Arnold, Gothenburg take home medals in state speech competition

Arnold and Gothenburg speech competitors were among the medal winners at this year’s NSAA speech championships, held in Kearney Wednesday through Friday (March 20-22).

When the dust settled at Kearney High School, Arnold had seized medals in six events and Gothenburg had secured eight medals in seven events. Arnold placed 5th as a team in D2. Gothenburg took 4th place in class B.

Arnold Speech Team at State 2024 (Picture- Arnold Public Schools Facebook)

Arnold’s Ella Cool and Rio Remund were crowned state champions in Duet Acting in D2 competition. Parker Graves of Gothenburg took top honors in class B Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose competition.

Below is a list of area competitors who were awarded medals (Top 6 placement) for their efforts at state speech

Full competition result links:
Class A, Class B, Class C1, Class C2, Class D1, Class D2

Class D2
Duet Acting
1st- Arnold (Ella Cool and Rio Remund)

Extemporaneous Speaking
4th- Arnold (Gracie Neth)

Informative Speaking
5th- Arnold (Anna Tullis)

Oral Interpretation of Drama
4th- Arnold (Danah Baldwin, Ivy Tullis, and Anna Tullis)

Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose
5th- Arnold (Danah Baldwin)

Persuasive Speaking
2nd- Arnold (Realta Leach)

Team Sweepstakes
5th- Arnold

Class B
Duet Acting
2nd- Gothenburg (Parker Graves and Jackson Nelson)

Entertainment Speaking
3rd- Gothenburg (Jack Aden)

Extemporaneous Speaking
3rd- Gothenburg (Carson Reiman)
6th- Gothenburg (Hayden Ricley)