AHS SPEECH TEAM

State Qualifiers-State Meet March 17 & 18

Congratulations to the following AHS students for qualifying for the State Speech tournament in District competition yesterday in Gothenburg:

OID - 2nd Place- team of Blake Becker, Tommy Miller, Katie Berglund, and Tasha Turnbull
Amy Harris - 2nd Place - Persuasive Speaking
Tasha Turnbull - 2nd Place - Humorous Prose

Other district medal winners were Amy Harris and Kelli Van Meter - 5th Place - Duet Acting
and Blake Becker - 6th Place - Informative Speaking.

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The Class B State Speech tournament will be held in Kearney on March 17 - 18.

Congratulations to these outstanding speech students!

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WESTERN CONFERENCE 

SPEECH MEET

FEBRUARY 23, 2008

Congratulations to the following AHS students for placing in their events at the Western Conference Speech Meet in Mitchell on Feb 23:

Rayna Waggnener - 1st Place - Informative Speaking
Amy Harris - 2nd Place - Persuasive Speaking
Tasha Turnbull and Dan Marquez - 2nd Place - Duet Acting
OID (Oral Interpretation of Drama) - 2nd Place - Team of Blake Becker, Tommy Miler, Tasha Turnbull, and Dan Marquez
Dan Marquez - 3rd Place - Entertainment Speaking
Tasha Turnbull - 5th Place - Humorous Prose
Blake Becker - 5th Place - Informative Speaking
OID - 5th Place - Team of Amy Harris, Shawn Gasseling, Lindsay Marquardt,
and Kelli Van Meter
Amy Harris and Kelli Van Meter - 6th Place - Duet Acting

The Alliance Speech team will travel to Gothenburg for District competition on March 4.

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Gering Invitational Meet   February 16

Congratulations to the Alliance Speech Team for placing 3rd in Sweepstakes at the Gering Invitational Speech Meet on Sat, Feb 16. The following AHS students placed in their events:

Amy Harris - 1st Place - Persuasive Speaking
Rayna Waggener - 2nd Place - Informative Speaking
Blake Becker - 4th Place - Informative Speaking
OID (Oral Interpretation of Drama) 3rd Place - Team of Amy Harris, Lindsay Marquardt, Shawn Gasseling, and Kelli Van Meter
OID - 4th Place - Team of Blake Becker, Tommy Miller, Katie Berglund, and Dan Marquez
Dan Marquez and Katie Berglund - 3rd Place - Duet Acting
Dan Marquez - 4th Place - Entertainment Speaking

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North Platte Blue and Gold Speech & Debate Tournament

Congratulations to the Alliance Speech Team for earning 4th Place Overall Sweepstakes honors (out of 34 teams) at the North Platte Blue and Gold Speech & Debate tournament on Feb 8 - 9. The following AHS students placed in their events:

Lindsay Reiber and Michael Stewart - 3rd Place - Varsity Public Forum Debate
Blake Becker - 6th Place - Varsity Congress
Amy Harris - 2nd Place - Persuasive Speaking
O.I.D. (Oral Interpretation of Drama) - 2nd Place - team of Blake Becker, Katie Berglund, Tommy Miller, Tasha Turnbull, and Dan Marquez
Tasha Turnbull and Dan Marquez - 7th Place - duet acting
Tasha Turnbull - 9th Place - Humorous Prose
Dan Marquez - 9th Place - Entertainment Speaking

 

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Chadron Invitational Speech Meet

February 2, 2008

Congratulations to the following AHS students for placing in their events at the Chadron Invitational Speech Meet on Feb 2. Alliance High School took 2nd Place Sweepstakes Awards at the tournament.

Tasha Turnbull - 1st Place - Humorous Prose
Dan Marquez - 1st Place - Entertainment Speaking
Rayna Waggener - 1st Place - Informative Speaking

O.I.D. (Oral Interpretation of Drama) - 1st Place - Team of Amy Harris, Kelli Van Meter, Shawn Gasseling, and Lindsay Marquardt

O.I.D. - 2nd Place - Team of Blake Becker, Katie Berglund, Tommy Miller, Tasha Turnbull, and Dan Marquez

Dan Marquez / Tasha Turnbull - 3rd Place - Duet Acting
Rayna Waggener - 3rd Place - Poetry

Rizzi Curtis placed 2nd in Extemp and Katie Bergland placed 5th in Extemp.

