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2006 JUNIOR STATE TOURANMENT

The Kentucky High School Speech League held its Junior State Speech Tournament on March 17-18 on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. The following schools placed in the top ten in the speech tournament:

State Champion : School for Creative and Performing Arts, Bluegrass (SCAPA)
2nd : Hindman Elementary
3rd : Ockerman Middle
4th : Southern Pulaski Middle
5th : Kentucky Country Day
6th : Roy G. Eversole Middle
7th : Franklin-Simpson Middle
8th : Carr Creek Elementary
9th : Harrison County Middle
10th : Carr Creek Elementary

The Horizon Awards are given to schools with smaller entries who demonstrate excellence at the State Tournament. The top five were:

1st : St. Augustine
2nd : Winburn Middle
3rd : Bardstown Middle
4th : Seton Catholic
5th : Robinson Elementary

The 2006 Sustained Excellence Trophy was presented to The Lexington School.

Broadcasting
State Champion : Xan Belzley, Kentucky Country Day
2nd : John Cowgill, Morton Middle
3rd : Kolby Epperson, Roy G. Eversole Middle
4th : Kayla Bryan, SCAPA, Bluegrass
5th : Zach Bolen, Hindman Elementary
6th : Christopher Craft, Carr Creek Elementary

Duet Acting
State Champion : Alex Early and Tyler Stahl, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd : Sara Kaufmann and Blake Sugarman, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd : Samantha Jones and Ben Drake, Southern Pulaski Middle
4th : Sara Stump and Zac Bolen, Hindman Elementary
5th : Colin Drance and Tyler Potter, Ockerman Middle
6th : Lexis Wilson and Megan Phillips, Southern Pulaski Middle

Extemporaneous Speaking
State Champion : Wilson Shirley, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd : Xan Belzley, Kentucky Country Day
3rd : Katherine Hahn, Bardstown Middle
4th : Emily Martin, Ockerman Middle
5th : Ellie Todd, SCAPA, Bluegrass
6th : Wes Fowler-Johnson, St. Paul

Interpretation of Literature
State Champion : Liz McElvin, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd : Blake Sugarman, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd : Susan Creech, SCAPA, Bluegrass
4th : Carson Crass, Calloway County Middle
5th : Megan Phillips, Southern Pulaski Middle
6th : Iva Conway, Hindman Elementary

Improvisational Duo
State Champion : Carson Crass and Marci Crouch, Calloway County Middle
2nd : Cheyenne Bingham and Baylen Campbell, Roy G. Eversole Middle
3rd : Jenny Lynch and Hunter Smith, East Hardin Middle
4th : Alex Jolly and David Agtarap, Roy G. Eversole Middle
5th : Shiloh Brace and Shalisha Brace, Robinson Elementary
6th : Chelsea Martin and Nicole Vandenburg, Morton Middle

Oratorical Declamation
State Champion : Ellie Todd, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd : Michael Brashear, Southern Pulaski Middle
3rd : Kolby Epperson, Roy G. Eversole Middle
4th : Madalyn Collins, SCAPA, Bluegrass
5th : Kenny Craft, Hindman Elementary
6th : Kelsey Kinney, East Hardin Middle

Poetry Interpretation
State Champion : Emily Kemp, Ockerman Middle
2nd : Beth Bollinger, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd : Sarah Garza, SCAPA, Bluegrass
4th : Catherine Ball, St. Augustine
5th : Madeline Carey, Morton Middle
6th : Zachary Sturgill, Carr Creek Elementary

Prose Interpretation
State Champion : Elisha Smith, Hindman Elementary
2nd : Hannah Everage, Carr Creek Elementary
3rd : Christina Peck, Kentucky Country Day
4th : Sara Kaufmann, SCAPA, Bluegrass
5th : Michelle Carson, Harrison County Middle
6th : Ellen Lambert, Seton Catholic

Public Speaking
State Champion : Ellie Todd, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd : Nisha Mulay, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd : Alyssa Faught, Seton Catholic
4th : Ian Shepherd, Southern Pulaski Middle
5th : Emma Wilcynzski, Ockerman Middle
6th : Michael Conway, Hindman Elementary

Solo Acting
State Champion : Kenny Craft, Hindman Elementary
2nd : Blake Sugarman, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd : Emily Kemp, Ockerman Middle
4th : Chris Bartlett, Kentucky Country Day
5th : Austin Ramsey, Calloway County Middle
6th : David Agtarap, Roy G. Eversole Middle

Storytelling
State Champion : Jordan Conley, Hindman Elementary
2nd : Alex Early, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd : Taylor Boswell, Bowling Green Christian Academy
4th : Tyler Stahl, SCAPA, Bluegrass
5th : Michael Brashear, Southern Pulaski Middle
6th : Caroline Blake, Winburn Middle

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