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IHSA Speech State Final qualifiers

Below, you will find a list of the qualifiers for the IHSA State Final. On this page, you can also see where they placed in their respective regional and sectional tournaments. You can also click on a team name or competitor name to view more information on that competitor, or a rank to see the round they earned the rank in. These postings populate automatically based on results reported by Sectional tournament managers.

Dramatic Duet Acting
Dramatic Interpretation
Extemporaneous Speaking
Humorous Duet Acting
Humorous Interpretation
Impromptu Speaking
Informative Speaking
Oratorical Declamation
Original Comedy
Original Oratory
Performance in the Round
Poetry Reading
Prose Reading
Radio Speaking
Special Occasion Speaking

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Dramatic Duet Acting (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettKaylee Martin and Charlee Crone
Mister Babadook
33
Glenbard WestGeorge Bender and Ava Crawford
Little Footsteps
22
Glenbrook NorthHannah Dalinka and Jackson Miller
Life's Too Short
21
HarrisburgBraxtyn Baugher and Grant Dooley
Green Fluorescent Protein
12
Homewood-FlossmoorJazmin Rhodes and Stella Hoyt
Bright Half Life
11
LyonsNicholas Barbera and Courtney McMullen
Rabbit Hole
12
MarianMarcus Bobbitt and Chris Reed
A Midnight Clear
23
MorrisFaith Ragan and Angela Georgaklis
Swerve
32
Neuqua ValleyAvaneesh Thiyagarajan and Navya Rao
The Whale
33
Normal UniversityGrace Yoder and Pearl McDade
Stop, Rain
13
PekinAbigail Frye and Mason Miller
Napoleon in Exile
23
ProspectEmily Caravello and Colin Ryan
The Story of Us
13
RochellePaul Swartz and Mikayla Preston
Where Was I?
11
ThorntonIzaiah Garner and Treazure Jackson
The Light
22
WashingtonLilly McGreevy and Marlie Woolever
Final Placement
41
WaterlooMac Mercer and Lillian Prather
The Unknown Part of the Ocean
21
Wheaton Warrenville SouthSam Rizzo and David Allgood
Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World
21
YorkvilleJack Anderson and Colin Wells
The Pillowman
42

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Dramatic Interpretation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestWini James
But Also Bring Cheese
12
BolingbrookSeanmichael Opoku-Agyemang
A Long Way Gone...Memoirs of a Boy Soilder
31
DeKalbTrent Taylor
No Cure For Cancer
23
Downers Grove SouthDelaney Turner
Blackout
13
Glenbard WestRachel Travers
26 Pebbles
22
Normal UniversityAidan Richardson
Things You Should Know About Flying
13
Oak LawnMelanie Cabrera
Mockingbird
22
OlympiaMichael Bagby
Beauty Mark
21
PekinSophia Vansaghi
The Amish Project
11
Riverside Brookfield High SchoolKathryn Chicoine
girl.
42
RochelleMikayla Preston
Girl Made of Stars
11
SenecaSierra Culbertson
Thomas More Doesn't Know Me
23
Southland College PrepMyka Moore
Unanswered Prayers: How Long Will I Cry, Voices of Youth Violence
13
Thornton Fractional NorthChristiana Oluwole
For Such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre
31
WashingtonKaiya Bell
This is Just My Face, Try Not to Stare
42
Wheaton NorthSofia Spillane
The Wrong Kind Of Nightmare
33
Wheaton Warrenville SouthSantiago Mosca
Some People
11
YorkvilleShadan Rediger
The Last Promise
42

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Extemporaneous Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Cary-GroveLeo Petropoulos23
Coal CityJacob Cimino13
Crystal Lake SouthMeg Norten11
Downers Grove SouthHugo Pletcher32
Dunlap High SchoolSwetha Yegappan31
GlenwoodAna Swaner21
Hinsdale CentralAjay Gupta11
Homewood-FlossmoorAaron McIntyre23
LyonsSophie Barrett23
MarianCoralie Humbert22
Neuqua ValleyLuke Fosdick12
Normal CommunityAvani Rai23
Normal UniversityPierce McDade12
Oak LawnLayla Nemri11
WashingtonAnnabelle Hiel42
Wheaton Warrenville SouthTori Barson23
YorkDavid Izzo11
YorkvilleLily Smogor12

