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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.
Belleville WestRyann Gordon and Sylvi Segraves
Making Toast
21
DeKalbNatalie Morken and Trent Taylor
A Kid Like Jake
21
Downers Grove SouthSabrina Crowley and Sebastian Blanco
Because I Wanted to Say
22
Hinsdale CentralMaeve Rogers and Makenna Melia
Making Toast
13
Homewood-FlossmoorStella Hoyt and Amy Ward
Baby Giraffe
11
Mahomet-SeymourNoora Kassem and Emmaline Culp
Rabbit Hole
33
MarianNoelle Treadwell and Shelah Boyd
People, Places, and Things
22
Metea ValleyTalula Hayes and Courtney Upton
52nd to Bowery to Cobble Hill in Brooklyn
23
MorrisFaith Ragan and Liam Eber
Bunny Bunny
11
OttawaMolly Ewen and Sadie Johnson
The Wasp
43
ProspectEmily Caravello and Kelly Jordan
Love Is Love
21
RiverdaleCael Hinde and Ajoriea Slone
It's Not You, It's Time
23
RochelleVi Hull and Brooklyn Hull
Rabbit Hole
42
Southland College PrepDajia Alford and Myka Moore
The Color Purple
13
United (East Moline)Amara Minnaert and Carly Jackson
Grandpa
12
WaterlooKamryn Zavorka and Derek Taylor
Breath Sounds
12
Wheaton Warrenville SouthDanny Bullen and Jordann Kurasz
The Measure
22
YorkAidan Espinosa and Brooklyn Nuss
In A Word
11

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Dramatic Interpretation (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestSylvi Segraves
The Amish Project
12
Coal CityMadison Wilson
The Female of the Species
13
DelavanMakenna Diekhoff
If You've Seen My Liver You've Gone Too Far
33
Freeport H.S.Mya Ortiz
Type AB
12
Glenbrook NorthAlexandra McGarry
2.5 Minute Ride
33
HarrisburgBella Teston
'Til Death
11
Homewood-FlossmoorStella Hoyt
Isaac and Rose
11
Metea ValleyCourtney Upton
The Underachieving Ovary
13
MorrisAngela Georgaklis
Obsessed
22
OlympiaMichael Bagby
Funerals Are Better With Tater Tots
23
Palatine H.S.Lillian Sullivan
I'm Not Okay
22
PekinSophia Vansaghi
Natural Shocks
21
ProspectRosemary Heckard
'Til Death
11
South ElginRuby Montgomery
Tribes
11
Southland College Prep Myka Moore
Judgement Day
13
ThornwoodJociaya Edwards
Bonsey
32
Wheaton Warrenville SouthSantiago Mosca
A Heart That Works
11
WheelingPaula Tzarevski
All Data Bases Are Incomplete
22
YorkvilleShadan Rediger
A New Dress
33

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Extemporaneous Speaking (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
CarbondaleDanial Pitafi32
Cary-GroveLeo Petropoulos12
Downers Grove SouthClaire Rhoads33
EisenhowerMignot Grum33
Glenbrook NorthVika Gavrilyuk22
GlenwoodAna Swaner13
Hinsdale CentralMaria Jiao23
Homewood-FlossmoorEmma Steiner12
LemontMax Schuette11
MolineSimon Zimmerman21
Neuqua ValleyApril Zhang12
Pearl CityNatalie Greene23
PekinAlina Vang23
Rolling MeadowsAlexa Sohn21
WashingtonAnnabelle Hiel12
WaterlooSydney Kuergeleis21
Wheaton Warrenville SouthTori Barson23
YorkDeclan Fahey11
YorkvilleLily Smogor11

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Humorous Duet Acting (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestEric Perschbacher and Eleanor Schmitz
The Right Time
11
Coal CityKevin McConnell and Adaline Dowling
The Marriage Counselor
23
Downers Grove SouthGianna Caponigro and Maija Flannery
The Boy Book
11
Glenbard WestMadeline Murin and Hailey Weaver
The Kitchen Witches
32
Grant Community High SchoolAbby Sovsky and Erin Neiweem
Science: No Boys Allowed
43
HarrisburgNatalie Beck and Zech Underwood
My Husband
12
Hinsdale CentralAlbin Stromberg and Ella Russell
Boy Meets Girl
23
Homewood-FlossmoorChris Albert and Robert Wakefield, Jr.
The Man Needs Help
13
LarkinLucy Roller and Jake Boucher-Merlo
Check, Please!
32
MarianDelcena Sawyer and Chris Reed
The Valentine Fairy
21
MorrisSarah Crisman and Megan Glerup
Bad Words
12
PekinZachary Webb and Rachel Filarski
Moments Like These
11
Prairie RidgeZach Tress and Nathan Bennett
Pvt. Wars
11
ProspectAnna Parisi and Dylan Maye
Unconditional Love
22
ReavisFuad Zughayer and Chris Kieta
Minimalistic Men
12
WaterlooVictoria Cyvas and Garrett Mueller
Love Always
33
Wheaton Warrenville SouthEllie Hay and Jimmy Bendicsen
And Then
13
YorkSarah Huber and Lucas Bare
Perfect
21

