CLASS A CLASS AA SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT APRIL 23-24, 2021

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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.

Judges: Travis Fick Angie Klein Cynthia Pope Katie Scholz Mark Thul

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 7 Class AA Tournament DUO INTERPRETATION Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Tim Newcomb

Order Speakers School/Team Selection 1 Jaden VonBrethorst/Ryan Nash Hibbing The Big Bang by Jed Feurer and Boyd Graham 2 Alice Hovendon/Colin Roberts Eagan The Entire History of You by Jesse Armstrong 3 Olivia Hirschey/Olivia Dembouski St. Michael-Albertville Hitting on Women 101 by Bruce Kane 4 Frank Knier/Jonah Johnson Apple Valley A Steady Rain by Keith Huff 5 Cece Buesgen/Sofia Fritzke Jordan Extreme Fakeover by John C. Havens

Judge B: Alex Carlson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Ben Lu/Reese Marcus Woodbury Lakewood by Megan Giddings 2 Bianca Mojica/Grace Ehrmantraut Benilde-St. Margaret's, The Rope Swings by Toni Wilson St. Louis Park 3 Alexander Bailey/Norah Shea Roseville Area Souvenir by Stephen Temperly 4 Zach Ploetz/Finnian Cleary Hermantown Captain Neat-O Man by Timothy Scott Harris 5 CeCe Bedore/Jack Nichol Moorhead 21 Chump Street by Lin-Manuel Miranda 6 Anna Haug/Annika Kjer Rochester John Marshall The Audition by Don Zolidis

Judge C: Ben Habegger

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Connor Luskey/Autumn Pesek Jordan Too Late for Sorry by Laurie Allen 2 Greta Homuth/Olivia Dahlberg Moorhead Freaky Friday by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon 3 Isabel Chew/Shae Ramberg Maple Grove Flowers by Katherine Vaughan 4 Nathan Tomas/Peter Mundale Centennial The Lorax by Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) 5 Lars Andersen/Olma Wakjira Eagan A Time to Kill by John Grisham

Judge D: Luke Ostrander

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Heidi Danielson/Bryce Paulson Sauk Rapids-Rice The Emerald Circle by Max Bush 2 Abby Karger/Sydney Amundson St. Michael-Albertville Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio 3 Jasmine Haidar/Laura Schile Eastview, Apple Valley The Miracle Worker by William Gibson 4 Rachel Watson/Ella Orvig Cambridge-Isanti Around the World in a Bad Mood by Renee Foss 5 Seth Worden/Kate Moch Mound Westonka Little Footsteps by Ted Tally 6 Kate DeMuth/Nina Broberg Centennial, Circle Pines Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 8 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament DUO INTERPRETATION Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Rebecca Meyer-Larson Kathleen Keech Terri Leonard Cathy Anderson

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Chew/Ramberg 1 Watson/Orvig 1 Mojica/Ehrmantraut 1 Haug/Kjer 2 Worden/Moch 2 Buesgen/Fritzke 2 VonBrethorst/Nash 2 Bailey/Shea 3 Danielson/Paulson 3 Karger/Amundson 3 DeMuth/Broberg 3 Andersen/Wakjira 4 Tomas/Mundale 4 Bedore/Nichol 4 Luskey/Pesek 4 Hirschey/Dembouski 5 Ploetz/Cleary 5 Knier/Johnson 5 Lu/Marcus 5 Haidar/Schile 6 Hovendon/Roberts 6 Homuth/Dahlberg

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jodene Wartman Jennifer Kulm Suzanne White Joni Anker

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 DeMuth/Broberg 1 Andersen/Wakjira 1 Homuth/Dahlberg 1 Haidar/Schile 2 Knier/Johnson 2 Bedore/Nichol 2 Ploetz/Cleary 2 Tomas/Mundale 3 Luskey/Pesek 3 Worden/Moch 3 Hovendon/Roberts 3 Buesgen/Fritzke 4 Haug/AKjer 4 Bailey/Shea 4 Mojica/Ehrmantraut 4 Lu/Marcus 5 Danielson/Paulson 5 VonBrethorst/Nash 5 Karger/Amundson 5 Hirschey/Dembouski 6 Chew/Ramberg 6 Watson/Orvig

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: Jenn Baese Bret Hemmerlin Nick Ingles Anjanette Kraus Jerrod Nelson

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 9 Class AA Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS READING Round One – 4:15 p.m.

Judge A: Ross Eichele

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Enya Brett East Ridge, Woodbury 2 Reilly Sullivan Chisago Lakes, Lindstrom 3 Leah Meseck Rogers 4 Nitiya Arun Shakopee 5 Kat Kruse Farmington 6 Olivia Beach Eastview, Apple Valley

Judge B: Jerrod Nelson

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Abby Charleson Elk River 2 Amanda Christensen Chanhassen 3 Seema Mustafa Moorhead 4 Natalie Rosheim East Ridge, Woodbury 5 Erica Bartkey Stillwater Area 6 Hanisa Pasupuleti Eastview, Apple Valley

Judge C: John Fogarty

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Megan Copeland Owatonna 2 Ritisha Senapati Eastview, Apple Valley 3 Lulu Schirmacher Fridley 4 Shreya Kakkad Wayzata 5 Kaylin Patrick Moorhead 6 Clara Anderson Elk River

Judge D: Ryan Roseen

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Kyra Kellogg Stillwater Area 2 Pooja Shah Blaine 3 Mia Middelton Orono 4 Bridget Schaber Eagan 5 Elise Olson Northfield 6 Ella Roggeman St. Cloud Tech

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 10 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS READING Round Two – 5:45 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Kathy Martin Carol Sylvester Priya Prashad Jessica Fedje

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Shreya Kakkad 1 Bridget Schaber 1 Amanda Christensen 1 Hanisa Pasupuleti 2 Elise Olson 2 Kat Kruse 2 Olivia Beach 2 Seema Mustafa 3 Kyra Kellogg 3 Pooja Shah 3 Enya Brett 3 Clara Anderson 4 Kaylin Patrick 4 Erica Bartkey 4 Ella Roggeman 4 Leah Meseck 5 Natalie Rosheim 5 Nitiya Arun 5 Megan Copeland 5 Mia Middelton 6 Reilly Sullivan 6 Ritisha Senapati 6 Abby Charleson 6 Lulu Schirmacher

Round Three – 7:15 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Cynthia Pope Ceil McDonald Amy French Katie Scholz

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Ella Roggeman 1 Clara Anderson 1 Lulu Schirmacher 1 Mia Middelton 2 Nitiya Arun 2 Erica Bartkey 2 Natalie Rosheim 2 Kaylin Patrick 3 Megan Copeland 3 Elise Olson 3 Olivia Beach 3 Kat Kruse 4 Hanisa Pasupuleti 4 Ritisha Senapati 4 Reilly Sullivan 4 Abby Charleson 5 Kyra Kellogg 5 Seema Mustafa 5 Amanda Christensen 5 Leah Meseck 6 Shreya Kakkad 6 Enya Brett 6 Pooja Shah 6 Bridget Schaber

Championship Round – 9:00 p.m.

Judges: Patricia Neuschwander Sandy Nieland Pam Tvedt Suzanne White Mike Worcester

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 11 Class AA Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Round One – 4:15 p.m.

Judge A: Mike Wartman

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Agrim Joshi Shakopee 2 Minkai Li Woodbury 3 Tharika Arunkumar Lakeville North 4 Meryl Tigenoah Brainerd 5 Soren Peterson Stillwater Area 6 Angelo Vita Princeton

Judge B: Rick Purrington

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Bianca Turman Eagan 2 Jackson Poetz St. Cloud Tech 3 Samay Gandhi Wayzata 4 Evan Violette Chanhassen 5 Vikash Giritharan Eastview, Apple Valley 6 Andrew Christopherson Elk River

Judge C: Cheryl Neidt

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Ava Roots Stillwater Area 2 Samantha Lindberg St. Francis 3 Allison Hering Eastview, Apple Valley 4 Rachna Balasubramanian Lakeville North 5 Trinity Hanif St. Michael-Albertville 6 Aaron Rajput Henry Sibley, Mendota Heights

Judge D: Robert French

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Jackie Bucaro Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park 2 George Faseemo Rochester John Marshall 3 Amy Frenzel Bemidji 4 Gavin Davis Mankato East 5 Gursimrat Dahry Stillwater Area 6 Jake Phillips Andover

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 12 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Round Two – 5:45 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Angie Klein Ceil McDonald Kristin Tupa Laura Hammond

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Rachna 1 Gavin Davis 1 Jackson Poetz 1 Andrew Christopherson Balasubramanian 2 Soren Peterson 2 Angelo Vita 2 Samay Gandhi 2 Gursimrat Dahry 3 George Faseemo 3 Agrim Joshi 3 Aaron Rajput 3 Jackie Bucaro 4 Vikash Giritharan 4 Jake Phillips 4 Tharika Arunkumar 4 Trinity Hanif 5 Meryl Tigenoah 5 Ava Roots 5 Amy Frenzel 5 Evan Violette 6 Samantha Lindberg 6 Bianca Turman 6 Allison Hering 6 Minkai Li

Round Three – 7:15 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Tom Backen Ross Eichele Mark Thul Mike Worcester

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Jake Phillips 1 Aaron Rajput 1 Allison Hering 1 Amy Frenzel 2 Meryl Tigenoah 2 Vikash Giritharan 2 Evan Violette 2 Trinity Hanif 3 Ava Roots 3 Gursimrat Dahry 3 Angelo Vita 3 Soren Peterson 4 Andrew Christopherson 4 Samantha Lindberg 4 Minkai Li 4 Bianca Turman 5 Jackie Bucaro 5 Samay Gandhi 5 Jackson Poetz 5 Tharika Arunkumar 6 Rachna 6 Agrim Joshi 6 George Faseemo 6 Gavin Davis Balasubramanian

Championship Round – 9:00 p.m.

