CCS students preparing for 2020 speech season

The high school speech season will begin with the Chase County Invitational on Jan. 11
Speech Coach Alex Schilke has nine to 12 students interested in competing.
“I have only one returning speaker,” Schilke said. “Tegan Towns—she did very well last year. I’m excited to see how this year will go for her.”
Towns is a junior who will again compete in poetry.
“She’s still working on finalizing her pieces,” Schilke added.
“I have a lot of first-year speakers, and it is always fun to see how much they learn and grow throughout the year,” she said.
Schedule for the 2020 season includes (all times are MT):

Jan. 11—Chase County Speech Invitational, 8 a.m.
Jan. 18—Wallace Speech Invitational, 7 a.m.
Feb. 1—Perkins County Invitational, 8 a.m.
Feb. 8—Sutherland Speech Invitational 7 a.m.
Feb. 22—Ogallala Speech Invitational, 8 a.m.
Feb. 29—Southwest Speech Invitational, 7 a.m.
March 7—Best of the West (North Platte High School), 7 a.m.
March 9—SPVA @ North Platte St. Pat’s, 7 a.m.
March 16—Districts @ Gering, time TBD
March 25-26—State Championship @ Kearney, time TBD