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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 (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettTommy McCarty and Mary DeWitt
The Exorcism (from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
42
Belleville EastJackie Eberle and Colin Sobol
Test Tube Lives
23
BentonEmma Webster and Johnathon Tyler Koski
TS
21
Downers Grove SouthBilly Chengary and Erin C. Walsh
The Shadow Box
11
GeneseoLily Kluge and Megan Roome
Recognition
42
Herrin H.S.Katie Butler and Amber Adams
Thirty-Six Minutes
12
Hinsdale CentralGen Carter and Dan Cassin
The Choice
22
HuntleyChristian Aldridge and Olivia Stepp
The Rainmaker
13
MorrisMadison Rodgers and Joseph Leasure
Of Mice and Men
23
Neuqua ValleyKelsey Sante and Julia Rabin
The Unknown Part of the Ocean
13
Normal Community WestJared Sanders and Logan Henderson
A Midnight Clear
21
Normal UniversityAudrey Keen and Ben Edwards
Gruesome Playground Injuries
13
Oak LawnMichael Sequeira and Jacqueline McNaughton
The Shadow Box
13
OlympiaMichaela Maris and Hannah Bauersfeld
Top Girls
32
ProspectJessica Kreidler and Josh Arshonsky
Fly Away
13
RiverdaleParker Sheley and Celeste McKay
Baby Steps
11
SandburgAlyssa Zaczek and Ryan Fish
Death and the Maiden
32
ShepardKenny Garner and Amy Quinlan
Extremities
21
Wheaton Warrenville SouthJohn Franco and Andrew Marr
Red
11

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Dramatic Interpretation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestCody Essien
Not Poor, Just Broke
12
Bloomington H.S.Wes Humphrey
Tony
23
Bradley-BourbonnaisAlex Koerner
The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me
12
Champaign CentennialDavid Kessler
Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story
11
Downers Grove SouthColleen Derosa
Taking Flight
13
Evanston SpeechJenna Rapisarda
The Source of All Things
23
Freeport H.S.Jeffrey Manus
Stuck In Neutral
22
GalesburgHannah Farajpanahi
The Palace of the End
13
Glenbrook NorthSamantha Zimay
My Life
41
HarrisburgBrandon Johnson
Say you're one of them
23
Hinsdale CentralDan Cassin
Love! Valour! Compassion!
22
KewaneeBlake Bullock
Our Man of Perpetual Sorrow
21
Neuqua ValleyKelsey Sante
Mockingbird
11
Normal Community WestJared Sanders
I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe
11
Oak LawnMichael Sequeira
How to Talk to a Widower
32
ProspectJosh Arshonsky
Stuck in Neutral
12
ShepardOnute Jureviciute
Speakeasy
13
ThornridgeDestiny Thompson
The Block Party
31

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Extemporaneous Speaking (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestEli Bernstein11
Bradley-BourbonnaisKatie Bassett32
CarbondaleSarah Seward-Genung32
Champaign CentennialJoshua Ferrer13
Coal CityZackary A. Landers13
DeKalbCrispin Brim11
Downers Grove NorthEmily Temple-Wood11
Downers Grove SouthSupal Mehta22
GalesburgEvan Kelly42
Glenbard WestConor McDonough22
Hinsdale CentralAna Carell33
HuntleyBrandon Bencko23
MaristDennis Lynch41
Normal Community WestTyler Ross31
Oak LawnMargaret Koll23
Richards (Oak Lawn)Allison Lonigro42
RochelleJohn Whitman43
Schaumburg H.S.Tom Forrest21
Wheaton Warrenville SouthSamuel Niiro13

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Humorous Duet Acting (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
ByronSean Sweet and Ashton Salo
Once Upon A Time
13
CarbondaleEmily Fink and Ben Pellow
Jerry Finnegan's Sister
42
CharlestonZoe Wavering and Elijah Magee
GUTENBERG: THE MUSICAL
43
Coal CityBilly Fatigante and Jackie McCollough
Boy Meets Girl: A Young Love Story
33
Downers Grove NorthMurtaza Kapasi and Andy Krupin
Gutenberg! The Musical!
33
Downers Grove SouthErin M. Walsh and Dan Leahy
Anna and August
11
FentonDanny Sanchez and Agnieszka Miklas
Reflex Action
12
Freeport H.S.Graham Gusloff and Justin Spellman
Louis & Dave
22
HarrisburgDJ Duncan and Alexis Kuhlman
The essential Calvin and Hobbs
11
MarianZach Henry and Kyle Fitzgerald
Rhinoceros
11
MolineAlex Haifa and Peter David McNaught
Gutenberg! The Musical
11
MorrisJacob O'Marrah and Josh Hosek
Broadway Bound
21
Reed-CusterHannah Vercelote and James Reinbacher
The Big Bang
12
Richards (Oak Lawn)Griffin Forberg and Caroline Azem
Anna and August
32
ShepardKenny Garner and Matt Gainer
China: The Whole Enchilada
13
Warren TownshipMagda Cychowski and Tyler Cruz
Prisoner of Second Avenue
23
Wheaton NorthTim Krentz and Danny Gonzalez
Shrinkage
12
Wheaton Warrenville SouthDavid Solberg and Dani Mulhearn
The Rental
31

