MSHSL State Speech Tournament is This Weekend
The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) State Speech Tournament is being held virtually this Friday and Saturday. Some area students are competing in Class AA Friday and Class A Saturday.
AA competition begins approximately 4:00 p.m. Friday with the Awards Presentation beginning at 10:45 p.m.
Class A competition starts 9:30 a.m. Saturday with the Awards Presentation at 4:45 p.m.
In Class AA there are some Big Nine and South Suburban Conference representatives.
In Creative Expression: Competitor, school and speech selection
- Benjamin Gonyea Lakeville North "A Golden Opportunity"
- Elinor Sayers Lakeville North "Walk A Mile in Heels"
- Thor Reimann Eastview, Apple Valley "The Memory Project"
- Emily Nyberg Lakeville North "A Pear Shaped Predicament"
In Discussion competing are:
- Sierra Pieper Rochester John Marshall
- Nadia Kuxhausen Ralph Northfield
- Fardouza Farah Owatonna
- Julia Schowalter Eagan
- Ellie Sprinthall Eagan
- Allison Champ Eastview, Apple Valley
- Aerin Engelstad Eagan
Duo Interpretation Area Competitors include:
- Alice Hovendon/Colin Roberts Eagan "The Entire History of You" by Jesse Armstrong
- Frank Knier/Jonah Johnson Apple Valley "A Steady Rain" by Keith Huff
- Anna Haug/Annika Kjer Rochester John Marshall "The Audition" by Don Zolidis
- Lars Andersen/Olma Wakjira Eagan "A Time to Kill" by John Grisham
- Jasmine Haidar/Laura Schile Eastview "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson
Extemporaneous Reading:
- Kat Kruse Farmington
- Olivia Beach Eastview, Apple Valley
- Hanisa Pasupuleti Eastview,
- Megan Copeland Owatonna
- Ritisha Senapati Eastview, Apple Valley
- Bridget Schaber Eagan
- Elise Olson Northfield
Extemporaneous Speaking:
- Tharika Arunkumar Lakeville North
- Bianca Turman Eagan
- Vikash Giritharan Eastview, Apple Valley
- Allison Hering Eastview, Apple Valley
- Rachna Balasubramanian Lakeville North
- George Faseemo Rochester John Marshall
- Gavin Davis Mankato East
Great Speeches Category:
- John Novack Eagan DEUS VULT by Pope Urban II
- Nimisha Bora Eastview Valley New Nationalism by Teddy Roosevelt
- Maimuna Aden Rochester John Marshall House Floor Speech on Yoho Remarks by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Adriann Drenk Lakeville North Donald Trump Riot Speech by Donald Trump
- Heden Abdulahi Eagan Yippie Workshop by Abbie Hoffman
- Wanwa Omot Eastview Declaration of Conscience by Margaret Chase Smith
- Shania VanLewin Lakeville North First Senate speech on Immigrants by Kamala Harris
Humorous Interpretation
- Aiden Clayburn Lakeville North Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
- Madeline Rock Apple Valley How I Survived Camp Cooties by Megan Orr
- Jacob Miller Lakeville North Office Space by Miks Judge
- Ellie Scheldberg Burnsville Mary Choppins by Frank Joseph
- Julia Christenson Owatonna Sealed for Freshness by Doug Stone
- Sophie Todaro Apple Valley Homeschooled by Jason Pizzarello
Informative Speaking
- Ainsley Plucker Eastview Who Run the World?
- Katelyn Caulder Lakeville North As Good As Gold
- Sophie Green Apple Valley Liquid Gold
- Audrey Bowen Lakeville North Male Bodies: We Are At Your Cervix
- Ceceilia Voss Apple Valley Work Worth Seeking
- Lauren McCutcheon Lakeville North I’m Not Ovary-acting
Original Oratory
- Lydia Voss Apple Valley Good Grief
- Gintare Piscikaite Lakeville North Not Just the Comics
- Jihan Abdi Apple Valley A Promethean Task
- Pooja Kasam Eagan The Right Word for It
- Grace Bowen Lakeville North Scarletrocious
- Krystal Mutebi Lakeville North Implicit Bias:The Sickness in Need of a Cure
Serious Interpretation of Drama
- Ashlyn Cox Farmington Accidently Brave by Maddie Corman
- Grace Guetschow Mankato East The Wrong Kind of Nightmare by Pamela Love.
