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The Phillipsburg High School forensics team competed at two tournaments this week. On Tuesday, the team traveled to Colby and finsihed second of 11 teams, and on Saturday, the team competed at Rexford and placed second out of 12 teams. Norton, the defending 3A State Champions, placed first in both of those tournaments.
"Our team has done really well in our first three meets of the year, and I'm excited to see how we can continue to improve," PHS Coach Kim Pakkebier said. "We have another tournament coming up this Saturday (Feb. 8th) in Norton where I'm hoping we can qualify some more entries to state competition. The strong start we've had to this season is really encouraging."
Individual placers at the Colby tournament are as follows
- Callie Leidig--1st--Impromptu
- Jhett Johnson and Hallie Jerby--1st--IDA
- Kaitlyn Rothe--2nd--Humorous Solo
- Kaitlyn Rothe--2nd--Poetry
- Hallie Jerby--2nd--Informative
- Hannah Kennedy and Callie Leidig--3rd--Duet Action
- Jhett Johnson--3rd--Humorous Solo
- Hannah Walker--3rd--Serious Solo
- Callie Leidig--4th--Oration
- Jhett Johnson--4th--Prose
- Skyla Russell--4th--Informative
- Kadence Grote--5th--Humorous Solo
- Michael VanDerVeen--6th--Extemp
Individual results for the Golden Plains tournament in Rexford include
- Kaitlyn Rothe--1st--Poetry
- Callie Leidig and Hannah Kennedy--2nd--Duet Acting
- Callie Leidig--2nd--Impromptu
- Hallie Jerby--2nd--Serious Solo
- Callie Leidig--3rd--Oration
- Zari Christy and Skyla Russell--3rd--IDA
- Kadence Grote and Carter Grote--4th--IDA
- Hallie Jerby--4th--Informative
- Hallie Jerby--4th--Extemp
- Skyla Russell--5th--Informative
- Kadence Grote--5th--Humorous
- Clayton Chestnut--6th--Extemp
