ACGC speech students, photo courtesy of Kelsey Moran

***Due to weather the contest has been rescheduled for January 23rd***

All Guthrie County-area high school speech teams will be heading to Perry this Saturday for the District Large Group Speech Contest.

Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center High School is sending 11 groups to the District Contest to perform in the categories of One Act, Readers Theatre, Choral Reading, Ensemble Acting, Musical Theatre, Radio News, Mime, and Group Improv. West Central Valley has three groups performing in Group Improv and two groups performing in Ensemble Acting. The students will all be vying to advance to the state large group contest which takes place February 2nd at West Des Moines Valley High School. In case of inclement weather the make up district contest day will be Wednesday, January 23rd at 2:30 p.m.

Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center Students:

Whitney Renshaw, Jacqueline Trujillo-Garcia, Reagan Rumelhart, Keisha Peters, Sam Sloss, Katelyn Thompson, Malena Rumelhart, Aubrey Chmelar, Angela Martinez, Lauryn Embleton, Chelsea Larsen, Audrey Stowe, Kashish Patel, Sydney Noland, Alyson Embleton, Olivia Van Meter, Rylee Sloss, Britni Hayes, Mackenzie Campbell, Kalli Kinney, Wendy Soto, Klare Sheley, Peyton Emgarten, Tommy Bates, Kylie Chandler, Kaden Shook, Lauren Knutter, Ben Kingery, Noah Nelsen, McKlain Jorgensen, Emma Chesnut, Sarah Hall, Paxton Schneider, Torri Husk, Anna Lauritsen, Peyton Kopaska, Kael Grasty, Page Oldes, Carter Hanson, Sophia Rouse, Mady Kelsey, Sierra O’Brien, Matt Hanner, Jaden Carney, Donald Straw, Austin Wetzel, Jadeyn Carrick, Ellan Clay, Mackenzie Reinhart, Caprice Bashaw, Olivia Laabs, Sara Pauley

West Central Valley Students:

Jacob Jones, Bodhi Mains, Jacob Jordan, Maria Pruitt, Beth Lincoln, Ethan Beitz, Emma R. Johnson, Sophie Bower, Gavin Dupuy, Anna Van Dorn, Jon Garcia, Larissa Crawford, Olivia Becker, Sophia Mahedy, Larissa Crawford, Cael Hansen, Sophia Mahedy, Claire Chesnut, Anna Van Dorn, Olivia Becker, and Abbi Balsmeier