The Northwest District Speech contest was held at Kuemper High School this past Saturday, and students were not only working hard on rehearsing and performing, they were also busy helping set-up and host the event with the aid of parents and their coaches: Susan Glass; Sue Murphy; Jake Gute; Lydia Schettler; and Deb Gute. Of the 27 performances put on by Kuemper students, 21 of those received a “1” rating and will advance to state on March 12 at Woodbury Central in Moville. The remaining six participants received “2” ratings. Coach Deb Gute said that they received some great comments from the judges for students to work on some technical things in the next two weeks. A full listing of students and their rankings can be found below.
1 Rankings:
Tori Bauer-Original Oratory & Acting
Paige Tiefenthaler-Poetry & After Dinner Speaking
Madison Rial-Acting
Jacque Batz-Lit Program
Maggie Steinkamp-Storytelling
Danielle Schultes-Storytelling
Jessica Venner- Literary Program
Ben Kenkel- Prose
Liz Kenkel-Musical Theater
Evan Schettler-Musical Theater
Reed Rawlings-Improvisation
Jacob Schreck-Improvisation
Marta Pugh-Musical Theater
Grace Myers-Prose
Jacklyn Krause-Prose
Britney Bruch (9)-Prose
Sami Hays (9)-Storytelling
Mary Lawler (9)-Storytelling
Lauren Macke (9)-Musical Theater
2 Rankings:
Erin Wallace-Lit Program
Liz Kenkel-Storytelling
Ryan Rawlings-Improvisation
Grace Myers-Acting
Matilda Pugh-After Dinner Speaking
Michaela Voigt-Poetry