Judges: Charles Cravens Amy French Dan Olson Carol Sylvester Andrew Tichy

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 13 Class AA Tournament GREAT SPEECHES Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Tom Backen

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Avani Deglurkar Wayzata Sports has the Potential to Empower Women and Girls by Lakshmi Puri 2 Tommy White Stillwater Area Testimony at the Sentencing of Larry Nassar by Aly Raisman 3 Macy Larson Moorhead Remarks on the Paycheck Fairness Act by Sen. Elizabeth Warren 4 John Novack Eagan DEUS VULT by Pope Urban II 5 Nimisha Bora Eastview, Apple Valley New Nationalism by Teddy Roosevelt 6 Amy Laabs Chanhassen The Misogyny Speech by Julia Gillard

Judge B: Chris McDonald

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Jomi Omoya Roseville Area The Other America by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2 Anna Adamson Woodbury Using Your Voice is a Political Choice by Amanda Gorman 3 Maimuna Aden Rochester John Marshall House Floor Speech on Yoho Remarks July 23 by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 4 Diya Kayaleh Wayzata Remember the Living by Queen Rania of Jordan 5 Elayna Hewitt Hermantown The Struggle for Human Rights, Paris, France, September 28, 1948 by Eleanor Roosevelt 6 Zoe Vorbach Marshall The Man with the Muck-rake by Theodore Roosevelt

Judge C: Katie Scholz

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Sudeeksha Nooka Eden Prairie Remarks on the Assassination of MLK by Robert Francis Kennedy 2 Charli Miller Chanhassen I Want a 24 Hour Truce by Andrea Dworkin 3 Isabel Roiland Elk River Julia Gillard’s Misogyny Speech by Julia Gillard 4 Beth Stein Moorhead Response to Rep. Ted Yoho by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 5 Adriann Drenk Lakeville North Donald Trump Riot Speech by Donald Trump 6 Gracyn Delaune Mounds View The Gates to Freedom by Angela Davis

Judge D: Suzanne White

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Natalie Miller Duluth East 1988 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address by Ann Richards 2 Martan Gregoire Moorhead The Hope Speech by Harvey Milk 3 Heden Abdulahi Eagan Yippie Workshop by Abbie Hoffman 4 Emma Cliff St. Michael-Albertville I Tell What I Have Seen by Dorothea Dix 5 Wanwa Omot Eastview, Apple Valley Declaration of Conscience by Margaret Chase Smith 6 Shania VanLewin Lakeville North First Senate speech on Immigrants by Kamala Harris

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 14 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament GREAT SPEECHES Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jodi Kylionen Jenn Baese Amy Vander Heiden Audrey French

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Beth Stein 1 Emma Cliff 1 Anna Adamson 1 Zoe Vorbach 2 Wanwa Omot 2 Nimisha Bora 2 Amy Laabs 2 Maimuna Aden 3 Natalie Miller 3 Martan Gregoire 3 Avani Deglurkar 3 Gracyn Delaune 4 Adriann Drenk 4 Elayna Hewitt 4 Shania VanLewin 4 Macy Larson 5 Diya Kayaleh 5 John Novack 5 Sudeeksha Nooka 5 Heden Abdulahi 6 Tommy White 6 Charli Miller 6 Jomi Omoya 6 Isabel Roiland

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Charles Cravens Mike Wartman Travis Fick Robert French

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Shania VanLewin 1 Gracyn Delaune 1 Isabel Roiland 1 Heden Abdulahi 2 John Novack 2 Elayna Hewitt 2 Diya Kayaleh 2 Adriann Drenk 3 Sudeeksha Nooka 3 Wanwa Omot 3 Amy Laabs 3 Nimisha Bora 4 Zoe Vorbach 4 Charli Miller 4 Tommy White 4 Jomi Omoya 5 Natalie Miller 5 Maimuna Aden 5 Anna Adamson 5 Macy Larson 6 Beth Stein 6 Avani Deglurkar 6 Martan Gregoire 6 Emma Cliff

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: John Fogarty Kathy Martin Jason Olson Lori Shoberg Kristin Tupa

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 15 Class AA Tournament HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Dale Neuschwander

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Natalie Engh East Ridge, Woodbury The Girl Who Would be King by Jen O’Connor 2 Gabby Rosen Andover I Hate Other People’s Kids by Adrianne Frost 3 Trinity Thorstad Jordan Hopeless Hamlet by Wade Bradford 4 Aiden Clayburn Lakeville North Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems 5 Madeline Rock Apple Valley How I Survived Camp Cooties by Megan Orr 6 Drew Aldrich Hibbing Jimmy The Antichrist by Keith Powell

Judge B: Stewart Wilson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Nik Bragg Anoka The Producers by Mel Brooks 2 Jacob Miller Lakeville North Office Space by Miks Judge 3 Anika Drees Moorhead A League of Their Own by Lowell Ganz 4 Sarah Zenaye Woodbury The Good Place by Michael Shur 5 Owen Reynolds-Lillibridge Centennial, Circle Pines Space Balls by Mel Brooks, Ronny Graham, and Thomas Meehan 6 Amma Okoro Duluth East How to Write Suspense by James Pinkerton

Judge C: Mark Thul

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Ellie Scheldberg Burnsville Mary Choppins by Frank Joseph 2 Joey Kirk Zimmerman School of Rock by Mike White 3 Paige Klemenhagen Stillwater Area Legally Blonde: The Musical by Heather Hatch 4 Maddy Siekmann Chaska Thomas Brady’s First Day of Kindergarten by Chris & Ryan Wilkins 5 Maret Holm Moorhead Stand By Me by Raynold Gideon and Bruce Evans 6 Reid Wilson Dassel-Cokato How I Got My Superpower by John C. Havens

Judge D: Jason Olson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Josie Brody Mounds View Sports Night by Aaron Sorkin 2 Madeleine Dore Orono The Spoon Incident by Brian Weilert and Evan Thomason 3 Julia Christenson Owatonna Sealed for Freshness by Doug Stone 4 Quinn Hendel Henry Sibley, Mendota Heights Animals by Simon Rich 5 Sophie Todaro Apple Valley Homeschooled by Jason Pizzarello 6 Leif Carlson Moorhead Malcolm in the Middle by Linwood Bloomer

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 16 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Alex Carlson Amy Buccek Luke Ostrander Jennifer Kulm

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Maddy Siekmann 1 Quinn Hendel 1 Jacob Miller 1 Amma Okoro 2 Sophie Todaro 2 Madeline Rock 2 Drew Aldrich 2 Anika Drees 3 Josie Brody 3 Madeleine Dore 3 Natalie Engh 3 Reid Wilson 4 Maret Holm 4 Owen Reynolds- 4 Leif Carlson 4 Trinity Thorstad 5 Sarah Zenaye Lillibridge 5 Ellie Scheldberg 5 Julia Christenson 6 Gabby Rosen 5 Aiden Clayburn 6 Nik Bragg 6 Paige Klemenhagen 6 Joey Kirk

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Kathleen Keech Lori Shoberg Jessica Fedje Patricia Neuschwander

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Leif Carlson 1 Reid Wilson 1 Paige Klemenhagen 1 Julia Christenson 2 Aiden Clayburn 2 Owen Reynolds- 2 Sarah Zenaye 2 Maret Holm 3 Ellie Scheldberg Lillibridge 3 Drew Aldrich 3 Madeline Rock 4 Amma Okoro 3 Sophie Todaro 4 Gabby Rosen 4 Nik Bragg 5 Josie Brody 4 Joey Kirk 5 Jacob Miller 5 Trinity Thorstad 6 Maddy Siekmann 5 Anika Drees 6 Madeleine Dore 6 Quinn Hendel 6 Natalie Engh

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: Cathy Anderson Joni Anker April Clark Thor Mattick Tim Newcomb

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 17 Class AA Tournament INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Lori Shoberg

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Annika Fredeen Stillwater Area Full Circle 2 Sam Peterson Elk River Not Your Average Summer Camp 3 Blake Duea Chanhassen Boy Friends 4 Ingrid Rygg Moorhead Dead Girl Walking 5 Ainsley Plucker Eastview, Apple Valley Who Run the World? 6 Allison Benjamin East Ridge, Woodbury I Can See Tear-ly Now

Judge B: Carol Sylvester

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Lucy Leither Elk River Prince Charming(s) 2 Asli Abdi Willmar The Girl Who Yells A Lot 3 Katelyn Caulder Lakeville North As Good As Gold 4 Beatrice Handlin White Bear Lake Area Brr, It’s Kinda Chilly in Here! 5 Sanjali Subash Wayzata Dye-ing to be Attractive 6 Anneteke Adoga Woodbury The Color of Law

Judge C: Joni Anker

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Sophie Green Apple Valley Liquid Gold 2 Holly Restad East Ridge, Woodbury The Yuck Factor 3 Talha Rao Blaine Eurocentric Beauty Standards 4 Abby Newman Chanhassen Like a Virgin 5 Audrey Bowen Lakeville North Male Bodies: We Are At Your Cervix 6 Dominic Laudenbach St. Francis Pirates: Fact vs. Fiction

Judge D: Jennifer Burnside

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Lacey Anderson Wayzata Lounging Around 2 Lauren Manna Chanhassen Bitch, Please! 3 Greta Cole Moorhead Did You Hear What I Am Not Saying? 4 Harini Avula Mounds View Prison Labor Through the Years 5 Ceceilia Voss Apple Valley Work Worth Seeking 6 Lauren McCutcheon Lakeville North I’m Not Ovary-acting

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 18 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Andrew Tichy Travis Fick Mike Wartman Dan Olson

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Abby Newman 1 Harini Avula 1 Asli Abdi 1 Anneteke Adoga 2 Ceceilia Voss 2 Ainsley Plucker 2 Allison Benjamin 2 Katelyn Caulder 3 Lacey Anderson 3 Lauren Manna 3 Annika Fredeen 3 Dominic Laudenbach 4 Audrey Bowen 4 Sanjali Subash 4 Lauren McCutcheon 4 Blake Duea 5 Beatrice Handlin 5 Ingrid Rygg 5 Sophie Green 5 Greta Cole 6 Sam Peterson 6 Holly Restad 6 Lucy Leither 6 Talha Rao

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Rachel Schott Cheryl Neidt Jerrod Nelson Roxy Janke

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Lauren McCutcheon 1 Dominic Laudenbach 1 Talha Rao 1 Greta Cole 2 Ingrid Rygg 2 Sanjali Subash 2 Beatrice Handlin 2 Audrey Bowen 3 Sophie Green 3 Ceceilia Voss 3 Allison Benjamin 3 Ainsley Plucker 4 Anneteke Adoga 4 Holly Restad 4 Sam Peterson 4 Lucy Leither 5 Lacey Anderson 5 Katelyn Caulder 5 Asli Abdi 5 Blake Duea 6 Abby Newman 6 Annika Fredeen 6 Lauren Manna 6 Harini Avula

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: Ross Eichel Jill Lofald Thomas Lucas Ceil McDonald Amy Vander Heiden

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 19 Class AA Tournament ORIGINAL ORATORY Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Jill Lofald

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Regan VanAvery Elk River Let’s Talk About Sex 2 Lydia Voss Apple Valley Good Grief 3 Gintare Piscikaite Lakeville North Not Just the Comics 4 Annika Wulf Mound Westonka Is Nihilism Worth Caring About? 5 Victoria Pomalath East Ridge, Woodbury A Spoonful of Sugar 6 India Carlson Moorhead Misgiving

Judge B: Amy Buccek

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Jihan Abdi Apple Valley A Promethean Task 2 Lillian Guggisberg Marshall The Vikings, the Packers, and Our Politics 3 Belle Lapos Stillwater Area Becky and Chad are Suspiciously Quiet! 4 Grace Stoehr Chisago Lakes, Lindstrom Conspiracies and You 5 Manasi Nagargoje Wayzata Women Empowerment: From Broadway to the Boardroom 6 Grace Halvorson Moorhead Watering the Giving Tree

Judge C: Angie Klein

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Pooja Kasam Eagan The Right Word for It 2 Maya Weiler Moorhead See US: Indigenous Invisibility 3 Dylan Tessmer Dassel-Cokato Breaking the Act 4 Grace Bowen Lakeville North Scarletrocious 5 Ash Koncar Roseville Area Fat, Not Fiction 6 Anisha Singhatwadia Eden Prairie Music To Our Ears

Judge D: Jodi Kylionen

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Fatima Koroma Robbinsdale Cooper The American Dream, one size doesn’t fit all 2 Krystal Mutebi Lakeville North Implicit Bias: The Sickness in Need of a Cure 3 Neha Patole Shakopee The Loneliness Pandemic 4 Priestley Ayumba Elk River DARE to Care 5 Jason Chang East Ridge, Woodbury The (Not So) Universal Human Experience 6 Anika Haley Forest Lake No One’s As Exceptional As Gaston

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 20 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament ORIGINAL ORATORY Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Chris McDonald Mikayla Curry Jan Urtel Lori Constable

