The Becker High School speech team is back in action, as they started their season in mid-January and will compete through the end of March.

Head Coach Emily Osborne is again leading her group of students who are competing in several categories in events all over Minnesota.

The team started the season on January 13 at the St. Cloud Tech Early Bird Tournament, with Willchel Kish, Kenzie Mostad, Bria Bauer, Jenna Koscielniak, Lamp Riedel, Holly Burthwick, Connor Warnke, Lyla Kraemer, and Cora Bellefeuille competing.

The team’s next action was at the Wayzata Invitational on January 27, with Sam Staller placing sixth in the Consolation Finals of the Discussion category and Holly Burthwick placing seventh in the Honor Finals of the Creative Category with her piece entitled: “A Letter to Santa”.

At the 63rd Invitational held at Duluth-Denfeld on February 3, Enzo Mohler and Kenzie Mostad received sixth place and fourth place in Next-In Finals for the Drama category, respectively. Bryn Gordon received an award recognizing her participation in speech since seventh grade, as well as an honorable mention for her Informative speech on Argentina’s “Dirty War”.