Front:
Kiley Oldehoeft, Kmila Benitez, Kyler Sladek, Halona Wooton, Babe Weber
Back:
Jase Luzum, Neal Scott, Logan Krupicka, Troy Kallhoff, Tucker Svec
The
Exeter-Milligan/Friend (EMF) had a very successful inaugural season in 2024.
The season began in January, with Troy Kallhoff earning a fourth-place medal in
extemporaneous speaking at the meet at Adams Central. At the Thayer Central
meet, Kallhoff was third in the same event while teaming up with Kmila Benitez
to finish fourth in duet acting. To finish the month, EMF traveled to Humboldt
for the MUDECAS Conference Meet. As a team, EMF finished fifth. Leading the
team at the meet was Tucker Svec, who won humorous impromptu and was second in
humorous prose. Svec earned another silver medal with teammates Benitez, Logan
Krupicka, and Jase Luzum in OID. Krupicka added a fifth-place medal in humorous
prose, while Benitez came home with sixth in POI. Benitez and Kallhoff were
fifth in duet. Additionally, Kallhoff medaled third in extemporaneous and
fourth in entertainment. Fifth-place medals were added for the EMF team by
Halona Wooton in entertainment and Babe Weber in informative.
February
was a full schedule again for the EMF speech team beginning with a Saturday
trip to Shelby. The meet was highlighted by Tucker Svec and Kiley Oldehoeft
winning duet impromptu. Svec also was fourth in humorous prose. Troy Kallhoff
finished third and fifth in extemporaneous and entertainment, respectively.
Troy and Kmila Benitez were sixth in duet acting. A sixth-place medal in
persuasive was earned by Neal Scott. The OID of Logan Krupicka, Svec,
Oldehoeft, and Benitez finished third at the meet. A long weekday trip to Falls
City for the Pioneer Conference Meet turned out to be successful for EMF. The
team finished fifth in the overall sweepstakes standings. Kallhoff won
extemporaneous and was second in entertainment, and Kmila and Troy were fifth
in duet acting. Tucker finished with a bronze medal in humorous prose. The OID
of Kiley, Kmila, Logan, and Tucker was fifth.
Still in
February, EMF participated in the Meridian Meet. First-place medals were
awarded to: Kiley Oldehoeft and Babe Weber in duet, Troy Kallhoff in
entertainment, and Kmila Benitez in POI. Second-place medals went to Kmila and
Troy in duet, Troy in extemporaneous, and the OID. In humorous prose, Tucker
Svec was third. Halona Wooton was fifth in entertainment and humorous
impromptu. Neal Scott was fifth in persuasive. Svec finished sixth in humorous
prose, while Wooton, along with Kyler Sladek were sixth in duet acting. There
was tough competition at Sutton. Kallhoff and Benitez earned third-place medals
in duet. While Troy added a third in entertainment and a sixth in
extemporaneous. At the Dunsmoor Classic in McCool, Tucker won humorous
impromptu and was fifth in humorous prose. Troy finished second in
extemporaneous and fourth in entertainment. The OID of Kmila, Kiley, Logan, and
Tucker was sixth.
Troy
performing in extemporaneous speaking at the Class C2 State Speech
Competition.
March included the rescheduled High Plains Meet, District Meet in Genoa, and
the State Meet in Kearney. At High Plains, Kallhoff finished third in
extemporaneous. In a tough C-2 District, Troy Kallhoff earned a trip to the
State Meet, with a third-place finish in extemporaneous speaking. The OID of
Benitez, Oldehoeft, Svec, and Krupicka placed sixth in the final round. At the
State competition, Troy performed well in extemporaneous, winning his third
preliminary round. He was tied in total rank, but was two points shy of the
last qualifying spot for the final round. Troy Kallhoff had a very successful
senior season, as did the entire EMF speech team in their first season.
