This is a truly special group. Our State team placed 4th out of 49 schools today! This was the highest team finish in Halstead High School history! Congratulations to the following semifinalists:
Jessie Thomas - SSA
Austyn White - SSA
Olivia Seibel - extemp and impromptu
Sara Lee - extemp and impromptu
Patrick Baker - Original Oration
Dayton Wallace - Humorous Solo
Congratulations to Austyn on finishing 3rd in SSA and Sara on finishing 4th in impromptu and 2nd in extemp!!
Everyone, from top to bottom, have been some of the most positive, coachable students that I have ever gotten to work with. I am so proud of each and every one of you for all you've done this year!
Small entry at Minneapolis but a nice prep before state! Congratulations to:
Kaitlyn Thomas - 3rd in poetry and 6th in hsa
Ye Gang Lee - 5th in ssa
Olivia Seibel - 2nd in extemp
Ye Joo Lee - 1st in extemp
Halstead has now won over 100 forensics medals this season!
Only brought five entries. However, three of them broke to finals and two of them qualified to State. Congratulations to:
Stevie Youngs and Veronika Harris - 1st in IDA
Veronika Harris - 5th in SSA
Patrick Baker - 4th in Poetry (top four qualified)
Third place finish in a very tough league! Halstead broke 9 of its 18 entries to finals! Congratulations to:
Jessie Thomas - 4th in Serious Solo, 3rd in Prose
Ye Joo Lee - 5th in Informative, 2nd in Extemp
Dayton Wallace - 6th in Poetry, 5th in Humorous Solo
Kaitlyn Thomas - 3rd in Humorous Solo
Olivia Seibel - 4th in Extemp, 6th in Impromptu
Halstead was just 6 points behind Nickerson in sweepstakes. This coming week the team will travel to Valley Center, Southeast of Saline, Minneapolis, and begin auditioning for the State team.
Two more state qualifiers! Congratulations to:
Bailey Goodman - 1st in SSA
Patrick Baker - 2nd in Oration
We brought a small entry but still came away with four more medals and adding two more state qualifiers! Congratulations to:
Ye Gang Lee - 2nd in SSA and 2nd in Prose
Patrick Baker - 3rd in Impromptu
Maggie Mendez and Kaitlyne Page - 6th in Duet
Halstead will next compete at Buhler April 12.
Another great outing and another 1st place finish in sweepstakes for Dragon Forensics, this time at the Eureka Forensics Invitational! Congratulations to:
Austyn White - 1st in Serious Solo, 5th in Poetry, 4th in Extemp
Olivia Seibel - 1st in Extemp, 1st in Impromptu, 4th in Prose
Patrick Baker - 1st in Humorous Solo, 3rd in Impromptu, 5th in Extemp
Kaleb Black - 3rd in Informative, 6th in Extemp
Gavin Short - 2nd in Extemp, 6th in Humorous Solo, 6th in Impromptu
We now get ready to host our home meet April 7th before competing again at Lyons April 10, Buhler April 12, and League at Larned April 13.
Oh, boy. We did NOT expect to be hosting this one just 30 hours beforehand. However, we still came away with a first place finish in team sweepstakes! Congratulations to:
Maggie Mendez and Kaitlyne Page for finishing 3rd in duet
Kaitlyne Page for finishing 6th in Poetry
Dayton Wallace for finishing 2nd in Poetry
Jessie Thomas for finishing 1st in Serious Solo
Veronika Harris for finishing 5th in Serious Solo
Kaitlyn Thomas for finishing 1st in Humorous Solo
Sara Lee for finishing 1st in Informative
Patrick Baker for finishing 6th in Impromptu
Veronika Harris for finishing 7th in Impromptu
Stevie Youngs and Veronika Harris for finishing 3rd in IDA
Kaitlyn Thomas and Jessie Thomas for finishing 4th in IDA
Competed at Hoisington today! Congratulations to:
Olivia Seibel for taking 5th in Extemp
Bailey Goodman for taking 4th in Serious Solo Acting
Jessie Thomas for taking 4th in Prose
Sara Lee for taking 1st in Extemp!
For the 4th time out of 6 meets, Halstead won a sweeps trophy! Congratulations to:
Dayton Wallace for finishing 2nd in Humorous Solo Acting
Veronika Harris for finishing 4th in Serious Solo Acting
Haley Snyder for finishing 8th in Poetry
Olivia Seibel for finishing 5th in Extemp.
Halstead finished 3rd in team sweepstakes out of 18 schools and will compete again March 10 at Hoisington.
Good day today! Halstead broke 12 out of 16 entries to finals at Southeast of Saline and added two new State qualifications! Congratulations to:
Olivia Seibel for getting 1st in Prose, 4th in Extemp, 5th in Impromptu and 2nd in Poetry
Jessie Thomas for getting 4th in Prose and 5th in IDA
Kaitlyn Thomas for getting 5th in IDA and 2nd in Prose
Patrick Baker for getting 5th in Poetry
Bailey Goodman for getting 3rd in Serious Solo Acting
Ye Gang Lee for getting 4th in Humorous Solo Acting
Austyn White for getting 1st in Serious Solo Acting and 1st in Poetry.
Halstead took first place in team sweepstakes
Halstead broke six out of 11 entries to finals! Congratulations to:
Austyn White for finishing 1st in Poetry, 3rd in Serious Solo, and 2nd in Improvised Duet Acting
Dayton Wallace for finishing 1st in Humorous Solo Acting and 2nd in Improvised Duet Acting
Ye Gang Lee for finishing 2nd in Humorous Solo Acting
Maggie Mendez and Kaitlyne Page for finishing 4th in Duet Acting
Veronika Harris for finishing 6th in Serious Solo Acting
Halstead broke 14 out of 17 entries to finals! Congratulations to:
Jessie Thomas for taking first in Prose
Veronika Harris for taking first in Poetry
Olivia Seibel for placing first in Extemp and 2nd in Oration
Haley Snyder for placing 2nd in Poetry
Halstead finished 1st place in team sweepstakes.
Halstead finished 2nd out of 23 schools at Newton! Congratulations to:
Sara Lee for finishing 1st in Impromptu and 2nd in International Extemp
Olivia Seibel for finishing 3rd in Poetry
Austyn White for finishing 2nd in Serious Solo
Dayton Wallace for finishing 3rd in Humorous Solo
Ye Gang Lee for finishing 6th in Humorous Solo and 5th in Prose
Maggie Mendez and Kaitlyne Page for finishing 4th in Duet Acting
Olivia Seibel - Extemp (x3), Poetry (x3), Oration, Prose, Impromptu
Sara Lee - Extemp (x3), Impromptu, Informative
Austyn White - Serious Solo (x4), Poetry (x2), IDA
Ye Gang Lee - Humorous Solo (x2), Serious Solo, Prose
Haley Snyder - Poetry
Veronika Harris - Poetry, IDA
Jessie Thomas - Prose (x2), Serious Solo
Dayton Wallace - Humorous Solo (x2), IDA, Poetry
Kaitlyn Thomas - Prose, Humorous Solo
Patrick Baker - Humorous Solo, Oration, Poetry
Bailey Goodman - Serious Solo
Gavin Short - Extemp
Stevie Youngs - IDA