Members of the NRHEG Speech Team brought home a third-place trophy from an invitational tournament held Saturday, March 5 at Morristown. Every competing team member brought home an award or recognition; highlights were the first-place and third-place medals earned by Jessica Katzung in storytelling and Amanda Groskreutz in Humorous Interpretation. Seven team members attended the event.

Said team coach Deb Bently, "It's a privilege to be there at the moment when team members are rewarded for their hard work and dedication." The competitive speech season begins each year in late January and continues until early April. Still on the schedule for this year's team is an invitational tournament on March 19 at JWP, the sub-section meet at Fairmont on March 26 and the Section meet at St. Peter on April 8. According to Bently, at least a couple members of this year's team have a chance at advancing to state-level competition, which will be held in mid-April.