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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.
BentonLogan Smith and Josie Webb
The Treachery of Images
12
Cary-GroveZach Neifing and Issy Nordin
It's Not You it's Time
13
Glenbard WestGrace Mullin and Ezra Mezidi
Emma's Child
22
HarrisburgLainey Jennings and Kyndall Williams
Always...Patsy Cline
21
Hinsdale CentralMakenna Melia and Michael McGowan
A Very Common Procedure
11
Homewood-FlossmoorMarcus McGhee and Robert Wakefield II
The Old Boy
12
Joliet CentralAyanna Jackson and Coriana Kelly
So I Was Visiting Dad on His Birthday
11
Joliet WestNevaeh Walker and Messiah Lee
Pipeline
42
MarianNancy Onuchukwu and Onyinyechi Ikenyi
Closing Doors
11
Metea ValleyMatthew Bigham and Mily Tamhankar
Still Life
33
MorrisLarry Farmer and Malik Ebenezer
So You Think You Can Play
33
OlympiaIsabelle Stivers and Bella Galanos
Dark Road
13
Prairie RidgeMatthew Schenher and Emma McBreen
Loose Ends
32
ProspectDylan Maye and Cecilia Deiter
The Story of Us
12
RochelleBrooklyn Hull and Derek Swartz
Napoleon in Exile
11
Southland College PrepCourtney Clemons and Jordan Lee
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
23
WheelingAlicia Bartolo and Kayla Castillo
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
33
YorkLiam Shea and Lola Torson
The Story of Us
11

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Dramatic Interpretation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BentonJosie Webb
Wit
12
Downers Grove SouthCarly Bleau
To the Moon
21
FultonPaige Emerson
I’m Not Okay
42
Homewood-FlossmoorSophia O'Quin
Bums
11
Joliet WestOliver Emefiele
The Pugilist
32
MarianNancy Onuchukwu
Death of Innocence
22
MaristGrace O'Malley
Nice Boy
33
Metea ValleyAlex Vierling
Daddy's Little Girl
23
MorrisSarah McNames
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
13
Normal UniversityEllis Zimmerman
Notes from the Underwire
11
Prairie RidgeMatthew Schenher
The Laramie Project
11
ProspectDylan Maye
My Life
12
RichwoodsIsla Zurek
Girl in Pieces
11
RiverdaleBella Baltisberger
The Good Mother
23
WaterlooSydney Barringer
Indulge in Dance
13
Wheaton Warrenville SouthFayissa Adam
Dressing
21
WheelingMakayla Schmitt
'Til Death
23
YorkElyssa Hall
GIRL
32

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Extemporaneous Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Coal CityJacob Cimino22
DeKalbCameron Moore23
Downers Grove SouthJillian Myers32
Dunlap High SchoolTommy Jaeger11
EisenhowerItzel Trinidad13
Galena H.S.Justin Lin32
Granite CityBug Wise12
HarrisburgLilian Coffie11
Hinsdale CentralSara Han11
Hoffman Estates H.S. Sam Wickey12
Homewood-FlossmoorMalcolm Rush22
HuntleyBrian Prettyman11
Metea ValleySreeya Ayyagari21
Naperville CentralDebabandya Dash13
Normal UniversityDisha Karthik23
Oak LawnDamien Gorlicka21
ProspectChiara Stathakis13
WashingtonFelicity Schryer13

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Humorous Duet Acting (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestKailee Williams and Olivia Bush
The Adventures of Captain Neato-Man
12
Bradley-BourbonnaisAnna Sikma and Macey Smith
The Blueberry Hill Accord
42
Coal CityTheo Fritz and Gabby VanDuyne
The Right Time
33
DeKalbMuhammad Al Fatih and Zoe Camardo
One Tennis Shoe
11
Downers Grove SouthSofie Cooper-Carrero and Nathan Clinnin
And Then...
13
FentonSebastian Botello and Lucia Sosa
Playdate
32
Galena H.S.Liliana Asta and Seven Smith
The Big Bang
23
HarrisburgNoah Billman and Andy Billman
Gutenberg! The Musical!
21
Hinsdale CentralAlbin Stromberg and Michael McGowan
Smokefall
21
Joliet WestIsabella Vienne and Judah Vienne
Mutually Assured Destruction
23
LemontAnnabelle Franzese and Shane Storti
Boy Meets Girl (A Young Love Story)
22
Metea ValleyClaire Johnson and Alex Vierling
Moments Like These
13
MorrisSarah Crisman and Ethan Smith
Oh, Mary!
11
Prairie RidgeNathan Bennett and Emma McBreen
The Rental
32
ReavisRosandy Garcia-Gonzalez and Joshuammi Arrocha
Sorrow and Loss from Destiny of Desire
21
ThorntonDajuan Mills and Autumn Wiley
The Marriage Counselor
23
WaterlooWyatt Hansel and Noah Lohman
Front Porch Chronicles
23
Wheaton Warrenville SouthEllie Hay and Jimmy Bendicsen
Glamping
11
YorkEloise Hill and Luca Hohf
The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig
22

