Published Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
High school students from 19 Nebraska schools competed in the Wayne High / Wayne State Invitational Speech Tournament on Feb. 3 on campus.
Wayne Public Schools won the Wayne State / Wayne High Invitational Speech Tournament held Feb. 3 on the Wayne State College campus.
More than 320 entries from 19 schools competed in the event. The following is a list of results from the speech tournament by event. The Team Sweepstakes list is followed by all events with individual student results.
Team Sweepstakes
- Wayne Public Schools, 299 points
- Boone Central, 262 points
- Hartington-Newcastle, 234 points
- Wausa, 174 points
- Crofton, 129 points
- O’Neill, 106 points
- Plainview, 90 points
- Wisner-Pilger, 88 points
- Pierce, 58 points
- Wynot, 50 points
- Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, 39 points
- North Bend, 39 points
- Hartington Cedar Catholic, 36 points
- Archbishop Bergan, 28 points
- Bloomfield, 22 points
- Ponca, 18 points
- Holy Family/St. Francis, 18 points
- South Sioux City, 12 points
- Lutheran High Northeast, 7 points
Duet Acting
- Wayne Public Schools – Aidan Bohnert and Alec Schaffer
- Wausa – Braydon Hoesing and Rogan Hoesing
- Wayne Public Schools – Colby Raulston and Madalyn Franta
- Crofton – Katie Neuharth and Sophia Wortmann
- Hartington-Newcastle – Dayton Sudbeck and Mani Lange
- Wayne Public Schools – Gabriel Armstrong and Wanso Barner
Entertainment Speaking
- Wausa – Holly Johnson
- Crofton – Elizabeth Wortmann
- Crofton – Jack Schieffer
- Wayne Public Schools – Sophia Spieker
- Wausa – Luke Woockman
- Hartington-Newcastle – Alexus Hans
Extemporaneous Speaking
- Wayne Public Schools – Parker Kesting
- Boone Central – Taylor Beierman
- Laurel-Concord-Coleridge – Jackson Hall
- Plainview – Reagan Choat
- Crofton – Carter Guenther
- Boone Central – Edwin Naranjo
Informative Speaking
- Hartington-Newcastle – Kennedy Gotch
- Hartington Cedar Catholic – Ava Stewart
- Wayne Public Schools – Olivia Hanson
- Hartington-Newcastle – Hazel Hochstein
- Wausa – Addison Wynia
- North Bend – Charity Vyhlidal
Oral Interpretation of Drama
- Hartington-Newcastle – Cole Heimes, Dayton Sudbeck, Jason Heimes, Lainey Morten, Mani Lange
- Wausa – Avery Stevens, Cade Wakeley, Claire Kumm, Holly Johnson, Kendall Story
- Hartington-Newcastle – Austin Sudbeck, Carter Kelly, Dana Gotch, Issac Santiago, Trevon Hopping
- Crofton – Grant Schieffer, Jack Schieffer, Katie Neuharth, Kaylee Mauch, Sophia Wortmann
- Wayne Public Schools – Adreinne Anderson, Grace Junck, Josie Ley, Kennasyn Blecke, Norah Armstrong
- Plainview – Abbie Kromarek, Corben Kment, Marque Albin, Paige Norris, Rece Frahm
Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose
- O’Neill – Annie Corkle
- Wayne Public Schools – Alec Schaffer
- Crofton – Kaylee Mauch
- Boone Central – Madison Gompert
- Hartington-Newcastle – Trevon Hopping
- Wausa – Cade Wakeley
Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
- Wynot – Isabelle Heimes
- Wausa – Holly Johnson
- Boone Central – Bella Meyer
- Hartington-Newcastle – Dane Gotch
- Ponca – Brooklynn Lowe
- Holy Family/St. Francis – Bella Foster
Persuasive Speaking
- Archbishop Bergan – Johanna Winterlin
- Wayne Public Schools – Ava Elliot
- Boone Central – Taylor Beierman
- Hartington-Newcastle – Emma Wubben
- Wayne Public Schools – Olivia Hanson
- Plainview – Reagan Choat
Poetry
- Boone Central – Bella Meyer
- Wayne Public Schools – Ceilus Ibarra
- Wisner-Pilger – Jose Ramirez
- Hartington-Newcastle – Ryell Haug
- O’Neill – Reagan Roessler
- Pierce – Chelsey Ottis
Program Oral Interpretation
- Boone Central – Bella Meyer
- Wynot – Isabelle Heimes
- Boone Central – Jordan Patzel
- Wayne Public Schools – Colby Raulston
- Wayne Public Schools – Nyamalo Kantai
- Hartington-Newcastle – Kennedy Gotch