Bowling Green, Ky. - The Kentucky High School Speech League, Inc. hosted its Junior Division State Tournament March 17-18 on the campus of Western Kentucky University. Forty-two schools from around the Commonwealth competed at this year’s State Tournament.
The following schools placed in team sweepstakes:
State Champion School for Creative and Performing Arts, Bluegrass (SCAPA)
2nd Hindman Elementary
3rd Ockerman Middle School
4th Southern Pulaski Middle School
5th Kentucky Country Day
6th Roy G. Eversole Middle School
7th Franklin-Simpson Middle School
8th Carr Creek Elementary
9th Harrison County Middle School
10th Morton Middle School
The Horizon Awards are given to schools with smaller entries who demonstrate excellence at the State Tournament. The top five were:
1st St. Augustine School
2nd Winburn Middle School
3rd Bardstown Middle School
4th Seton Catholic School
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 School
3rd Kolby Epperson, Roy G. Eversole Middle School
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 School
4th Sara Stump and Zac Bolen, Hindman Elementary
5th Colin Drance and Tyler Potter, Ockerman Middle School
6th Lexis Wilson and Megan Phillips, Southern Pulaski Middle School
Extemporaneous Speaking
State Champion Wilson Shirley, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd Xan Belzley, Kentucky Country Day
3rd Katherine Hahn, Bardstown Middle School
4th Emily Martin, Ockerman Middle School
5th Ellie Todd, SCAPA, Bluegrass
6th Wes Fowler-Johnson, St. Paul School
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 School
5th Megan Phillips, Southern Pulaski Middle School
6th Iva Conway, Hindman Elementary
Improvisational Duo
State Champion Carson Crass and Marci Crouch, Calloway County Middle School
2nd Cheyenne Bingham and Baylen Campbell, Roy G. Eversole Middle School
3rd Jenny Lynch and Hunter Smith, East Hardin Middle School
4th Alex Jolly and David Agtarap, Roy G. Eversole Middle School
5th Shiloh Brace and Shalisha Brace, Robinson Elementary
6th Chelsea Martin and Nicole Vandenburg, Morton Middle School
Oratorical Declamation
State Champion Ellie Todd, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd Michael Brashear, Southern Pulaski Middle School
3rd Kolby Epperson, Roy G. Eversole Middle School
4th Madalyn Collins, SCAPA, Bluegrass
5th Kenny Craft, Hindman Elementary
6th Kelsey Kinney, East Hardin Middle School
Poetry Interpretation
State Champion Emily Kemp, Ockerman Middle School
2nd Beth Bollinger, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd Sarah Garza, SCAPA, Bluegrass
4th Catherine Ball, St. Augustine School
5th Madeline Carey, Morton Middle School
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 School
6th Ellen Lambert, Seton Catholic School
Public Speaking
State Champion Ellie Todd, SCAPA, Bluegrass
2nd Nisha Mulay, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd Alyssa Faught, Seton Catholic School
4th Ian Shepherd, Southern Pulaski Middle School
5th Emma Wilcynzski, Ockerman Middle School
6th Michael Conway, Hindman Elementary
Solo Acting
State Champion Kenny Craft, Hindman Elementary
2nd Blake Sugarman, SCAPA, Bluegrass
3rd Emily Kemp, Ockerman Middle School
4th Chris Bartlett, Kentucky Country Day
5th Austin Ramsey, Calloway County Middle School
6th David Agtarap, Roy G. Eversole Middle School
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 School
6th Caroline Blake, Winburn Middle School
For more information, contact Christopher Chandler at khssl@wku.edu or (270) 745-6340.
