2021 MSHSL State Speech Tournament Program
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CLASS A CLASS AA SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT APRIL 23-24, 2021 Virtual SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 1 WELCOME to the CELEBRATION of CHAMPIONS MISSION STATEMENT s we celebrate the 2020-2021 state tournament seasons, I extend an The Minnesota A enthusiastic welcome, on behalf of our entire Board of Directors, to each State High School tournament attendee, whether in person or virtually. It is exciting to return to the tradition of celebrating students through competition at the highest level. League is a Our Championship Celebrations spotlight students who participate in MSHSL non-profit, athletics and fine arts and choose to extend their day representing their school voluntary and community. Your positive support of the commitment of these students is validated in your attendance at this event. While each tournament may look association of public different than it has in the past, the excitement and validation that are trademarks and private schools of our tournaments remain. The MSHSL recognizes the value of education-based activities. These activities with a history of are integral to each member school and research continues to demonstrate the service to many benefits of participation. Our students in athletics and fine arts activities Minnesota youth have higher grade point averages, miss less school, and have the potential for greater success beyond high school than their classmates. Each competition since 1916. Its provides the opportunity for students to develop teamwork skills, challenge their mission is to provide abilities, compete with integrity, and learn together. educational “Education and Leadership for a Lifetime” is the slogan of the Minnesota State High School League. This purpose is highlighted in the many acts of opportunities sportsmanship found throughout these competitions. During the tournament, we through encourage you to continue to recognize and positively support these actions. While each high school season culminates in a state tournament or festival, we interscholastic believe every game, contest, or performance throughout the year has been a athletic and celebration of champions. Thank you for your season-long support of students, fine arts programs athletes, coaches, directors, spirit squads, bands, parents, teachers, and administrators. for students and leadership and support for member Blaine Novak, President schools. MSHSL Board of Directors Follow Us Online: www.mshsl.org MSHSL #MSHSL1 @MSHSL MSHSL1 @MSHSLjohn State Tournament Schedule Class AA Tournament Friday, April 23, 2021 3:30 p.m. .Judges Meeting 3:30 p.m. .Draw Events meetings with students (separate rooms in Zoom) 3:45 p.m. .Draws begin for Storytelling, Extemporaneous Speaking, Extemporaneous Reading 4:00 p.m. .All non-draw events - Round 1 begins 4:15 p.m. .Draw events - Round 1 begins 5:15 p.m. .Draws begin for Round 2 Draw Events 5:30 p.m. .All non-draw events - Round 2 begins 5:45 p.m. .Draw events - Round 2 begins 6:45 p.m. .Draws begin for Round 3 Draw Events 7:00 p.m. .All non-draw events - Round 3 begins 7:15 p.m. .Draw events - Round 3 begins 8:30 p.m. .Draws begin for Final Rounds 8:30 p.m. .All non-draw events - Final Rounds begin (there are 8 in Finals) 9:00 p.m. .Draw events - Final Rounds begin (there are 8 in Finals) 10:45 p.m. .Awards Presentation begins Class A Tournament Saturday, April 24, 2021 9:00 a.m. .Judges Meeting 9:00 a.m. .Draw Events meetings with students (separate rooms in Zoom) 9:15 a.m. .Draws begin for Storytelling, Extemporaneous Speaking, Extemporaneous Reading 9:30 a.m. .All non-draw events - Round 1 begins 9:45 a.m. .Draw events - Round 1 begins 10:45 a.m. .Draws begin for Round 2 Draw Events 11:00 a.m. .All non-draw events - Round 2 begins 11:15 a.m. .Draw events - Round 2 begins 12:15 p.m. .Draws begin for Round 3 Draw Events 12:30 p.m. .All non-draw events - Round 3 begins 12:45 p.m. .Draw events - Round 3 begins MSCA meeting will happen virtually in this time space after Round 3 and before Final Rounds 2:15 p.m. .Draws begin for Final Rounds 2:30 p.m. .All non-draw events - Final Rounds begin (there are 8 in Finals) 2:45 p.m. .Draw events - Final Rounds begin (there are 8 in Finals) 4:45 p.m. .Awards Presentation begins Link to the State Speech Archives: bit.ly/SpeechArchive SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 3 Class AA Tournament CREATIVE EXPRESSION Round One – 4:00 p.m. Judge A: April Clark Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Olivia Kramer Elk River Object Impermanence 2 Luke Ostercamp Forest Lake The One Who Couldn’t Walk Away from Omelas 3 Hunter Fizel East Ridge, Woodbury The Most Wonderful Wonderful Times of the Year 4 Ethan Larson Moorhead Wheel of Species 5 Benjamin Gonyea Lakeville North A