Sophie Faltys is all in for senior year at Giltner

State champion speaker reflects on time in activities

  • After performing at the speech districts competition in Hampton on Saturday, March 22, Sophie Faltys was announced district champion in persuasive receiving two perfect scores, a silver medal in POI and a bronze medal in informative.
    After performing at the speech districts competition in Hampton on Saturday, March 22, Sophie Faltys was announced district champion in persuasive receiving two perfect scores, a silver medal in POI and a bronze medal in informative.

    When Giltner senior Sophie Faltys went on stage Friday, March 28 for the 2025 Nebraska State Speech Championships, she never expected to return home as a Class D2 state champion.“The girl who got second (Lauren Winkelbauer of St. Mary’s Catholic School), her speech was so good,” Faltys said. “It was about mediocrity and why we’ve just said we’ve settled for our standards in society too much and we…