Greene County and Paton-Churdan students did well at this past weekend’s state individual speech contest.

Greene County Speech Coach Kelley Gray says ten of their entries received a Division I-rating and of those five were straight I’s from the three judges. Those that received straight I’s included: Arthur Bardole for literary program, Maezie Holderby for expository address, Morrgan Zmolek for literary program, Jordan Davis for prose and Naomi Long for poetry. Paton-Churdan Speech Coach Stephanie Pace says six entries received I-ratings, with four getting straight I’s. Those students with straight I-ratings included: Megan Carey in prose and storytelling, Madi Minnehan in musical theater and Hannah Bundt in poetry.

The nominations for All-State will be announced this Saturday. The All-State Festival will be on Monday, March 25th at the University of Northern Iowa. A full list of all of the participants and their results from the state contest can be found below:

Paton-Churdan:

Megan Carey: Prose I*; Storytelling I*

Briana Jewett: Poetry I; Musical I

Kyla Beyers: Lit Program II; Prose II

Madi Minnehan: Musical I*; Poetry II

Hannah Bundt: Poetry I*; Lit Program II

Karissa Stephenson: Prose II

Greene County:

Arthur Bardole- Musical Theater: I

Arthur Bardole- Literary Program: I*

Jordan Davis- Prose: I*

Maezie Holderby- Expository Address: I*

Demir Bulut- Spontaneous Speaking: I

Eliot Schilling- Literary Program: I

Morrgan Zmolek- Literary Program: I*

Natalie Payan- Poetry: I

Natalie Payan- Prose: I

Naomi Long- Poetry: I*

Claire Teusch- Storytelling: II

Claire Teusch- Musical Theater: II

Morrgan Zmolek: Acting: II

*-straight I-ratings