The 2026 NSAA State Speech Championships will be held March 27 & 28 Kearney.
The KBRX area had 57 event qualifiers and will send 42 students to compete.
Class A will be on March 27, and Class B will compete on March 28 at Horizon Middle School in Kearney. Classes C1 & C2 will compete on March 27 and Classes D1 & D2 will go on March 28 both at Kearney High School.
Here are the area qualifiers by Class.
Class C1 – March 27 at Kearney High School
O’Neill
Duet Acting – Emily Larsen & Logan Bradshaw
Extemporaneous Speaking – Logan Bradshaw & Suhani Chaudhari
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose – Alex Nelson
West Holt
Entertainment Speaking – Olivia Rentschler
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose – Olivia Rentschler
Class C2 – March 27 at Kearney High School
Creighton
Entertainment Speaking – Ian Crockett
Extemporaneous Speaking – Ellison Ladeaux
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose – Ben Johnson
Plainview
Duet Acting – Dominic White & Emma Sauser
Entertainment Speaking – Wyatt Schroth & Dominic White
Informative Speaking – Kohen Lingenfelter
Oral Interpretation of Drama – Plainview, Addie Hodson, Dominic White, Emma Sauser, Kohen Lingenfelter & Wyatt Schroth
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose – Macie Darnall
Oral Interpretation of Poetry – Tessa Weber & Anika Robinson
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose – Tessa Weber & Jaylin Johnson
Persuasive Speaking – Emma Sauser
Program Oral Interpretation – Jaylin Johnson & Rachel Harder
Elkhorn Valley
Informative Speaking – Mazzy Kuchar
Oral Interpretation of Drama – Elkhorn Valley, Irelyn Bearinger, Katie Warneke, Mazzy Kuchar & Skyler Tegeler
Persuasive Speaking – Irelyn Bearinger
Class D1 – March 28 at Kearney High School
Burwell
Informative Speaking – Jordee Johnston
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose – Jeslynn Dvorak
Class D2 – March 28 at Kearney High School
St. Mary’s
Duet Acting – Alex Otte & Ben Pongratz
Entertainment Speaking – Anna Otte
Extemporaneous Speaking – Lily Bulau
Informative Speaking – Alex Otte & Ben Pongratz
Oral Interpretation of Drama – St. Mary’s, Alex Otte, Anna Otte, Aubrey Wohlert, Ben Pongratz & Lauren Winkelbauer
Oral Interpretation of Poetry – Anna Otte
Persuasive Speaking – Lauren Winkelbauer
Program Oral Interpretation – Lauren Winkelbauer
Stuart
Entertainment Speaking – Thomas Paxton & Maddux Alder
Extemporaneous Speaking – Jasmine Davis & Robert Peterson
Informative Speaking – Matthew Yemma & Jaxon Kohle
Oral Interpretation of Drama – Stuart, Drew Schmaderer, Maddux Alder, Matthew Yemma & Thomas Paxton
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose – Maddux Alder & Thomas Paxton
Oral Interpretation of Poetry – Jasmine Davis & Jaxon Kohle
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose – Drew Schmaderer & Jaxon Kohle
Persuasive Speaking – Matthew Yemma & Robert Peterson
Program Oral Interpretation – Drew Schmaderer & Robert Peterson
Chambers
Entertainment Speaking – Natalia Souto
Informative Speaking – Draeger Scott & Harlie Kloppenborg
Oral Interpretation of Drama -Chambers, Draeger Scott, Grace Hoffman, Harlie Kloppenborg, Maggie Hansen & Trevor Timmerman
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose – Rose Woeppel
Oral Interpretation of Poetry – Harlie Kloppenborg
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose – Rose Woeppel & Maggie Hansen
Persuasive Speaking – Grace Hoffman
Program Oral Interpretation – Rose Woeppel
Wheeler Central
Duet Acting – Brandon Plugge & Daniel Kluver; Jose Gallardo & Justin Guggenmos
Oral Interpretation of Drama – Wheeler Central, Brandon Plugge, Daniel Kluver, Jose Gallaro & Justin Guggenmos
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose – Justin Guggenmos
Elgin Public
Extemporaneous Speaking – Gemma Miller
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose – Braedon Hinkle
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose – Zoey Buechter
Persuasive Speaking – Kyndal Busteed
Pope John
Duet Acting – Aiden Klein & Brooke Kinney
Entertainment Speaking – Aiden Klein
Oral Interpretation of Drama – Pope John, Aiden Klein, Brooke Kinney, Camry Kittelson, Matthew Kerkman & Tessa Barlow
Oral Interpretation of Poetry – Lillian Moser
Persuasive Speaking – Jovie Borer
Keya Paha
Informative Speaking – Courtnie Krueger
Oral Interpretation of Poetry – Bailey Kaufman
Oral Interpretation of Serious – Prose Zoey Snyder
