(AHSTW) Nine groups of students from the AHSTW School District competed at the Iowa High School Speech Association Large Group Speech contest in Waukee on Saturday.
Five of the groups received Division I ratings including:
TV News: The Gettysburg Press; (Ernie Hall, Jayden Radd, Mika Simmons, Quinn Gordon, Harrison Poore, Cyrus Pieken, Sam Sturm)
Choral Reading: 10 Reasons You Should Have Stayed Home Sick Today; (Avri Billings, Alondra Vargas, Lydia Fichter, Caitlyn Dills, Loralei Wahling, Kadie Horwedel, Claire Mertz, Makena Petersen, Kayla Lund, Jordan Burtunek, Aubrey Graham, Bryanna Wood, Maya Todd, Ava Fritz, Ella Johnson)
Group Improv: (Rian Buck, Grace Kilmer, Evie Scott, McKenna Voss)
Musical Theater: Frozen; (Maya Todd, Grace Kilmer)
Musical Theater: Bat Boy; (Grace Fichter, Gypsy Hudson)
Groups receiving Division II ratings included:
Readers Theater: Bad Audition by Bad Actors; (Sam Sturm, Brooke Lee, Madison Holst, McKenna Voss, Caitlyn Dills, Jordan Bartunek, Claire Mertz, Bella Lamp, Kendra Hansen, Addison Carroll, Maeleigh Rold, Macey Goshorn)
Solo Mime: Fractured Friendship; (Kenzi Deal)
Group Improv: (Drake Anderson, Emma Blotzer, Cyrus Pieken)
Radio Broadcasting: Mystery of Roanoke; (Charlotte Parker, Evie Scott)