Murray High School Speech Team Wins the Region
The Murray High Speech Team continued their tradition of excellence and won their seventh consecutive regional title over the weekend. In addition to the overall team win, Murray High took nineteen of twenty-eight individual event awards.
All team members who competed in the Murray Regional Tournament have qualified for the Kentucky High School Speech League State Tournament that will be held March 11-12 on Northern Kentucky University's Campus.
"Thank you again for all your support for our students and this activity. I look forward to getting the team on the road to an in-person state contest and what we hope will be a return to normalcy," said Michael Robinson, MHS Speech Coach. (The photo marks the first time the team has gathered all of MHS regional slate together in one place.)
MURRAY REGIONAL SWEEPSTAKES
Regional Champions - MURRAY - 108 points
Runner-up - Calloway - 40 points
3rd place - Paducah Tilghman - 23 points
4th place - Graves - 18 points
5th - Marshall - 13 points
6th - Crittenden - 1 point
BROADCASTING
Regional Champion - Raegan Settle
Runner-up - Skylar Swalls
DECLAMATION
Regional Champion - Marli Mehta
Runner-up - Leah Jenkins
DRAMATIC INTERP
Runner-up - Skylar Swalls
DUO INTERPRETATION
Regional Champions - Marli Mehta/Madi Vigil
Runner-up - Macy Saylor/Emerson Vaughn
EXTEMP
Regional Champion - Caroline Koenig
Runner-up - Wyatt Hampton
IMPROMPTU
Regional Champion - Sage Mize-Harper
Runner-up - Caroline Koenig
IMPROV DUO
Regional Champion - Joshua Eaton/Wyatt Hampton
Runner-up - Gabriel Crass/AnnaBelle Mills
INFORMATIVE
Regional Champion - Wyatt Hampton
ORATORY
Regional Champion - Raegan Settle
PROGRAM ORAL INTERP
Runner-up - Sage Mize-Harper
PROSE
Regional Champion - Raegan Settle
STORYTELLING
Regional Champion - Joshua Eaton
Runner-up - Madison Vigil
Students who also qualified for state competition and added to the team effort: Bailey Derby, William Imes, Susan Lewis, Cora McConnell, and Katelynn Stanczyk.