KEARNEY— The 2021 NSAA State Speech Championships were held in Kearney March 18-19 at Kearney High School and Horizon Middle School. A number of area teams from the KCNI/KBBN area competed in the championships with a handful of students qualifying for the final rounds.
In Class D2, five schools had at least one student place in the top six in the finals including a championship pairing from Arnold High School. Reagan Cool and Landyn Cole were D2 Duet Acting Champions after earning first-place votes from all three judges. Chancey Hoblyn-Bitner and Gradie Cunningham of Ansley also had a great day for duet acting, where they had tied a duet team from Elgin, but thanks to the judges’ preference vote, was able to take fifth place.
Class D2 Top 6 Individual Medalists (Name–School–Category–Placing):
Reagan Cool and Landyn Cole–Arnold–Duet–1st Place
Chancey Hoblyn-Bitner and Gradie Cunningham–Ansley–Duet–5th Place
Chancey Hoblyn-Bitner–Ansley–Entertainment–5th Place
Samuel Coble–Mullen–Extemp.–4th Place
Brayden Phillips–Arcadia–Extemp.–6th Place
Miriam Ganoung–Sandhills–Serious–5th Place
TEAM SWEEPSTAKES:
Ansley-11th Place
Arnold-13th Place
Mullen-18th Place
Sandhills-20th Place
Arcadia-22nd Place
Class D1 Top 6 Individual Medalists (Name–School–Category–Placing):
Hannah Burnside and Trinity Hansen–Stapleton–Duet–6th Place
Trinity Hansen–Stapleton–Informative–4th Place
Josh McFate–Callaway–Humorous–6th Place
Isabel Stallbaumer–Callaway–Poetry–6th Place
TEAM SWEEPSTAKES:
Stapleton-12th Place
Callaway-13th Place
Class C2 Top 6 Individual Medalists (Name–School–Category–Placing):
Bailey Kuehl–Loup City–Entertainment–2nd Place
Cami Fulton–Loup City–Extemp.-2nd Place
Cameron Russell–Loup City–Humours–4th Place
Randi Reikofski–Loup City–Persuasive–3rd Place
TEAM SWEEPSTAKES:
Loup City-4th Place
Class B Top 6 Individual Medalist (Name–School–Category–Placing):
Jacob Smallcomb–Broken Bow–Extemp.-6th Place
