By Abbie Linn
On January 22 our speech team traveled to Sioux City East to compete against other schools. Five of the six groups will be moving on to the state contest held on February 5th in Spencer. MMCRU brought two television newscastings (REAL News and Rural America News), two short films (Mysteries of High School and Everyone Has a Secret), one radio broadcasting (Coffee Talk), and an ensemble acting (The Chili Haunts Me Still) to the competition. Alex Wimmer, the speech coach states, “We had an awesome day at the District contest! All of the students did an excellent job and we are excited to have five groups moving forward. A big congrats to everyone.”
REAL News: Brett Staab, Keegan Steevens, Michael Rupp, Ellie Ruter, Eban Hicks, Brayden Dirks, Ellie Hilbrands, Mekhi Armstrong, Preston Astidias, Regan Peters, Taylor Harpenau, Emily Dreckman
Rural America News: Hannah Doellinger, Leandra Klinker, Mason Peters, Carver Miller, Carson Loutsch, Alex Armfield, Brayden Krug, Evan Molzen, Josh Wetter, Owen Alesch, Tayden Hicks, Noah Galles
Mysteries of High School: Alyson Ball, Avery Schlenger, Belle Olson, Elizabeth Pederson, Emma Reuter, Hannah Neddermeyer, Jaxon Woodall, Kaleigh Gravenish, Kennedy Tentinger, Kezden Steffen, Kyler Bork, Kylie Harpenau, Max Pepper, Andrea Penning, Kam Steffen
Everyone Has a Secret: Brett Staab, Keegan Steevens, Michael Rupp, Ellie Ruter, Mekhi Armstrong, Mya Holmes, Kirsten Letsche, Emily Dreckman, Eban Hicks, Taylor Harpenau, Preston Astidias, Autumn Bonnstetter, Asya Miller, Carson Pick, Colin Pick, KC Nicks
Coffee Talk: Brenna Lennon, Caedyn Henrich, Ella Ruba, Emma Vasher, Sophie Hohbach, Olivia Glassmaker, Bailey DeBoer
The Chili Haunts Me Still: Jaelyn Kabisch, Elsie Hogg, Leandra Klinker, Josh Armfield, Hope Russell, Hannah Doellinger