Twenty-two speech groups from Carroll and Kuemper Catholic High Schools have advanced to compete at the state level. Kuemper brought 11 groups and Carroll had 15 teams at the Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) District Large Group Contest on Saturday, Jan. 20 in Storm Lake. Nine Kuemper teams received “Superior” or I ratings, which qualifies them for state. Those advancing include: a short film, two musical theater performances, ensemble acting, three group mime teams, radio news and a one-act play. Carroll advanced 13 groups with a I rating including: a one-act play, two reader’s theaters, four ensembles, four improv teams; a group mime and musical theater. Two teams from each school were judged as “Excellent” but will not advance. The 22 teams will compete at the IHSSA State Large Group Contest on Saturday, Feb. 3 in LeMars. A list of those teams, their members and their scores can be found included below this story.
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*Teams marked with an asterisk received a I or “Superior” rating and will advance to state.
Kuemper
*Short Film (Loquar): Draven Haefs, Aislinn Haefs, Katie Bowden, Emily Bowden.
*Musical theatre (The Last Five Year’s): Liz Kenkel, Dan Miller.
*Musical theatre (A Year with Frog & Toad): Anna Langel, Hannah Casebeer, Max Meyers, Matt Janssen.
*Group Mime: Lauren Macke, Mara Slattery, Matilda Pugh, Nicole Reiser, Samantha Schwarte.
*Ensemble Acting (Always a Bridesmaid): Sarah Auen, Baylie Bueltel, Brooke Horbach, Scyler Menke, Erica Sturm.
*Group Mime (Conscience Mind): Macy Ludwig, McKenna Ludwig, Chloe Grote, Kate Lohff, Taylor Promes.
*Group Mime (Dancing Designers): Brittney Bruch, Haley Heithoff, Kate Ramaekers.
*Radio News (MJST 106.9): Michael Schreck, Joshua Tigges, Isaac Meyers, Paige Higby, Zack Badding.
One Act Play (Orphan Trains): Bre Augustus, Kira Parkis, Dom Ervelli, Andrea Gehling, Draven Haefs, Sami Hays, Paige Higby, Liz Kenkel, Anna Langel, Mary Lawler, Caleb Ludwig, Grace Meyers, Isaac Meyers, Dan Miller, Joshua Tigges, Matilda Pugh.
Short Film (Time Crime): Jacob Schreck, Michael Schreck, Dom Ervelli, Grant Halbur, Colin Johnson, Caleb Ludwig.
Readers Theater (How to Get Rid of a House Mother): Tempi Hathcock, Kira Parkis, Megan Bauer, Madison Leonard, Lacee Martin, Nicole Seidl, Britnee Irlbeck, Kyla Auen.
Carroll
*One-Act Play (The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet): Sammie Walsh, Carter Kovarna, Jaden Henderson, Lauren Tidgren, Lexi Ragaller, Keaton Schoenfeld, Ashlynn Brant, Morgan Schulz, McKenna Haberl, Kara Seidl, and Reagan Reid
*Readers Theater (Breaking Badly): Marissa Tunning, Taryn Lawler, Abbie Espenhover, Parker Anderson, Keaton Schoenfeld, Morgan Schulz, McKenna Haberl, Wyatt Henson, Grace Friel, MaKayla Bueltel, Claire Smith, MaKenna Aschinger, and Lauren Snyder
*9th Readers Theater (Appropriate Audience Behavior): Bailey St. Peter, Ashley Brincks, Ben Stangl, Gabe Pettitt, Will Meiners, Logan Douglas
*Ensemble Acting (Little Red Riding Hood: Grandmother’s Revenge): Sammie Walsh, Mariah Clausen, Lily Ladwig, and Joelle Cheney
*Ensemble Acting (Lady MacBeth): Taydem Shoesmith, Lauren Snyder, Grace Friel, Rachel White, Kaylee Schulte, and Julia LaRue
*Ensemble Acting (From the Mouths of Babes): Somer Sinnard, Emma Troutman, Zach Shook, and Owen Perrin
*9th Ensemble Acting (Queens of the Realm): Emma Nelson and Mishy King
*Group Improvisation: Somer Sinnard, Emma Troutman, and Reagan Reid
*Group Improvisation: Miles Millard, Grant Meiners, Lily Ladwig, and Abbie Espenhover
*Group Improvisation: Joe McCartan, Owen Perrin, and Eliot Tidgren
*9th Group Improvisation: Mishy King, Hannah Bush, and Collin Schultes
*Group Mime (The Bachelor): Ashlynn Brant, Julia LaRue, Lauren Tidgren, Grace Eischeid, Grace Reising, and Jadon Henderson
*Muscial Theater (Into the Woods): Taydem Shoesmith, Zach Shook, Grant Meiners, Kaylee Schulte, Joelle Cheney, and Lexi Ragaller
9th Group Improvisation: Emma Nelson and Gabe Pettitt
9th Radio Broadcasting: Logan Douglas, Collin Schultes, Nolan Landauer, Jaxson Kuhlmann, and Ashley Brincks
