Best of luck to the Hay Springs speech team as they compete at district speech today, Monday, March 6th, in Big Springs. Students held a public performance on Sunday, March 5th. Thank you to all that attended!
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PANCO Speech Results
Congratulations to the following Hawk Speech Team members who placed at the PANCO speech meet:
Mia Skinner: 2nd – Persuasive / 3rd – Informative
Abigail Russell: 2nd Informative
Taden Tobiasson: 6th Humorous Prose
Lilly Dorshorst: 5th Extemporaneous Speaking
Brooke Winter & Abby Nelson: 1st Duet Acting
Duet Acting
District Speech Results
Congratulations to the Hay Springs Speech Team who competed at district speech on Friday, March 4th at Crawford High Cchool.
Finalists were:
5th place – Abigail Russell in persuasive
6th place – Abigail Nelson in informative
5th place – Sam Hindman and Kaden Langford in duet acting
5th place – Sam Hindman, Kaden Langford, Gabriel Varvel & Jett Rasmussen in oral interpretation of drama (OID)
State qualifiers are
3rd place – Logan DeCoste, Ashley Tobiasson, Taden Tobiasson, Abigail Russell, & Emily Nelson in oral interpretation of drama (OID)
2nd place – Logan DeCoste in poetry
These students will continue their season at state speech held at Kearney high on Friday, March 18th.
Speech Results
The Hay Springs Speech Team had a huge weekend! We competed in Hemingford at 2 meets-the Small Schools meet and the PANCO speech meet. The meets ran at the same time, with the PANCO meet wrapping up with the preliminary rounds. Hay Springs tied with the Sioux County speech team for the PANCO speech champion. However, Hay Springs ended up winning the Small School meet! The following are the results for the day. First listed are the PANCO meet results, followed by the Small Schools meet results.
PANCO meet results (preliminary rounds only):
1st Place
Logan DeCoste – 1st Place Poetry
Sam Hindman, Gabe Varvel, Jett Rasmussen, Kaden Langford – 1st Place OID
Ava McKillip & Taden Tobiasson – 1st Place Duet
Abigail Russell – 1st Place Persuasive
Abigail Russell – 1st Place Serious
2nd Place
Jett Rasmussen – 2nd Place Humorous Prose
Ashley Tobiasson, Logan DeCoste, Emily Nelson, Abigail Russell, Taden Tobiasson – 2nd Place OID
Ashley Tobiasson – 2nd Place Poetry
Kaden Langford & Sam Hindman – 2nd Place Duet Acting
Abby Nelson – 3rd Place Informative
3rd Place
Colter Meeks – 3rd Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Small School results (includes finals):
1st Place
Jett Rasmussen – 1st Place Humorous Prose
Abigail Russell – 1st Place Persuasive
Logan DeCoste – 1st Place Poetry
Ashley Tobiasson, Logan DeCoste, Emily Nelson, Abigail Russell, Taden Tobiasson – 1st Place OID
2nd Place
Sam Hindman, Gabe Varvel, Jett Rasmussen, Kaden Langford – 2nd Place OID
Ashley Tobiasson – 2nd Place Poetry
Ava McKillp & Taden Tobiasson – 2nd Place Duet Acting
4th Place
Kaden Langford & Sam Hindman – 4th Place Duet Acting
Abigail Nelson – 4th Place Informative
5th Place
Abigail Russell – 5th Place Serious Prose
Colter Meeks – 5th Place Extemporaneous Speaking
6th Place
Abigail Nelson & Lilly Dorshorst – 6th Place Duet Acting
These students have worked hard and are eager to head to District Speech on Friday, March 4th in Crawford. We will be having a public performance on Thursday, March 3rd from 5:30-8pm with Breakfast (or supper) served.
Gering Speech Meet
Congratulations to the two Oral Interpretations of Drama (OID) teams who placed in the championship finals in Gering on Saturday, February 12th:
3rd place – Sam Hindman, Kaden Langford, Jett Rasmussen & Gabriel Varvel
6th place – Logan DeCoste, Emily Nelson, Abigail Russell, Ashley Tobiasson & Taden Tobiasson
Congratulations to the following students who placed in the Merit Finals(those who would of broke into championship finals next):
1st place – Humorous Prose – Jett Rasmussen
3rd place – Duet Acting – Ava McKillip & Taden Tobiasson
Hay springs as a team placed 7th out of 14 teams.
They will travel to Hemingford for PANCO speech on Saturday, February 19th and then to districts in Crawford on Friday, March 4th.
Gordon-Rushville Speech Meet
Congratulations to the Hay Springs Speech Team who attended the Gordon-Rushville speech meet on Saturday, January 29th. The Oral Intrepretation of Drama (OID) consisting on Gabriel Varvel, Sam Hindman, Kaden Langford and Jaelyn Rasmussen placed 6th. The OID of Emily Nelson, Taden Tobiasson, Ashley Tobiasson, Logan DeCoste and Abbey Russell placed 5th. Abigail Russell also placed 6th in persuasive speaking. The team will compete on Saturday, February 12th at the Gering speech meet.
State Speech
District Speech
Congratulations to the Hawk speech team who competed at district speech held on Monday, March 1 at South Platte School in Big Springs.
Finalist were:
Abbey Russell – 6th place persuasive
Emily & Abby Nelson – 6th place duet acting
Mia Skinner – 5th place informative & 5th place entertainment
Jett Rasmussen, Sam Hindman, Gabriel Varvel, Jocelyn Varvel & Kaden Langford – 4th place OID
Jett Rasmussen – 4th place humorous prose
Jocelyn Varvel – 2nd place entertainment
Jocelyn also qualified for state speech held in Kearney, NE on Friday, March 19.
Hawks Runners Up At Hemingford Speech Meet
Saturday was a great day in Hemingford for the Hawk speech team!
Individual placements:
Jett Rasmussen-1st place humorous prose
Taden Tobiasson-3rd place humorous prose
Abigail Russell-5th place persuasive
Logan DeCoste-3rd place poetry
Ashley Tobiasson-5th place poetry
Mia skinner-1st place entertainment speaking
Sam Hindman & Kaden Langford-2nd place duet acting
Abigail Nelson & Emily Nelson-4th place duet acting
Sam Hindman, Kaden Langford, Jett Rasmussen, Jocelyn Varvel & Gabriel Varvel-1st place oral interpretation of drama
Hay Springs as a team were the runners up!
We will be hosting a family speech day on Saturday at 10am for the students families to watch their performances (as they are still not allowed to attend the meets) and then we are off to districts on Monday, March 1st at South Platte.



























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