- Hanna Olson Eastview Girls & Boys by Dennis Kelly
- Zoe Lewis Burnsville My Knight in Dull Armour by Pete Malicki
- Jackson Hemann Owatonna I Hate This (A Play Without the Baby) by David Hansen
- Audrey Schwartz Eagan Apples in Winter by Jennifer Fawcett
- Cooper Roberts Apple Valley My Life by Bruce Joel Rubin
- Alaina Deutsch Lakeville North The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Serious Interpretation of Poetry
- Manasa Yerriboyina Rochester John Marshall The Hill We Climb, We Weep With the Moon: Dedication to Benazir Bhutto, Who's Yellen Now, Notorious (R.B.G.), DR. BIDEN. PERIOD by Amanda Gorman, ears2hearyou, Dessa, Leslé Honoré, Leslé Honoré
- Sebastian Matte Eastview Control Alt Delete: A Program Featuring “Touchscreen”, “Look Up”, “Genuine Connections”, and “The Internet Speaks Back to the Author” by Selected Poems by Marshall Davis Jones, Gary Turk, Tyler Knott Gregson, and Phil Kaye
- Sophia Trenary Farmington Gaslight: A Program by Tatyana Brown, Lyd Havens, Rachel McKibbens, Edwin Bodney, Natasha Hooper, Bianca Phipps, Karina Stow
- Kai Wilson Eagan Just A Typical Day (A Program): Social Media, How Do You Raise a Black Child, Internet War, Glimpse of Reality, Lady Liberty, Citizen & songs by various artists by Reflectionzero, Courtney Lamar Jackson, Hailey Ngo, Danielle Bigsby, MV, Claudia Rankine, Meek Mill, Kendrick Lamar, and Childish Gambino
- Ankita Gurung Lakeville North I Am Not Your Model Minority by Michael Chem, Jay Ojano, Alex Dang, and Rachel Rostad
Serious Interpretation of Prose
- Alyson Hasner Lakeville North Pour Your Soul by Mira Ptacin
- Emily Melville Apple Valley The Girl Without a Face by Randall and Hailey Hicks
- Morgan Oksendahl Eastview Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
- Jay Tie Lakeville North The Bitter Taste of Dying by Jason Smith
- Trinh Nguyen Eagan Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao
- Maria Michaelson Apple Valley Inside Out by Demi Moore
- Annika Kingsriter Lakeville North Now I See You by Nicole Kear
- Evelyn Gore Eagan What is a Girl Worth by Rachael Denhollander
Storytelling
- Ria Koppikar Eastview
- Kiley Snobeck Farmington
- Ella Erdahl Eastview
- Jada Lapastora Eagan
- William Laudon Rochester Mayo
- Olivia Moeller Mankato East
- James Eiden Eagan
- Akansha Kamineni Eastview
- Marina Deutsch Lakeville North
- Kayli Breen Eagan
Class A Competitors from the KDHL region:
Creative Expression
- Meagan Pedersen Cannon Falls High-Functioning Flirting
- Duram Kelly Mankato Loyola An Informative Soap Opera
- Elizabeth Schieffelbein Chatfield Happily Ever After and Other Fairy Tale Falsehoods
- Kaylee Arndt Fillmore Central The Tale too Terrible for a Title
Discussion
- Abbigail Kutz Maple River, Mapleton
- Teagan Strecker Cannon Falls
- Richard Sylak Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Duo Interpretation
- Haylee Gunderson/Sebastian Rappe Randolph That’s Not How I Remember It by Don Zolidis
- Peyton Ellis/Sydney Ellis Chatfield Sealed for Freshness by Doug Stone
- Kiri Kerekes/Paige Atherton W-E-M Flowers by Katherine Vaughan
Extemperaneous Reading
- Grace Miller Cannon Falls
- Noah Lippert Maple River, Mapleton
- Meghan Kosmala Stewartville
- Aizlynn Thim Cannon Falls
Extemperaneous Speaking
- Lydia Pedersen Cannon Falls
- Zach Groh Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Great Speeches
- Alex Heuss W-E-M A Time to Break Silence by Martin Luther King Jr.
- Angel Zheng Cannon Falls Dear Class of 2020 Speech by Michelle Obama
Humerous Interpretation
- Eric Daschner J-W-P The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups by David Wisniewski
- Emma Watson Cannon Falls Lil Greasy Tator Queen by Clint Snyder
- Kressin Hartl Cannon Falls Miss Beth by Don Zolidis
- Savannah Berg Minnesota New Country School, Henderson Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
- Rebecca Copeman Chatfield Nora Wants a Baby by Forrest Musselman
Informative Speaking
- Bianca Caputo Cannon Falls Putting the Fun in Funeral
- Matthew Giese Cannon Falls Environmental Ice Cream
Original Oratory
- Addi Oliver J-W-P That Uncomfortable Feeling
- Savannah Ruiz Maple River Hegemonic Masculinity
- Sophia Culuris K-W Brick Walls
- Sami Pollack Minnesota New Country School, Henderson The Poison Embedded in Everyday Phrases
Serious Interpretation of Drama
- Rachael Fields Maple River Argos by Elizabeth McCutcheon
- Jocelyn Machtemes LeSueur-Henderson Casualties by Sandra Dempsey
- Merrik Giesen Belle Plaine Bright. Apple. Crush. by Steve Yockey
- Catherine Williamson Pine Island Amanda by DonnaMarie Vaughan
- Kendall Lawless Cannon Falls Guilt by Krystle Henninger
Serious Interpretation of Poetry
- Rachelle Boelter LeSueur-Henderson Kait Rokowski, Akeemjamal Rollins, Meggie Royer by Kait Rokowski, Akeemjamal Rollins, Meggie Royer
- Conor Salmonson Cannon Falls Heterophobia: A Poetry Program by Ragan Fox, Jess Howard, Blythe Baird, June Jordan
- Presley Sue Borgmenn Minnesota New Country School, Henderson My Mother’s Addendum; Mans/laughter; My Grandmother Asked Why I Don’t Trust Men by Olivia Gatwood
- Abreeana Reasor LeSueur-Henderson To This Day by Shane Koyczan
- Melanie Winzenburg Blooming Prairie When the Towers Fell by Galway Kinnell
Serious Interpretation of Prose
- Jessica Baszuro Cannon Falls Almost Home by Christine Gleason
- Alex Menne Mn New Country School, Henderson Stolen Moments by Janet O’Neill
Storytelling
- Bradley Budach Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
- Zenessa Anderson Rushford-Peterson
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