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SCOTTSBLUFF SPEECH MEET

JANUARY 26, 2008

Congratulations to the following AHS students for placing in their events at the Scottsbluff Speech Meet on Sat Jan 26:

Amy Harris - 1st Place - Persuasive Speaking
Rayna Waggener - 1st Place - Informative Speaking
Blake Becker - 2nd Place - Informative Speaking
Tasha Turnbull - 5th Place - Humorous Prose

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BAYARD SPEECH MEET

January 19

Congratulations to the following AHS students for earning honors at the Bayard Speech Meet on Jan 19:
Amy Harris - 1st Place - Persuasive Speaking
The OID team of Blake Becker, Tommy Miller, Dan Marquez, Tasha Turnbull, and Katie Berglund - 2nd Place - OID (Oral Interpretaion of Drama)
Amy Harris and Kelly Van Meter - 3rd Place - Duet Acting
Rayna Waggener - 3rd Place - Informative Speaking
Blake Becker - 4th Place - Informative Speaking
Rayna Waggener - 4th Place - Poetry
Katie Berglund - 4th Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Tommy Miller - 6th Place - Extemporaneous Speaking

The Alliance Speech team earned 3rd Place Sweepstakes honors at the tournament.

 

AHS SPEECH INVITE

Congratulations to Amy Harris and Jeremy Fifield for First Place Finishes in the AHS Speech Invite on Saturday, January 12, 2008.   Amy finished first for her speech in Persuasive Speaking and Jeremy finished first for his speech in Informative Speaking.

Speech Meet Results:

Humorous Prose:

1^st:        Titus Kautz (Bridgeport)

 2^nd:      Aimie Adams (Scottsbluff)

3^rd:       Nick Roussel (Scottsbluff)

4^th:       Elizabeth Robinson (Gering)

5^th:       Jennie Bair (Gering)

6^th:       Heidi Belgum (Scottsbluff)

 

Persuasive Speaking:

1^st:        Amy Harris (Alliance)

2^nd:       JaCee Pilkingon (Bayard)

3^rd:       Jesse Neugebaure (Gering)

4^th:       Shannon Anderson (Bridgeport)

5^th:       Rachel Harvey (Scottsbluff)

6^th:       Amanda Wilson (Gering)

 

Informative Speaking:       

1^st:        Jeremy Fifield (Alliance)

2^nd:       Schylah Schadwinkel (Gering)

3^rd:       Franny Cromwell (Gordon/Rushville)

4^th:       Andy Wells (Scottsbluff)

5^th:       Ashley Leever (Brideport)

6^th:       Jennifer McMurtry (Bayard)

 

Duet Acting:

1^st:        Britt Anderson, Megan Roland (Hemingford)

2^nd:       Shawn Jones, Bethany Cooper (Banner County)

3^rd:       Kayla Nochi, Elizabeth Robinson (Gering)

4^th:       Brytne Greenough, Paige Thompson (Gering)

5^th:       Shane Shetler, Michael Kruger (Gordon/Rushville)

6^th:       Chase Wickard, Hannah Hostetler (Banner County)

 

Serious Prose:

1^st:        Stafanee Brock (Scottsbluff)

2^nd:       Aimee Adams (Scottsbluff)

3^rd:       Alex Schluter (Scottsbluff)

4^th:       Emma Bartels (Scottsbluff)

5^th:       Tracy Witt (Crawford)

6^th:       Rachel Harvey (Scottsbluff)

 

Poetry:

1^st:        Alex Schluter (Scottsbluff)

2^nd:       Megan Kizer (Chadron)

3^rd:       Kendall Thompson (Gering)

4^th:       Mynette Essex (Morrill)

5^th:       Ashley Leever (Bridgeport)

6^th:       Luchia Sicari (Hemingford)

 

Entertainment Speaking:

1^st:        Elizabeth Robinson (Gering)

2^nd:       Liz Berge (Gering)

3^rd:       Michael Kruger (Gordon/Rushville)

4^th:       Jontae Huck (Scottsbluff)

5^th:       David Stein (Scottsbluff)

6^th:       Alisa Stuckert (Gering)

 

Extemporaneous Speaking:

1^st:        Dan Shedd (Scottsbluff)

2^nd:       Seth Wallace (Scottsbluff)

3^rd:       Matt Nash (Gering)

4^th:       Jesse Neugebauer (Gering)

5^th:       Kaleigh Horst (Gering)

6^th:       Tara Ledbetter (Chadron)

 

Oral Interpretation of Drama:

1^st:        Bridgeport

2^nd:       Scottsbluff

3^rd:       Chadron

4^th:       Gering 1

5^th:       Kimball

6^th:       Gering 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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