The Iowa High School Speech Association’s State Large Group Speech contest is taking place today at West Des Moines Valley High School, with several Guthrie County students participating.
Three local high schools are sending teams to compete: Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center leads with 13 teams, Panorama has four teams, and West Central Valley is sending one team. Students will be competing in a variety of events, such as Readers Theater, Group Improv, and Radio Broadcasting. The complete list of competing students is below.
AC/GC
One Act Play: Lucas Barnett, Blakely Buttler, Tanner Downing, Montana Douglas, Allison Drake, Stetson Ellis, Rohnin Grasty, Lilah Heinz, Ryne Noland
Mime 1: Caydence Boals, Kiera Boals, Blair Brown, Allie DeWitt, Brynnlee Seeck, Kelsie Steensen
Radio Broadcasting 1: Carrie Downing, Nora Langgaard, Rylee Robson, Alli Wiers
Group Improvisation 1:Carter Dinkla, Preston Kent, Lucy Knutter, Max Trujillo-Garcia
Musical Theater 1: Austin Barron, Adam Brown, Stetson Ellis, Aiden Grace, Dean Nelson, Ryne Noland, Chase Tunink
Short Film: Jonny Kading, Preston Kent, Cameron Mozingo, Jameson Pfrang, Collin Stringham
Musical Theater 2: Lucas Barnett, Caydence Boals, Allie DeWitt, Carter Dinkla, Allison Drake, Lucy Knutter, Olivia Mahaffey, Ryne Noland
Mime 2: Ilana Baumert, Natalie Dinkla, Olivia Mahaffey, Cadence Petersen, Kennedy Reinhart
Karlynn Wetzel
Ensemble Acting: Austin Barron, Kiera Boals, Stetson Ellis, Brynnlee Seeck, Megan Underwood
Mime 3: Laurin Davis, Ava Johnson, Deanna Luntsford, Annah Mozingo, Andy Nieto Aguilar, Lilly Rochholz
Radio Broadcasting 2: Brandon Carlson, Jonny Kading, Aaron Langgaard, Cameron Mozingo, Jameson Pfrang
Group Improvisation 2: Hudson Gilland, Nora Langgaard, Ryan Martens, Rylee Robson
Musical Theater 3: Ilana Baumert, Blair Brown, Blakely Buttler, Natalie Dinkla, Montana Douglas, Tanner Downing, Rohnin Grasty, Megan Underwood
Panorama
Readers’ Theater- How to Survive being in a Shakespeare Play: Taylin Woolheater, Lilly Bachmeyer, Dylan Burchfield, Jemma Meacham, Sara Gibson, Piper Godwin, Navira Martin, Riley Wasson, Huber Galicia, Connor Deardorff, Evynn Stagg
Musical Theater – Little Women: Taylin Woolheater, Piper Godwin, Sabrina Huitt, Evynn Stagg, Kaylee Michaelson, Anabel Pudenz
Group Improv- Navira Martin, Huber Galicia, Connor Deardorff, Miley Nolan, Olivia Beaudet
Radio Broadcasting- Holliday Mertens, Ella Carico, Heaven Copeland, Olivia Beaudet
West Central Valley
Group Improvisation: Kaylee Lange, Meleah Speichinger, Sofia Jurado, Janae Dukes, Abigail Kuhl