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Humorous Interpretation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestEleanor Schmitz
Tammy: A Coming of Age Story About a Girl Who is Part T-Rex
12
Coal CityGrey Vanek
Drugs are Bad
23
Downers Grove SouthGianna Caponigro
How to Kiss A Girl
21
EisenhowerOlivia Howard
Franny K. Stein: Mad Scientist
23
EurekaIsabelle Axelson
Bedtime Stories (As Told By Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)
12
Grant Community High SchoolJacki Bendfeldt
Rejection!, or Will Date for Food
12
Hinsdale CentralJackie Vogel
Junie B Jones - First Grader (at last!)
13
MarianChris Reed
Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog
31
Metea ValleyPrabhav Keerthipati
The Audition
21
MorrisHaven Perdomo
No Substitutes
11
OlympiaMichael Bagby
Fully Committed
11
ProspectKelly Jordan
Sleepover From Hell
12
ReavisAlana Blangiardo
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
12
RochelleKarma Lidren
Al Literation, Private Eye
21
WaterlooAudrey Davis
Bedtime Stories
13
Wheaton Warrenville SouthJimmy Bendicsen
High School Musical
12
YorkNico Thoresen
Conflict
23
YorkvilleIsaac Iga
Best Movie Ever: Batman and Robin
13

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Impromptu Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettElizabeth Thomas23
Bradley-BourbonnaisBeatrice White42
Cary-GroveLeo Petropoulos11
Downers Grove SouthJuliana Conyer21
Dunlap High SchoolAnum Amanullah21
Glenbrook SouthGabriel Blumenfeld23
Granite CityAnna Forbes11
HeyworthJacob Hartwig22
Hinsdale CentralKiran Gitzlaff12
Homewood-FlossmoorEmma Steiner22
Joliet WestBethany Yanchick11
LarkinAiden Weeks42
LemontAlana Nisperos23
Metea ValleyTanay Pant22
Neuqua ValleyMeiling Sun11
Normal UniversityMaxwell Miller13
Reed-CusterMaria Bragg13
YorkIan Southwell23

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Informative Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Bradley-BourbonnaisBeatrice White
Phantastic Aphantasia
23
DeKalbAli Saka
Rise of the Mini-Brains
12
DelavanMegan Dare
Crushing It
11
Downers Grove SouthNaomi Yong
Bamboozled!
12
FentonAlexa Calderon
Fat Rules, Boys Drool
11
Freeport H.S.Nathan Redmore
A Lactose Lament
21
HarrisburgNoah Billman
The Nose Knows
23
Hinsdale CentralSonia Gupta
Shine Bright
23
Joliet WestKara Duensing
What's the Buzz About Caffeine?
32
LemontAlana Nisperos
Glow With It
21
MarianAdora Ude
Have You Heard?
43
Metea ValleySiri Nayakanti
Graphene: The No. 2 Thing to Write Home About
13
Neuqua ValleyAlyssa Shroff
The One-Inch Wall
32
Normal UniversityPearl McDade
The Birds and The Bees and The Goats
11
OlympiaJulia Collins
What is Your Story?
22
RichwoodsWarda Elmi
Slang on Top!
22
YorkFernando Valdes Nicholson
If I Only Had a Heart
11
YorkvilleEmily Hart
Everything Ends, and Nothing Escapes!
43

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Oratorical Declamation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Bradley-BourbonnaisMyah Crawford
Dear Ijeawele
11
Downers Grove SouthNaomi Yong
The Power of Vulnerability
22
First Baptist Academy O'FallonGrace Harrison-Brunstein
The Gift of Conflict
13
Galena H.S.Emma Blaum
How I Live with High-Functioning Anxiety
11
Hinsdale CentralVandana Sivakumar
How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed
11
Homewood-FlossmoorJazmin Rhodes
A 3-Step Guide To Believing in Yourself
22
LemontEmmie Hunnewell
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
33
Mahomet-SeymourEden Sanborn
Why Great Leaders Take Humor Seriously
31
Maine East Speech TeamJimmy Johnston
Everyday Leadership
23
Metea ValleyKevin Paul
Get Out of Your Own Way
21
Naperville CentralHarshee Shah
The Power of Vulnerability
33
Normal CommunityAnushi Kiribamune
Chilled Monkey Brains
12
Pearl CityCaylie Schubert
How To Do Laundry When You're Depressed
32
PekinRiley Cady
Lessons From the Mental Hospital
13
RichwoodsJah Mubalama
How Africa Can Use its Traditional Knowledge to Make Progress
32
SandwichGrace Anderson
Make Peace with Your Grief and Watch Where It Leads You
13
ThorntonDylan Browley
Fall Forward
11
YorkFernando Valdes Nicholson
Another Day in Paradise
12

