Every student on the Washington High School Speech Team is headed to the state contest. On Saturday, the team took nine groups to the district contest in Wapello and eight are advancing to the state contest. Coach Nick Kleese tells KCII News that he and the other coaches, Robin Flattery and Jon Runaas, are “very proud and worn out and excited, all at the same time!” The groups advancing are ensemble acting, group improv, musical theater, short film, and one-act play. The state contest will be held February 4th in Cedar Rapids.

WHS Speech Team State-Bound Large Group Events 2017:

– “Farmer Jane’s Haunted Romance Farm” (Ensemble Acting)
Emily Miranda, Meredith Raber, Logan Hanson, Marcos Gomez, Grace Miller

– Team JayJayBrick (Group Improv)
Casey Pieffer, Reid Basten, Brandon Linnenkamp, Jose Reyes, Jeremiah Carter

– Team Crackem (Group Improv)
Cody Chalupa, Madison Purvis, Abigail Schnicker, Rio Lujano, Marcos Gomez

– Team That’s So Waffles! (Group Improv)
Emily Miranda, Desiree Pingol, Grace Miller, Chris Messerole, Erika Salgado

– Heathers (Musical Theater)
Casey Pieffer, Abigail Schnicker, Chandler Mullens, Lena Adams, Rio Lujano, Gwen Flannery

– The Book of Mormon (Musical Theater)
Michael Dillon, Kyle Schindler, Logan Hanson, John Flannery

– “Counting the Stars” (Short Film)
John Flannery, Erika Salgado, Eduardo Bonilla

– Bang, Bang, You’re Dead (One-Act Play)
Michael Dillon, Kyle Schindler, Reid Basten, Nayra Lujano, Andrea Pingol, Daniela Diaz, Lindsay Hippen, Cody Chalupa, Marshal Goodwin, Quinn Buckingham