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					Members of the LCHS speech team broke into finals in several 
					categories Saturday at Charleston. Braden Tanner and Zac 
					McCray won the junior varsity humorous duet acting 
					competition; Madison Bishop was sixth in prose reading; 
					Jazzy Morecraft was fifth in junior varsity dramatic 
					interpretation and third in junior varsity dramatic duet 
					acting with partner Carrissa Richmond; Richmond placed 
					seventh in junior varsity dramatic interpretation; Claire 
					Conrady placed fourth in junior varsity original comedy; and 
					Konnor Browne placed eighth in varsity oratorical 
					declamation. | 
            LCHS speakers perform at Charleston 
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            [November 
			21, 2013] 
            CHARLESTON — The Lincoln 
			Community High School speech team continued its season Saturday at 
			the Charleston invitational with seven events breaking into the 
			final rounds. 
            Sophomores Braden Tanner and Zac McCray won the junior varsity 
			division of humorous duet acting, while senior Madison Bishop placed 
			sixth in varsity prose reading, and senior Konnor Browne placed 
			eighth in varsity oratorical declamation. Junior varsity finalists 
			also included freshman Claire Conrady, fourth in original comedy; 
			sophomore Jazzy Morecraft, fifth in dramatic interpretation; 
			sophomore Carrissa Richmond, seventh in dramatic interpretation; and 
			Morecraft and Richmond, third in dramatic duet acting. |  | 
        
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			 "We more 
			than doubled our finalists this weekend over last Saturday, and that 
			is definitely worthy of praise," said Jennifer Keith, co-coach with 
			Abby Curry. "Speech is subjective — sometimes the judges like what 
			we have to say and sometimes they don't, so those that were 
			finalists last week weren't this week in all cases. "That is difficult for students to process sometimes, but we are 
			very pleased with how the team performed in Charleston," Keith said. 
			
			 
			 
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			 "Our thoughts and prayers do go out to our competitors and 
			friends from around Illinois and their communities that were hit 
			this Sunday in a tornado," Keith added. "While we compete against 
			them, the speechies around the state are definitely a family, and we 
			are devastated for their losses." The team has a Thanksgiving hiatus and will return to competition 
			Dec. 7 in Bloomington High School's invitational. 
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