Olivan finishes second in speech competition

Seven members of the Bobcat speech team competed Saturday at the West Holt Invitational. Summerland’s lone varsity medal winner was Yuliana Olivan who came in second in entertainment speaking.

Also competing at the varsity level were oral interpretation of drama team members Brandon Pruden, Owen Jeffords, Olivan and Addisyn Fletcher, who came in one place out of the medal round. Pruden also competed in humorous prose. Carlee Livingston competed in persuasive speaking, while Raina Krebs competed in entertainment speaking. The team was eighth of 13 teams.

Novice competitors who brought home hardware were Jadyn Hobbs, who was third in serious prose. Fletcher and Jeffords placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in poetry. Hobbs also competed in informative speaking. The novice team tied with Valentine for sixth place. Sixteen teams competed in the novice division.