Lindsie Bliss, a senior from Shepard High School, won the Illinois High School Association state speech championship in Informative Speaking.
Bliss became the fifth Shepard student, all girls, to win a state title in the past six years. Glorielle Williams on in Poetry Reading in 2012; Leah Ellis won in Special Occasion Speaking in 2011; Amy Ramelli won in 2010; and, Jasmine Lockett won in 2009.
As a team, Shepard tied for eighth place out of the 80 schools who qualified individuals for the state finals. In addition to the championship won by Bliss, senior Shana Woodland won third place in Poetry Reading.
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The Shepard program enjoyed its finest season in school history. Prior to the state finals, the Astros won seven regular season tournaments and the IHSA regional at Eisenhower High School.
Here's video of Lindsie performing her state championship-winning speech. You can also watch Lindsie and Shana receive their medals.
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This video comes courtesy of Shepard television production teacher Frank Rice and his students at AstroTV:
