Speech Team Starts Season with Big Win

The Belleville West Speech and Acting Team opened its season with a decisive victory at the Normal West tournament on November 8.  The team finished the tournament 60 points ahead of the second-place school.

Individual awards in the varsity division went to:

Bethany Dain — first place in Extemporaneous Speaking

Bethany Dain — first place in Informative Speaking

Sam Geiger — first place in Original Oratory

Bailey Guinn — first place in Poetry Reading

Hannah Higgins — first place in Special Occasion Speaking

Janae Robinson & Nathan Hirst — first place in Humorous Duet Acting

Donnie Bland – second place in Special Occasion Speaking

Sam Geiger — second place in Radio Speaking

Donnie Bland & Henry Holm — third place in Humorous Duet Acting

Alayna Wells — third place in Oratorical Declamation

Tyler Herron — fourth place in Original Comedy

Brooke Ingram — fourth place in Oratorical Declamation

Brooke Ingram and Lauren Richey — fourth place in Dramatic Duet Acting

Jake Bernstein — fifth place in Informative Speaking

Jake Bernstein — fifth place in Special Occasion Speaking

Mikayla Scott — fifth place in Impromptu Speaking

Georgi Warren — fifth place in Original Oratory

Ishaq Choudhury — sixth place in Special Occasion Speaking

Bailey Guinn — sixth place in Dramatic Interpretation

Lauren Richey — sixth place in Poetry Reading

Janae Robinson — sixth place in Original Comedy

Tyler Herron — seventh place in Humorous Interpretation

Brittany Huddleston and Jordyn Schlesinger — seventh place in Dramatic Duet Acting

Avery Reed — seventh place in Informative Speaking

Individual awards in the junior varsity division went to:

Cassidy Farrar — first place in Poetry Reading

Mara Reed — first place in Original Oratory

Jordan Thompson — second place in Prose Reading

Kelly Kulig — third place in Dramatic Interpretation

Emily Feazel and Bethany Stauder — fourth place in Humorous Duet Acting

Olivia Howard — fourth place in Poetry Reading

Tiffani Volkman — fourth place in Dramatic Interpretation

Tiffani Volkman — fifth place in Radio Speaking

The team is coached by Mr. Adam Jenkins, Mr. Russ Reidelberger, Ms. Julie Schloesser, and Ms. Leigh Reidelberger.  (Photo above courtesy of Ms. Reidelberger.)