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Grace Bowen 1 Priestley Ayumba 1 Lillian Guggisberg 1 Grace Halvorson 2 Jason Chang 2 Victoria Pomalath 2 India Carlson 2 Belle Lapos 3 Fatima Koroma 3 Krystal Mutebi 3 Regan VanAvery 3 Anisha Singhatwadia 4 Ash Koncar 4 Manasi Nagargoje 4 Anika Haley 4 Gintare Piscikaite 5 Grace Stoehr 5 Annika Wulf 5 Pooja Kasam 5 Neha Patole 6 Lydia Voss 6 Maya Weiler 6 Jihan Abdi 6 Dylan Tessmer

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Thomas Lucas Rick Purrington John Fogarty Andrew Tichy

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Anika Haley 1 Anisha Singhatwadia 1 Dylan Tessmer 1 Neha Patole 2 Annika Wulf 2 Manasi Nagargoje 2 Grace Stoehr 2 Ash Koncar 3 Pooja Kasam 3 Jason Chang 3 India Carlson 3 Victoria Pomalath 4 Grace Halvorson 4 Maya Weiler 4 Lydia Voss 4 Jihan Abdi 5 Fatima Koroma 5 Belle Lapos 5 Lillian Guggisberg 5 Gintare Piscikaite 6 Grace Bowen 6 Regan VanAvery 6 Krystal Mutebi 6 Priestley Ayumba

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: Tom Backen Robert French Cheryl Neidt Ryan Roseen Rachel Schott

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 21 Class AA Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF DRAMA Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Doug Smith

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Ashlyn Cox Farmington Accidently Brave by Maddie Corman 2 Grace Guetschow Mankato East The Wrong Kind of Nightmare by Pamela Love. 3 Lily Kjos Moorhead Queen Ester by Michele Lowe 4 Hanna Olson Eastview, Apple Valley Girls & Boys by Dennis Kelly 5 Jayla Johnson Blaine This is My Audition Monologue by Sara Zarr 6 Beron De Armond Duluth East Bitter Disappointment by Bradley Walton

Judge B: Rebecca Meyer-Larson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Katie Jiran Chaska Girl by Megan Mostyn-Brown 2 Zoe Lewis Burnsville My Knight in Dull Armour by Pete Malicki 3 Ani Heikkila Roseville Area People, Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan 4 Jackson Hemann Owatonna I Hate This (A Play Without the Baby) by David Hansen 5 Nora Welp Woodbury Our Normal by Mary Archbold 6 Joseph Warner Duluth East Free Churro by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Judge C: Sandy Nieland

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Annika Soderlund Dassel-Cokato Recognition by Patrick Gabridge 2 Madeline Watts Duluth Denfeld Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall 3 Audrey Schwartz Eagan Apples in Winter by Jennifer Fawcett 4 Stella Mehlhoff Moorhead Accidentally Brave by Maddie Corman 5 Ellie Urista Roseville Area Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan 6 Lexi Ostvig Orono And Baby Makes 2 by Nanci Christopher

Judge D: Jack Gritzmacher

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Tori Barone Woodbury What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck 2 Harrison Timm Moorhead Video Essay by Ryan Cross 3 Cooper Roberts Apple Valley My Life by Bruce Joel Rubin 4 Alaina Deutsch Lakeville North The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 5 Prem Ganesan Wayzata Draw the Circle by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen 6 Jillian Schotters Centennial, Circle Pines Staph Infection from Commencement by Clay McLeod Chapman

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 22 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF DRAMA Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jim Fedje Tim Newcomb Bret Hemmerlin Rick Purrington

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Stella Mehlhoff 1 Alaina Deutsch 1 Zoe Lewis 1 Joseph Warner 2 Prem Ganesan 2 Jayla Johnson 2 Beron De Armond 2 Ani Heikkila 3 Tori Barone 3 Harrison Timm 3 Ashlyn Cox 3 Lexi Ostvig 4 Ellie Urista 4 Nora Welp 4 Jillian Schotters 4 Lily Kjos 5 Jackson Hemann 5 Hanna Olson 5 Annika Soderlund 5 Cooper Roberts 6 Grace Guetschow 6 Madeline Watts 6 Katie Jiran 6 Audrey Schwartz

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jennifer Burnside Margaret Shelby Jill Lofald Priya Prashad

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Jillian Schotters 1 Lexi Ostvig 1 Audrey Schwartz 1 Cooper Roberts 2 Hanna Olson 2 Nora Welp 2 Jackson Hemann 2 Ellie Urista 3 Annika Soderlund 3 Prem Ganesan 3 Beron De Armond 3 Jayla Johnson 4 Joseph Warner 4 Madeline Watts 4 Grace Guetschow 4 Katie Jiran 5 Tori Barone 5 Ani Heikkila 5 Zoe Lewis 5 Lily Kjos 6 Stella Mehlhoff 6 Ashlyn Cox 6 Harrison Timm 6 Alaina Deutsch

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: Lori Constable Ben Habegger Laura Hammond Linda Neugebauer Stewart Wilson

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 23 Class AA Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF POETRY Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Jodene Wartman

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Olivia Larson Moorhead The Standards I am Held To: a poetry program 2 Manasa Yerriboyina Rochester John Marshall The Hill We Climb, We Weep With the Moon: Dedication to Benazir Bhutto, Who's Yellen Now, Notorious (R.B.G.), DR. BIDEN. PERIOD by Amanda Gorman, ears2hearyou, Dessa, Leslé Honoré, Leslé Honoré 3 Molly Siedlecki Cambridge-Isanti Gender Identity, A Poetry Program by Andrea Gibson 4 Shree Ganesan Wayzata This Home is Empty by Various 5 Sebastian Matte Eastview, Apple Valley Control Alt Delete: A Program Featuring “Touchscreen”, “Look Up”, “Genuine Connections”, and “The Internet Speaks Back to the Author” by Selected Poems by Marshall Davis Jones, Gary Turk, Tyler Knott Gregson, and Phil Kaye 6 Sarah Aspelin Chanhassen Do No Harm by Various Authors

Judge B: Cathy Anderson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Sophia Trenary Farmington Gaslight: A Program by Tatyana Brown, Lyd Havens, Rachel McKibbens, Edwin Bodney, Natasha Hooper, Bianca Phipps, Karina Stow 2 Ramlah Mohamed Blaine To be a Black Woman and Breathing: A Poetry Program by Alyesha Wise, Porsha Olayiwola, Shaspray, and Crystal Valentine 3 Ellie Schneider Mounds View Mosaic, In the Event the Wind is Knocked Out of You, Stalling, Depression Has This in Common with Climate Change, Untitled, Anxiety Doesn’t Knock First, and Metaphors for Anxiety by Tim Siebles, Rachel Wiley, Catherine Keller, Aron Wander, Alicia Cook, B. Oakman, and Dezaray Barr 4 Emma Ahlin Little Falls In Front of the Class,” “Underdog”, and “Hips for the Hop” a poetry program from Learn then Burn by Bonafide Rojas, Ben Butter, and Dan Sully 5 Callie Peterson Woodbury How to Become a Girl by Various Authors 6 Sydney Turner Chaska Black To Life: A Program by Nayo Jones, Jae Nichelle, Jasmin Nicole, Alyesha Wise, Ntozake Shange, Danez Smith, Solange Knowles

Judge C: Cynthia Pope

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Maliah Jaiteh Benilde-St. Margaret’s, American Normalcy: A Program Featuring “Let America Be America Again”, “Litany”, and St. Louis Park “American Greatness” by Langston Hughes, Mahongany L. Browne, C. James Henry 2 Ijahnae Cross Shakopee Burned Out by Phillip LaPorte, Sylvia Plath, Erin Hanson, Dodie Clark, Christina Rosseti, Emily DIckson, Jennifer Moxely, Rupi Kaur 3 Kai Wilson Eagan Just A Typical Day (A Program): Social Media, How Do You Raise a Black Child, Internet War, Glimpse of Reality, Lady Liberty, Citizen & songs by various artists by Reflectionzero, Courtney Lamar Jackson, Hailey Ngo, Danielle Bigsby, MV, Claudia Rankine, Meek Mill, Kendrick Lamar, and Childish Gambino 4 Emma Benjamin Princeton Assault By My Own Mind: A poetry program by Various Authors 5 Madi Quayle Centennial, Circle Pines Isolation, The Perfect Panic Attack, Maybe I am Lonely, and Healing by Dead Poetic, Patrick Roche, Melissa Paiz, Nayo Jones 6 Ankita Gurung Lakeville North I Am Not Your Model Minority by Michael Chem, Jay Ojano, Alex Dang, and Rachel Rostad

Judge D: Pam Tvedt

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Ashley Green Woodbury Porcelain by Various Authors 2 Maisie Gartner Cambridge-Isanti Ethan Jewell Poetry Program by Ethan Jewell 3 Srishti Brahmbhatt Wayzata Exotic by Various 4 Amelia Bailly Moorhead Pretty: a poetry program 5 Bella Merwin Prior Lake Exploited: A Program Featuring “I Want a Divorce”, “Lolita's Revenge”, “Sexualization”, and “Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them” by Mark J. the Poet, Twoey Grey, Srryimlois, and Brenna Twohy 6 Sophie Kuether Columbia Heights I Think She Was a She, Abortion by Leyla Josephine, Eva Crespin and Mercedez Holtry

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 24 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF POETRY Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Matthew Kolstad Thor Mattick Stewart Wilson Mark Thul

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Emma Benjamin 1 Amelia Bailly 1 Ramlah Mohamed 1 Sydney Turner 2 Bella Merwin 2 Sebastian Matte 2 Sarah Aspelin 2 Ellie Schneider 3 Ashley Green 3 Maisie Gartner 3 Olivia Larson 3 Ankita Gurung 4 Madi Quayle 4 Callie Peterson 4 Sophie Kuether 4 Molly Siedlecki 5 Emma Ahlin 5 Shree Ganesan 5 Maliah Jaiteh 5 Srishti Brahmbhatt 6 Manasa Yerriboyina 6 Ijahnae Cross 6 Sophia Trenary 6 Kai Wilson

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Anjanette Kraus Terri Leonard Rebecca Meyer-Larson Jodi Kylionen

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Sophie Kuether 1 Ankita Gurung 1 Kai Wilson 1 Srishti Brahmbhatt 2 Shree Ganesan 2 Callie Peterson 2 Emma Ahlin 2 Madi Quayle 3 Maliah Jaiteh 3 Bella Merwin 3 Sarah Aspelin 3 Sebastian Matte 4 Sydney Turner 4 Ijahnae Cross 4 Manasa Yerriboyina 4 Sophia Trenary 5 Ashley Green 5 Ellie Schneider 5 Ramlah Mohamed 5 Molly Siedlecki 6 Emma Benjamin 6 Olivia Larson 6 Maisie Gartner 6 Amelia Bailly

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: Audrey French Jack Gritzmacher Roxy Janke Luke Ostrander Margaret Shelby

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 25 Class AA Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF PROSE Round One – 4:00 p.m.

