The 2018 State Speech Championships for Classes C2, D1 and D2 were held Friday, March 23 at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and the KBRX area brought home alot of hardware.
Here are results by class of KBRX area state medal winners..
Class C2
Entertainment Speaking
3rd Sam VanMetre, Creighton
Extemporaneous Speaking
2nd Weston Svoboda, Burwell
6th Brian Johnson, Creighton
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
1st Devon Dohrman, West Holt
Class D1
Team Sweepstakes
1st Plainview
Entertainment Speaking
1st Morgyn Christensen, Plainview
2nd Grace Rittscher, Clearwater
Duet Acting
2nd Austin Choat and Kylie Mosel, Plainview
Informative Speaking
1st Elizabeth Kment, Plainview
Oral Interpretation of Drama
1st Plainview – Brittani Wacker, Matthew Bonta, Morgyn Christensen, Matthew Hoffman and John Novicki
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
2nd Austin Choat, Plainview
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
3rd AdeDamola Akinnigbagbe, Plainview
6th Brooke Swanson, Niobrara
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
3rd Joseph Hiatt, Boyd County
Persuasive Speaking
2nd Brittani Wacker, Plainview
Class D2
Team Sweepstakes
1st Verdigre
5th Chambers
6th Stuart
9th Elgin
Duet Acting
1st Katie Hawk & Sidney Stallbaum, Ewing
2nd Emma Jonseth & Brooke Ehlers, Chambers
Entertainment Speaking
1st Megan Cook, Verdigre
3rd Lydia Behnk, Elgin
6th Alexis Butterfield, Chambers
Extemporaneous Speaking
3rd Zachary Michka, Stuart
5th Ariel Larson, Stuart
Informative Speaking
2nd Jamie Koenig, Chambers
Oral Interpretation of Drama
4th Elgin – Kira Widger, Hunter Reestman, Ashton Evans, Adam Dreger and Lydia Behnk
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
1st Isaac Cook, Verdigre
6th Betsy Crumly, St. Mary’s
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
1st Stephanie Shakespeare, Verdigre
2nd Kennison Kunz, Stuart
3rd Ashley Connell, Keya Paha County
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
1st Stephanie Shakespeare, Verdigre
5th Brooke Ehlers, Chambers
6th Brianna Hupp, Pope John