On Saturday, February 10, Marietta students from the middle and high school speech teams competed in the Rush Springs Speech Tournament.
Results were as follows: Emma Chaney and Jameson Muller, first place in 4A Dramatic
Duet Acting; Kyle Austin, second place in 4A Prose; Kara Miller, second place in 4A
Dramatic Interpretation; Haylen Lowery, third place in 4A Dramatic Interpretation;
Delaney Aust, third place in 4A Monologue; Kelsi Lawson, third place in 4A Prose;
Emma Chaney, fourth place in 4A Prose; and Bella Faulkenberry, second place in
Novice Prose.
Shawn Vasquez was a prose finalist and Cassi Stewart competed in Prose.
Chaney, Muller, Austin, Miller, Lowery, and Lawson qualified for the Regional
Tournament to be held in March. Aust earned her second qualification for Regionals.
“I’m incredibly proud of the weeks of hard work these students put in to be prepared for
this tournament!” said Coach Alicia Harris. “I'm also proud of the positive examples they
are to everyone around them. They're good people that I'm proud to know!”
Traveling with the team as a support system were Amanda Faulkenberry, who drove the
bus and chaperoned, along with Jacob Carpenter and Megan Gambel, both former
members of the Marietta Speech Team, who judged the tournament as representatives
of Marietta.
The team will be attending tournaments in Ada and Seminole before the OSSAA
Regional Speech Tournament, scheduled for March 22 and 23.