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Members of the Ainsworth Speech Team include: (Front Row - Left to Right): Makenna Pierce, Maia Flynn, Alyssa Erthum, Cody Scott, Josie Ganser, Brandt Murphy and Ellie Welke; (Middle Row - Left to Right): Coach Heather Lutter, Taylor Allen, Katherine Kerrigan, Maren Arens, Dakota Stutzman, Cameryn Goochey and Coach Roberta Denny; (Back Row - Left to Right): Allison Taylor, Cole Bodeman, Eden Raymond, Libby Wilkins, Ben Flynn, Sophie Wilson, Logan Hafer and Cody Kronhofman. -
Ainsworth’s Varsity OID team placed 2nd in the AHS Speech Invite. Team members are (left to right): Eden Raymond, Cody Kronhofman, Maren Arens and Dakota Stutzman. -
Placing 5th in the Varsity OID competition for Ainsworth were (left to right): Cody Scott, Brandt Murphy, Ellie Welke, Josie Ganser and Logan Hafer. -
1st Place Varsity Serious Dakota Stutzman -
1st Place Novice Serious Taylor Allen -
1st Place Novice Persuasive Sophie Wilson Speech Photos by Juli Murphy -
1st Place Varsity Persuasive Alyssa Erthum -
1st Place Varsity Informative Ben Flynn -
1st Place Varsity Extemporaneous Libby Wilkins
On Saturday, February 20th, the AHS Speech team hosted the Ainsworth Invitational Speech Tournament. Speakers achieved great success in competition, and are looking forward to continuing that success in the next two tournaments: conference and districts, which will also be hosted at home.
As a team, Ainsworth placed second out of seven teams.
Results from Saturday were as follows:
Varsity
Varsity Informative: 1st place
- Ben Flynn and 5th place - Eden Raymond;
Varsity OID: 2nd place - Cody Kronhofman, Maren Arens, Dakota Stutzman and Eden Raymond; and 5th place - Josie Ganser, Logan Hafer, Brandt Murphy, Cody Scott and Ellie Welke;
Varsity Humorous: 5th place - Brandt Murphy;
Varsity Poetry: 3rd place - Alyssa Erthum and 5th place - Ellie Welke ;
Varsity Extemporaneous: 1st place - Libby Wilkins and 2nd place - Josie Ganser;
Varsity Persuasive: 1st place - Alyssa Erthum and 2nd place - Logan Hafer;
Varsity Entertainment: 5th place - Allison Taylor and 6th place - Maren Arens; and
Varsity Serious: 1st place - Dakota Stutzman.
Novice
Novice Serious: 1st place - Taylor Allen;
Novice Informative: 2nd place - Makenna Pierce;
Novice Humorous: 2nd place - Cameryn Goochey;
Novice Persuasive: 1st place - Sophie Wilson and 3rd place - Cole Bodeman;
Novice Entertainment: 2nd place - Cole Bodeman;
Novice Duet: 2nd place - Taylor Allen and Katherine Kerrigan and 4th place - Maia Flynn and Cameryn Goochey.
On Monday, February 22nd, the team competed in the Southwest Conference competition and on Saturday, March 6th, the team will compete at Ainsworth in District competition.