Judge A: Lori Constable

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Alyson Hasner Lakeville North Pour Your Soul by Mira Ptacin 2 Emma Loretz Elk River Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan 3 Jessica Workman Dassel-Cokato Educated by Tara Westover 4 Emily Melville Apple Valley The Girl Without a Face by Randall and Hailey Hicks 5 Elizabeth Osborne Jordan Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene 6 Nicole Thayer Forest Lake Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (As Told To Me) Story by Bess Kalb

Judge B: Amy French

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Tessa Schauer Duluth Denfeld Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson 2 Morgan Oksendahl Eastview, Apple Valley Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller 3 Jay Tie Lakeville North The Bitter Taste of Dying by Jason Smith 4 Rachel Lanning Willmar Man of Steel by Joseph Conway 5 Wyatt Dierks Roseville Area Dry by Augusten Burroughs

Judge C: Patricia Neuschwander

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Landon Butler Hutchinson Boy Erased by Garrard Conley 2 Marit Hickey Stillwater Area Needles by Andie Dominick 3 Colin Welna Moorhead The Junkie and the Monk by Mike DeStafano 4 Reagan James Wayzata ADHD According to Zoe by Zoe Kessler 5 Trinh Nguyen Eagan Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao 6 Emma McCauley Elk River Dying to be Perfect by Susan Berry

Judge D: Laura Hammond

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Jordan Jensen Moorhead A Phone Call by Auburn Sandstrom 2 Sakthika Vijay Wayzata The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo 3 Maria Michaelson Apple Valley Inside Out by Demi Moore 4 Annika Kingsriter Lakeville North Now I See You by Nicole Kear 5 Trevyn Pannhoff Chanhassen Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius 6 Evelyn Gore Eagan What is a Girl Worth by Rachael Denhollander

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 26 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF PROSE Round Two – 5:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Roxy Janke Jodene Wartman Margaret Shelby Sandy Nieland

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Reagan James 1 Annika Kingsriter 1 Morgan Oksendahl 1 Wyatt Dierks 2 Trevyn Pannhoff 2 Elizabeth Osborne 2 Nicole Thayer 2 Emma McCauley 3 Jordan Jensen 3 Sakthika Vijay 3 Alyson Hasner 3 Jessica Workman 4 Trinh Nguyen 4 Rachel Lanning 4 Evelyn Gore 4 Maria Michaelson 5 Jay Tie 5 Emily Melville 5 Landon Butler 5 Colin Welna 6 Emma Loretz 6 Marit Hickey 6 Tessa Schauer

Round Three – 7:00 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Dale Neuschwander Jason Olson Dan Olson Tim Newcomb

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Evelyn Gore 1 Emma McCauley 1 Colin Welna 1 Maria Michaelson 2 Emily Melville 2 Rachel Lanning 2 Jay Tie 2 Trinh Nguyen 3 Landon Butler 3 Trevyn Pannhoff 3 Nicole Thayer 3 Elizabeth Osborne 4 Wyatt Dierks 4 Marit Hickey 4 Emma Loretz 4 Tessa Schauer 5 Jordan Jensen 5 Alyson Hasner 5 Morgan Oksendahl 5 Jessica Workman 6 Reagan James 6 Sakthika Vijay 6 Annika Kingsriter

Championship Round – 8:30 p.m.

Judges: Kathleen Keech Jennifer Kulm Terri Leonard Rick Purrington Doug Smith

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 27 Class AA Tournament STORYTELLING Round One – 4:15 p.m.

Judge A: Nick Ingles

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Lillie Poetz St. Cloud Tech 2 Ria Koppikar Eastview, Apple Valley 3 Shweta Shankar Wayzata 4 Jessica Swenson Centennial, Circle Pines 5 Kiley Snobeck Farmington 6 Ella Schoberl Chanhassen

Judge B: Jim Fedje

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Ella Erdahl Eastview, Apple Valley 2 Brendon Rich Stillwater Area 3 Jada Lapastora Eagan 4 Leah Donnelly St. Cloud Tech 5 Alisa Foede Princeton 6 Jillian Dore Orono

Judge C: Thor Mattick

Order Speaker School/Team 1 William Laudon Rochester Mayo 2 Olivia Moeller Mankato East 3 Alyson Miskowic Elk River 4 Micah Allen Coon Rapids 5 James Eiden Eagan 6 Akansha Kamineni Eastview, Apple Valley

Judge D: Bret Hemmerlin

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Jenna Anderson Cambridge-Isanti 2 Dylan Rich St. Michael-Albertville 3 Amanda Miller Centennial, Circle Pines 4 Makenzie Stockwell Moorhead 5 Marina Deutsch Lakeville North 6 Kayli Breen Eagan

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 28 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class AA Tournament STORYTELLING Round Two – 5:45 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Cynthia Pope Patricia Neuschwander Amy French Linda Neugebauer

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Micah Allen 1 Makenzie Stockwell 1 Brendon Rich 1 Jillian Dore 2 Marina Deutsch 2 Kiley Snobeck 2 Ella Schoberl 2 Jada Lapastora 3 Jenna Anderson 3 Dylan Rich 3 Lillie Poetz 3 Akansha Kamineni 4 James Eiden 4 Alisa Foede 4 Kayli Breen 4 Shweta Shankar 5 Leah Donnelly 5 Jessica Swenson 5 William Laudon 5 Amanda Miller 6 Ria Koppikar 6 Olivia Moeller 6 Ella Erdahl 6 Alyson Miskowic

Round Three – 7:15 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Ben Habegger Audrey French Pam Tvedt April Clark

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Kayli Breen 1 Akansha Kamineni 1 Alyson Miskowic 1 Amanda Miller 2 Jessica Swenson 2 Alisa Foede 2 Leah Donnelly 2 James Eiden 3 William Laudon 3 Marina Deutsch 3 Ella Schoberl 3 Kiley Snobeck 4 Jillian Dore 4 Olivia Moeller 4 Ria Koppikar 4 Ella Erdahl 5 Jenna Anderson 5 Jada Lapastora 5 Brendon Rich 5 Shweta Shankar 6 Micah Allen 6 Lillie Poetz 6 Dylan Rich 6 Makenzie Stockwell

Championship Round – 900 p.m.

Judges: Jennifer Burnside Alex Carlson Mikayla Curry Jessica Fedje Matthew Kolstad

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Judge A: Mikayla Curry

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Gavia Yount International Falls Non-Existant 2 Aidan Kolehmainen Maple Lake Ways of the Teacher’s Kid 3 Logan Clarke Murray County Central, Slayton Guy Fieri Lets it Go 4 Katelyn DeLost Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Purgatory 5 Meagan Pedersen Cannon Falls High-Functioning Flirting 6 Duram Kelly Mankato Loyola An Informative Soap Opera

Judge B: Audrey French

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Devin Everding Glencoe-Silver Lake Click 2 Mariah Peterson *Red Lake County Central Teachers Take on TikTok 3 Luci Bransel Morris Area Heartbroken 4 Lydia Kowarsch Cherry, Iron Meet My Insanity 5 Aiden Eckel Browerville Mama’s Boy 6 Seth Scarfpin Martin County West, Sherburn Captain’s Log

Judge C: Jenn Baese

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Elizabeth Schieffelbein Chatfield Happily Ever After and Other Fairy Tale Falsehoods 2 Lauren Wheeler Fairmont Fish Bowl Livin’ 3 Isaac Hallberg Battle Lake Menento Mori-Remember Death 4 Parker Alvstad Windom Area Scribbling Solutions 5 Damian Christian Paynesville Area The Hardings 6 Evjen Walters St. Croix Lutheran Academy, Boast Hunter West St. Paul

Judge D: Jim Fedje

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 John Ronning New York Mills Missed Call 2 Marissa Johnson Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Secret Sugar Society 3 Jaren Sandbeck East Grand Forks I Love You Grams 4 Quinn FierkeLepp South Ridge, Culver Captive 5 Kaylee Arndt Fillmore Central, Harmony The Tale too Terrible for a Title 6 Drew Pundsack Melrose Area Influencers Anonymous

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 32 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament CREATIVE EXPRESSION Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Ben Habegger Dale Neuschwander Scott Sieling Doug Smith

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Parker Alvstad 1 Quinn FierkeLepp 1 Mariah Peterson 1 Seth Scarfpin 2 Kaylee Arndt 2 Meagan Pedersen 2 Duram Kelly 2 Luci Bransel 3 John Ronning 3 Marissa Johnson 3 Gavia Yount 3 Evjen Walters 4 Damian Christian 4 Aiden Eckel 4 Drew Pundsack 4 Logan Clarke 5 Lydia Kowarsch 5 Katelyn DeLost 5 Elizabeth Schieffelbein 5 Jaren Sandbeck 6 Aidan Kolehmainen 6 Lauren Wheeler 6 Devin Everding 6 Isaac Hallberg

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jan Urtel Kathleen Keech Amy Buccek Heather Lyke

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Drew Pundsack 1 Evjen Walters 1 Isaac Hallberg 1 Jaren Sandbeck 2 Katelyn DeLost 2 Aiden Eckel 2 Lydia Kowarsch 2 Damian Christian 3 Elizabeth Schieffelbein 3 Kaylee Arndt 3 Duram Kelly 3 Meagan Pedersen 4 Seth Scarfpin 4 Lauren Wheeler 4 Aidan Kolehmainen 4 Devin Everding 5 John Ronning 5 Luci Bransel 5 Mariah Peterson 5 Logan Clarke 6 Parker Alvstad 6 Gavia Yount 6 Marissa Johnson 6 Quinn FierkeLepp

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: April Clark Jack Gritzmacher Anjanette Kraus Cris Medina Linda Neugebauer

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 33 Class A Tournament DISCUSSION Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Mike Worcester

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Abbigail Kutz Maple River, Mapleton 2 Hannah Samuelson Parkers Prairie 3 Abbie Sundich *Rock Ridge 4 Aarav Devkota Morris Area 5 Caleb Otte Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 6 Kensi Binstadt Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul

Judge B: John Fogarty

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Mollie Pierson Pequot Lakes 2 McCartney Knutson New London-Spicer 3 Evan Buckingham Montevideo 4 Solveig Senf Fairmont 5 Jase Vafaei Cotter, Winona 6 Sana Punjani Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul

Judge C: Jacob Clauson

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Shane Todd Hawley 2 Jasmine Faue Rockford 3 Teagan Strecker Cannon Falls 4 Jessalyn Schroetter Cherry, Iron 5 Julia Nilles Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 6 Hannah Radzwill Underwood

Judge D: Chris McDonald

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Richard Sylak Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2 Eli Boe *Rock Ridge 3 Alexis Lhotka Morris Area 4 Sadie Blace Mankato Loyola 5 Madi Lee East Grand Forks 6 Gabe Thier Adrian

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 34 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament DISCUSSION Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Kristin Tupa Katie Scholz Cynthia Pope Angie Klein

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Jessalyn Schroetter 1 Sadie Blace 1 McCartney Knutson 1 Sana Punjani 2 Madi Lee 2 Caleb Otte 2 Kensi Binstadt 2 Evan Buckingham 3 Richard Sylak 3 Eli Boe 3 Abbigail Kutz 3 Hannah Radzwill 4 Julia Nilles 4 Jase Vafaei 4 Gabe Thier 4 Abbie Sundich 5 Solveig Senf 5 Aarav Devkota 5 Shane Todd 5 Alexis Lhotka 6 Hannah Samuelson 6 Jasmine Faue 6 Mollie Pierson 6 Teagan Strecker

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Kathy Martin Thor Mattick Scott Sieling Mark Thul

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Gabe Thier 1 Hannah Radzwill 1 Teagan Strecker 1 Alexis Lhotka 2 Aarav Devkota 2 Jase Vafaei 2 Solveig Senf 2 Julia Nilles 3 Shane Todd 3 Madi Lee 3 Kensi Binstadt 3 Caleb Otte 4 Sana Punjani 4 Jasmine Faue 4 Hannah Samuelson 4 Mollie Pierson 5 Richard Sylak 5 Evan Buckingham 5 McCartney Knutson 5 Abbie Sundich 6 Jessalyn Schroetter 6 Abbigail Kutz 6 Eli Boe 6 Sadie Blace

