The D2-2 District Speech Meet in Wayne and the D1-4 District Speech Meet were held Monday, March 16 with many State Qualifiers. Those that qualify for State will compete on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Kearney High School in Kearney, NE. Congratulations to the qualifiers who are listed in the results below!!
D2-2 District Speech Meet at Wayne High School
Team Results
1st Osmond 276
2nd St. Mary’s 194
3rd Leigh 160
4th High Plains 146
5th Elgin Public 140
6th St. Edward 114
7th Verdigre 30
8th Scribner-Snyder 26
Area Medal Winners
Duet Acting
2nd Donovan Heiman & Meagan Wagner, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Alex Otte & Ben Pongratz, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
4th Jack Berg & Piper Hoffman, Osmond
5th Dannyka Smidt & Kyla Donaldson, Elgin Public
6th Kayton Zwingman & Kierstyn Eisenhauer, Elgin Public
Entertainment Speaking
1st Donovan Heiman, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
2nd Anna Otte, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
6th Easton Steinkraus, Osmond
Finalist – Amanda Pongratz, St. Mary’s
Extemporaneous Speaking
1st Ava Reikofski, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
2nd Lily Bulau, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Gemma Miller, Elgin Public – STATE QUALIFIER
4th Evan Cole, St. Mary’s
6th Izaak Vakoc, Verdigre
Informative Speaking
1st Alex Otte, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
2nd Jade Halsey, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Ben Pongratz, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
5th Piper Hoffman, Osmond
6th Kyndal Busteed, Elgin Public
Oral Interpretation of Drama
2nd St. Mary’s, Alex Otte, Anna Otte, Aubrey Wohlert, Ben Pongratz & Lauren Winkelbauer, – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Osmond, Donovan Heiman, Erin Aschoff, Kaleigh Miller & Meagan Wagner – STATE QUALIFIER
4th Elgin Public, Braedon Hinkle, John Zwingman, Kynlee Tillis, Sophia Burke & Sydney Niewohner,
5th Osmond, Ava Kumm, Clara Steinkraus, Evynn Kumm, Katarina Miller & Kinley Friedrich
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
2nd Justin Rohloff, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Braedon Hinkle, Elgin Public – STATE QUALIFIER
5th Sophia Burke, Elgin Public
6th Emilee Babcock, Verdigre
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
1st Kaleigh Miller, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Anna Otte, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
4th Sydney Niewohner, Elgin Public
5th Nevaeh Newton, Osmond
6th Londyn Reiser, St. Mary’s
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
1st Zoey Buechter, Elgin Public – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Meagan Wagner, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
6th Kenley Friedrich, Osmond
Persuasive Speaking
1st Pipe Hoffman, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
2nd Lauren Winkelbauer, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Kyndal Busteed, Elgin Public – STATE QUALIFIER
4th Lily Bulau, St. Mary’s
5th Addison Miller, Osmond
6th Josiah Heerdegen, Verdigre
Program Oral Interpretation
2nd Erin Aschoff, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
3rd Lauren Winkelbauer, St. Mary’s – STATE QUALIFIER
6th Adalyn Koehler, Osmond – STATE QUALIFIER
Here are results on Burwell from the D1-4 District Speech Meet held Monday, March 16 at Riverside-Spalding School.
Team Results
1st Riverside 332
2nd Loup City 222
4th Burwell 98
Duet Acting
5th – Jordee Johnston & Sylvia Smith, Burwell
Entertainment Speaking
4th – Zella Smith, Burwell
Extemporaneous Speaking
6th – Cy Feeken, Burwell
Informative Speaking
3rd Jordee Johnston, Burwell – STATE QUALIFIER
Oral Interpretation of Drama
6th – Axel Smith, Binyam Sikes & Teague Stout, Burwell
Oral Interpretation of Poetry
6th – Boston Klanecky, Burwell
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
3rd – Jeslynn Dvorak, Burwell – STATE QUALIFIER
Persuasive Speaking
6th – Sullivan Trausch, Burwell
