Pequot Lakes student Megan Buffington takes third at state speech meet The Pequot Lakes speech season drew to a close Saturday, April 24, with senior Megan Buffington finishing third in the state in extemporaneous speaking. 5:00 am, May 7, 2021 × Megan Buffington The Pequot Lakes High School speech season drew to a close Saturday, April 24, with senior Megan Buffington finishing third in the state meet in extemporaneous speaking. The meet was done virtually. In the final round, Buffington had to answer the question, “Is the worst still to come with the latest COVID-19 surge?” “At the time, I thought the question was a little outdated,” Buffington said. “The surge we had been having was kind of coming to an end already … But I spoke about how we came to this surge and what was causing it. I also spoke on how this surge was different because of vaccination rates going up and things like that.”