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Humorous Interpretation (21 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestBree Aplin
Moonraker Versus High School
21
Coal CityMason Hamilton
The Craving
32
Downers Grove SouthNatalie Gay
008
22
Freeport H.S.Naomi Sdao
Debbie Does Dallas
33
FultonPaige Emerson
Flight 212 to L.A.
22
Glenbard WestLucie Williams
The Oregon Trail
12
HarrisburgSonni Keating
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
12
Hinsdale CentralAlbin Stromberg
The NSA's Guide to Winning Friends and Influencing People
11
Joliet WestCalloway Walsh
The Sandlot
11
LemontShane Storti
World's Best Teacher
22
MorrisLarry Farmer
The Furious Fists of Julia
23
Oak LawnOlivia Kobylarczyk
Escape from the Carnival of Horrors
12
PekinConnor Hayden
How To Kiss A Girl
13
ProspectHannah Ellis
Sleepover from Hell
13
ReavisJulia Rivera
Chimichangas and Zoloft
31
RiverdaleMichael Kelley
How Tybalt Capulet (Almost) Saved Italy
11
RochelleDerek Swartz
Over the Tavern
13
Southland College PrepAubrey Lawrence
Physically Impossible: The Keisha Story
42
WaterlooWyatt Hansel
Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog
13
Wheaton Warrenville SouthJimmy Bendicsen
Better Nate Than Ever
41
YorkJack Mostardi
A Director’s Nightmare
33

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Impromptu Speaking (20 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Andrew (Tinley Park)Ellie Lahood33
ByronCaleigh Rybicki12
College Preparatory School of America (CPSA)Sehrish Pandit13
DeKalbCameron Moore21
Downers Grove SouthZoya Siddiqui11
Dunlap High SchoolAaminah Amanullah12
GlenwoodMackenzie Jones13
Granite CityBug Wise33
Grant Community High SchoolAbby Sovsky13
Hinsdale CentralSarah Ho22
Joliet WestLeah Blunk11
LemontEvangeline Topete22
MorrisIsabell Nissen23
Naperville CentralDebabandya Dash42
Neuqua ValleyAditi Kaushal11
OlympiaMira Kistner22
ProspectChiara Stathakis13
ReavisAva Speck11
WaterlooSydney Kuergeleis21
YorkSkylar Adams23

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Informative Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestBree Aplin
The Tipping Point
21
Bradley-BourbonnaisBeatrice White
Tales from the Cyryptobiosis
11
Downers Grove SouthZoya Siddiqui
Dolls R Us
11
FentonAngelina Varghese
A Match Made in Melanin
12
Freeport H.S.Lucas Viveros
Family Game Nights Ruin Families
22
Glenbard WestLily Wiedholz
Cheers!
42
Joliet WestAdelyn Hill
Flavonoids: Nature's Hidden Treasure
43
MarianGabrielle Giden
Tickled Pink
12
Metea ValleyOjas Sachan
The IKEA Effect: Building More Than Just Bears
21
MorrisLeah Laughary
Rated PG13-For Some..Colorful Language
22
Neuqua ValleyYashika Singh
Gridlocked
13
Normal UniversityMahi Ganta
SIM-ulating Future Babies
13
Prairie RidgePranaav Sureshkumar
Where Do We Come From?
21
ProspectTara Morley
A Look Inside the Dollhouse
33
ReavisLeana Mol
The Sugar Rush
11
Rich TownshipMarv Duncan
Heavy is the Crown
43
SycamoreFiona Long
Knitting: Crafting a Revolution
13
WaterlooCayla Zavorka
Stitch by Stitch
12

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Oratorical Declamation (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestMorgan Seagle
The Profound Power of Gratitude and Living Eulogies
11
BolingbrookSarah Ohale
Lessons Learned From Survivors
32
Cary-GroveClaire Hamilton
Enough of the Fear of Fat
13
Downers Grove SouthCarly Bleau
Why Laughter Heals
32
Freeport H.S.Naomi Sdao
From Suicidal to Hopeful, How I Learned to Fight
12
Galena H.S.Liliana Asta
Your Elusive Creative Genius
33
Glenbrook NorthCarter Meyer
The Pain of Our Love Will Turn to Joy
23
Grant Community High SchoolDianey Granados21
HarrisburgLaikyn Dooley
Why Forgiveness is Worth It
13
Hinsdale CentralKiran Singla
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
11
Joliet CentralCoriana Kelly
My Year of Saying Yes to Everything
11
Joliet WestMessiah Lee
A Call to Men
22
MarianNoah Burks
A Reframing of Masculinity, Rooted in Empathy
13
MorrisAbby Borchers
Your Creative Superpowers Can Help Protect Democracy
23
Neuqua ValleyCharlie Krol
The Beautiful Game
31
Oswego H.S.Katelyn Thilk
How to Find Laughter Anywhere
43
ReavisRaeda Nassan
A Collective Call to Humanize
11
WaterlooCorinne Nolte
How to Make Anxiety Your Friend
32
Wheaton Warrenville SouthFayissa Adam
Simply More
22