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Ross Eichele Matthew Kolstad Thomas Lucas Heather Lyke Rachel Schott

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 35 Class A Tournament DUO INTERPRETATION Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Bret Hemmerlin

Order Speakers School/Team Selection 1 Rylan Poppenhagen/Layne Kaufenberg Northeast Range, Babbitt First Person Shooter by Don Zolidis 2 Dawson Blankenship/Brailynn Breberg Murray County Central, Slayton Little Suzy Sues God For All He’s Worth by Brandon Daley 3 Faith Mader/Jillian Kulm Annandale Inside Out by original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen, Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley 4 Keegan Bestland/Keegan Harvey Staples Motley Puffs: Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic by Matt Cox 5 Nick Pleiss/Andy Muske Minnesota Valley Lutheran, I’m Just Digging a Hole in the Woods at 2 A.M. No New Ulm Reason. Why do you Ask? by Bradley Walton 6 Haylee Gunderson/Sebastian Rappe Randolph That’s Not How I Remember It by Don Zolidis

Judge B: Jerrod Nelson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Jenna Lingen/Sophie Blagdon Russell-Tyler-Ruthton We Are The Ashes/Once Upon A Time by Linda Oatman High 2 Emily Kirchenwitz/Sadie Shippee Perham Cheer Up Candace by Swampy Marsh and Dan Povermire 3 Garrett Hollihan/ Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom Lilly Gasterland-Gustafsson 4 Daisy Borden/Dani Logan *Rock Ridge Dani Girl by Chris Diamond and Michael Kooman 5 Leah Tibbets/Dani LaVine Gunning Hawley Hunting Goodwill by Kelly Meadows 6 Peyton Ellis/Sydney Ellis Chatfield Sealed for Freshness by Doug Stone

Judge C: Ben Habegger

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Kiri Kerekes/Paige Atherton Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Flowers by Katherine Vaughan 2 Cecelia Galke/Jonah Heckman Cotter, Winona Friends for Life by Gregory T Burns 3 Sophia Rezac/Samantha Rezac Crookston Mother’s Day by Edith Tarbescu 4 Lexi Orbeck/Makullen Kleist Eden Valley-Watkins Action News: Now With 10% More Action! by Johnathan Rand 5 Anthony Carlson/Lillian Thomas PACT Charter School, Ramsey Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North 6 Zoey Wiliams/Brooke Struthers Russell-Tyler-Ruthton The Object Formerly Known As Potato by Bradley Walton

Judge D: Lucas VanLeeuwe

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Lelia Johnson/Kate Kennedy Roseau The Best Escape by Carolyn West 2 Emily Hamm/Hailey Lesmeister Morris Area Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling 3 Connor Judd/Cy Johnson Staples Motley Something Rotten by John D’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick 4 Kaelyn Talley/Kourtney Talley International Falls Assault Toast by Bradley Walton 5 Tabitha Thatcher/Isabell Geiger Fairmont The Night Witches by Rachel Bublitz 6 Alexandriana Davis/Liam Davis St. Croix Preparatory Academy, Jack Thornton: The Boy Who Breathed Fire by Jane Stillwater Nicolaas

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 36 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament DUO INTERPRETATION Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Anjanette Kraus Jodene Wartman Suzanne White Jenn Baese

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Orbeck/Kleist 1 Talley/Talley 1 Kirchenwitz/Shippee 1 Ellis/Ellis 2 Thatcher/Geiger 2 Pleiss/Muske 2 Gunderson/Rappe 2 Hollihan/Gasterland- 3 Johnson/Kennedy 3 Hamm/Lesmeister 3 Poppenhagen/ Gustafsson 4 Carlson/Thomas 4 Tibbets/LaVine Gunning Kaufenberg 3 Wiliams/Struthers 5 Borden/Logan 5 Bestland/Harvey 4 Davis/Davis 4 Mader/Kulm 6 Blankenship/Breberg 6 Galke/Heckman 5 Kerekes/Atherton 5 Judd/Johnson 6 Lingen/Blagdon 6 Rezac/Rezac

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Mikayla Curry Terri Leonard Cathy Anderson Audrey French

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Davis/Davis 1 Wiliams/Struthers 1 Rezac/Rezac 1 Judd/Johnson 2 Bestland/Harvey 2 Tibbets/LaVine Gunning 2 Borden/Logan 2 Carlson/Thomas 3 Kerekes/Atherton 3 Thatcher/Geiger 3 Gunderson/Rappe 3 Pleiss/Muske 4 Ellis/Ellis 4 Galke/Heckman 4 Blankenship/Breberg 4 Lingen/Blagdon 5 Johnson/Kennedy 5 Hollihan/Gasterland- 5 Kirchenwitz/Shippee 5 Mader/Kulm 6 Orbeck/Kleist Gustafsson 6 Hamm/Lesmeister 6 Talley/Talley 6 Poppenhagen/ Kaufenberg

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Joni Anker Andrew Boman Kathleen Keech Jill Lofald Tim Newcomb

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 37 Class A Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS READING Round One – 9:45 a.m.

Judge A: Pam Tvedt

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Will Rops Pipestone Area 2 Paris FierkeLepp South Ridge, Culver 3 Fallon Mastin Milaca 4 Emma Niebuhr Minnesota Valley Lutheran, New Ulm 5 Grace Miller Cannon Falls 6 Isabelle Godding Henning

Judge B: Anjanette Kraus

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Kirsten Rothenberger *Rock Ridge 2 Noah Lippert Maple River, Mapleton 3 Jocelyn Laux Hawley 4 Kaylynn Sanderville *River Valley 5 Avery DeWitt St. Croix Preparatory Academy, Stillwater 6 Emily Hagel Parkers Prairie

Judge C: Ceil McDonald

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Meghan Kosmala Stewartville 2 Brenna Behrens Park Rapids Area 3 Charlotte Bergh Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul 4 Brandon Stalboerger Melrose Area 5 Pernilla Petersen Hawley 6 Daniella Majwega Marshall School, Duluth

Judge D: Sandy Nieland

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Em Haas Rockford 2 Naomi Ferguson Royalton 3 Molly Koester Mankato Loyola 4 Brooklyn Goelz Pipestone Area 5 Aizlynn Thim Cannon Falls 6 Annika Landsverk Fosston

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 38 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS READING Round Two – 11:15 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jerrod Nelson Thor Mattick Ross Eichele Mike Worcester

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Brandon Stalboerger 1 Brooklyn Goelz 1 Noah Lippert 1 Emily Hagel 2 Aizlynn Thim 2 Grace Miller 2 Isabelle Godding 2 Jocelyn Laux 3 Em Haas 3 Naomi Ferguson 3 Will Rops 3 Daniella Majwega 4 Pernilla Petersen 4 Avery DeWitt 4 Annika Landsverk 4 Fallon Mastin 5 Kaylynn Sanderville 5 Emma Niebuhr 5 Meghan Kosmala 5 Molly Koester 6 Paris FierkeLepp 6 Brenna Behrens 6 Kirsten Rothenberger 6 Charlotte Bergh

Round Three – 12:45 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Laura Hammond Priya Prashad Patricia Neuschwander Kara Ronning

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Annika Landsverk 1 Daniella Majwega 1 Charlotte Bergh 1 Molly Koester 2 Emma Niebuhr 2 Avery DeWitt 2 Kaylynn Sanderville 2 Pernilla Petersen 3 Meghan Kosmala 3 Aizlynn Thim 3 Isabelle Godding 3 Grace Miller 4 Emily Hagel 4 Brenna Behrens 4 Paris FierkeLepp 4 Kirsten Rothenberger 5 Em Haas 5 Jocelyn Laux 5 Noah Lippert 5 Fallon Mastin 6 Brandon Stalboerger 6 Will Rops 6 Naomi Ferguson 6 Brooklyn Goelz

Championship Round – 2:45 p.m.

Judges: Robert French Donna Hickerson Kathy Martin Scott Sieling Carol Sylvester

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 39 Class A Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Round One – 9:45 a.m.

Judge A: Angie Klein

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Weston Loughmiller Fairmont 2 Parker Carbonneau Luverne 3 Maddie Lemmer Cotter, Winona 4 Brayden Johnson Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 5 Rohit Iyer Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul 6 Luke Moeller Marshall School, Duluth

Judge B: Amy French

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Chance Tunnissen Luverne 2 Nate Krause Park Christian, Moorhead 3 Caryn Marty *CACGB (Chokio-Alberta/Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley) 4 Irie Hansen St. Clair 5 Jacob Suchy Parkers Prairie 6 Azalea Ray *Rock Ridge

Judge C: Laura Hammond

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Grace Fritz Maple Lake 2 Laura Holmstrom Ely 3 Megan Buffington Pequot Lakes 4 Lydia Pedersen Cannon Falls 5 Maxwell Lurken-Tvrdik Melrose Area 6 Zander Carbonneau Luverne

Judge D: Kathy Martin

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Tabitha Kibwaa Pine River-Backus 2 Hailey Biesanz Cotter, Winona 3 Eddie Williams Cass Lake-Bena 4 Zach Groh Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 5 Salmah Elmasry Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul 6 Ben Bugbee Paynesville Area

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 40 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Round Two – 11:15 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Charles Cravens Dan Olson Chris McDonald Mark Thul

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Lydia Pedersen 1 Zach Groh 1 Nate Krause 1 Azalea Ray 2 Salmah Elmasry 2 Rohit Iyer 2 Luke Moeller 2 Caryn Marty 3 Tabitha Kibwaa 3 Hailey Biesanz 3 Weston Loughmiller 3 Zander Carbonneau 4 Maxwell Lurken-Tvrdik 4 Jacob Suchy 4 Ben Bugbee 4 Maddie Lemmer 5 Irie Hansen 5 Brayden Johnson 5 Grace Fritz 5 Eddie Williams 6 Parker Carbonneau 6 Laura Holmstrom 6 Chance Tunnissen 6 Megan Buffington

Round Three – 12:45 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Cheryl Neidt Kristin Tupa Ross Eichele Mike Wartman

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Ben Bugbee 1 Zander Carbonneau 1 Megan Buffington 1 Eddie Williams 2 Brayden Johnson 2 Jacob Suchy 2 Irie Hansen 2 Maxwell Lurken-Tvrdik 3 Grace Fritz 3 Salmah Elmasry 3 Luke Moeller 3 Rohit Iyer 4 Azalea Ray 4 Laura Holmstrom 4 Parker Carbonneau 4 Chance Tunnissen 5 Tabitha Kibwaa 5 Caryn Marty 5 Nate Krause 5 Maddie Lemmer 6 Lydia Pedersen 6 Weston Loughmiller 6 Hailey Biesanz 6 Zach Groh

Championship Round – 2:45 p.m.

Judges: Tom Backen Jacob Clauson Ceil McDonald Katie Scholz Suzanne White

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 41 Class A Tournament GREAT SPEECHES Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Lori Shoberg

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Camden Edmonson Annandale Perils of Indifference by Elie Wiesel 2 Anna McClelland Maple Lake 1976 Keynote Address to the Democratic National Convention by Barbara Jordan 3 Maggie Anderson Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton On True Patriotism by Adlai Stevenson II 4 Kaylee Campbell Tracy-Milroy-Balaton My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed. by Wil Wheaton 5 Kaitlyn Seibel Parkers Prairie What is an American by Harold Ickes 6 Alex Heuss Waterville-Elysian-Morristown A Time to Break Silence by Martin Luther King Jr.