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Humorous Interpretation (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestDavid Felts
Day Six
12
CarbondaleJacob Gorecki
Scooby Doo in Jungle Jeopardy
31
DeKalbDerek Neff
Mariner
13
Downers Grove SouthMichelle McCarthy
Disney Mom Group Therapy
11
DunlapTaylor Walters
Fat Kids on Fire
22
HarrisburgDJ Duncan
Animal tales
13
Neuqua ValleyAriana Beattie
What to Expect When You're Expected
13
Normal UniversityEmily Honzel
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
11
Oswego EastFilip Bojanic
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
22
PekinRegan Degroot
700 Sundays
13
ProspectKelsey Henquinet
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
12
Richards (Oak Lawn)John Zahlmann
American Born Chinese
22
RochelleTyler Mollet
I Don't Mind That You're Ugly
41
SandburgRahul Jacob
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
43
ShepardSamm Hilger
The Audition
11
Sterling H.S.Alex Rodriguez
I Married a Pope
12
Wheaton Warrenville SouthDaniel Heiberger
Oedi
13
YorkRhainy Damm
Fat Kids on Fire
31

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Impromptu Speaking (21 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestEli Bernstein11
Bloomington H.S.Rachel Evans42
CarbondaleSarah Seward-Genung12
CharlestonAustin Mejdrich23
Coal CityZackary A. Landers13
DeKalbKelsey Faivre13
Downers Grove NorthAlex Buckley31
Freeport H.S.Emily Bowen43
GalesburgEvan Kelly22
Glenbrook SouthSam Bubnovich12
HarrisburgPuja Mehta23
Hinsdale CentralGen Carter13
HuntleyMarta Makowski21
LeydenAshley Boyte22
MaristDennis Lynch21
Normal UniversityJay Simmons11
Oak LawnJulia Boyle12
PekinJosh Hatler13
Richards (Oak Lawn)Allison Lonigro43
West Chicago H.S.Farrell Lewis43
Wheaton Warrenville SouthSamuel Niiro11

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Informative Speaking (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestSterling Beckmann
Life Lessons from Beyond the Grave
11
BentonAlison Blair
What is SMART?
43
Bradley-BourbonnaisMegan Ouwenga
The Forgotten
13
CarbondaleRaquel Olive
It's Written All Over Your Face
13
Champaign CentennialBrieana Williams
Science Un-fair
32
DeKalbSara Wuchte
Got Gas?
13
Downers Grove SouthDhara Puvar
Something Olive Us Should Know
11
Freeport H.S.Gail Fernandes
Virus Hunting
11
FremdRenata Wettermann
Potential Power of Pig Powder
11
Glenbard WestHamsini Rao
My Grandma's Tattoo is Way Cooler Than Her Cookies
22
Hinsdale CentralShaila Sundram
It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
33
Metea ValleyEric Zhang
Draco: The Antivirus Not the Harry Potter Guy
12
Normal Community WestMiranda Harris
Cooky Cutters to Savvy Savers
22
Normal UniversityRona Hunter
The Real Gender Bender: Endochrine Disruptors
11
Oak LawnJulia Boyle
The Theory of the Relatively Intelligent
23
RiverdaleAmber Berge
Listen Up!
22
SandburgLauren Brouwers
The Big ''O''
12
ThorntonJohn Arrington Jr.
I Think I'm in Love
11
Wheaton Warrenville SouthClaire Bratzel
The Guilt Algorithm
13

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Oratorical Declamation (21 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestVondell Burns
If I Should Have a Daughter
11
BolingbrookHeather Afriyie
Lessons Learned from Survivors
13
Bradley-BourbonnaisMegan Ouwenga
The Harvey Milk School Makes Its Mark
22
CarbondaleMarian Repp
This Is Water
13
Cary-GroveKatelin Coronado
America is Not Broke
11
Champaign CentennialRebecca Ferrer
The Case For Same Sex Marriage
22
Downers Grove NorthKate Karl
Looking Past Limits
22
Downers Grove SouthErin C. Walsh
A More Beautiful Later
11
Evanston SpeechJenna Rapisarda
2011 Commencement Address at Harvard University
13
Glenbard WestEllie Wyant
The Power of Vulnerability
21
Hinsdale CentralCaroline Nyheim
The Rules of Improv
33
MolineJenna Pautsch
''Mom,I'm Fat''
12
Neuqua ValleyJoy Dhar
A Woman Among Warlords
13
Normal Community WestRyan Carrigan
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
11
Oak LawnEmily Salomone
All Girls Must Be Everything
13
OlympiaAndrew Desch
How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
23
Richards (Oak Lawn)Andrea Azem
How Do We Get Well?
22
RochelleMady O'Reilly
Redefine Normal
23
Southland College PrepMorgan Brown
I Am Seeking An Attitude
23
ThorntonJohn Arrington Jr.
Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up
11
Wheaton NorthPhillip McClure
Letters To A Young Brother
12