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Original Comedy (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestAnnabelle Spriggs
Thank You, Snowflake!
23
ByronAmelie Rosavelasquez
Camp Mirthful Messiah Melodramatic Menagerie
23
Cary-GroveZach Neifing
Just here for the Credit
11
Coal CityJaiden Leman
Maybe try NOT being you
22
DeKalbCormac Anderson
Writer's Block
12
Downers Grove SouthNathan Clinnin
The Dadlands
11
HarrisburgAndy Billman
Andy 2.0
12
Hoffman Estates H.S.Max Jasso
The Link: Your AI Girlfriend
11
Homewood-FlossmoorCooper Hoyt
Saturday Morning Prayer
12
Oak Park-River ForestMora Schigelone
It's a Spectrum
13
PekinBrooklynn Garcia
Mexi-CAN'T
11
Plainfield NorthMalachi Henningsgaard
Slots, Poker, and Catheters
22
Plainfield SouthMegan Beintum
Wake Up, Grandma!
43
ProspectLucas DeLuca
My Sol-Quill-oquy
22
ReavisRosandy Garcia-Gonzalez
Immigration Story in Three Movements
11
Southland College PrepAubrey Davis
Play to Win
33
United (East Moline)Gracie Pfaff
Detective Clueless
13
WaterlooLiam Martin
Rent-a-Daddy
11

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Original Oratory (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestMorgan Seagle
Self-Sabotage in Pajamas
11
DeKalbCassidy Gerken
Stop The Presses
41
Downers Grove SouthJillian Myers
Step Out of Line
22
Dunlap High SchoolSharvi Tandon
Ms. Diagnosis
22
EisenhowerSophia Gulmatovas
It's Out of My Hands
12
FentonArturo Hurtado Jr.
Rage Against the Mean
11
Glenbard WestLily Wiedholz
Lost with Loss
12
Joliet WestCalloway Walsh
The Cost of Connection
21
MaristMia Narciso
Gen Ctrl-Z: A Certain Uncertainty
31
Metea ValleySam Kaligotla
Me, Myself, and We . . . Man! I Am One Hyper Individual!
13
MorrisKylie Overbeck
Five-Sex-Seven-Eight
13
Neuqua ValleyZamirah Brandon
The Civil War
31
Normal UniversityLila Grace Bardwell
Security Theatre on Ice
23
ProspectSage Gilliland
Mega Autism Blast
33
ReavisRaeda Nassan
People Like Us: Who America Chooses to Mourn
13
SycamoreMadelyn Solomon
It's Academic
12
WaterlooCayla Zavorka
Caution: Intelligence Falling
22
YorkvilleOlivia Morton
My American Empire
23

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Performance in the Round (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestPerformance in the Round
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
11
ColumbiaPerformance in the Round
Dreams in Orbit
22
FentonPerformance in the Round
Bless Me, Ultima
23
Glenbard WestPerformance in the Round
Zink
33
Granite CityPerformance in the Round
An Experiment
43
Grant Community High SchoolPerformance in the Round
Four Fifty-One
11
Hinsdale CentralPerformance in the Round
The Notebook
11
Hoffman Estates H.S.Performance in the Round
Saengsa
21
Joliet WestPerformance in the Round
Charlotte's Web
11
MarianPerformance in the Round
All the Blues in the Sky
12
MorrisPerformance in the Round
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
23
Oak LawnPerformance in the Round
everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too
11
ProspectPerformance in the Round
The Competitive Tragedy
12
RochellePerformance in the Round
September Bears
22
Southland College PrepPerformance in the Round
REPLAY
23
United (East Moline)Performance in the Round
Where the Childheart Ends
12
Wheaton Warrenville SouthPerformance in the Round
The Day We Shared Our Silence
12
YorkvillePerformance in the Round
Moving Day
13