Judge B: Kristin Tupa

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Isak Dai Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul Jacinda Ardern’s Christchurch Memorial Address by Jacinda Ardern 2 Jori Strasser Pipestone Area Speech That Made Possible A Jewish State by Golda Meir 3 Angel Zheng Cannon Falls Dear Class of 2020 Speech by Michelle Obama 4 Ava Blonigen Eden Valley-Watkins Address to the Chicago Civil Liberties Committee by Eleanor Roosevelt 5 Logan Meskill Northeast Range, Babbitt John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address by John F. Kennedy 6 Eleanor Hamlet Fairmont Responding to Landmines: A Modern Tragedy and Its Consequences by Diana Princess of Wales

Judge C: Patricia Neuschwander

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Brynn Greisen Perham Tracee Eliss Ross is Living for Herself by Tracee Eliss Ross 2 Ameya Komaragiri Fairmont The 2018 Commencement Address at the Columbia University School of Journalism by Ira Glass 3 Amara Carey *Rock Ridge AOC’s House Floor Speech (in response to Rep Yoho) by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 4 Haley Patel Blackduck The Cleveland Club Speech by Robert F. Kennedy 5 Aubrey Williams Cotter, Winona Lyndon B. Johnson’s Speech to the Nation on Civil Disorders and Barack Obama’s Speech on George Floyd Death and Protests by Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama 6 IsaBella Fritz Watertown-Mayer It’s The Great Society by Lyndon B. Johnson

Judge D: Beth Steinleitner

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Charlene Kowarsch Cherry, Iron Phenomenal Women by Maya Angelou 2 Ian Kronbeck Hawley Coverage of Dissent by Daniel Boorstin 3 Caleb Harper Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Resignation Speeches by Richard M. Nixon 4 Brooklen Middendorf Melrose Area We Are the Wolves by Abby Wambach 5 Alex Brings Staples Motley Al Gore’s Address at the Columbine Memorial by Al Gore 6 Connor Loeschke Cannon Falls Lyceum Address by Abraham Lincoln

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 42 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament GREAT SPEECHES Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Kathy Martin Jason Olson Tom Backen Amy Buccek

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Haley Patel 1 Brooklen Middendorf 1 Jori Strasser 1 Eleanor Hamlet 2 Alex Brings 2 Kaitlyn Seibel 2 Alex Heuss 2 Angel Zheng 3 Charlene Kowarsch 3 Ian Kronbeck 3 Camden Edmonson 3 IsaBella Fritz 4 Aubrey Williams 4 Logan Meskill 4 Connor Loeschke 4 Maggie Anderson 5 Ava Blonigen 5 Kaylee Campbell 5 Brynn Greisen 5 Caleb Harper 6 Anna McClelland 6 Ameya Komaragiri 6 Isak Dai 6 Amara Carey

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Chris McDonald Robert French John Fogarty Jerrod Nelson

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Connor Loeschke 1 IsaBella Fritz 1 Amara Carey 1 Caleb Harper 2 Kaylee Campbell 2 Logan Meskill 2 Ava Blonigen 2 Aubrey Williams 3 Brynn Greisen 3 Alex Brings 3 Alex Heuss 3 Kaitlyn Seibel 4 Eleanor Hamlet 4 Ameya Komaragiri 4 Anna McClelland 4 Isak Dai 5 Charlene Kowarsch 5 Angel Zheng 5 Jori Strasser 5 Maggie Anderson 6 Haley Patel 6 Camden Edmonson 6 Ian Kronbeck 6 Brooklen Middendorf

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Jenn Baese Charles Cravens Audrey French Mike Wartman Mike Worcester

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 43 Class A Tournament HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Andrew Boman

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Russell Beers *River Valley Brussels Sprouts by Andy Griffiths 2 Sara Kampsen Sauk Centre Villains Incorporated by Mary J. Long 3 Eric Daschner Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups by David Wisniewski 4 Emma Watson Cannon Falls Lil Greasy Tator Queen by Clint Snyder 5 Gina Quamme Breckenridge People Watching by John Havens 6 Jake Bradach *Rock Ridge The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber

Judge B: Dale Neuschwander

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Jaron Gross Pierz SpaceBalls by Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, & Ronny Graham 2 Kressin Hartl Cannon Falls Miss Beth by Don Zolidis 3 Lily Pedersen Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Bridesmaids by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig 4 Aaron Rojas Adrian Bad Ideas for Bad Television Shows by Don Zolidis 5 Hana Miller Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul Kill The Boy Band by Goldy Moldalvsky 6 Mason Jokimaki McGregor Pee Pipe by Sandra Dempsey

Judge C: Cris Medina

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Arden Eckel Browerville Playwriting 101: The Rooftop Lesson by Rich Orloff 2 Cordell Vogel Ogilvie Resusci-Annie by Paul Feig 3 Ryan Ghose Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul Hocus Pocus by A.W. Jantha 4 Savannah Berg Minnesota New Country School, Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh Henderson 5 Neve Moore East Grand Forks The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, arranged by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio 6 Elsey Hagen Minnewaska Area, Glenwood A Zero’s Journey by Matt Mills

Judge D: Stewart Wilson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Rayna Bowen Rockford Ruthless! by Joel Paley 2 Collin Kirschner Mankato Loyola So You Want to Date a Superhero by Kevin Burgun 3 Rebecca Copeman Chatfield Nora Wants a Baby by Forrest Musselman 4 Luke Thorson Luverne Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories by Jean Shepherd 5 Caden Mrazek Staples Motley The Hamilton Sasquatch by Jeffrey Longvall and Kagen Hatch 6 Zara Baig Crookston The Waltz by Dorothy Parker

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 44 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Cathy Anderson Kathleen Keech Tim Newcomb Jim Fedje

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Savannah Berg 1 Luke Thorson 1 Kressin Hartl 1 Mason Jokimaki 2 Caden Mrazek 2 Gina Quamme 2 Jake Bradach 2 Lily Pedersen 3 Rayna Bowen 3 Collin Kirschner 3 Russell Beers 3 Elsey Hagen 4 Neve Moore 4 Hana Miller 4 Zara Baig 4 Eric Daschner 5 Aaron Rojas 5 Emma Watson 5 Arden Eckel 5 Rebecca Copeman 6 Sara Kampsen 6 Cordell Vogel 6 Jaron Gross 6 Ryan Ghose

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Linda Neugebauer April Clark Beth Steinleitner Jennifer Kulm

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Zara Baig 1 Elsey Hagen 1 Ryan Ghose 1 Rebecca Copeman 2 Emma Watson 2 Hana Miller 2 Aaron Rojas 2 Neve Moore 3 Arden Eckel 3 Caden Mrazek 3 Jake Bradach 3 Gina Quamme 4 Mason Jokimaki 4 Cordell Vogel 4 Sara Kampsen 4 Jaron Gross 5 Rayna Bowen 5 Lily Pedersen 5 Kressin Hartl 5 Eric Daschner 6 Savannah Berg 6 Russell Beers 6 Collin Kirschner 6 Luke Thorson

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Mikayla Curry Laura Hammond Jason Olson Luke Ostrander Mark Thul

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 45 Class A Tournament INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Kara Ronning

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Brooke Baumann Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Attorney Murder Mysteries: An Exploration of Criminal Profiling 2 Icelynn Haines Ogilvie Open World Video Games 3 Lilly Laven Fairmont De-escalation: Defusing High Stress Situations 4 Brynn Drevlow Thief River Falls Make Some Noise 5 Isaac Polovick Browerville Virtual Reality Check 6 Dora Larson Windom Area Schizophrenia

Judge B: Suzanne White

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Sydney Kowarsch Cherry, Iron Welcome to the World of Fandom 2 Austin Fellman Thief River Falls Retro Nostalgia 3 Bianca Caputo Cannon Falls Putting the Fun in Funeral 4 Malorie Thorson Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted It Ain’t Easy Being Wheezy 5 Kristine Kalthoff Albany Ugly Beauty 6 Libby Tonn *River Valley True Crime

Judge C: Cheryl Neidt

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Anya Roe Perham Mindful Emotion 2 Annaka Hook Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Birth Order 3 Billy Tensen Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Let’s Ramble Why We Unscramble 4 Sydney Blomster Fairmont Sign on the Dotted Line 5 Grace Miller Cotter, Winona Too Tired to Decide 6 Morgan Kreswell McGregor Hidden Figures

Judge D: Rachel Schott

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Ava Weinreis St. Cloud Cathedral Human Body Decomposition 2 Abby Moses Mankato Loyola Exploring Anxiety 3 Elizabeth Marzahl Hawley Dear Diary 4 Brynn Illies Watertown-Mayer Handwriting 5 Torii Nienow Staples Motley CRISPR: Rewriting the Future of Genetics 6 Matthew Giese Cannon Falls Environmental Ice Cream

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 46 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jason Clauson Robert French Carol Sylvester Joni Anker

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Sydney Blomster 1 Brynn Illies 1 Austin Fellman 1 Libby Tonn 2 Torii Nienow 2 Isaac Polovick 2 Dora Larson 2 Bianca Caputo 3 Ava Weinreis 3 Abby Moses 3 Brooke Baumann 3 Morgan Kreswell 4 Grace Miller 4 Kristine Kalthoff 4 Matthew Giese 4 Lilly Laven 5 Malorie Thorson 5 Brynn Drevlow 5 Anya Roe 5 Elizabeth Marzahl 6 Icelynn Haines 6 Annaka Hook 6 Sydney Kowarsch 6 Billy Tensen

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jack Gritzmacher Thomas Lucas Jason Olson Tom Backen

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Matthew Giese 1 Morgan Kreswell 1 Billy Tensen 1 Elizabeth Marzahl 2 Brynn Drevlow 2 Kristine Kalthoff 2 Malorie Thorson 2 Grace Miller 3 Anya Roe 3 Torii Nienow 3 Dora Larson 3 Isaac Polovick 4 Libby Tonn 4 Annaka Hook 4 Icelynn Haines 4 Sydney Kowarsch 5 Ava Weinreis 5 Bianca Caputo 5 Austin Fellman 5 Lilly Laven 6 Sydney Blomster 6 Brooke Baumann 6 Abby Moses 6 Brynn Illies

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Jennifer Kulm Jerrod Nelson Dan Olson Margaret Shelby Lori Shoberg

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 47 Class A Tournament ORIGINAL ORATORY Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Mike Wartman

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Anna Oehlerking Marshall School, Duluth Motivated Reasoning 2 Aspen Thiel Perham Reading Creates Empathy 3 Eve Grabau Fillmore Central, Harmony Mental Health Stigmas 4 Addi Oliver Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton That Uncomfortable Feeling 5 Katie Walerius Minneota Cancel Diet Culture 6 Sophie Hunter Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton A Dearth of Sustenance

Judge B: Thomas Lucas

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Madeline Eckel Browerville Take Care, Pooh Bear 2 Savannah Ruiz Maple River, Mapleton Hegemonic Masculinity 3 Nathan Dressel Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted The Troubling Spread of Disinformation 4 Jasmyn Martin-Lenzen Chisholm Tuition Prices: A Growing Problem 5 Lakia Manska Morris Area Bounce Back 6 Maia Bowman East Grand Forks Sorry Mom

