The Warsaw High School Speech Team will be heading to the state tournament this weekend. After a successful season, 11 students will compete at Fishers High School. The following students will be competing in their respective events:
Jessica Pogue- Poetry and Humor, Kylee Anders- Drama and Prose, Reagan Polk- Original Performance, Jason Benyousky- Programmed Oral Interp, Keely Roe- Impromptu and United States Extemp, Adaline Anders- Broadcasting, Grace Ganser- Broadcasting and Duo,Var Bobba- Duo, Kylah Cook- Poetry, Michael Webster- Discussion, Griffin Roe- International Extemp. Amelia Anders nearly missed getting into the finals but did a great job competing as a freshman.
On top of the state competition, Warsaw was able to qualify four students to the NSDA (National Speech and Debate Association) National tournament in Louisville, KY. Those students are as follows: Senior Kylee Anders qualified in drama, Senior Jessica Pogue qualified in humor, Junior Jason Pogue qualified in Programmed Oral Interp, and Junior Keely Roe qualified in United States Extemp.
Three students were also named members of the All District Team: Kylee Anders, Jessica Pogue, and Jason Benyousky.
If anyone is interested in sponsoring a speech team student in their State Speech endeavors, please feel free to reach out to Coach Kathryn Anders at kanders@warsawschools.org or by sending in a monetary donation to Warsaw High School Attention Speech Club.
Warsaw Community Schools would like to congratulate the speech team, coaches, and families and wish them success at the next level of competition.
Group Photo:
Back Row left to right- Michael Webster, Jason Benyousky, Grace Ganser, Var Bobba, Adaline Anders, Coach Kathryn Anders
Middle Row left to right- Amelia Anders, Kylah Cook, Keely Roe, Kylee Anders, Reagan Polk, Griffin Roe
Front Row left to right- Assistant Coach Jason Pogue, Jessica Pogue
Keely Roe and Jason Benyousky holding their National Qualifier plaques
Kylee Anders and Jessica Pogue holding the Sectional Trophy awarded to Warsaw High School's speech team.
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