Speech team receives accolades in Evanston

The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team returned from last weekend’s speech meet with feathers in the cap.

Head coach Brenda Ostendorf said she was proud of her team as they beat two 4A schools at the meet in Evanston.

Ostendorf said the Evanston meet did not classify 1A/2A schools. “They had big schools and small schools, and the small schools were much bigger than ours.”

Although the team did not return with a trophy they did return with some high compliments from the judges.

Lydia Smith in Extemporaneous speech was complimented for her “great use of hands gestures to...