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Humorous Duet Acting (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestJerry Aplin and Eric Perschbacher
The Adventures of Captain Neato-Man
11
DeKalbNatalie Morken and Will Fontana
Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy
22
Glenbard WestGeorge Bender and Olivia Pauer
Unconditional Love
31
Glenbrook NorthAndrew Burke and Abby Saffar
The Craft
32
Grant Community High SchoolSamantha Cruz and Samantha Lopatowski
Anything for You
13
HarrisburgGrant Dooley and Natalie Beck
And Then
23
Hinsdale CentralTess McArdle and Jackie Vogel
Parallel Lives
21
MarianAaron Yock and J Van Beest
Closet Madness
13
Metea ValleyZara Saleem and Gianna Mabulay
Smokefall
13
MorrisLiam Eber and Nicholas Black
The Pom-Pom Boys
12
Oak LawnMaya Quinonez and Orlando Ramirez
Deer
12
PekinNorah Springborn and Zachary Webb
Cuddle
11
ProspectAnna Parisi and Dylan Maye
Raising Nostradamus
23
Thornton Fractional NorthJoi Terrell and Tyren Ollie
Basic Training
31
United (East Moline)Samantha Skinner and Alex King
Matterhorn
13
WaterlooClaire Papenberg and Mac Mercer
Fire me Up, Mama!
12
Wheaton Warrenville SouthColin O'Malley and Olivia Bouchard
People We Meet On Vacation
22
YorkvilleMatthew Wheeler and Anna Kozial
Forensics Marriage
31

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Humorous Interpretation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettRosemarie Erban
I, Tonya
41
Coal CityIzzy Kostbade
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
12
Glenbrook NorthEllie Pavletich
The Dog Whisperer
23
Hinsdale CentralTess McArdle
Graduation for Dummies
11
Metea ValleyPrabhav Keerthipati
The Election
23
MorrisHaven Perdomo
The Internet is Distract-OH LOOK A KITTEN
31
Neuqua ValleyNiamh Nugent
A Step-by-Step Guide to Dating Someone You Met on the Internet
11
Normal UniversityAidan Richardson
10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
21
Oak LawnMariam Chuli
Squad
22
OlympiaMichael Bagby
I Don't Mind That You're Ugly
13
OttawaGabe Nye
OEDI
23
ProspectKelly Jordan
Thomas-Brady’s First Day of Kindergarten
12
ReavisFuad Zughayer
I'm Not a Terrorist But I Play One On TV
13
RochelleKarma Lidren
Camp Sunshine
12
SandwichAngel Ramirez
The Apple Never Falls Far
23
Thornton Fractional NorthDestinee Owens
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
11
WaterlooEmma Wittenauer
Rejection!
12
YorkNico Thoresen
Reggie Wilson: Boy Detective
22

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Impromptu Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
ByronShannon McHale11
Cary-GroveChris Smith42
Downers Grove SouthMegan Fox22
Dunlap High SchoolAnum Amanullah11
EisenhowerJaila Mabry11
Hinsdale CentralAjay Gupta11
MolineDiya Vishwakarma31
Naperville NorthAlec Zhang43
Neuqua ValleyLuke Fosdick11
Normal CommunityAvani Rai12
Normal UniversityPierce McDade21
Oak LawnTori Prause12
Prairie RidgeVedika Shah13
ProspectMaeve Dwyer13
Reed-CusterAlice Gruber31
Richards (Oak Lawn)Abeer Obadi23
WaterlooNick Bedford13
Wheaton Warrenville SouthTori Barson42

