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Fourteen members of the Summerland speech team competed at the West Holt Invitational on Saturday, coming in seventh of 18 teams.

Earning top honors in entertainment speaking was Yulianna (Julie) Olivan, who earned a first-place rating from both judges in preliminary rounds and also from both judges in the final round. She earned 197 of a possible 200 rating points.

Other medal winners were as follows:

Faith King, fourth, poetry interpretation;

Olga Mendoza, fourth, serious prose and sixth, poetry interpretation;

Talya Nilson, Adrienne Parker, Brynna Umphress and Aubrey Parker, sixth, oral...