The Kentucky Highschool Speech League
2005 JUNIOR STATE TOURNAMENT
The Kentucky High School Speech League hosted its Junior State Tournament on Friday, March 18 & 19 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 - Kentucky Country Day Middle School
3rd place - Roy G. Eversole Middle School
4th place - Southern Pulaski Middle School
5th place - Hindman Elementary
6th place - Ockerman Middle School
7th place - Beaumont Middle School
8th place - Winburn Middle School
9th place - Harrison County Middle School
10th place - Morton Middle School
The Horizon Awards are given to schools with smaller entries who show excellence. The top five were:
1st - Glasgow Middle School
2nd - Calloway County Middle School
3rd - Jessie Clark Middle School
4th - St. Paul School
5th - The Lexington School
Individual awards were as follows:
Broadcasting
State Champion - Sam Rechter ( Kentucky Country Day)
2nd - Sanjana Shankar (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
3rd - Ryan Combs (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
4th - Xan Belzley (Kentucky Country Day)
5th - Alena Maggard (Southern Pulaski Middle School)
6th - Emilee Ray (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
Duo Acting
State Champions - Alex Early/ Tyler Stahl (SCAPA)
2nd - Leah Dick/ Rachel Cobb (Southern Pulaski Middle School)
3rd - Keigan Gregory/ Skyler Slone (Hindman Elementary)
4th - Casey Sparks/ Evan Vickers (Ockerman Middle School)
5th - Alena Maggard/ Corey Phelps (Southern Pulaski Middle School)
6th - Donovan Kirkpatrick/ Joel Brinkerhoff (Glasgow Middle School)
Extemporaneous Speaking
State Champion - Ellie Todd (SCAPA)
2nd - Chie Togami (SCAPA)
3rd - Xan Belzley (Kentucky Country Day)
4th - Foster Jordan (Ockerman Middle School)
5th - Sarah Wilcyznski (Ockerman Middle School)
6th - Wilson Shirley (SCAPA)
Improvisational Duo Acting
State Champions - Stewart Cory/ Patrick Fallon (Kentucky Country Day)
2nd - Will Blackford/ Seth Fortenberry (Calloway Co. Middle School)
3rd - Austin Ramsey/ Shea Pierce (Calloway Co. Middle School)
4th - Marci Crouch/ Karson Crass (Calloway County Middle School)
5th - Lincoln Giesel/ Molly Shoulta (Kentucky Country Day)
6th - Chelsea Martin/ Nicole Vandenburg (Morton Middle School)
Interpretation of Literature
State Champion - Chris Stahl (SCAPA)
2nd - Blake Sugarman (SCAPA)
3rd - Molly Shoulta (Kentucky Country Day)
4th - Madison Mabelini (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
5th - Liz McElvein (SCAPA)
6th - Emily Hoffman (Souther Pulaski Middle School)
Oratorical Declamation
State Champion - Chie Togami (SCAPA)
2nd - Tyler Olinger (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
3rd - Sarah West (SCAPA)
4th - Ian Shephard (Southern Pulaski Middle School)
5th - Kenny Craft (Hindman Elementary)
6th - Lincoln Giesel (Kentucky Country Day)
Poetry Interpretation
State Champion - Kristen Childers (Hindman Elementary)
2nd - Jamie Hollins (Carr Creek Elementary)
3rd - Alex Jolly (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
4th - Chris Barlett (Kentucky Country Day)
5th - Meredith Coleman (Beaumont Middle School)
6th - Sara Holbrook (Beaumont Middle School)
Prose Interpretation
State Champion - Meredith Coleman (Beaumont Middle School)
2nd - Ethan Smith (Harrison County Middle School)
3rd - Kelly Hieronymus (SCAPA)
4th - Tyler Olinger (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
5th - Elisha Smith (Hindman Elementary)
6th - Maliha Ikram (Kentucky Country Day)
7th - Megan McCall (Kentucky Country Day)
Public Speaking
Co-State Champions - Ethan Smith (Harrison Co. Middle School) / Chie Togami (SCAPA)
2nd - Molly Shoulta (Kentucky Country Day)
3rd - Ellie Todd (SCAPA)
4th - Seth Fortenberry (Calloway Co. Middle School)
5th - Sally Smith (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
6th - Caroline Wakefield (Franklin-Simpson Middle School)
Solo Acting
State Champion - Sanjana Shankar ( Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
2nd - Leah Dick (Southern Pulaski Middle School)
3rd - Andrew Edel (SCAPA)
4th - Emily Kemp (Ockerman Middle School)
5th - Lyndsay Spalding (Bardstown Middle School)
6th - Lauren Benz (Kentucky Country Day)
Storytelling
State Campion - Will Hatfield ( Kentucky Country Day)
2nd - Ryan Combs (Roy G. Eversole Middle School)
3rd - Jordan Conley (Hindman Elementary)
4th - Ali Burch (Kentucky Country Day)
5th - Samantha Loewen (Kentucky Country Day)
6th - Morgan Thomas (Ockerman Middle School)