For the third year in a row, the Britton-Hecla oral interpretation team came home from the Eastern Coteau Conference meet Friday as champions. Points for the team traveling trophy were awarded for the top placers in each category. Of the seven categories, BHHS had winners in three. Carter Chapin and Amelia Ingvalson won duo, Emily Effling was first in poetry, and Baylee Bender earned top honors in oratory. Chapin and Ingvalson teamed up with Aiden Strong for a second place medal in reader’s theatre. Chapin and Ingvalson came home with three medals each as they also placed second in storytelling and poetry respectively. Ruthie Moeckly claimed second in oratory, and Caitlyn Casey earned second in serious reading.
Other placers included Adalyn Kanizar third in storytelling, Noah Schuster third in serious reading, Charles Schuller third in humorous reading, and the reader’s theatre group of Lillian Boyko, Moeckly, and Avery Leonard also earned third. Boyko came in sixth for humorous.
The team turned around Saturday to attend the Hamlin Invitational Meet and also had a great showing there. No team placings were awarded there but eleven performances came home with top superior plus ratings: Chapin and Ingvalson and Strong and Schuster in duo, Boyko in humorous, Bender and Moeckly in oratory, Ingvalson in poetry, Schuster and Strong in serious reading, and Chapin and Kanizar in storytelling. Earning superior ribbons were Ryer Larson and Tinley Beck in humorous, Casey and Luzetta Moeckly in serious reading. Parker Hunt came home with an excellent plus ribbon in humorous.
The next contest for the Braves will be the Northeast Conference meet Monday in Webster. The local contest, which will be open to the public, is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 2 at 6:00 at the school.
