Ansley High School's Speech Team has a new title, District Champion.   Ansley hosted the D1-4 District Speech contest on Tuesday, March 9th.  Nine schools attended the district meet.  Ansley won with 138 points and had eleven state event qualifiers, followed by runners-up Giltner with 89 points.   Ansley will compete at State Speech next Friday, March 19th beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.  Below is a list of the results.

Medalists from Ansley:
(*indicates state qualifier)
 
Gentry Doane – 1st-Humorous Prose*, 1st-Entertainment*
Tazalea Scott – 1st-Poetry*, 4th-Duet
Kate Watts – 1st-Persuasive*, 3rd-Informative*
Sandy Hefti – 1st-Serious Prose*
Katie Drake – 3rd-Humorous Prose*, 2nd-OID*
Joe Gregory – 3rd-Poetry*, 2nd-OID*
Joel Poland – 2nd-Entertainment*
Kara Ostrand – 2nd-Informative*, 4th-Extemporaneous
Seth Vose - 2nd-OID*
Siera Rohde - 2nd-OID*
LaKoya Scott - 4th-Duet
Tonya Johnson - 5th-Persuasive, 5th-Serious Prose
Seth Vose and Jesse Mullen - 6th-Duet