AHS Speech Team Medals Two Events in Kearney
by Mary Rau
February 08, 2010
The Ainsworth Speech Team attended Kearney High School's Larry Niehardt Memorial Speech Tournament on Friday, Feb. 5. The results were as follows:
Varsity
6th: Meg Maxwell—Informative Speaking
9th: Rhe’Ann McBride & Maggie Steinhauser—Duet Acting
Superiors: Jordyn Lechtenberg—Persuasive Speaking
Alyssa Kinning—Persuasive Speaking
Ethan Johnson & Meg Maxwell—Duet Acting
Rhe’Ann McBride—Humorous Prose
Reilly Hoch—Humorous Prose
Lars Johnson, Rhe’Ann McBride, Ciara Philben, Nate Rau, Jon Theis—OID
Katie Brown, Whitley McBride, Steve Parker, Amanda Theis—OID
Alan Hurless—Informative Speaking
Team: not published
“This tournament was just as tough as I thought it would be,” commented Coach Mary Rau. “Lincoln East, who is consistently one of the strongest powerhouses in Class A, won the tournament with 400+ points. Coming in 2nd was North Platte, with 138 points. We fared as well as the other smaller schools competing in Kearney~generally medaling one or two events.
“The Ainsworth team saw entirely different styles of speech writing, presentation, and judging in Kearney. Even though we didn’t get many awards, we made up for it in what we learned from others.
Next week’s competition takes the speech team to North Platte High School’s Blue and Gold Tournament on Saturday, February 13, 2010.