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Original Comedy (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestPeyton Long
Judge Jersey
12
EurekaIsabelle Axelson
Godzilla Wants a Boyfriend
32
Freeport H.S.Rachel Sdao
Science Gone Wrong
13
Glenbard WestOlivia Pauer
Airloom!
13
Glenbrook NorthAndrew Burke
Five Ways to Tell Your Parents You’re “Happy”
23
Grant Community High SchoolJacki Bendfeldt
Mom at Prom
11
Hinsdale CentralGemma Flaming
How to Be the Perfect Partner
12
Joliet WestDaniel Sanchez
Carol's Casserole Chronicles
12
KewaneeCooper Bates
Friend ReQuest
11
MorrisLiam Eber
Dealing With Andrew.Daniel.Harrison.Donnelly
13
Neuqua ValleyBen Mosshamer
Elementary, My Dear
11
Oak LawnOrlando Ramirez
No More Clowning Around
23
Oak Park-River ForestSonja Emerson
Murder at Crumpetshire Meadows
11
OlympiaGrayson Rummel
Bach in the Band Life
23
ProspectIsa Gaby
Thou Art a Failure
13
ReavisFuad Zughayer
June 26th, 2023
11
WaterlooKamryn Zavorka
Infinity: The Musical
11
YorkAidan Espinosa
Happy Tears
12
YorkvilleMerrick Harzman
A Whale Tale
42

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Original Oratory (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
DeKalbAli Saka
Censory Overload
23
EisenhowerSophia Gulmatovas
Pressing Forward After the Big Pause
33
FentonSarah Guerrero
Longing to Belong
11
Freeport H.S.Max Krzeminski
Registering to Vote: A Process
12
Glenbrook NorthRina Matsunaga
Crossing the Ocean Between Me
13
Hinsdale CentralAnjali Jejurikar
Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems
12
Naperville CentralNina Rao
See the Wound, Heal the World
13
Neuqua ValleyApril Zhang
Breaking: News!
11
Normal CommunityOjas Shah
Sammy and the Loneliness Epidemic
32
Normal UniversityShreya Nallamothu
Lobster Empathy Club
11
PekinAlina Vang
Break Your Silence
21
RichwoodsJah Mubalama
Healthcare for All
12
RochelleZ Brizuela
Visibility of Disability
11
SandburgJosie Bundy
You Better Work!
11
ThorntonAl Taylor
Men Don't Cry?
22
United (East Moline)Mazah Sherif
Conspiracy Theorize This
13
WaterlooVictoria Cyvas
Shredding the Ceiling
13
YorkAndrea Alcaraz
More Than My Trauma
22

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Performance in the Round (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettPerformance in the Round
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman
32
Belleville WestPerformance in the Round
The Dark Matter of Mona Starr
11
Coal CityPerformance in the Round
Murder, Mayhem, and Betrayal!
23
DeKalbPerformance in the Round
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
13
Downers Grove SouthPerformance in the Round
A Game of Clue
32
Glenbard WestPerformance in the Round
Such a Good Boy
22
Glenbrook NorthPerformance in the Round
Every Brilliant Thing
23
Granite CitySeriously, Cinderella Is So Annoying
Seriously, Cinderella Is So Annoying
22
Grant Community High SchoolPerformance in the Round
The Woodsman
11
Hinsdale CentralPerformance in the Round
Dogfight
11
Hoffman Estates H.S.Performance in the Round
Up
33
MarianPerformance in the Round
Every Brilliant Thing
13
MorrisPerformance in the Round
All Too Well: The Short Film
11
Richards (Oak Lawn)Performance in the Round
Lost at C
12
Southland College PrepPerformance in the Round
Witches
21
United (East Moline)Performance in the Round
Badger
12
WaterlooPerformance in the Round
The Greatest Showman
23
Wheaton Warrenville SouthPerformance in the Round
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
21

