Eight Mid-Prairie groups get Division 1 ratings at speech competiton

Mid-Prairie high-schoolers who took part in the Feb. 5 IHSSA State Large Group Speech Contest were (front row from left) Harlie Gehling, Avery Slaubaugh, Liv Caskey, Alex Burnham, Sam Stacey, Isadora Goode, River Gehling and Logan McClellen; (middle row) Ethan Bontrager, Avery Frede, Terra Richardson, Isabel Forbes, Grace Puttmann, Jacob Carillo and Diego Ayala; (back row) Gideon Sim, Jack Greiner, Sam Harris, Chris Burnham, Kenadi Fay and Haydon Bailey.

Eight Mid-Prairie High School Large Group Speech groups competed Saturday, Feb. 5 at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School for the Iowa High School Speech Association's State Large Group Speech Contest. All eight groups earned Division 1 ratings.

IHSSA All-State nominations will be announced this week. Only around the top 5% of student participants competing at IHSSA State Speech Contests earn All-State nominations.

Earning Division 1 Ratings at State Large Group Speech Contest:

• One Act Play: And The Giants Fell - Jacob Carrillo, Liv Caskey, Isabel Forbes, Avery Frede, Harlie Gehling, Isadora Goode, Sam Harris, Sam Stacey.

• Readers Theatre: Small World - Ethan Bontrager, Chris Burnham, Avery Frede, Harlie Gehling, River Gehling, Gideon Sim.

• Ensemble Acting: Doctors Orders - Kenadi Fay, River Gehling, Avery Slaubaugh.

• Ensemble Acting: Hold For Three - Ethan Bontrager, Alex Burnham, Logan McClellen.

• Musical Theatre: Something Rotten - Logan McClellen, Terra Richardson, Avery Slaubaugh.

• Musical Theatre: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - Haydon Bailey, Liv Caskey, Kenadi Fay, Jack Greiner.

• Group Improvisation: The Bridget Rockefeller Fan Club - Grace Puttmann, Terra Richardson.

• Group Improvisation: The Triracials - Diego Ayala, Alex Burnham, Gideon Sim.