Decorah HS students compete at Individual Speech State Contest

Decorah High School students competed at the Northeast State Individual Speech Contest on Saturday at Starmont High School in Arlington, receiving 29 Division 1 ratings.

32 students participated in the contest in 36. 29 students received division I ratings, 23 of those being straight ones. 

The individuals selected by the judges as outstanding will perform at the All-State Speech Festival on March 30th at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Those results will be posted late Monday afternoon on the IHSSA website found at www.ihssa.org.

Decorah Varsity
--Receiving a I rating:
Original Oratory – Micheal Foster
Public Address – Connor Freeman, Paul Fadness
Expository Address – Lydia Dawley, Garret Baumler
Storytelling – Zyann Hooper, Dalton Brown
Prose – Autumn Delong, Maggie Breitenstein
Poetry – Shai Shay
Literary Program – Brianna Doyle
Solo Musical – Parker Fretheim, Adam Knight, McKenzie Snyder
Improvisational Acting – Will Yahr, Gara Lonning
Acting – Naomi Davidson, Gara Lonning, Steven Holkesvik
Review – Lydia Dawley
Spontaneous Speaking – Micheal Foster, Freddie Paulson, Connor Freeman
Radio News – Ben Leschensky

--Other Participants:
Prose – Lydia Kleckner
After Dinner Speaking – Makinzie Monroe, Henry Zheng

Decorah 9th graders:
Receiving a I rating:
Original Oratory – Maddie Davis
Storytelling – Sonja Sacquitne
Poetry – Jeny Na
Improvisational Acting –Josh Nierengarten, Abby Trewin

Other Participants:
Original Oratory - Vita Domnenko, Klara Thompson
Acting – Victoria Miller
Solo Musical – Abby Trewin