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Poetry Reading (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BolingbrookSeanmichael Opoku-Agyemang
STM
13
DeKalbNatalie Morken
Silent Rage: A Program
13
Downers Grove SouthLayla Orozco
Thunderstorms
42
HarrisburgBella Teston
The Power of Pink
11
HeyworthRobin Stevens
A Burp & A Curtsey: A Program
32
HuntleyGray Edelstein
Her Love is a Symphony
12
MarianShelah Boyd
Women Worth Fighting For, A Program
21
Normal UniversityEesha Yadav
Bridge
23
Oak Park-River ForestAlejandro Medina
The Boy Who Cried Rape: a program
21
OttawaAva Wagner
After the Death of Anna Gonzales
43
PekinSophia Vansaghi
My Voice, My Choice
22
Plainfield EastStella Abarca
The Long Goodbye
21
Plainfield NorthLexie Tsikouris
I want..
43
ReavisJaneli Burciaga
Light Skinned Latina
22
RichwoodsTheresa Bartelme
Letters to a Young Brown Girl
11
Southland College PrepDajia Alford
Ain't Finna a Word
43
YorkAlyssa Kachappilly
I Love You, Call Me Back: A Program
22
YorkvillePaige Madej
The Iron Curtain
21

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Prose Reading (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestRyann Gordon
Nurturing Healing Love
12
ByronNova Rakowski
What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About
21
Downers Grove SouthLayla Orozco
In the Country We Love
13
FentonAlexa Calderon
Light and Hope
11
Grant Community High SchoolSamantha Cruz
Good News vs. Bad News
12
HarrisburgNatalie Beck
The Knowers
11
Homewood-FlossmoorAmy Ward
Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived
33
MorrisFaith Ragan
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
11
Neuqua ValleyAvaneesh Thiyagarajan
When I'm Gone
23
Normal UniversityBenedicta Johnson
Light and Hope
13
Oak LawnMaya Quinonez
Babies Buying Babies
12
PekinAbigail Frye
The Resurrection of Wonder Woman
33
ProspectEmily Caravello
Leaping Forward
12
ReavisJoann Taiym
Accidental Transients
21
RochelleVi Hull
Mourning Love
23
WashingtonNoel Sollenberger
Surviving Intimate Terrorism
12
Wheaton Warrenville SouthElliana Sheehan
Walking with RJ
31
YorkLucas Bare
Kidneys and Commitments
12

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Radio Speaking (21 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettDhanvi Dhandapani32
Bloomington H.S.Gabriel Fernandes43
ByronFynn Remhof13
Cary-GroveKyra Craddock23
Coal CityMadison Wilson11
Downers Grove SouthSebastian Blanco12
Dunlap High SchoolPatricia Sun13
FenwickAlex Lefko31
FremdKate Chen13
Glenbrook NorthMya Gerstein13
HuntleyAva Burns13
Normal Community WestSofi Benitez12
Normal UniversityThomas Raycraft31
PekinElizabeth Austin22
Richards (Oak Lawn)Amelia Benson43
RochelleAiden Ramsey11
SandburgJulia Pavic22
ThorntonVanessa Angulo21
WaterlooGarrett Mueller33
Wheaton NorthDavid Mann42
Wheaton Warrenville SouthEmily Sklenicka11

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Special Occasion Speaking (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettVeeren Thakkar
That Hurt Felicia - An Exploration into Taming Toxic Gratitude
12
Bradley-BourbonnaisMyah Crawford
Black Don't Crack the Beauty Industry
12
Coal CityCorinna Barkley
Breadcrumbing: Feels Crummy
43
DeKalbKayla Bruhn
There Is No I in B-Team
13
Downers Grove SouthJuliana Conyer
Seeing Squirrels
12
EisenhowerEsther Heyboer
The Steps to School Pep
33
HarrisburgNoah Billman
It's Okay To Be Sad, It's Okay To Be Mad
12
Hinsdale CentralVandana Sivakumar
Can We Fix It?
21
Joliet WestDaniel Sanchez
The Truth About the Truth
21
Neuqua ValleyAnurag Ghosh
High School Musical: The Musical: The Speech
11
Normal UniversityShreya Nallamothu
Age is the New Black
22
OlympiaJulia Collins
Start Spreading the News
11
PekinMel Harriss
That's On Period.
21
St. Charles EastJenna Hubbard
You're Ugly, So what?
21
Tinley Park H.S.Jade Cross
A Life Worth Living
22
WaterlooErica Crook12
Wheaton NorthCarla Fonseca
Let's Go Bi...Lingual
12
WheelingDan Haidau
Bad Words Ain't So Bad After All
33
YorkAndrea Alcaraz
I Need to Stop Self-Sabatoging Myself
33

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