Judge C: Tom Backen

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Allison Letcher Windom Area Speaking Out is In 2 Anna Kronbeck Hawley The Tangled Web of Dying in America 3 Delaney Ignace Paynesville Area Adverse Childhood Experiences 4 Kyra Arndt Fillmore Central, Harmony Procrastination 5 Emma Cohen Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul A Second Chance? 6 Angelina Nicholas Perham Change Through Activism

Judge D: Charles Cravens

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Lydia Prout Melrose Area Climate Change: Another Ultron 2 Sophia Culuris Kenyon-Wanamingo Brick Walls 3 Sami Pollack Minnesota New Country School, The Poison Embedded in Everyday Phrases Henderson 4 Zachary Quirk Chisholm Why We Should Have Controversial Talks 5 Makenna McNamara Windom Area Be a “Healthy” Competitor 6 Laura Hunt St. Croix Lutheran Academy The Keys of Chopin’s Piano

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 48 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament ORIGINAL ORATORY Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jan Urtel Jull Lofald Cheryl Neidt Rachel Schott

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Kyra Arndt 1 Zachary Quirk 1 Savannah Ruiz 1 Maia Bowman 2 Makenna McNamara 2 Katie Walerius 2 Sophie Hunter 2 Nathan Dressel 3 Lydia Prout 3 Sophia Culuris 3 Anna Oehlerking 3 Angelina Nicholas 4 Emma Cohen 4 Lakia Manska 4 Laura Hunt 4 Eve Grabau 5 Jasmyn Martin-Lenzen 5 Addi Oliver 5 Allison Letcher 5 Sami Pollack 6 Aspen Thiel 6 Anna Kronbeck 6 Madeline Eckel 6 Delaney Ignace

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jenn Baese Joni Anker Jacob Clauson Andrew Boman

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Laura Hunt 1 Angelina Nicholas 1 Delaney Ignace 1 Sami Pollack 2 Addi Oliver 2 Lakia Manska 2 Jasmyn Martin-Lenzen 2 Emma Cohen 3 Allison Letcher 3 Makenna McNamara 3 Sophie Hunter 3 Katie Walerius 4 Maia Bowman 4 Anna Kronbeck 4 Aspen Thiel 4 Madeline Eckel 5 Lydia Prout 5 Nathan Dressel 5 Savannah Ruiz 5 Eve Grabau 6 Kyra Arndt 6 Anna Oehlerking 6 Sophia Culuris 6 Zachary Quirk

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Amy Buccek John Fogarty Angie Klein Chris McDonald Kara Ronning

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 49 Class A Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF DRAMA Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Carol Sylvester

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Hannah Graff Cotter, Winona My All-Time Favorites by Frank Smith 2 Rachael Fields Maple River, Mapleton Argos by Elizabeth McCutcheon 3 Anita Foster Thief River Falls The Fault in Our Stars by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber 4 Christopher Hovden Pelican Rapids A Psychopath by Pete Malicki 5 Maddie Schiller New London-Spicer The Property Known as Garland by Billy Van Zandt 6 Sophie Statsman *Rock Ridge Always, Patsy Cline by Ted Swindley

Judge B: Jill Lofald

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Jocelyn Machtemes LeSueur-Henderson Casualties by Sandra Dempsey 2 Sierra Drum Parkers Prairie Network by Paddy Chayefsky 3 Merrik Giesen Belle Plaine Bright. Apple. Crush. by Steve Yockey 4 Catherine Williamson Pine Island Amanda by DonnaMarie Vaughan 5 Sarah Kottke *River Valley The Property Known as Garland by Billy Van Zandt 6 Hannah Hoche Cherry, Iron girl. (from the section titled: Things You Can’t Tell Just By Looking at Her) by Megan Mostyn-Brown

Judge C: Margaret Shelby

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Gracie Schad Melrose Area Birthright by Katherine Raul 2 Andrew Haataja Bigfork Bitter Disappointments by Bradley Walton 3 Lexy Nelson Redwood Valley, Redwood Falls The Property Known as Garland by Billy Van Zandt 4 Maggie O'Hara Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton When We Were Young and Unafraid by Sarah Treem 5 Madelyn Tax Watertown-Mayer I Knew A Boy by Alan Haehnel 6 Gracie Boerner Martin County West, Sherburn The Homecoming Queen by J.J. Jonas

Judge D: Priya Prashad

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Elizabeth Wiggins *Westbrook-Walnut Grove/ Denise: An Original Masterpiece by Eddie James Red Rock Central 2 Logan Wales Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Equus by Peter Schaffer 3 Jane Gudmundson New York Mills Tea at Five by Matthew Lombardo 4 Kendall Lawless Cannon Falls Guilt by Krystle Henninger 5 Reece Wright Annandale Love is Never Black or White by Lee Holder 6 Aidan Lindquist St. Croix Preparatory Academy, Living In Color by Andrew Messer and Jake Nyberg Stillwater

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 50 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF DRAMA Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Sandy Nieland Andrew Boman Bret Hemmerlin April Clark

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Maggie O’Hara 1 Kendall Lawless 1 Sierra Drum 1 Hannah Hoche 2 Reece Wright 2 Maddie Schiller 2 Sophie Statsman 2 Merrik Giesen 3 Elizabeth Wiggins 3 Logan Wales 3 Hannah Graff 3 Gracie Boerner 4 Madelyn Tax 4 Sarah Kottke 4 Aidan Lindquist 4 Anita Foster 5 Catherine Williamson 5 Christopher Hovden 5 Gracie Schad 5 Jane Gudmundson 6 Rachael Fields 6 Andrew Haataja 6 Jocelyn Machtemes 6 Lexy Nelson

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Tim Newcomb Luke Ostrander Cris Medina Lucas VanLeeuwe

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Aidan Lindquist 1 Gracie Boerner 1 Lexy Nelson 1 Jane Gudmundson 2 Christopher Hovden 2 Sarah Kottke 2 Catherine Williamson 2 Madelyn Tax 3 Gracie Schad 3 Reece Wright 3 Sophie Statsman 3 Maddie Schiller 4 Hannah Hoche 4 Andrew Haataja 4 Rachael Fields 4 Jocelyn Machtemes 5 Elizabeth Wiggins 5 Merrik Giesen 5 Sierra Drum 5 Anita Foster 6 Maggie O’Hara 6 Hannah Graff 6 Logan Wales 6 Kendall Lawless

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Roxy Janke Terri Leonard Dale Neuschwander Doug Smith Beth Steinleitner

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 51 Class A Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF POETRY Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Heather Lyke

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Marissa John Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton The Process of Saying Goodbye (The Moment/Eulogy in Advancement of Death) by Addonizio/Berger 2 Nicholas Fryer Chatfield American Ideals by Tato Laviera, Tino Villanueva, Da Boogie Man 3 Dylan Celley *Rock Ridge Walking on Glass by Alma Fullerton 4 Angela Mergen Albany For Everyone by Jason Reynolds 5 Makayla Hillukka *United North Central A Letter to My Younger Self by Andrea Gibson, Courtney Peppernill, Mary Oliver, and Rudy Francisco 6 Rachelle Boelter LeSueur-Henderson Kait Rokowski, Akeemjamal Rollins, Meggie Royer by Kait Rokowski, Akeemjamal Rollins, Meggie Royer

Judge B: Cathy Anderson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Conor Salmonson Cannon Falls Heterophobia: A Poetry Program by Ragan Fox, Jess Howard, Blythe Baird, June Jordan 2 Andrew Traeger Melrose Area Tomorrow Brighter by Rainer Maria Rilke, Shane Koyczan, The Faithful Dreamer, Neil Hilborn, Nikita Gill 3 Scout Lund Rockford Expressing My Feelings to My Future Husband-Wife (Or, Ritual in Which Gender), One Geography of Belonging, Portrait of My Gender as [Inaudible], If You’re Staying, I’ll Stay Too, Changed by Kayleb R Candrelli, Meg Day, Naomi Shahob Nye 4 Allie Stark Blackduck Church Hurt and Goodbye Religion by Clayton Jennings 5 Delaynie Meyer Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Walking on Glass by Alma Fullerton 6 Presley Sue Borgmenn Minnesota New Country School, My Mother’s Addendum; Mans/laughter; My Grandmother Henderson Asked Why I Don’t Trust Men by Olivia Gatwood

Judge C: Cynthia Pope

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Emma Ravnaas Park Rapids Area In the Marvelous Dimension by Kate Daniels 2 Abreeana Reasor LeSueur-Henderson To This Day by Shane Koyczan 3 Jaden Scholl *Westbrook Walnut Grove/ Girlhood: A Collection of Poems from New American Red Rock Central Bestfriend & Life Of the Party by Olivia Gatwood 4 Rebecca Muster *Rock Ridge It’s Fine, I’m Fie, Everything’s Fine by Rudy Francisco, Jae Nichelle, Zeina El-Hoss, Melissa Newman-Evans, Rupi Kaur, Patrick Roche 5 Livia Wooldridge Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul The Roots of Violence: A program featuring Paper Dolls, Static, Mrs. Dahmer by Sierra Demulder 6 Melanie Winzenburg Blooming Prairie When the Towers Fell by Galway Kinnell

Judge D: Terri Leonard

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Kendall Kelly *River Valley Poetry Program from I Don't Want to be Crazy by Samantha Schutz 2 Noah Jacobson *Mille Lacs Walking on Glass by Alma Fullerton 3 Kimi Klassen Melrose Area Every Second: A Poetry Program by Gwendolyn Brooks, Meggie Royer, Shane Koyczan, K.R. Wonder 4 Bralynne Drevlow Thief River Falls Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 5 Nadia Yliniemi Park Rapids Area Half-Hanged Mary by Margraret Atwood 6 Lucy Schwieger Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul The Body Responds: A program featuring Thighs, Dear Ana, and When The Fat Girl Gets Skinny by Desiree Dallagiacomo,Sierra Demulder, and Blythe Baird *Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 52 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF POETRY Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Mathew Kolstad Luke Ostrander Jack Gritzmacher Cris Medina

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Rebecca Muster 1 Bralynne Drevlow 1 Andrew Traeger 1 Presley Sue Borgmenn 2 Nadia Yliniemi 2 Makayla Hillukka 2 Rachelle Boelter 2 Scout Lund 3 Kendall Kelly 3 Noah Jacobson 3 Marissa John 3 Melanie Winzenburg 4 Livia Wooldridge 4 Delaynie Meyer 4 Lucy Schwieger 4 Dylan Celley 5 Allie Stark 5 Angela Mergen 5 Emma Ravnaas 5 Kimi Klassen 6 Nicholas Fryer 6 Abreeana Reasor 6 Conor Salmonson 6 Jaden Scholl

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Anjanette Kraus Margaret Shelby Donna Hickerson Roxy Janke

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Lucy Schwieger 1 Melanie Winzenburg 1 Jaden Scholl 1 Kimi Klassen 2 Angela Mergen 2 Delaynie Meyer 2 Allie Stark 2 Livia Wooldridge 3 Emma Ravnaas 3 Nadia Yliniemi 3 Rachelle Boelter 3 Makayla Hillukka 4 Presley Sue Borgmenn 4 Abreeana Reasor 4 Nicholas Fryer 4 Conor Salmonson 5 Kendall Kelly 5 Scout Lund 5 Andrew Traeger 5 Dylan Celley 6 Rebecca Muster 6 Marissa John 6 Noah Jacobson 6 Bralynne Drevlow

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Pam Tvedt Jan Urtel Lucas VanLeeuwe Jodene Wartman Stewart Wilson