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Informative Speaking (23 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettJingyuan Wen
Hindsight is 20/20... Myopia? Not so much...
11
ByronAlaina Haas
Grow Some Tentacles
13
DeKalbJenna Zimmerman
Just Say Go!
22
Downers Grove SouthNaomi Yong
By the Seashore
21
Dunlap High SchoolFelicia Cai
How Real Is Reality TV?
21
FentonTera Pabico
Honey-thing Is Possible
12
FremdAnish Mukherjee
From Words to Numbers
22
Hinsdale CentralLeah Bradley
Salt of the Earth
13
LimestoneSeattle Creasy
Witchcraft More than Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus
13
MarianMarcus Bobbitt
As Wood As It Gets
12
Naperville CentralDarby Elo
90 Seconds Until Midnight
32
Neuqua ValleyAditi Vadakath
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
22
Normal UniversityEmma Bottomley
Arguing Over Humble Pie
11
Oak LawnMariana Salazar
Ms. Quito
23
OlympiaJulia Collins
Tears: Not a Prop!
42
PekinNorah Springborn
The Real Magic of Fairy Tales
32
ReavisHannah Zuniga
The Truth is Right Here
11
Richards (Oak Lawn)Mary Gacek
This Speech Uses Cookies: Click Accept to Enhance Your Viewing Experience
33
RochellePaul Swartz
Speak Up and Dribble
13
Schaumburg H.S.Meera Pradeepan
Coconuts
12
Thornton Fractional NorthSaniya Boyd-Morris
Colors of the Wind
13
WaterlooMarisa Hoffman
AI: The Final Frontier
13
Wheaton Warrenville SouthJacob Purdue
Alexa...Are You There?
11

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Oratorical Declamation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestLucille Wilson
What Almost Dying Taught Me About Living
23
Bradley-BourbonnaisMyah Crawford
Black Women Will Save The World
11
Downers Grove SouthDelaney Turner
The Real Elephant in the Room
13
Elmwood High SchoolBreanna German
The Real Reason You Feel So Busy (And What to Do About It)
13
Galena H.S.Emma Blaum
What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection
13
Glenbard WestRachel Travers
Here's What I Want My Kids To Know About Life
23
Glenbrook NorthHannah Dalinka
Confessions of a Bad Feminist
22
Homewood-FlossmoorJazmin Rhodes
Black Folk Mental Health: Generational Trauma, Traditions, and Truth
33
Metea ValleyAditya Dave
Homecoming King
11
MinookaMikayla Morrison
What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection
32
Neuqua ValleyJV Krol
Turn Toward the Discomfort
22
Normal CommunityAnushi Kiribamune
Why Not Me?
22
Oak LawnEmma Faucault-Miller12
ProspectElise Gadson
How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed
11
RochelleBella Nauman
Language Around Gender and Identity Evolved (and always has)
22
Round LakeCarolina Vilchis
What You Can Learn From People who Disagree with You
21
Thornton Fractional NorthDestinee Owens
Amplify Your Life & Achieve Prosperity
21
WaterlooClaire Papenberg
How to Be Unhappy
11

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Original Comedy (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Bradley-BourbonnaisJace Hunt
My Friend Butterworth
33
Crystal Lake SouthLevi Bjork
The Job Interview
11
FentonNathaniel Rodriguez
¡C, Se Puede!
12
Freeport H.S.Rachel Sdao
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
23
Glenbard WestOlivia Pauer
The Swedish Escape
12
Glenbrook NorthAndrew Burke
The Art of Dating
11
HarrisburgBella Teston
To Bee or not To Bee
12
Hinsdale CentralQuinn Stromberg
Friendsssss!
13
KewaneeCooper Bates
Detective Baby
11
MarianDelcena Sawyer
International House of Puberty
23
MorrisLiam Eber
The Big Heist: A Musical (Kinda?)
12
Mt. Vernon H.S.Katie Craddock
Pad Hopping
33
Naperville CentralOwen Forbes
Bigger, Taller, Better
33
ReavisFuad Zughayer
Only Murders in This OC
12
Thornton Fractional NorthChristiana Oluwole
O Afirika, Afirika Mi
21
WaterlooKamryn Zavorka
Checkmates
21
YorkAidan Espinosa
Lions, Tigers and Dolls, Oh My!
11
YorkvilleMerrick Harzman
The Cheesy Rise of Dr. Wriggly-Too, Lord of the Verminous Host
12

