Weather played yet another role in making Greene County and Paton-Churdan School Districts get creative for the district individual speech competition.

Instead of traveling to Adel-DeSoto-Minburn last Saturday, both school districts hired individuals to judge the students’ performances on Tuesday. This was the same method the two school districts used during part of the large group speech contest season. Greene County Speech Coach Kelley Gray says nine students will advance on to the state contest in 13 entries. As for Paton-Churdan, seven students will compete at state in 12 categories.

The state contest takes place on March 9th at Nevada High School. A full list of the students who qualified for state and what they will be performing can be found below.

Greene County High School Qualifiers:

Natalie Payan- Poetry– I

Naomi Long- Poetry–I

Natalie Payan- Prose—I

Jordan Davis- Prose–I

Arthur Bardole- Literary Program–I

Morrgan Zmolek- Literary Program– I

Eliot Schilling- Literary Program–I

Arthur Bardole- Musical Theater–I

Claire Teusch- Musical Theater–I

Morrgan Zmolek- Acting–I

Maezie Holderby- Expository–I

Demir Bulut- Spontaneous Speaking–I

Jordan Davis- Radio News–I

Claire Teusch- Storytelling—I

 

Paton-Churdan Qualifiers:

Kyla Beyers (Prose and Literary Program)

Carter Meseck (Radio News Announcing)

Megan Carey (Storytelling and Prose)

Karissa Stephenson (Prose)

Hannah Bundt (Literary Program and Poetry)

Madi Minnehan (Solo Musical Theatre and Poetry)

Briana Jewett (Solo Musical Theatre and Poetry)