Wayne Public Schools Wins 2024 Speech Tournament Co-hosted with WSC

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

1. Wayne Public Schools, 299 points
2. Boone Central, 262 points
3. Hartington-Newcastle, 234 points
4. Wausa, 174 points
5. Crofton, 129 points
6. O’Neill, 106 points
7. Plainview, 90 points
8. Wisner-Pilger, 88 points
9. Pierce, 58 points
10. Wynot, 50 points
11. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, 39 points
12. North Bend, 39 points
13. Hartington Cedar Catholic, 36 points
14. Archbishop Bergan, 28 points
15. Bloomfield, 22 points
16. Ponca, 18 points
17. Holy Family/St. Francis, 18 points
18. South Sioux City, 12 points
19. Lutheran High Northeast, 7 points

Duet Acting

1. Wayne Public Schools – Aidan Bohnert and Alec Schaffer
2. Wausa – Braydon Hoesing and Rogan Hoesing
3. Wayne Public Schools – Colby Raulston and Madalyn Franta
4. Crofton – Katie Neuharth and Sophia Wortmann
5. Hartington-Newcastle – Dayton Sudbeck and Mani Lange
6. Wayne Public Schools – Gabriel Armstrong and Wanso Barner

Entertainment Speaking

1. Wausa – Holly Johnson
2. Crofton – Elizabeth Wortmann
3. Crofton – Jack Schieffer
4. Wayne Public Schools – Sophia Spieker
5. Wausa – Luke Woockman
6. Hartington-Newcastle – Alexus Hans

Extemporaneous Speaking

1. Wayne Public Schools – Parker Kesting
2. Boone Central – Taylor Beierman
3. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge – Jackson Hall
4. Plainview – Reagan Choat
5. Crofton – Carter Guenther
6. Boone Central – Edwin Naranjo

Informative Speaking

1. Hartington-Newcastle – Kennedy Gotch
2. Hartington Cedar Catholic – Ava Stewart
3. Wayne Public Schools – Olivia Hanson
4. Hartington-Newcastle – Hazel Hochstein
5. Wausa – Addison Wynia
6. North Bend – Charity Vyhlidal

Oral Interpretation of Drama

1. Hartington-Newcastle – Cole Heimes, Dayton Sudbeck, Jason Heimes, Lainey Morten, Mani Lange
2. Wausa – Avery Stevens, Cade Wakeley, Claire Kumm, Holly Johnson, Kendall Story
3. Hartington-Newcastle – Austin Sudbeck, Carter Kelly, Dana Gotch, Issac Santiago, Trevon Hopping
4. Crofton – Grant Schieffer, Jack Schieffer, Katie Neuharth, Kaylee Mauch, Sophia Wortmann
5. Wayne Public Schools – Adreinne Anderson, Grace Junck, Josie Ley, Kennasyn Blecke, Norah Armstrong
6. Plainview – Abbie Kromarek, Corben Kment, Marque Albin, Paige Norris, Rece Frahm

Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose

1. O’Neill – Annie Corkle
2. Wayne Public Schools – Alec Schaffer
3. Crofton – Kaylee Mauch
4. Boone Central – Madison Gompert
5. Hartington-Newcastle – Trevon Hopping
6. Wausa – Cade Wakeley

Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose

1. Wynot – Isabelle Heimes
2. Wausa – Holly Johnson
3. Boone Central – Bella Meyer
4. Hartington-Newcastle – Dane Gotch
5. Ponca – Brooklynn Lowe
6. Holy Family/St. Francis – Bella Foster

Persuasive Speaking

1. Archbishop Bergan – Johanna Winterlin
2. Wayne Public Schools – Ava Elliot
3. Boone Central – Taylor Beierman
4. Hartington-Newcastle – Emma Wubben
5. Wayne Public Schools – Olivia Hanson
6. Plainview – Reagan Choat

Poetry

1. Boone Central – Bella Meyer
2. Wayne Public Schools – Ceilus Ibarra
3. Wisner-Pilger – Jose Ramirez
4. Hartington-Newcastle – Ryell Haug
5. O’Neill – Reagan Roessler
6. Pierce – Chelsey Ottis

Program Oral Interpretation

1. Boone Central – Bella Meyer
2. Wynot – Isabelle Heimes
3. Boone Central – Jordan Patzel
4. Wayne Public Schools – Colby Raulston
5. Wayne Public Schools – Nyamalo Kantai
6. Hartington-Newcastle – Kennedy Gotch