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Original Oratory (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
ByronLauryn Shank
Told You So
22
CarbondaleOlivia Bishop
Using Crutches
12
Downers Grove SouthCatherine Hewawissa
Shameless Confessions of a Home-Button Owner
13
Dunlap High SchoolPatricia Sun
Misrepresentation of Minorities
12
FentonSarah Guerrero
dO YoUr oWn reSeaRcH ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
12
Glenbard WestElise King
Third Place > First Place
13
Glenbrook NorthKristin Yun
Never Going to Give You Up
11
HarrisburgJocelyn Dismuke
Trust For Every Color
21
Joliet WestCaitlyn Murdock-Schey
Our Heroes Need Our Help This Time
12
Metea ValleyEshita Singh
Waking Up to Wokonomics
22
MorrisSofia Best
The Power of the Pink Suit
11
Normal UniversitySatvika Boyina
Diwali v. The Easter Bunny
13
Oak LawnMariana Salazar
A Bridge to Hybridity
21
Prairie RidgeVedika Shah
Reframing the Narrative
23
Richards (Oak Lawn)Reya Graham
Credit Where is Credit is Due
33
RichwoodsJah Mubalama
How the World Stole Its Future
23
South ElginVishnu Srinivasan
Save the Students
11
Wheaton Warrenville SouthJacob Purdue
Proper Ventilation
11

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Performance in the Round (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestPerformance in the Round
Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show!
11
Cary-GrovePerformance in the Round
Stranger than Fiction
11
DeKalbPerformance in the Round
Empowered: How One Girl Scout Nearly Destroyed the World's Economy
23
Downers Grove SouthPerformance in the Round
The Internet is Distra...Oh Look! A Kitten!
23
Glenbard WestPerformance in the Round
Fireworks from Above
23
Grant Community High SchoolPerformance in the Round
Chemo Girl
22
HarrisburgPerformance in the Round
Now and Then
23
Hinsdale CentralPerformance in the Round
The Invisible Boy
11
MorrisPerformance in the Round
The Midnight Library
12
ProspectPerformance in the Round
Radium Girls
12
ReavisPerformance in the Round
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
13
RichwoodsPerformance in the Round
Game of Tiaras
13
Southland College PrepPerformance in the Round
Moana
31
ThornwoodPerformance in the Round
The HATE You Give
12
United (East Moline)Performance in the Round
The Girl in the White Pinafore
11
WaterlooPerformance in the Round
WASP
12
Wheaton Warrenville SouthPerformance in the Round
Like a River
22
YorkPerformance in the Round
The Boy, The Mole. the Fox and the Horse
11

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Poetry Reading (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Cary-GroveLogan West
No One Can Say It's Not Love: A Program
23
DeKalbUnique Omodayo
A program on the forgotten
11
Glenbrook NorthKristin Yun
A Love Poem
11
GlenwoodBraelynn Finley
Because My Clothing Does Not Give You Consent
21
HarrisburgBella Teston
I'm Not A Model Minority. I'm Just Asian.
12
Hinsdale SouthDestiny Prater
Black Supremacy - A Program
12
Hoffman Estates H.S.Rylee Johnson
Beyond Pretty
13
LimestoneKenzie Hart
Pocket-Sized Feminism
23
Metea ValleyZainab Shaikh
Lessons on Surviving
21
Normal CommunityCiara Wallace
Womanhood A Program
23
Oak LawnMaya Quinonez
Relationships are a Joke
21
Oak Park-River ForestOlivia Lee
Me Too: A Program
13
PekinSophia Vansaghi
Burn the Witch
32
ReavisDamaris Velazquez
My Spanish My English
13
RichwoodsJewel Moore
Black Joy- A Program
11
Thornton Fractional NorthJohn McBeth III
Black Boy, No Joy: A Program
22
Wheaton Warrenville SouthSantiago Mosca
Collateral Damage
22
YorkvillePaige Madej
The Epiphany
22

