Speech Team
Nine Contest Events and Time Requirements
Poetry Interpretation 6-8 minutes
Persuasive Speaking 10 minutes maximum
Informative Speaking 8 minutes maximum
Entertainment Speaking 8 minutes maximum
Extemporaneous Speaking 5-7 minutes
Oral Interpretation of Drama 15 minutes maximum
Duet Act 12 minutes maximum
Serious Prose 10 minutes maximum
Humorous Prose 10 minutes maximum
From the NSAA handbook
- Competition in speech activities promotes growth by comparison and encourages the pursuit of excellence.
- Winning is not the only reason that competition is important to speech programs. Participants in speech activities should certainly understand how to lose. We all live daily with winning and losing. Speech activities proved an opportunity for an educationally controlled exploration in the ocmpetitive world.
- If the goal is to win the trophy, the odds are still so great as to automatically suggest defeat. No loss of a trophy can take away the multitude of educational experiences available to students in speech activities. Your students lose only if they are not prepared for the experience, and their minds are closed to the informed comments of the judge. Even the poorest judge has something to offer.
4th Duet Brynn Westenburg and Ben Grable
OID NSA: Josh Andersen, David Carr, Emerson Carbajal, Ben Grable, Brynn Westenburg
Emily Oestmann humorous prose
JB 2015 State Qualifiers and Medalists
4th Place Team at Conference, Districts, and State
2nd Duet Brooklyn Westenburg and Scott Riley
3rd OID All The President's Turds: Josh Andersen, Trey Stutheit, David Carr, Brody Clark, Scott Riley
6th Samantha Teten persuasive
8th OID Harriet Handleman: Brian Jackson, Nicole Carbajal, Kendra Alberts, Alyssa Gerdes, Wyatt Nickels
10th Emily Moody poetry
JB 2014 State Qualifiers and Medalists
1st Micah Spruth-Janssen humorous prose
1st Samantha Teten persuasive
2nd Amzie Dunekacke persuasive
3rd OID "Elf Rebellion" Tyler Ebeler, Scott Riley, Kirby Neufeld, Micah Spruth-Janssen
More state competitors...
Julia Oestmann informative, Emerson Carbjal entertainment, Shawna Newman, serious prose, Nicole Carbajal serious prose, Shawna Newman & Kirby Neufeld duet acting,
JB 2013 State Qualifiers and Medalists
1st place Amzie Dunekacke persuasive speaking
3rd place Julia Oestmann informative speaking
Competing and earning superiors
Emily Moody, poetry
OID Poe-dunked: Scott Riley, Sean Koperski, Nicole Carbajal, Shawna Newman, Micah Spruth-Janssen
OID End of Civilization: Nick Behrends, Tyler Ebeler, Sarah Wenzl, Emma Carr, Brooklyn Westenburg
Duet: Scott Riley & Tyler Ebeler
HP: Micah Spruth-Janssen
Persuasive: Samantha Teten
JB 2012 State Qualifiers and Medalists
$39 Man OID: Kyler Jones, Eli Chase, Austin Penfield, Tyler Ebeler
Informative: Julia Oestmann
JB 2011 State Qualifiers and Medalists (6th place at Kearney overall)
Humorous Prose: Eli Chase 6th
OEDI OID: Kyler Jones, Jonathan Wenzl, Eli Chase, Will Koperski 5th
Poetry: Nathan Shaffer 5th
Poetry: David Shaffer
Persuasive: Amanda Dunekacke
Informative: Julia Oestmann
Alice OID: Nathan & David Shaffer, Amanda Dunekacke, Lauren Pelchat, Eli Snyder
Serious Prose: Elizabeth Gibbons
JB 2010 State Qualifiers and Medalists
Humorous Prose: Eli Chase and Marie-Louise Hansen
JB 2009 State Qualifiers and Medalists
OID "The Brannock Device" Hans Christensen, Caleb Chase, Tyler Durant-Allen, Mason Pelchat 5thInformative Tessa Wellsandt
Serious Prose Nathan Shaffer
JB 2007 State Qualifiers and MedalistsPoetry 4th: Ana Cathcart
Entertainment: Devin Gobber
Humorous Prose: Mark Neddenriep
Duet Act: Laurel Butler & Jamie Weiss
JB 2006 State Qualifiers and Medalists, 5th Place at State
OID 2nd: Mark Neddenriep, Thomas Wininter, Stetson Kruse, Tyler Rinne, Mitch Rippe
Informative 5th: Meredith Smith
Duet 5th: Laurel Butler and Tyler Rinne
Entertainment 4th: Kim Gerdes
Humorous Prose Superior: Matt Dierking
JB 2005 State Qualifiers and Medalists
OID 1st: Mark Neddenriep, Thomas Wininger, Stetson Kruse, Tyler Rinne, Mitch Rippe
Entertainment: Kim Gerdes
Persuasive: Laurel Butler
Poetry: Chelsea Christensen
JB 2004 State Qualifiers and Medalists TEAM PLACING 3rd place tie with Bruning-Davenport
Serious Prose: Sahara Cathcart 4th, Brandon Smith 6th
Oral Interpretation of Drama 5th: Shantille Kruse, Amber Knapp, Grant Davis, Mackenzie Ottemann, Dani Broady
Humorous Prose: Dani Broady 3rd
Duet Act Qualifiers: Sahara Cathcart and Mark Neddenriep
Informative Qualifier: Meredith Smith
Poetry Qualifier: Heather McCoy