Mid-Prairie sends 15 participants to State Speech contest March 14

Saturday, February 28, Mid-Prairie sent 21 speech participants in 27 events to Tipton for the Iowa High School Speech Association district-level individual speech contest. At the end of the day 15 participants had achieved the top rating and will be going to the state contest at Vinton-Shellsburg Saturday, March 14.
District participants were: Becca Mansfield (acting), Josue Rivera (spontaneous speaking), Katie Michaelis (prose, after dinner speaking, Michael Leedy (acting and spontaneous speaking), Jordan Adam (storytelling and acting), Kyle Fisher (radio news), Ashley Hawley (prose), Troy Wilkins (acting and improv), Kat Hershberger (original oratory), Barry Schintler (review and improv), Sam Johnson (poetry), Gesen Nisly (acting and spontaneous speaking), C.K. Allen (poetry), Aimee Moberly (poetry), Ryan Shelladay (literary program), Cody Knapp (improv), Lindy Miksch (literary program), Bethany Campbell (storytelling), Moriah Powell (literary program), Jacob Lampe (storytelling), and Ariel Fugate (prose).
Going on to state are: Becca Mansfield, Josue Rivera, Kyle Fisher, Ashley Hawley, Troy Wilkins (two categories), Barry Schintler (Reviewing), Sam Johnson, Gesen Nisly (two categories), Aimee Moberly, Ryan Shelladay, Cody Knapp, Lindy Miksch, Bethany Campbell, Moriah Powell, and Ariel Fugate. Any participant who achieves the top rating and receives enough judge recommendations will go on to All-State on Monday, March 30 in Cedar Falls.