It was a clean sweep for several Greene County High School students at this past weekend’s speech competition.

GCHS sent seven entries in six different categories with 32 students competing at the Iowa High School Speech Association District Large Group Contest at Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center High School. Speech Coach Kelley Gray says all entries received a Division I-rating and have advanced to the state contest. The entries included two for Radio Broadcasting, along with Reader’s Theater, Choral Reading, Short Film, Group Improvisation, and Musical Theater.

Greene County will head to Ankeny Centennial High School on Saturday, February 3rd for the state contest. The full list of the students and their speech entries can be found below.

Reader’s Theater (The 10 Worst Things About High School):  Ella Shipley, Emma Shipley, Hailey Carman, Ava Binkley, Maggie Mikkelsen, Brooklyn Roberts, Brooke Williams, Sadie Shannon, Payton Kokenge, Violet Reedy, Kamden Kinne, Jacob Harmeyer, Lane Fields, Noah Cornell

Choral Reading (Carla’s Sandwich):  Lucy Vander Linden, Leah McCormick, Savannah Lansman, Ella Ostrander, Jocelyn Velazco, Natalie Towers, Evelyn Snyder, London Harris, Ella Mohr, Makenna Dzuris 

Short Film: Nathan Ausberger, Jack Hansen, Gavin Vander Linden, Bill Wright, Daniel Strawn

Group Improv: Jack Hansen, Esther Van Horn, Gavin Vander Linden, Ava Schilling 

Radio Broadcasting: Esther Van Horn and Leah McCormick

Radio Broadcasting:  Bill Wright and Daniel Strawn

Musical Theater (What is this Feeling? Wicked): Olivia Hoyt and Hailey Carman