Speech Team Opens Season with a Victory

The Belleville West Speech and Acting Team took first place in this year’s opening SISAL (Southern Illinois Speech and Acting League) tournament, the team’s first in-person competition since the 2019-2020 season.  The tournament took place at Belleville West on Saturday, November 6.

The following students won individual awards in the varsity division:

Abby Barger — first place in Original Oratory

Abby Barger — first place in Prose Reading

Wini James — first place in Poetry Reading

Elise Moore — first place in Oratorical Declamation

Audrey O’Renic — first place in Poetry Reading

Dallas Watson — first place in Impromptu Speaking

Jerry Aplin — second place in Radio Speaking

Brooke Collins — second place in Oratorical Declamation

Grace Kearns — second place in Original Comedy

Mia Kramer — second place in Radio Speaking

Elise Moore — second place in Dramatic Interpretation

Khaleo Price — second place in Special Occasion Speaking

Brock Becker and Emma Loewe — third place in Humorous Duet Acting

Avita Hall — third place in Original Oratory

Sarah Hauser and Audrey O’Renic — third place in Dramatic Duet Acting

Grace Kearns — third place in Humorous Interpretation

Ronald Anderson-Bey — fourth place in Humorous Interpretation

Sarah Hauser — fourth place in Prose Reading

Marissa Kearns — fifth place in Original Comedy

Kobey Mojzis — fifth place in Impromptu Speaking

Kobey Mojzis — fifth place in Special Occasion Speaking

Jordyn Struense and Elda Thacker — fifth place in Humorous Duet Acting

Ryann Gordon — sixth place in Prose Reading

Carmella Vitale — sixth place in Extemporaneous Speaking

Marissa Kearns — seventh place in Humorous Interpretation

Khaleo Price — seventh place in Informative Speaking

The following students won individual awards in the junior varsity division:

Ronald Anderson-Bey — first place in Poetry Reading

Evan Arnold — first place in Impromptu Speaking

Natalie Hall — first place in Radio Speaking

Leontine Rickert — first place in Humorous Interpretation

Carmella Vitale — first place in Prose Reading

Ryann Gordon and Mia Kramer — second place in Dramatic Duet Acting

Alyssa Scherer — second place in Poetry Reading

Jordyn Struense — second place in Prose Reading

Evan Arnold — third place in Radio Speaking

I’Yanna Brown — third place in Oratorical Declamation

Marley Fuhrman — third place in Original Oratory

Cole Harris and Jack Stokes — third place in Humorous Duet Acting

Eleanor Schmitz — third place in Poetry Reading

Jack Stokes — third place in Informative Speaking

Emma Loewe — fifth place in Original Comedy

Eric Perschbacher — fifth place in Extemporaneous Speaking

Elda Thacker — sixth place in Special Occasion Speaking

Brock Becker — seventh place in Dramatic Interpretation

The speech team coaches are Mr. Adam Jenkins, Mr. Tyler Herron, Ms. Anna Kurtz, Mr. Russ Reidelberger, Mrs. Leigh Reidelberger, and Ms. Julie Schloesser.