The Kentucky Highschool Speech League
2004 JUNIOR STATE TOURNAMENT
The Kentucky High School Speech League hosted its Junior State Tournament on Friday, March 21 & 22 on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. The following middle and elementary schools placed in the sweepstakes:
1st place - The School for Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass
2nd place - Roy G. Eversole Middle School
3rd place - Winburn Middle School
4th place - Franklin-Simpson Middle School
5th place - Ockerman Middle School
6th place - Kentucky Country Day Middle School
7th place - Southern Pulaski Middle School
8th place - Hindman Elementary
9th place - Calloway County Middle School
10th place - Harrison County Middle School
The Horizon Awards are given to schools with smaller entries who show excellence. The top five were:
1st - Bluegrass Middle School
2nd - June Buchanan School
3rd - Crittenden County Middle School
4th - LaRue County Middle School
5th - Scott Middle School / Lexington Traditional Magnet School (tie)
Individual awards were as follows:
Broadcasting
State Champion - Will Chadwick (Bluegrass M.S.)
2nd - Jordan Davidson (Eversole M.S.)
3rd - Kelly Hieronymus (S.C.A.P.A.)
4th - Christopher Allpress (Franklin-Simpson M.S.)
5th - Ryan Combs (Eversole M.S.)
6th - Kolby Eperson (R.W. Combs M.S.)
Duo Acting
State Champions - Ben Park & Katy Moody (Franklin-Simpson M.S.)
2nd - Adrianna Lacey & Kim Lewis (S.C.A.P.A.)
3rd - Katie Ferguson & Sarah Wright (Conner M.S.)
4th - Katharine Freeman & Lindsay West (The Lexington School)
5th - Rebecca Deery & Lucy Sharp (S.C.A.P.A.)
6th - Molly Dobbins & Molly Shoulta (Kentucky Country Day M.S.)
Extemporaneous Speaking
State Champion - Lydia Shedlofsky (S.C.A.P.A.)
2nd - Lilian Rogers (Winburn M.S.)
3rd - Sameera Mangena (Winburn M.S.)
4th - Lisanda Novo (Eversole M.S.)
5th - Chrisena Ricci (S.C.A.P.A.)
6th - Amanda Combs (Eversole M.S.)
mprovisational Duo Acting
State Champion - Dana Ferguson & Eva McEnrue (S.C.A.P.A.)
2nd - Seth Koenig & Thomas Padgett (Ockerman M.S.)
3rd - Brittany Johnson & Alisha Kuhl-Childers (S.C.A.P.A.)
4th - Erin Grupe & Alexander Thompson (Winburn M.S.)
5th - Jordan Davidson & Rachel Evans (Eversole M.S.)
6th - Leigh Borton & Lauren Hartweg (Winburn M.S.)
Interpretation of Literature
State Champion - Eva McEnrue (S.C.A.P.A.)
2nd - Katy Moody (Franklin-Simpson M.S.)
3rd - Drew Sugarman (Winburn M.S.)
4th - Lucy Sharp (S.C.A.P.A.)
5th - Madison Mobelini (Eversole M.S.)
6th - Mary Hollamon (Crittenden County M.S.)
Oratorical Declamation
State Champion - Vincent Purcell (Winburn M.S.)
2nd - Ben Richter (Kentucky Country Day)
3rd - Kelsey Watson (Calloway County M.S.)
4th - Chie Togami (S.C.A.P.A.)
5th - Rex Martinez (T.K. Stone M.S.)
6th - Sarah West (S.C.A.P.A.)
Poetry Interpretation
State Champion - Lynda Stevenson (S.C.A.P.A.)
2nd - Carrie Shirley (S.C.A.P.A.)
3rd - Katie Robinson (June Buchanan School)
4th - Cody Huffine (Franklin-Simpson M.S.)
5th - Cassandra Matthews (LaRue County M.S.)
6th - Michelle Carson (Harrison County M.S.)
Prose Interpretation
State Champion - Carly Green (Ockerman M.S.)
2nd - Chrisena Ricci (S.C.A.P.A.)
3rd - Ethan Smith (Harrison County M.S.)
4th - Tyler Olinger (Eversole M.S.)
5th - David Agtarap (Eversole M.S.)
6th - Ali Demoss-Campbell (S.C.A.P.A.)
Public Speaking
State Champion - Papa Chakavarthy (Winburn M.S.)
2nd - Amanda Combs (Eversole M.S.)
3rd - Nate Hovee (June Buchanan School)
4th - Eric Turner (Harrison County M.S.)
5th - Chie Togami (S.C.A.P.A.)
6th - Sameera Mangena (Winburn M.S.)
Solo Acting
State Champion - Chris Stahl (S.C.A.P.A.)
2nd - Rachel Evans (Eversole M.S.)
3rd - Grace Greenwell (Sacred Heart Model School)
4th - Katie Sink (S.C.A.P.A.)
5th - Heather Grigsby (Hindman Elementary)
6th - Ryan Smith (Southern Pulaski M.S.)
Storytelling
State Champion - Sanjana Shanker (Eversole M.S.)
2nd - Alex Early (S.C.A.P.A.)
3rd - Austin Ramsey (Calloway County M.S.)
4th - Jordan Conley (Hindman Elementary)
5th - Josiah Knight (R.W. Combs)
6th - Sarah Blake (Beaumont M.S.)