NEODESHA — Iola and Marmaton Valley high school forensics teams competed at the Neodesha Invitational Saturday.
Iola High School’s forensics team brought home a sweepstakes victory, and Marmaton Valley’s team placed third.
IHS
Iola’s squad brought home five individual titles on the day.
Individual results:
Oral interpretation of prose: 1. Hannah Andersen, 3. Allie Fager, 5. Macie Hoag.
Oral interpretation of poetry: 1. Jesse Taylor, 2. Isabella Duke.
Humorous solo acting: 2. River Hess.
Serious solo acting: 1. Lexie Vega, 2. Elsie Fleming, 5. Macie Hoag.
Duet acting: 1. Haley Carlin and Jon Poffenbarger.
Improvised duet acting: 1. Lexie Vega and River Hess, 2. Haley Carlin and Sadrie Overall.
Impromptu speaking: 6. Bobby Lewis.
Informative Speaking: 5. Isabella Duke.
MVHS
Two entries qualified for state competition.
The team’s one-act play cast took first overall, thus qualifying for state. Also qualifying was Allison Heim, who placed second in extemporaneous speaking.
Individual results:
Oral interpretation of prose: 5. Carissa Mattox.
Serious solo acting: 3. Nate McAloon, 4. Tea Smith.
Informative speaking: 4. Nate McAloon.
Improvised duet acting: 3. Allison Heim and Rachel Shaffer.
Extemporaneous speaking: 2. Allison Heim.
Humorous solo acting: 3. Rachel Shaffer.
Impromptu speaking: 4. Nate McAloon, 5. Braden Allison.
