechies compete in Rochester

Feb 12, 2020

On Saturday, Feb. 8 the Lake City Speech Team traveled to Rochester John Marshall to compete with 379 other students and 20 teams. This was a large and competitive meet with many opportunities to grow. With three new speechies in tow and several novices, Lake City was ready to soak in the wide...

Speech team opens 2020 season

Feb 5, 2020

Although small in size for the first meet, the Lake City speech team flexed some big speaking muscles Feb. 1 at Kasson-Mantorville. With thirteen entries, the team set out for fun day of speaking, making new friends, and exploring new candy options. The day started with some raucous warm ups to...

Quist to Memorial Day audience: History Matters

May 29, 2019

Editor’s note: The following speech was delivered at the Lake City Memorial Day Observance on May 27. Thank you for the kind introduction, thank all of you for coming today – to honor our veterans and their families — fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands, wives, children, friends, and...

Rol advances to state, team ties for third in section speech

Apr 10, 2019

The Lake City High School speech team ended its season on Saturday with a tie with Fillmore Central for third place in Section 1A. With a slightly smaller team this year, Lake City brought 19 students to sub-sections on April 1. Through three tough rounds of competition, rooms with rabbits and...

Speech team finishes third at subsections

Apr 3, 2019

The Lake City High School speech team placed third at subsections. Placing sixth were Allison Keller in informative, Courtney Brunn in prose, and Erin Lichtblau in extemp speaking. Lilly Drees placed fifth in storytelling. Carl Rol placed fourth in informative. Placing third were Tori Oliver in...

Tigers are top team at speech invite

Mar 20, 2019

The Lake City speech team unofficially took first place at the annual Eye of the Tiger home meet March 16. The team does not take a trophy at their home meet. Jordana Windhorst-Knudsen placed sixth in humorous. Placing fifth were Naoto Lichtblau-Tepley in poetry and Sidney Leonard in original...

Lake City places third in HVL meet

Mar 20, 2019

The Lake City speech team finished third at Hiawatha Valley League conference meet March 18 in Kasson-Mantoriville. Placing sixth were Erin Lichtblau in extemp speaking, Courtney Brunn in prose, Sidney Leonard in original oratory, and LaQuilla Venzant-Armstrong in poetry. Placing fifth were...

Speech wins Chatfield meet

Mar 6, 2019

The Lake City High School speech team took first place at Chatfield over the weekend. Placing sixth were Laquilla Venzant Armstrong in Poetry and Kahleel McWilliams in Informative. Allison Keller placed fourth in Informative. Placing third were Lindsay Hawkins in Poetry and Erin Litchtblau in...