The cast of Hamlet points their daggers at Gertrude played by Senior Violet Olinger Feb.15.
On Saturday, Feb. 8, the Large Group Speech team competed at State Speech held at Cedar Rapids Washington High School. Out of 24 groups, 21 earned division 1 rating from at least two of their three judges, and 18 of those received division 1 ratings from all three judges.
A record nine groups were invited to All State Speech held Feb. 22 at Iowa State University. In all, that means 38 students are going, seven of whom are dual All State performers. See the full results from State below:
State Speech Results:
| Title | Category | Performers | Team | Scores | Overall | Coached By | All-State Nominations (if any) |
| Sports! | Ensemble Acting | Skye Rodman, Grant Tucker, Kevin Zehms | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Trevor Baty | Performing |
| Sisters | Ensemble Acting | Bella Hasley, Renee Vig, Norah Weber, Emara Perrault | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | Non-Performing |
| Hamlet | Ensemble Acting | Penelope Vig, Megan Teague, Michael Covington, Chester Rood, Violet Olinger | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | Performing |
| Hasley / O’Connor | Group Improv | Bella Hasley, Natalie Thuerauf, Cait O’Connor | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | Non-Performing |
| Bauer / Covington | Group Improv | Katherine Bauer, Owen Francois, Clare Nydegger, Michael Covington | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Trevor Baty | |
| My Monstrous Time at Summer Camp | Group Mime | Grace Bausch, Mya Stoner, Katherine Bauer, Brooklynn Feddersen, Eva Bishop | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Violet Olinger Allie Teague |
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| The Tragedy of Medusa | Group Mime | Violet Olinger, Meg Dye, Allie Teague, Claire Thuerauf | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | |
| Chicago | Musical Theatre | Emma Hoffman, Anna Stephens, Renee Vig, Lyn Bauer, Nora Dye, Betsy Louwagie | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | |
| Something’s Rotten | Musical Theatre | Chester Rood, Grace Hale, Charlotte Woosley, Emmett Jordan | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | |
| Urinetown | Musical Theatre | Cy Johnson, Elizabeth Morf, Natalee Glaister, Grace Bausch, Norah Weber | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Trevor Baty | |
| Peter Pan | One Act | Penelope Vig, Natalie Thuerauf, Emmett Jordan, Skye Rodman, Meg Dye, Megan Teague, Sarah Sharif, Emma Hoffman, Claire Jensen, Charlotte Woosley, Mae Krapfl, Ellah Shook, Allie Teague, Nathan Conrad | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | |
| WGOV | Radio Broadcasting | Will Turner, Hannah Jones, Grace Hale | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Mary Horst | Performing |
| Then I’ll Be Happy | Readers Theatre | Summer Bowie-Smith, Katie Whitehead, Owen Francois, Ellah Shook, Sarah Sharif, Lydia Marshall, Effie Johnson, Charlotte Hand, Collin Clark, Eva Bishop | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Amy White | Non-Performing |
| Kill or Be Killed | Solo Mime | Korah Jo Robinson | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | |
| Tiptoes: The American Dream | Solo Mime | Claire Thuerauf | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | |
| MANATEE News | TV Newscasting | Charlie Weldon, Clare Nydegger, Luke Paulus, Jackson Voight, Cy Johnson | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Trevor Baty | |
| Backseat News | TV Newscasting | Ava Willems, Carly Steen, Cora Smith, Cait O’Connor, Hannah Jones, Anna Stephens | Varsity | 1,1,1 | 1 | Grant Freeman | Performing |
| Zapatrilovaxitalum | Short Film | Andrew Errington, Danny Dye, Beck Oesterle, Everett Marshall, Isaiah Hanson | 9th | 1,1,1 | 1 | Emmett Jordan | Performing |
| A Year in White | Choral Reading | Lyn Bauer, Natalee Glaister, Elizabeth Morf, Korah Jo Robinson, Nora Dye, Emara Perrault, Summer Bowie-Smith, Claire Jensen | Varsity | 1,1,2 | 1 | Grant Freeman | |
| Pieces of the Past | Short Film | Grant Tucker, Lydia Marshall, Kevin Zehms, Will Turner, Charlie Weldon, Nathan Conrad | Varsity | 1,1,2 | 1 | Grant Freeman | Non-performing |
| Nova Scotia | Ensemble Acting | Hagen Wilkins, Jack Bauer, Marlena Rodenberg, Emery Willems | 9th | 1,1,2 | 1 | Meg Dye | |
| Clark / Krapfl | Group Improv | Collin Clark, Adam Zehms, Mae Krapfl, Dylan Robinson, Mya Stoner | Varsity | 1,2,2 | 2 | Trevor Baty | |
| The Burgintons Season 4 | Short Film | Adam Zehms, Ellia Oesterle, Dylan Robinson, Luke Paulus | Varsity | 1,2,2 | 2 | Grant Freeman | |
| Sox News | TV Newscasting | Lexi Liu, Clara Vavricek, Andrew Errington, Josie Panos, Danny Dye | 9th | 1,2,2 | 2 | Megan Teague Grant Tucker |
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