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Nine Ainsworth Speech Team Members Qualify for State Competition on Thursday, March 18th

  • Ainsworth Speech Team members medaling in the C1-6 District Speech competition were: (Front Row - Left to Right): Eden Raymond, Maren Arens, Josie Ganser and Dakota Stutzman; (Middle Row - Left to Right): Brandt Murphy, Libby Wilkins, Alyssa Erthum, Taylor Allen and Katherine Kerrigan; (Back Row - Left to Right): Ben Flynn, Cody Kronhofman and Logan Hafer.
    Ainsworth Speech Team members medaling in the C1-6 District Speech competition were: (Front Row - Left to Right): Eden Raymond, Maren Arens, Josie Ganser and Dakota Stutzman; (Middle Row - Left to Right): Brandt Murphy, Libby Wilkins, Alyssa Erthum, Taylor Allen and Katherine Kerrigan; (Back Row - Left to Right): Ben Flynn, Cody Kronhofman and Logan Hafer.
  • Ainsworth Speech Team received the District Runner-Up Trophy during the March 6th competition. Members competing were: (Front Row - Left to Right) Maia Flynn, Eden Raymond, Maren Arens, Josie Ganser, Ellie Welke, Cody Scott; (Middle Row - Left to Right) Brandt Murphy, Libby Wilkins, Alyssa Erthum, Dakota Stutzman, Taylor Allen and Katherine Kerrigan; (Back Row - Left to Right) Allison Taylor, Ben Flynn, Cody Kronhofman, Logan Hafer, Cameryn Goochey.
    Ainsworth Speech Team received the District Runner-Up Trophy during the March 6th competition. Members competing were: (Front Row - Left to Right) Maia Flynn, Eden Raymond, Maren Arens, Josie Ganser, Ellie Welke, Cody Scott; (Middle Row - Left to Right) Brandt Murphy, Libby Wilkins, Alyssa Erthum, Dakota Stutzman, Taylor Allen and Katherine Kerrigan; (Back Row - Left to Right) Allison Taylor, Ben Flynn, Cody Kronhofman, Logan Hafer, Cameryn Goochey.

The Ainsworth speech team had a successful day of competition on Saturday, March 6th at the C1-6 District contest in Ainsworth and received District Runner-Up honors.

At the district competition, the top three places in each event qualify for the State Tournament, which will be held at Kearney High School on Thursday, March 18th.

State Qualifiers include:

Extemporaneous: 1st Place - Josie Ganser and 2nd Place - Libby Wilkins;

Informative: 1st Place - Ben Flynn;

OID: 3rd Place - Maren Arens, Cody Kronhofman, Eden Raymond, and Dakota Stutzman;

Persuasive: 1st Place - Alyssa Erthum and 3rd Place - Logan Hafer - 3rd; and

Serious: 3rd Place - Dakota Stutzman.

Others medaling for the Bulldogs were:

Duet: 6th Place - Taylor Allen and Katherine Kerrigan;

Humorous: 6th Place - Brandt Murphy;

Informative: 6th Place - Eden Raymond; and

Poetry: 5th Place - Alyssa Erthum.