(KLZA) -- Humboldt-Table Rock – Steinauer students won the Class C2 District Speech Contest recently.  The Titan team scored 191 points.  Freeman was second with 181, Pawnee City third with 178.

In other area district competitions Auburn placed fourth in class B and Falls City was 8th.  In Class D1 Lourdes Central Catholic placed first with 190 points, Johsnon-Brock was second with 178 Sterling was sixth and Lewiston seventh.

In Class D2 Bruning-Davenport was the team champion, Falls City Sacred Heart was fourth.

The State Speech competition will be held at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Campus on Thursday for classes A, B and C-1  and Friday, March 28th for students in classes C-2,  D-1 and D-2.

Those qualifying for State Speech Competition include: 

Class B  

Auburn – In Oral Interpretation of Drama Aatiya Ahmad, Ellis Clopton, Danielle Gauchat, Elijah Kennedy and Quentin Victor.

Falls City – Reese Hogue and Brooke Scheitel in Duet Acting. 

Class C-2 – Pawnee City 

 Ann Cline – Humorous Interpretation of Prose Literature and in Persuasive Speaking.

Hanna Davis – Serious Interpretation of Prose Literature – District Champ;

Courtney Mathewson – Persuasive Speaking; 

Carly Hunzeker – Informative Speaking

Oral Interpretation of Drama – Pawnee City placed first and second at Districts:  1st place – Steven Bruns, Macey Gyhra, Carly Hunzeker, Abby Mathewson and Courtney Mathewson;

2nd – Ann  Cline, Caetlen Gyhra, Hayden Meyer, Grace Parks, Leslie Sommerhalder;

Duet Acting – Savannah Nider and Julia Schultheiss;  and the team of Karli Cabrera and Hannah Davis. 

Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer 

 Shelby Mayo – Oral Interpretation of Poetry

Amanda Antholz – Oral Interpretation of Poetry;

Jesse Anderson – Persuasive Speaking – District Champ,  Extemporaneous Speaking – District Champ 

Jacob Herr – Entertaining Speaking – District Champ 

John Kanel – Entertainment Speaking 

Carissa Carlin – Informative Speaking – District Champ 

Ashton Nanninga – Informative Speaking 

Elliot Gonnella, Extemporaneous Speaking;

Class D1

Johnson-Brock 

Nicole Carbajal – Serious Interpretation of Prose Literature 

Shawna Newman - Serious Interpretation of Prose Literature; 

Mica Spruth-Hjanssen – Humorous Interpretation of Prose Literature

Amzie Dunekacke – Persuasive Speaking – District Champion

Samantha Teten - Persuasive Speaking

Emerson Carbajal – Entertainment Speaking

Julia Oestmann – Informative Speaking

Duet Acting – Kirby Neufeld and Shawna Newman

Oral Interpretation of Drama – District Champions – Kirby Neufeld, Micah Spruth-Janssen, Scott Riley, Tyler Ebeler.

Class D2 

Falls City Sacred Heart 

Abby Neddenriep – Oral Interpretation of Poetry – District Champ;  Informative Public Speaking; 

Oral Interpretation of Drama Team of Ben Mullins,  Libby Dunn, Kelsi Fouraker and Sawyer Kean.