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On Friday, Feb. 13, the New York Mills speech team competed in Detroit Lakes. Payton Lausten (third from right) placed second in Prose Interpretation and Brienna Honer (second from left) earned an Excellence rating in Extemporaneous Reading. In this event, Honer drew a random excerpt and has 30 minutes to craft a written introduction and practice reading the selection for performance. This year’s prose excerpts are taken from Dan Gemeinhart’s “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,” which follows a young girl traveling across the country with her father.