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Original Comedy (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BentonCourtney Knight
Am I My Status?
13
Buffalo GroveMichael Maley
Boom! Democracy: A Topical Reference!
12
ByronChris Sible
Cereal Gone Stale
23
Coal CityJuan Munoz
It's a Weird World
33
DeKalbGrace Schaffer
A Literate Female
22
Downers Grove NorthDevin Collett
Speech Moms: Hos, Schmoes, and Prose
22
Downers Grove SouthMichelle McCarthy
Alice and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Audition
11
FentonDanny Sanchez
Virtual Reality Bytes
13
Freeport H.S.Graham Gusloff
To Catch a Cereal Killer
11
Glenbard WestDavid Hahne
Scallalaboof!
23
HarrisburgBrandon Johnson
I'm not sexy and I know it
41
Joliet WestZoe Roechner
A Lunchroom Carol
21
LincolnTara Shane
''There's No Place Like Hell''
22
MarianJaboukie Young-White
Baby Blues
13
Neuqua ValleyAtlas Brewster
The Odds Must Be Crazy
23
Reed-CusterLance Willis
Fisher Price Preschool Detective
12
Richards (Oak Lawn)John Zahlmann
Meta-Narrative on Love with Crisp Pops and a Resolution
32
ShepardSamm Hilger
The History of Comedy
11
Wheaton NorthDanny Gonzalez
Go Go Power Rangers!
11

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Original Oratory (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestVondell Burns
Get Tapped In
11
Bradley-BourbonnaisAlex Koerner
You Can Say That Again...
13
CarbondaleJessica Robinson
The Lean, Mean Radio-Active Machine
13
DeKalbKelsey Faivre
Ag-Ed Beef
22
Downers Grove NorthSarah Batchu
Who's Afraid of Authenticity?
23
Glenbard WestMaggie Nannenhorn
Embracing the F
43
Granite CityJamie Vaught
I am SO Green
42
Hinsdale CentralJena Sugay
It's All Too Much
12
Homewood-FlossmoorTaylor Spencer
Vaccinations: A Shot in the Dark
21
HuntleyMarta Makowski
Ready...Set...Risk!
41
MarianCooper Packard
Meat of the Matter
13
MolineJenna Pautsch
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
13
Naperville CentralMeera Nathan
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
31
Normal Community WestMarques Brown
Waiting for the Elusive Marshmallow
11
Oak Park-River ForestSarah Feldman
Chivalry vs Common Courtesy
13
OlympiaCameron Jodlowski
The Trouble With iPads, Cars and Cash
22
Richards (Oak Lawn)Amy Cyze
I'm Bringing Sex Ed Back
12
Wheaton NorthPhillip McClure
Targeting Integrity
11
YorkSarah King
Free Speech in School
22

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Performance in the Round (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BentonPerformance in the Round
Pinocchio: The Commedia
11
Buffalo Grove Boise, Idaho
Boise, Idaho
22
CarbondalePerformance in the Round
A Hatful of Seuss
22
Champaign CentennialPerformance in the Round
''Daisy Head Mayzie,'' By Dr. Seuss
13
DeKalbPerformance in the Round
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
13
Downers Grove NorthRemoving the Glove
Removing the Glove
12
Downers Grove SouthDiary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
21
FentonPerformance in the Round
Frindle
13
Homewood-FlossmoorPerformance in the Round
Susannah
33
HononegahPerformance in the Round
Like Bees to Honey
12
MarianPerformance in the Round
The Taming of the Shrew
22
MolinePerformance in the Round
The Legacy Quilt
11
MorrisBobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face
Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face
23
Normal Community WestPerformance in the Round
This is a Test
22
Normal UniversityPerformance in the Round
Debate: Demusical! by Ryan Greenawalt
11
ThornwoodPerformance in the Round
Push
11
Wheaton Warrenville SouthExpecting
Expecting
31
YorkPolitically Correct Bedtime Story
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
43

