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Otis-Bison Forensics competed in the CPL tournament today and took 2nd Place with 213 points. Ellinwood took 1st with 244 points. Maitland and Anton took 1st in IDA, Ashtyn took 1st in Prose, Amanda took 2nd in Serious Solo, Ike and Tom took 2nd in Duet, Maddie took 2nd in Impromptu, Amanda and Sedonah took 3rd in Duet, 4th Place - Emlina in Informative, Dalton in Poetry, 5th Place - Ethan R. in Humorous Solo and Cristen in Prose and Maddie in Oration, and Ike 6th in Humorou

On May 6th, qualifying Forensics students and Coach Hagans competed at State Championships and performed at the State Festival. Competing at State were Kade Urban and Maitland Wiltse in Improvised Duet Acting, Alix Schneider and Sidney Schneider in Duet Acting, and Leah Collins in Serious Solo. Unfortunately no one made it to the Semi-Finals, but making it to State was an accomplishment in itself and you can bet some of them will be back next year. At State Festival student

Saturday morning greeted the students bright and early as the wagon left Otis at 6:15 AM. Students were picked up in Bison, La Crosse and Rush Center. Five students made the treck to the Kinsley Invitational Forensics Meet: Cody Kaler and Tanner Loucks; Leah Collins and Amanda Sizemore; and Ben Welsh. Cody and Tanner performed in the area of Improvised Duet Acting. Their first performance was entitled “The Shanghai Robbery”, the next “The Power of Christ” and last “The B

The troops loaded the bus shortly after lunch to head north; destination: Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School. This meet consisted of 14 schools scattered throughout Central Kansas. Several newbies performed at this meet: Cora Anderson presented an Informative Speech on Sports Injuries; Maddie Wiltse performed a duet entitled “Ask Big Sister” with Chyanne Deines; Amanda Sizemore, performed a Serious Solo entitled “Daddy Drinks Too Much”, while Leah Collins also performed a Serio