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 53 Class A Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF PROSE Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Jason Olson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Yuexi (Lexi) Licheng Cotter, Winona Instant Ramen by Kelly Tran 2 Amara Lampton Northeast Range, Babbitt Finding Laura Buggs by Stanley Gordon West 3 Emily Rieland Melrose Area Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee by Mary G. Thompson 4 Libby Nelson Underwood Explaining Death to the Dog by Susan Perabo 5 Grace Freitag St. Clair Sickened by Julie Gregory 6 Pahwa Yang Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul Dear Zoe by Phillip Beard

Judge B: Doug Smith

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Ellie Norvitch *Rock Ridge Going Grapefruit by Ian Richards 2 Alyvia Bunkowski Henning Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel 3 Kiera Lafferty *River Valley Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow 4 Jessica Baszuro Cannon Falls Almost Home by Christine Gleason 5 Maia Tjepkes Blackduck A Brown Leather Jacket with a Distinctive Smell by Jennifer Parker 6 Anna Gaudio Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Judge C: Luke Ostrander

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Kaycie Brookens Fairmont Death in Slow Motion: A Memoir of a Daughter, Her Mother, and the Beast Called Alzheimer’s by Eleanor Cooney 2 Julia Hunt St. Croix Lutheran Academy, Forgive and Forget by Bridget Grace Sheaff West St. Paul 3 Lydia Osland Hawley Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson 4 Shelby Gieslinger Eden Valley-Watkins Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson 5 Jenna Spanovich Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields 6 Jaelyn Wright *Rock Ridge Plain Girl Versus the Demon by Amy Pohler

Judge D: Dan Olson

Order Speaker School/Team Selection 1 Hannah Ratajczak Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester 2 Makayla Zirbes Melrose Area Winter Girls by Laurie Halse Anderson 3 Blake Alonzo Battle Lake A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer 4 Olivia Moore Cotter, Winona From Louder than Words - Marni by Marni Bates 5 Alex Menne Minnesota New Country School, Stolen Moments by Janet O’Neill Henderson 6 Josie Golla Luverne Untamed by Glennon Doyle

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 54 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament SERIOUS INTERPRETATION OF PROSE Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Terri Leonard Lucas VanLeeuwe Donna Hickerson Roxy Janke

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Shelby Gieslinger 1 Olivia Moore 1 Alyvia Bunkowski 1 Anna Gaudio 2 Alex Menne 2 Grace Freitag 2 Pahwa Yang 2 Kiera Lafferty 3 Hannah Ratajczak 3 Makayla Zirbes 3 Yuexi (Lexi) Licheng 3 Jaelyn Wright 4 Jenna Spanovich 4 Maia Tjepkes 4 Josie Golla 4 Emily Rieland 5 Jessica Baszuro 5 Libby Nelson 5 Kaycie Brookens 5 Blake Alonzo 6 Amara Lampton 6 Julia Hunt 6 Ellie Norvitch 6 Lydia Osland

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Amy French Ceil McDonald Jodene Wartman Lori Shoberg

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Josie Golla 1 Jaelyn Wright 1 Lydia Osland 1 Blake Alonzo 2 Libby Nelson 2 Maia Tjepkes 2 Jessica Baszuro 2 Jenna Spanovich 3 Kaycie Brookens 3 Alex Menne 3 Pahwa Yang 3 Grace Freitag 4 Anna Gaudio 4 Julia Hunt 4 Amara Lampton 4 Ellie Norvitch 5 Hannah Ratajczak 5 Kiera Lafferty 5 Alyvia Bunkowski 5 Emily Rieland 6 Shelby Gieslinger 6 Yuexi (Lexi) Licheng 6 Makayla Zirbes 6 Olivia Moore

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Cathy Anderson Jim Fedje Bret Hemmerlin Sandy Nieland Priya Prashad

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 55 Class A Tournament STORYTELLING Round One – 9:30 a.m.

Judge A: Scott Sieling

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Victoria Proulx Crookston 2 Desarae Kohrs Park Rapids Area 3 Ellie Heller Melrose Area 4 Olivia Bailey PACT Charter School, Ramsey 5 Nicholas Long Chatfield 6 Grace Simpson Fairmont

Judge B: April Clark

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Tyler Herr Underwood 2 Alyssa Hadler Maple Lake 3 Xavier Carbonneau Luverne 4 Tori Matthews Cass Lake-Bena 5 Bailey Kowarsch Cherry, Iron 6 Annika Wheeler Fairmont

Judge C: Katie Scholz

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Aletta Strande Chatfield 2 Bradley Budach Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 3 Owen Erickson South Ridge, Culver 4 Aubrey Wookey New London-Spicer 5 Brealyn Damm Murray County Central, Slayton 6 Randall Yost Pine River-Backus

Judge D: Jennifer Kulm

Order Speaker School/Team 1 Dylan Cardinal Rush City 2 Sydney Hagen Minnewaska Area, Glenwood 3 Emily Lewis Maple Lake 4 Wyatt Lahr Laporte 5 Zenessa Anderson Rushford-Peterson 6 Simon Spittle Fulda

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 56 SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Tournament STORYTELLING Round Two – 11:00 a.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Mikayla Curry Audrey French Pam Tvedt Linda Neugebauer

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Aubrey Wookey 1 Wyatt Lahr 1 Alyssa Hadler 1 Annika Wheeler 2 Zenessa Anderson 2 Nicholas Long 2 Grace Simpson 2 Xavier Carbonneau 3 Dylan Cardinal 3 Sydney Hagen 3 Victoria Proulx 3 Randall Yost 4 Brealyn Damm 4 Bailey Kowarsch 4 Simon Spittle 4 Ellie Heller 5 Tori Matthews 5 Olivia Bailey 5 Aletta Strande 5 Emily Lewis 6 Desarae Kohrs 6 Bradley Budach 6 Tyler Herr 6 Owen Erickson

Round Three – 12:30 p.m.

Judge A: Judge B: Judge C: Judge D: Jim Fedje Bret Hemmerlin Matthew Kolstad Stewart Wilson

Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker Order Speaker 1 Simon Spittle 1 Randall Yost 1 Owen Erickson 1 Emily Lewis 2 Olivia Bailey 2 Bailey Kowarsch 2 Tori Matthews 2 Brealyn Damm 3 Aletta Strande 3 Zenessa Anderson 3 Grace Simpson 3 Nicholas Long 4 Annika Wheeler 4 Bradley Budach 4 Desarae Kohrs 4 Tyler Herr 5 Dylan Cardinal 5 Xavier Carbonneau 5 Alyssa Hadler 5 Ellie Heller 6 Aubrey Wookey 6 Victoria Proulx 6 Sydney Hagen 6 Wyatt Lahr

Championship Round – 2:30 p.m.

Judges: Amy French Ben Habegger Thor Mattick Patricia Neuschwander Cynthia Pope

SPEECH STATE TOURNAMENT 57 DON’T SHARE IT, Don’t share it, wear it.

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Even though things are opening up, we can’t let down our guard. Continue to wear a mask in public to help slow the spread of COVID-19. 2020-2021 MSHSL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Blaine Novak Tom Jerome Troy Stein Dr. Julie Anderson Dustin Bosshart Mike Domin New York Mills Roseau Edina St. Cloud St. Clair Crosby-Ironton President Vice President Treasurer

Kirby Ekstrom Dawn Walt Hautala Matt Heier Amanda Kaus Ceil McDonald John Ostrowski North Branch Area Engebretson Mesabi East Little Falls Rochester Century St. Paul Dover-Eyota Rockford

Gary Revenig Sandra Jim Smokrovich Bill Tauer John Vraa Todd Waterbury Frank White Monticello Setter Larsen East Ridge Tracy-Milroy-Balaton New London-Spicer Mankato East Woodbury Eagan

2020-2021 REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY DELEGATES The rulesmaking body of the Minnesota State High School League CLASS A REGIONS CLASS AA REGIONS Region 1A Region 1AA 1. Evan Gough, Superintendent, Goodhue 25. Trent Hanson, Activities Director, Hastings 2. Perry Iberg, Assistant Principal, Lake City 26. Joel Olson, Activities Director, Northfield 3. Chris Mensink, Activities Director, Fillmore Central, Harmony 27. Brian Ihrke, Activities Director, Rochester John Marshall Region 2A Region 2AA 4. Jeff Vizenor, Principal, Jordan 28. Bruce Remme, Activities Director, Marshall 5. Brad O’Donnell, Activities Director, St. Clair 29. Tom Bauman, Activities Director, Buffalo 6. Paul Carpenter, Activities Director, Madelia 30. Bucky Mieras, Activities Director, Orono Region 3A Region 3AA 7. Mike Knutson, Principal, Benson 31. Mike Manning, Activities Director, Rosemount 8. Leo Theisen, Activities Director, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 32. Guillaume Paek, Activities Director, Burnsville 9. TBD 33. John Bezek, Principal, Prior Lake Region 4A Region 4AA 10. Jeff Beimert, Activities Director, North Lakes Academy, Forest Lake 34. Ricky Michel, Activities Director, Stillwater Area 11. Josh Thurow, Activities Director, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis 35. Michelle Yenner, School Board Member, St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale 12. Nate Gautsch, Activities Director, Brooklyn Center 36. Greg Ueland, Coach, Roseville Area Region 5A Region 5AA 13. Vern Capelle, Superintendent, Upsala 37. Dan Roff, Activities Director, Fridley 14. Brent Nelson, Principal, Mora 38. Lance Wicks, Activities Director, Anoka 15. Dave Rocheleau, Activities Director, Pierz 39. Chris Fink, Activities Director, Irondale, New Brighton Region 6A Region 6AA 16. Brian Hovland, Activities Director, Underwood 40. Jaime Sherwood, Actvities Director, Wayzata 17. Wayne Petermeier, Activities Director, Browerville 41. Kenny Maxey, Activities Director, Minneapolis Patrick Henry 18. Norm Gallant, Activities Director, Wadena-Deer Creek 42. Jen Rademacher, Head Girls Basketball Coach, Robbinsdale Cooper Region 7A Region 7AA 19. Pat Rendle, Superintendent, Hill City 43. Mike Cunningham, Activities Director, Elk River 20. Jason Cline, Assistant Principal, Aitkin 44. Greg Spahn, Boys’ Athletics Representative, Grand Rapids 21. Dave Foster, Activities Director, Cromwell-Wright 45. Matt Lattimore, Activities Director, North Branch Region 8A Region 8AA 22. Scott Koberinski, Activities Director, East Grand Forks 46. Rob Nielsen, Activities Director, Detroit Lakes 23. Stewart Wilson, Speech Representative, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 47. Charlie Campbell, Activities Director, Brainerd 24. Gregg Parks, Superintendent, Nevis 48. Dave Niemi, Activities Director, Becker

MSHSL Administrative Staff Executive Director ...... Erich Martens Associate Director ...... Jody Redman Office Manager ...... Susi Hollenbeck Executive Assistant ...... Lynne Johnson Administrative Assistant...... Amie Ince Media Specialist ...... John Millea Associate Director ...... Lisa Lissimore Assistant Director...... Richard Matter Communications Coordinator ...... Tim Leighton Administrative Assistant...... Sheila Robinson Accounting Assistant ...... Jackie Grausam Coordinator of Officials ...... Jason Nickleby Associate Director ...... Bob Madison Ticket Assistant...... Nancy Myers Administrative Assistant ...... Pam Inniger Administrative Assistant...... Amanda Johnson Assistant Director ...... Amy Doherty Information Specialist ...... Ellen Rajkowski Assistant Director...... Laura Mackenthun NO ONE FILTERS MORE THAN

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