Bowling Green, Ky. - The Kentucky High School Speech League, Inc. hosted its Senior Division State Tournament March 23-25, on the campus of Western Kentucky University. Fifty-two schools from around the Commonwealth competed at this year’s State Tournament.

The following high schools placed in team sweepstakes:

State Champion – Danville High School

2nd – Lafayette High School

3rd – Graves County High School

4th – Boone County High School

5th – Knott County Central High School

6th – Grant County High School

7th – Paul L. Dunbar High School

8th – Bethlehem High School

9th – Central Hardin High School

10th – Calloway County High School

The following schools placed in team debate sweepstakes:

State Champion – North Oldham High School

2nd – Henry Clay High School

3rd – Calloway County High School

4th – Danville High School

5th – Lafayette High School

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

1st – Corbin High School

2nd – Boyle County High School

3rd – Nelson County High School

4th – Glasgow High School

5th – Kentucky Country Day

The 2006 Sustained Excellence Trophy was presented to Bethlehem High School.

Individual awards were as follows:

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

State Champion – Chelsea Darnell, Calloway County High School

2nd – Sierra Enlow, LaRue County High School

Semifinalist – Ashley Winkler, Calloway County High School

Semifinalist – Rob Strobel, Lafayette High School

Quarterfinalist – Jackson Lester, Henry Clay High School

Quarterfinalist – Derrick McMahon, North Oldham High School

Quarterfinalist – Harrison Holcomb, North Oldham High School

Quarterfinalist – Matt Breen, Henry Clay High School

Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Co-State Champions – Mallory Morehead and Ryan Kurz, Henry Clay High School

Semifinalist – Ross Stanton, North Oldham High School

Semifinalist – Trey Fletcher, North Oldham High School

Quarterfinalist – Julia Hunter, Lafayette High School

Quarterfinalist – Jessica Martin, Calloway County High School

Quarterfinalist – Josh Rosenburg, North Oldham High School

Quarterfinalist – Elizabeth Fryman, Henry Clay High School

Student Congress

State Champion – Kevin Smiley, Danville High School

2nd – Sebastian Pyrek, Danville High School

3rd – Hunter Kendrick, Danville High School

4th – Lauren Fibel, Lafayette High School

5th – Melinda Bleuel, Scott County High School

6th – Molly Weston, Danville High School

7th – Zac Newton, LaRue County High School

8th – Emily Rawdon, Scott County High School

Broadcasting

State Champion – Ross Johnson, Danville High School

2nd – Will Sampson, Calloway County High School

3rd – Simon Powell, Lafayette High School

4th – Lauren Fibel, Lafayette High School

5th – John Mark Boes, Central Hardin High School

6th – Ellidia Guan, Paul L. Dunbar High School

Dramatic Interpretation

State Champion – Mason Scisco, Danville High School

2nd – Jarrod Portwood, Knott County Central High School

3rd – Candace Johnson, Graves County High School

4th – Chase Stamper, Knott County Central High School

5th – Katie Nedvidek, Danville High School

6th – Melissa Cavner, Boone County High School

Duo Interpretation

State Champion – Bria Stacy and Jarrod Portwood, Knott County Central High School

2nd – Angel Veza and Jimmy Houlihan, Central Hardin High School

3rd – Leann Kenney and Grant Wallace, Grant County High School

4th – David Jackson and Mat Leonard, Lafayette High School

5th – Molly Shoulta and Brian Cass, Kentucky County Day

6th – Sam Laskey and Corwyn Wyatt, Highlands High School

Extemporaneous Speaking

State Champion – Spencer Greenhalgh, Boone County High School

2nd – Quentin Johnson, Graves County High School

3rd – Kathleen Burke, Boone County High School

4th – Hunter Kendrick, Danville High School

5th – Sebastian Pyrek, Danville High School

6th – David Robertson, Calloway County High School

Humorous Interpretation

State Champion -- Bria Stacy, Knott County Central High School

2nd – Chrisena Ricci, Lafayette High School

3rd – Landon Baker, Paducah Tilghman High School

4th – Chelsey Wood, Danville High School

5th – Melissa Cavner, Boone County High School

6th – David Jackson, Lafayette High School

Impromptu Speaking

State Champion – Michael Gossum, Graves County High School

2nd – Spencer Greenhalgh, Boone County High School

3rd – Sebastian Pyrek, Danville High School

4th -- Quentin Johnson, Graves County High School

5th – Kathleen Burke, Boone County High School

6th – Raven Mineo, Grant County High School

Improvisational Duo

State Champion – David Jackson and Mat Leonard, Lafayette High School

2nd – Mason Scisco and Ralph Morrison, Danville High School

3rd – Lindsey Bitzer and Daniel Thompson, Lafayette High School

4th – John Kenney and Ryan Schuler, Trinity High School

5th – J. Robert Lindsey and Jessica Alexander, Glasgow High School

6th – Alli Robbins and Melissa Cavner, Boone County High School

Original Oratory

State Champion – Lauren Fibel, Lafayette High School

2nd – Fan Zhou, Paul L. Dunbar High School

3rd – Brian Cass, Kentucky Country Day

4th – Emily Turner, Assumption High School

5th – Srinidhi Reddy, Hazard High School

6th – Parker Neff, North Oldham High School

Poetry Interpretation

State Champion – Joe Gunning, Bethlehem High School

2nd – Katie Nedvidek, Danville High School

3rd – Jamie Lopez, Graves County High School

4th – Katherine Nelson, Danville High School

5th – Jessica Martin, Calloway County High School

6th – Sarah Capito, Warren East High School

Prose Interpretation

State Champion – Cortney Miller, Boyle County High School

2nd – John Mark Boes, Central Hardin High School

3rd – Peter Drance, Boone County High School

4th – Matt Deluca, Danville High School

5th – Michael Conver, North Oldham High School

6th – Valerie Wink, Warren East High School

Solo Acting

State Champion – Mason Scisco, Danville High School

2nd – Jamie Sommers, Danville High School

3rd – Alex Seabrook, Paducah Tilghman High School

4th – Christy Ferko, Assumption High School

5th – Ben Glenn, Daviess County High School

6th – Rex Martinez, Elizabethtown High School

Storytelling

State Champion – Bria Stacy, Knott County Central High School

2nd – Alex Gayheart, Knott County Central High School

3rd – Daniel Noble, Corbin High School

4th – Logan Davis, Graves County High School

5th – Elizabeth Donelan, Highlands High School

6th – Ross Hatton, Kentucky County Day