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Poetry Reading (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Bloomington H.S.Gean Carter
The People We Don’t Talk About: A Program
12
CarbondaleZulia Lopez
For Liberty: A Program
43
College Preparatory School of America (CPSA)Dana Tayeh
The Hate That Keeps Them Alive
12
Downers Grove SouthCharlotte Clinnin
Can We Just Agree
21
Freeport H.S.Maddie Seal
Why Go to the Wilderness?
21
FremdJunya Liu
My Name, My Culture, My Language
33
HarrisburgSophia Lin
Take a Look Beneath the Surface
11
Hinsdale CentralZahra Musabji
Say Something Worth Remembering
13
Joliet WestNevaeh Walker
Black Gumbo
11
LimestoneCaydence Horn
For Many: A Program
23
MarianOnyinyechi Ikenyi
GIRL UNinterrupted, A Program
22
MorrisSophia Garcia
Hogar (Home): A Program
22
Neuqua ValleyZamirah Brandon
Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
11
ReavisCharlize Burciaga
How to Love a Chicana
41
Richards (Oak Lawn)MJ Stevens
Infinity: A Program
23
RochelleAbby Losoya
Ice Melts
22
WheelingSofia Costantini
Elephant Ears
22
YorkvilleKhaila Mcelveen
Cuz Ain't Nobody Gonna Tell Me When to Cry
33

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Prose Reading (21 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestAurora Winters
Do We Know How to Grieve?
12
Coal CityJordan Olson
Continuing Education
13
DelavanElisha Waggoner
The Scar
22
Downers Grove SouthAbby Heavrin
Last Things
13
Glenbard WestEzra Mezidi
It's Your Job to Hold Your Baby
13
Grant Community High SchoolDianey Granados
It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too)
21
HarrisburgSophia Lin
The Paper Menagerie
11
Hinsdale CentralElla Russell
The Fault in Our Stars
21
Homewood-FlossmoorFaith Jones
Red-winged Blackbirds
12
Joliet WestTabi Witthouse
My Sister's Keeper
23
Mahomet-SeymourJune Coleman
The Rememberer
23
MaristMia Narciso
Lola's House
11
Metea ValleyClaire Johnson
Picnic at Treblinka
11
MorrisSarah McNames
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
31
Neuqua ValleyLucy Fosdick
This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write
43
Oak Park-River ForestChloe Ingram
A Bratz Life
22
Prairie RidgeLillian Bailey
The Junk-Drawer Corner-Store Front-Porch Blues
13
ReavisJulia Rivera
Do You Think I'm Pretty from Crying in the Bathroom
23
Southland College PrepCamyiah Finney
On Earth
13
Wheaton Warrenville SouthElliana Sheehan
Choose Your Own
32
YorkvilleTeagan Fortier
The Hour of the Bees
12

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Radio Speaking (20 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettDhanvi Dhandapani12
Belleville WestEliana Cruz23
EldoradoIsaac Lloyd13
FremdKate Chen13
Glenbrook NorthSamantha Becker13
GlenwoodSharanya Sahni11
Hinsdale CentralMaeve Rogers12
Homewood-FlossmoorSafa Siddiqui23
HuntleyJulia Piekarski41
Illinois Math and Science AcademyMolly Federici23
Joliet WestAlaina Potocki23
MarianDaisy Oparanozie21
Metea ValleySahil Rizvi12
MorrisIsabell Nissen11
Normal UniversityWill Miller22
Oak LawnGianna Golden22
Prairie RidgePranaav Sureshkumar43
WashingtonParker Phillips22
Wheaton Warrenville SouthElliana Sheehan11
WheelingMalia Frank11

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Special Occasion Speaking (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Cary-GroveEve Jump
The 100 Acres of Autism
23
EisenhowerDelilah Lavigne
Parenti-tired
31
FentonArturo Hurtado Jr.
Y2Okay, That Didn't Happen
11
Freeport H.S.Lucas Viveros
I Would Rather Be Asleep Right Now.
22
HarrisburgNoah Billman
The A Word
32
Hinsdale CentralMaeve Rogers
Ms. Diagnosis
12
Hoffman Estates H.S.Beya De La Cruz
Sew What? I missed Home-Ec!
23
Joliet WestAva Enderli
Let's Pay Attention to Attention
43
MorrisHayden McGhee
Teach it Like a Man
22
Neuqua ValleyKaylee Drillenburg
Written Off
13
Normal UniversityReith Kohli
Researching a Brighter Future
23
Plainfield SouthJaxon Garrison
Paint Locker Rooms Pink!
22
ReavisAdrian Soto
Rated G for Growth
32
Reed-CusterGwendolynn Stewart
Period. End Of Story.
11
Romeoville H.S.Wilfried Deblui
Cuuurl, please
43
Southland College PrepAubrey Davis
Daddyy Chill
23
SycamoreFiona Long
This Speech is Hysterical
11
WaterlooConnor Kleinschmidt
The Square Root of 100
11
Wheaton Warrenville SouthEllie Hay
Reading (the) Rainbow
11

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