Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 38 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association State Individual Speech Contest held March 12. These students qualified for state by receiving Division I ratings at the district level competition last month. Twenty-eight Fort Dodge Senior High performers received Division I ratings at State (* denotes All State Festival selection):

• David Vraj – Public Address – “People, Your Government Has Been Returned to You”

• *Malaney Butrick – Literary Program – “In a Barbie World”

• Mikeal Campbell – Solo Musical Theater – “Confrontation”

• Lexi McHone – Storytelling – “Fluffy the Porcupine”

• *Amelia Rake – Spontaneous Speaking

• Chloe Balm – Acting – “When Love Becomes Pain”

• *Valeria Cazares – Original Oratory – “Death Has a Grip”

• *Bo Tracy – Poetry – “When We Die We Go to Chocolate”

• * Katie Dawson – Radio News

• Abbi Casciato – Spontaneous Speaking

• Ella Champagne – Prose – “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”

• Aaron Amhof – Acting – “Down Came the Rain”

• Dominic Berry – Prose – “Tomboyland”

• David Vraj – Spontaneous Speaking

• Mikeal Campbell – After Dinner Speaking – “SOPMA”

• Malaney Butrick – Solo Musical Theater – “Home”

• Bo Tracy – Solo Musical Theater – “Fight the Dragons”

• Hannah Drummond – Public Address – “Postcards/The Type”

• Sol Birkey – Reviewing – “Greys Anatomy”

• *Dennis Morgan – Improvisation

• Ashlyn Headlee – Original Oratory

• *Sol Birkey – Literary Program – “Addiction”

• Dominic Berry – Expository Address

• Hope Miller – Literary Program – “Flowers”

• Britta McCollum – Poetry – “Garden of Healing”

• *Brayden Schmieder – Acting – “Girls!”

• Amelia Rake – After Dinner Speaking – “BOSSS”

• Dennis Morgan – Original Oratory – “Change!”

Receiving Division II ratings were:

• Camden Doster – Reviewing – “Stranger Things”

• Lilly Johnson – Improvisation

• Keira Kennedy – Reviewing – “Hierynomous Bosch”

• Gabriella Schumacher – Acting – “Oh Mom!”

• Michael Wagner – Storytelling

• April Naeve – Radio News

• Drayton Miller – Radio News

• Camden Doster – Poetry – “Depression from Both Sides”

• Hannah Tolle – After Dinner Speaking – “Christmas Addicts Anonymous”

• Katie Dawson – Spontaneous Speaking

“Our team had another fabulous day,” Lindey Krug, FDSH speech coach, said. “They put a tremendous amount of time and energy into preparing for State, and based on our results it was well worth it. I’m proud of the entire team and their efforts this season.”