The three school districts in Guthrie County sent students to the Iowa High School Speech Association District Competition last weekend, and several are moving on to state.

Adair – Casey / Guthrie Center had six individuals earn a Division-I Rating in four categories, while West Central Valley had one student earn a Division-I Rating in two categories. Panorama had seven students earn a Division-I Rating in seven categories, with multiple students advancing in more than one category. The state competition will be in Ames on March 11th.

A full list of the students and the categories they competed in can be found below.

 

 

AC/GC
Division-I and Advancing to State
Addison Laughery—Acting
Owen Dinkla—Solo Musical Theatre
Bee Oldes—Lit Program
Natalie Kent—Expository Address
Andrew Mahaffey—Solo Musical Theatre
Kiersten Knobbe—Expository Address

Division-II:
Megan Kirkham—Prose
Caydence Boals—Original Oratory

Panorama
District-I:
Haley Malloy- Solo Musical Theater and Storytelling
Hannah Malloy- Solo Musical Theater and Poetry
Danae Yates- Solo Musical Theater and Literary Program
Kaidyn Dencklau- Acting
Avery Bahrenfuss- Storytelling and Prose
Riley Gibson- Poetry and Acting
Jaysen Stagg- Radio News

District-II:
Tori Heckman- Prose
Ella Carico- Storytelling

West Central Valley
District-I:
Kaylin Wachter – Storytelling and Literary Program

District-II:
Alayna Cather- Solo Musical Theatre
Tasha Williams- Solo Musical Theatre
Cameron McNulty-Storytelling