Ten Mid-Prairie students received Division I honors at the River Valley Conference Individual Events Speech Contest earlier this week.

Kyra Helmuth took first-place in acting and second-place in musical theatre, Gavin Frascht won first-place in spontaneous speaking, Lola Knight earned first-place in expository address, and Elizabeth Meader took third-place in expository address. The 17 Golden Hawks will be competing March 9th at Grinnell High School for the district speech contest. Students who receive a Division I rating there will move on to the state contest at North Scott High School.

 

Mid-Prairie students who received a Division I rating:

Kyra Helmuth – 1st place in acting, 2nd place in musical theatre

Gavin Frascht – radio news, 1st place in spontaneous speaking

Lola Knight – acting, 1st place in expository address

Elizabeth Meader – 3rd place in expository address

Annessa Meader – interpretive prose

Sierra Mathews – spontaneous speaking

Emily Marner – reviewing and interpretive prose

Evan Meader – improv

Olivia Caskey – acting

Dominic Helmuth – reviewing

 

Students who received a Division II rating:

Liza Siti – storytelling

Terra Richardson – spontaneous speaking and improv

Evan Meader – solo musical theatre

Eli Van Roekel – storytelling

Sydnee Griffin – radio news and after dinner speaking

Tristan Novy – radio news and after dinner speaking

Feza Matiyabo – solo musical theatre

Altynai Kabylbekova – interpretive poetry

Sierra Mathews – improv