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Poetry Reading (21 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BarringtonKatie Swail
Superfabulous Messiahs
42
Belleville EastJackie Eberle
Sleeping
43
Belleville WestMyesha Harris
Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet
11
CarbondaleJessica Robinson
I Am Furniture
12
DeKalbLauren Zelaya
Girls, Geeks, and the Games We Play: A Nontraditional Program on Love.
12
Downers Grove SouthBilly Chengary
Yes, No, Maybe
12
Freeport H.S.Lauren Hartog
What We're Leaving Behind
11
GalesburgHannah Farajpanahi
I Dreamed I Was a Video Game
12
Glenbard WestEllie Wyant
Lost in Translation
11
Herrin H.S.Skylar Drummond
A Feminist Speaks
43
Hinsdale CentralJena Sugay
Life Doesn't Rhyme
21
LimestoneDevan McClaskey
So You Want to Be a Writer
23
Neuqua ValleyAaron Gatdula
The Fatherless Experience: A Program
13
Normal UniversityMadison Oakley
Final Girl
11
ProspectJacqueline Dunderdale
Fighting Through the Tears
23
RichwoodsMaliyah Adkins-Threats
A Thirst for Modern Poetry: A Program
12
SandburgDestiny Strothers
''Come Together''
32
ShepardGlorielle Williams
How do we Spell Freedom?
23
Sterling H.S.Hannah Matheney
What Learning Leaves
22
ThorntonFred Jones
A Letter to My Papa
21
Wheaton NorthNico Danilovich
America
43

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Prose Reading (19 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
BartlettTommy McCarty
A November Farewell
11
Belleville WestLauren Jones
Zolaria
11
CarbondaleEmily Fink
Rx
23
CharlestonJordan Cornwell
Never Been Dissed Until Now
23
Downers Grove NorthDevin Collett
Official Book Club Selection
23
Downers Grove SouthColleen Derosa
Life in the Hot Seat
11
Hinsdale CentralLaura Nelson
Rules
32
KewaneeBlake Bullock
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class Presiden
21
Lena-WinslowAllie Long
Silhouettes
22
Oak LawnJacqueline McNaughton
Letting Go of God?
11
OlympiaMichaela Maris
The Color of Water
12
ProspectConnor Fitzgerald
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
23
Reed-CusterNathaniel Marshall
Almost Normal
41
RochelleUdita Persaud
Sold
33
SandburgLauren Rasch
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
13
ShepardGlorielle Williams
Daddy's Girl
22
Springfield High SchoolCarly Piland
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
32
WashingtonMegan Whitford
Last Requests
43
Wheaton Warrenville SouthSimone Pincsak
Celia Behind Me
32

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Radio Speaking (20 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestSterling Beckmann22
CarbondaleRaquel Olive13
DeKalbSara Wuchte12
Downers Grove NorthAndy Krupin22
Downers Grove SouthLillie Kase33
DunlapJack McGee13
Freeport H.S.Gail Fernandes13
Galena H.S.Ben Jenkins21
Glenbard WestSophia Conforti32
Granite CityJamie Vaught11
MarianSummer Fields11
Normal Community WestBreeann Dawson33
Normal UniversityJess Michels31
Oak LawnMaggie Wheaton22
Oak Park-River ForestDanielle Zarbin11
Plainfield CentralKeegan Bosch12
ReavisJonathan Morsovillo32
WashingtonRebekah Dentino12
Wheaton NorthJessica Stroner23
Wheaton Warrenville SouthBrooke Sommerfeld41

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Special Occasion Speaking (18 contestants)

TeamContestant(s)Reg.Sec.
Belleville WestTaylor Damann
Read Between the Lines
13
BentonJohnathon Tyler Koski
ACT Anonymous
12
DeKalbGrace Schaffer
She Said, She Said
11
Downers Grove NorthHeather Johansen
Embrace the Gray
12
Downers Grove SouthLillie Kase
Big as Beyonce
11
DuQuoin H.S.Noah Coleman
Waiting for Life
31
Lena-WinslowAllie Long
Erase the Hate
32
MarianJaboukie Young- White
Ninja Please
11
Neuqua ValleyKaveri Sharma
Roll Over and Change
13
Normal Community WestRyan Carrigan
X, Y, and Me
12
Normal UniversityAlison Ogunmokun
Information Retention
23
RichwoodsMahliyah Adkins-Threats
Cheaters Never Win
21
RochelleTyler Mollet
The NOT So Perfect Season
43
SandburgPat Kelly
Walk a Mile in Their Nikes
22
ShepardEnrique Montoya
Muy Rapido! Make a Run for the Border!
43
Warren TownshipMolly Triveline
Um... yea.
32
Wheaton NorthTim Krentz
Mind Over Muscle
21
Wheaton Warrenville SouthDani Mulhearn
Open Disclosure
13

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