UHS Sends Four To Speech State

The Underwood Speech Team had a successful Section Tournament Saturday, April 12. The team traveled to Menahga for the Section 6A Speech Tournament where they finished sixth out of 22 teams. Four of the team’s speakers made it to the Section Finals with all four placing in the top three and advancing to the MSHSL State Speech Tournament in Shakopee Friday, April 25. Left to right: Freshman and first State appearance, Bria placed third in Serious Prose Interpretation; Section Champion in Discussion was Mason Hoyt, a junior, will compete for his third time at the State in this category; Sophomore McKenna Geones is the Section Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking and headed back to the State for the third year; and Freshmen Katrina Lindstrom making their first appearance at State placed second in Extemporaneous Reading.