Golden Opportunity 6 Shivani Muthya Shakopee Enjoy the Ride Judge B: Mikayla Curry Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Philsan Isaak Spring Lake Park Breaking the Broken 2 Tate Horan Moorhead Where Did My Childhood Go? 3 Shraddha Potti Wayzata How to Train Your Demon 4 Izzy Silvola Elk River Smells Like Social Justice 5 Nyah Massey DeLaSalle, Minneapolis I Dream of a Place 6 Josh Nkhata Mound Westonka Wack History Month Judge C: Anjanette Kraus Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Elinor Sayers Lakeville North Walk A Mile in Heels 2 David Marlow St. Peter Sam Plytheworst’s Broken Hearts Club 3 Thor Reimann Eastview, Apple Valley The Memory Project 4 Jacob Parkinson Henry Sibley, Mendota Heights The Action Movie Cliche 5 Ore Fawole Park Center, Brooklyn Park Ore Fawole vs The World 6 Paige Lier Spring Lake Park Puppet Master Judge D: Amy Vander Heiden Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Laine Bottemiller Prior Lake Perfection 2 Carter Bannwarth East Ridge, Woodbury Rose Colored Skotty 3 James Rende Willmar Mother Knows Best 4 Josie Harris Hermantown Tatterhood 5 Emily Nyberg Lakeville North A Pear Shaped Predicament 6 Ben Yu Wayzata The Life of Ping *Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 4 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament CREATIVE EXPRESSION Round Two – 5:30 p.m. Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jack Gritzmacher Nick Ingles Ben Habegger Doug Smith Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Jacob Parkinson 1 Josie Harris 1 Tate Horan 1 Josh Nkhata 2 Emily Nyberg 2 Benjamin Gonyea 2 Shivani Muthya 2 Shraddha Potti 3 Laine Bottemiller 3 Carter Bannwarth 3 Olivia Kramer 3 Paige Lier 4 Ore Fawole 4 Nyah Massey 4 Ben Yu 4 Hunter Fizel 5 Izzy Silvola 5 Ethan Larson 5 Elinor Sayers 5 James Rende 6 Luke Ostercamp 6 David Marlow 6 Philsan Isaak 6 Thor Reimann Round Three – 7:00 p.m. Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Linda Neugebauer Stewart Wilson Jenn Baese Amy Buccek Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Ben Yu 1 Paige Lier 1 Thor Reimann 1 James Rende 2 Ethan Larson 2 Nyah Massey 2 Izzy Silvola 2 Ore Fawole 3 Elinor Sayers 3 Emily Nyberg 3 Shivani Muthya 3 Benjamin Gonyea 4 Josh Nkhata 4 David Marlow 4 Luke Ostercamp 4 Philsan Isaak 5 Laine Bottemiller 5 Shraddha Potti 5 Tate Horan 5 Hunter Fizel 6 Jacob Parkinson 6 Olivia Kramer 6 Carter Bannwarth 6 Josie Harris Championship Round – 8:30 p.m. Judges: Jim Fedje Jodi Kyllonen Dale Neuschwander Priya Prashad Jan Urtel SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 5 Class AA Tournament DISCUSSION Round One – 4:00 p.m. Judge A: Rachel Schott Order Speaker School/Team 1 Liv Shaefer Chanhassen 2 Kaori Hirano Prior Lake 3 Miaya Volkman North Branch 4 Gracee Patel Wayzata 5 Iris Ming Moorhead 6 Noah McCreight Roseville Area Judge B: Kristin Tupa Order Speaker School/Team 1 Suzy Haakonson Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park 2 Aysa Tarana Wayzata 3 Julia Schowalter Eagan 4 Shrenik Mamidala Shakopee 5 Sierra Pieper Rochester John Marshall 6 Allison Shore Stillwater Area Judge C: Kathy Martin Order Speaker School/Team 1 Grace Roeder St. Cloud Tech 2 Edy McCurrie Stillwater Area 3 Nadia Kuxhausen Ralph Northfield 4 Kyle Wicht Elk River 5 Ellie Sprinthall Eagan 6 Allison Champ Eastview, Apple Valley Judge D: Jan Urtel Order Speaker School/Team 1 Fardouza Farah Owatonna 2 Naomi Meints Duluth East 3 Kompal Kumar Wayzata 4 Anna Holk Chaska 5 Scout Holding Eagle-Bushaw Moorhead 6 Aerin Engelstad Eagan *Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 6 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament DISCUSSION Round Two – 5:30 p.m. Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Mike Worcester Charles Cravens John Fogarty Thomas Lucas Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Kyle Wicht 1 Anna Holk 1 Aysa Tarana 1 Allison Shore 2 Scout Holding 2 Iris Ming 2 Noah McCreight 2 Julia Schowalter Eagle-Bushaw 3 Naomi Meints 3 Liv Shaefer 3 Allison Champ 3 Fardouza Farah 4 Sierra Pieper 4 Aerin Engelstad 4 Miaya Volkman 4 Ellie Sprinthall 5 Gracee Patel 5 Grace Roeder 5 Kompal Kumar 5 Shrenik Mamidala 6 Edy McCurrie 6 Suzy Haakonson 6 Nadia Kuxhausen Ralph 6 Kaori Hirano Round Three – 7:00 p.m. Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Matthew Kolstad Thor Mattick Chris McDonald Ryan Roseen Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Aerin Engelstad 1 Allison Champ 1 Nadia Kuxhausen Ralph 1 Kompal Kumar 2 Gracee Patel 2 Sierra Pieper 2 Shrenik Mamidala 2 Ellie Sprinthall 3 Grace Roeder 3 Scout Holding 3 Noah McCreight 3 Iris Ming 4 Allison Shore Eagle-Bushaw 4 Kaori Hirano 4 Suzy Haakonson 5 Fardouza Farah 4 Edy McCurrie 5 Aysa Tarana 5 Miaya Volkman 6 Kyle Wicht 5 Julia Schowalter 6 Naomi Meints 6 Anna Holk 6 Liv Shaefer Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.