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Prose Reading (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettVeeren Thakkar
C'est la Vie
22
Belleville WestWini James
Why I Wore Lipstick
11
Cary-GroveChristine Perkins
Seven Shades of Blue
11
DeKalbMaddie Voorhis
My Boyfriend's Back and There's Going To Be Laundry
13
Dunlap High SchoolSrujan Roplekar
Secret Lives of the Detainees
13
Glenbard WestAva Crawford
One Bouquet of Fleeting Beauty, Please
13
Glenbrook NorthAlexandra McGarry
Furiously Happy
22
Glenbrook SouthAnya Azara
Grace Street
13
HarrisburgBraxtyn Baugher
Love Wins
12
LimestoneSeattle Creasy
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death
31
LyonsLondon Shannon-Muscolino
Broken
11
MorrisFaith Ragan
Making a Scene
12
Normal CommunityPranathi Ganti
Let's Pretend this Never Happened
23
Oak LawnMikey Mills
Have You Met Him Yet?
11
ReavisJoann Taiym
A Map of Home
21
Thornton Fractional NorthJohn McBeth III
Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
11
Wheaton NorthElla Hiles
The House of Mourning
32
Wheaton Warrenville SouthDavid Allgood
The Incomplete Book of Running
11

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Radio Speaking (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
ByronShannon McHale11
Cary-GroveChristine Perkins22
Dunlap High SchoolJoelle Bloms21
EisenhowerJaila Mabry11
FremdNivi Pisharody13
Glenbrook NorthMya Gerstein32
HerseyAlly Steger23
Hinsdale CentralAira Chaudhary21
MorrisJoy Dudley12
Naperville CentralAthena Chen12
Normal CommunityRiya Prasade12
Oak LawnTori Prause11
OttawaAdriana Vercolio23
Red BudBailey Fulton21
St. Charles EastAva Larson23
StaggCourtney Conroy21
WaterlooGarrett Mueller33
Wheaton NorthDavid Mann43
Wheaton Warrenville SouthEmily Sklenicka11

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Special Occasion Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettVeeren Thakkar
Will Power
21
Bloomington H.S.Sharini Menon
Becky's Yoga Class: An Exercise in Appropriating Hinduism
43
Bradley-BourbonnaisMyah Crawford
Let's Get H-A-P At The D-M-V
11
ByronAbigail Baker
That’s So Cringe
22
EurekaMcKinley Zobrist
A, E, I, O, Squirrel!
13
Glenbrook NorthJenna Horwitch
Advocating for the Female Patient
23
Hinsdale CentralLeah Bradley
Our Language Lapse
11
Metea ValleyZara Saleem
Generational Gap-tastrophe
22
MorrisHaven Perdomo
It Makes No Cents
22
Neuqua ValleyAditi Vadakath
The Board of Reducation
11
Normal CommunityNikitha Philip
.....And Harry was His Name-Oh.....No
21
Normal UniversityShreya Nallamothu
Energy Drinks and Lock-ins and Self-Care! OH MY!
32
Oak LawnLayla Nemri
Censor This! (Crude Gesture)
42
ProspectElise Gadson
I Don't Know
12
ThorntonIzaiah Garner
Welcome to Big Bertha's!
21
Thornton Fractional NorthSaniya Boyd-Morris
LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX!
13
YorkAndrea Alcaraz
Everday I'm Hustlin'
13
YorkvilleEmma Sygnator
Jackhammering the Parent-Teacher Divide
33

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