
Many District Speech Meets were held Monday, March 6, 2023 and the KBRX area will be well represented at the State Speech Meet in Kearney coming up next week. The Top 3 in each event qualify for State.
The State Speech Championships will be hosted by Kearney High School. Classes A & B will compete on Wednesday, March 15, Classes C1 & C2 on March 16 and Classes D1 & D2 on March 17.

D2-3 District Speech at Wynot
Team Results
1st – St. Mary’s 296
2nd – Wynot 262
3rd Scribner-Snyder 170
4th Niobrara 64
5th Emerson Hubbard 52
6th Allen 14
7th – Newman Grove 12
8th – Winside 10
Duet Acting
1st St. Mary’s – Delaney Wohlert and Emma Winkelbauer
3rd St. Mary’s – Emma Otte and Kaylin Gaughenbaugh
5th Niobrara – Billie Pritchett and Olivia Holz
Entertainment Speaking
1st – Kaylin Gaughenbaugh, St. Mary’s
2nd – Caity Ruzicka, St. Mary’s
Extemporaneous Speaking
2nd – Emma Winkelbauer, St. Mary’s
4th – Amaryah Block, Niobrara
5th – Yesenia DeAnda, Niobrara
6th – Lily Bauer, St. Mary’s
Informative Speaking
3rd – Delaney Wohlert, St. Mary’s
5th – Cecelia Mlnarik, St. Mary’s
Oral Interpretation of Drama
2nd – St. Mary’s – Caitey Ruzicka, Ellie Atkeson, Emma Otte, Emma Winkelbauer and Kaylin Gaughenbaugh
3rd – Niobrara – Chloe Hanzlik, Harley Stark, Mya Chohon, Olivia Holz and Taylen Stark
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
1st – Elle Atkeson, St. Mary’s
2nd – LaShanna Werth, St. Mary’s
6th – Danika Runnels, Niobrara
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
4th – LaShanna Werth, St. Mary’s
6th – Lauren Winkelbauer, St. Mary’s
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
4th – Delaney Wohlert, St. Mary’s
6th – Lily Bauer, St. Mary’s
Persuasive Speaking
2nd – Lauren Winkelbauer, St. Mary’s
5th – Caitey Ruzicka, St. Mary’s
Program Oral Interpretation
1st – Addy Shald, St. Mary’s
5th – Emma Otte, St. Mary’s
C1-5 District Speech at West Holt
Team Results
1st Boone Central 298
2nd Grand Island Central Catholic 236
3rd West Holt 154
4th Centura 114
5th Ord 58
6th Kearney Catholic 26
7th Gibbon 14
Duet Acting
4th – West Holt – Hannah Olson and Teagan Butterfield
Entertainment Speaking
6th – Hannah Olson, West Holt
Extemporaneous Speaking
1st – Carter Gotschall, West Holt
5th – Brooklyn Butterfield, West Holt
Informative Speaking
6th – Sidney Burkinshaw, West Holt
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
4th – Abigail Thiele, West Holt
5th – Mary Hamilton, West Holt
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
4th – Violet Schwager, West Holt
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
6th – Madysen Kramer, West Holt
Persuasive Speaking
3rd – Lily Vogel, West Holt
5th – Maci Nemetz, West Holt
Program of Oral Interpretation
6th – Violet Schwager, West Holt


D2-2 District Speech at Pope John
Team Results
1st Pope John 274
2nd Chambers 238
3rd Arcadia 164
4th Litchfield 78
5th Anselmo Merna 54
6th Elba 46
7th Ansley 26
Duet Acting
1st – Chambers – Claire Woeppel and Wyatt Ehlers
3rd – Chambers – Brianna Klabenes and Savannah Hansen
4th – Pope John – Juliana McNally and Olivia Klein
Entertainment Speaking
1st – Wyatt Ehlers, Chambers
2nd – Matthew Dilly, Pope John
4th – Aiden Klein, Pope John
Extemporaneous Speaking
1st – Linus Borer, Pope John
2nd – Hannah Scott, Chambers
Informative Speaking
1st – Hannah Scott, Chambers
2nd – Linus Borer, Pope Jophn
4th – Savannah Hansen, Chambers
5th – Jazmine McNally, Pope John
Oral Interpretation of Drama
1st – Pope John – Aiden Klein, Cale Kinney, Jack Barlow, Linus Borer and Matthew Dilly
3rd – Pope John – Ashlynne Charf, Brooklyn Meis, Emma Lea Ruterbories, Kaitey Schumacher and Skyler Meis
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
2nd – Wyatt Ehlers, Chambers
3rd – Jack Barlow, Pope John
4th – Lilly Hoerle, Chambers
5th – Eliza Borer, Pope John
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
1st – Lilly Hoerle, Chambers
3rd – Jovie Vaisvilas, Pope John
4th – Tessa Barlow, Pope John
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
1st – Claire Woeppel, Chambers
2nd – Reese Stuhr, Pope John
3rd – Emma Lea Ruterbories, Pope John
Persuasive Speaking
1st – Hannah Scott, Chambers
2nd – Eliza Borer, Pope John
3rd – Olivia Klein, Pope John
Program of Oral Interpretation
1st – Claire Woeppel, Chambers
2nd – Lilly Hoerle, Chambers
3rd – Skyler Meis, Pope John
D1-3 District Speech at Creighton
Team Results
1st Wausa 330
2nd Creighton 198
3rd Elgin Public 122
4th Cody Kilgore 102
5th Neligh-Oakdale 60
6th Sargent 52
7th Rock County 26
8th Randolph 10
Duet Acting
3rd – Elgin Public – Brenna Martinsen and William Heilhecker
4th – Elgin Public – Baylee Busteed and Chloe Henn
5th – Creighton – Hollie Macke and Leah Sukup
6th – Creighton – Jordyn Coutts and Karla Key
Entertainment Speaking
1st – Olivia Kuhlman, Creighton
Extemporaneous Speaking
1st – Leonard Luna, Neligh-Oakdale
2nd – Taylor Nilson, Creighton
3rd – Mallory Belitz, Neligh-Oakdale
5th – Jersey Tiedtke, Creighton
Informative Speaking
3rd – Mia Dartman, Creighton
6th – Jersey Tiedtke, Creighton
Oral Interpretation of Drama
2nd – Elgin Public High School – Baylee Busteed, Brenna Martinsen, Callie Heithoff, Chloe Henn and Samantha Durre
3rd – Creighton – Ben Johnson, Brooke Fanta, Olivia Kuhlman, Peyton Zimmerer and Taylor Nilson
4th – Elgin Public – Austin Good, Corbin Kinney, Ethan Hinkle, Jack Wemhoff and William Heilhecker
6th – Creighton – Hollie Macke, Isaac Hoffman, Leah Sukup and Mason Pavelka
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
2nd – Graysen Sauser, Neligh-Oakdale
3rd – Ben Johnson, Creighton
5th – Austin Hinkle, Elgin Public
6th – Payton Schroeder, Creighton
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
1st – Kayla Key, Creighton
2nd – Jordyn Coutts, Creighton
6th – Dawson Deibler, Rock County
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
3rd – Samantha Durre, Elgin Public
4th – Callie Heithoff, Elgin Public
Persuasive Speaking
2nd – Mia Dartman, Creighton
3rd – Kyra Anthony, Rock County
Program of Oral Interpretation
2nd – Corbin Kinney, Elgin Public
6th – Ashlyn Rudolf, Neligh-Oakdale