Congratulations to Bailey Goodman on finishing 5th in POI, Elena Flask on finishing 3rd in Oration, Olivia Seibel on finishing 3rd in Extemp, and Sam White on finishing FIRST in Prose!!
Semifinalists:
Congratulations to Patrick Baker in Oration, Ye Gang Lee and Blake Bush in Extemp, Veronika Harris in POI and Serious Solo, and Ye Gang Lee and Olivia Seibel in Impromptu.
Halstead finished 3rd overall as a team!
We sent a small group all the way to Lawrence, HS to compete at the Forensics Coaches Invitational Tournament. To qualify for this meet, students must qualify for State twice. Halstead was nearly the smallest school in attendance. The meet gives Halstead good experience against strong opposition heading into State.
Congratulations to:
Sam White: 3rd in Prose
Veronika Harris: 6th in POI
Olivia Seibel: 3rd in Extemp, 4th in Impromptu
Congratulations to:
Blake Bush: 2nd in Extemp
Jayden Barrett: 4th in Extemp
Patrick Baker: 1st in POI, 2nd in Prose
Audrey Snell: 5th in Prose
Olivia Rizza: 4th in Oration
We had a small group traveling but a good showing at a large meet at Tonganoxie! Four out of our seven entries made finals. Congratulations to:
Blake Bush: 4th in Impromptu
Olivia Seibel: 3rd in Extemp, 2nd in Impromptu
Elena Flask: 1st in Oration
Late night last night but we took 7 entries to Lyons and 4 of them medaled! Congratulations to:
Elliotte McCullough: 6th in POI
Olivia Rizza: 5th in Impromptu, 4th in Oration
Sara Potter: 1st in Oration
#HalsteadHS are CKL League champs! Halstead broke 14 out of 18 entries to finals, 9 of which finished in the top 3 of their event! We have a few more meets left to help prep before State on May 4. We. Are. Not. Done. Yet.
Congratulations to:
Kaitlyne Page and Maggie Mendez: 2nd in Duet
Blake Bush: 5th in Extemp
Christian Wiedeman: 3rd in Extemp, 5th in HSA
Olivia Seibel: 2nd in Extemp, 1st in Impromptu
Veronika Harris: 4th in Impromptu
Ye Gang Lee: 2nd in Impromptu
Elena Flask: 1st in Oration
Patrick Baker: 3rd in Oration, 2nd in Poetry
Audrey Snell: 6th in Prose
Sam White: 3rd in Prose
Lilly Detweiler: 4th in SSA
Results from the meet at Mulvane! Congratulations to:
Sara Potter - 6th in Oration
Olivia Seibel - 3rd in Extemp, 1st in Impromptu, and 1st in Poetry
Veronika Harris - 5th in Impromptu, 2nd in Poetry, and 2nd in Serious Solo
Lilly Detweiler - 5th in Serious Solo
Kaitlyne Page and Maggie Mendez - 1st in Duet Acting
Devin Cranford - 6th in Prose
Halstead finished 2nd place in team sweepstakes behind McPherson High School. Next up: Central Kansas League meet on Monday April 8 in Haven!
We brought just eight entries to Rose Hill, five of which were in finals. Congratulations to:
Christian Wiedeman - 2nd in HSA, 3rd in Extemp
Patrick Baker - 1st in Oration
Devin Cranford - 4th in Extemp and 3rd in Prose
Twelve entries traveled to Hoisington. Congratulations to:
Sam White: 1st Prose, 5th HSA
Veronika Harris: 2nd POI
Bailey Goodman: 3rd POI
For the first meet after Spring Break, Halstead breaks 15 entries to finals at Newton! Congratulations to:
Audrey Snell: 4th in Serious Solo
Lilly Detweiler: 2nd in Serious Solo, 6th in Poetry
Elliotte McCullough: 2nd in Humorous Solo, 4th in POI
Olivia Rizza: 4th in Oration, 3rd in Impromptu
Sara Potter: 5th in Oration
Christian Wiedeman: 4th in Poetry, 2nd in Extemp
Patrick Baker: 3rd in POI, 6th in Prose
Devin Cranford: 5th in Prose, 6th in Extemp
Jayden Barrett: 3rd in Extemp
So far, with the rest of the season still remaining, Halstead has earned 97 medals!
Halstead broke 8 out of 11 entries at Clay Center! Congratulations to:
Ye Gang Lee: 5th in Extemp, 4th in Impromptu
Blake Bush: 3rd in Extemp
Christian Wiedeman: 4th in Extemp, 2nd in Humorous Solo
Patrick Baker: 5th in Oration, 5th in Poetry
Margaux Anquez: 4th in POI
Results from Moundridge! This was the largest meet we've been to so far and we brought one of our smallest entries of the year.
Congratulations to:
Lilly Detweiler: 4th SSA
Olivia Seibel: 3rd poetry, 3rd impromptu, and 1st US extemp
Veronika Harris: 5th impromptu and 1st POI
#HalsteadHS finished 3rd in sweepstakes out of 20 schools, making this the 7th consecutive meet it has won a sweeps trophy!
Competed at Lyons today! Congratulations to:
Christian Wiedeman: 6th Extemp, 4th Poetry
Ye Gang Lee: 5th Extemp, 3rd Impromptu
Sam White: 1st Prose, 5th Humorous Solo
Veronika Harris: 2nd POI, 2nd Serious Solo
Lilly Detweiler: 5th Poetry
Audrey Snell: 5th Serious Solo
Halstead finished 2nd in sweepstakes!
7/8 of our students traveling were novices but these Dragons still came away with 1st in sweepstakes!
Results from Hutch Trinity:
Veronika Harris: 2nd in Serious Solo Acting, 5th in Prose, 1st in Poetry
Sam White: 6th in Humorous Solo Acting, 1st in Prose
Elena Flask: 1st in Oration, 5th in Poetry
Audrey Snell: 2nd in Prose, 6th in Serious Solo Acting
Jayden Barrett: 6th in Extemp
Olivia Rizza: 5th in Oration
11 out of our 16 entries medaled today!
Another year, another trip to Marion for the 'Fit to be Tied" 4N6 meet. Halstead earns 11 more medals! Congratulations to:
Sam White: 2nd Prose, 5th HSA
Kaitlyne Page: 3rd Poetry, 1st Duet
Lilly Detweiler: 6th Poetry
Maggie Mendez: 1st Duet
Devin Cranford: 3rd Ext
Ye Gang Lee: 1st SSA, 2nd Ext
Patrick Baker: 1st Oration
Olivia Seibel: 1st Ext, 2nd Oration
Halstead finished 1st in Sweepstakes!
Another sweeps trophy! #HalsteadHS breaks nine out of thirteen entries to finals at Nickerson and takes home a 2nd place team finish and six new state quals! Congratulations to:
Margaux Anquez - 5th Prose
Maggie Mendez and Kaitlyne Page - 1st Duet
Kaitlyne Page - 4th Poetry
Patrick Baker - 1st Original Oration, 2nd Poetry
Elena Flask - 2nd Original Oration
Ye Gang Lee - 1st Extemp, 1st Impromptu, 5th Humorous Solo
Through the first three meets #HalsteadHS has earned 32 medals AND won three sweeps trophies AND earned 16 state quals.
We aren't done yet.
#HalsteadHS Forensics earns 9 more medals, 3 new state quals, and another team sweestakes trophy at Newton! Congratulation to:
Bailey Goodman - 1st POI
Devin Cranford - 5th prose, 6th USX
Olivia Seibel - 3rd USX, 2nd prose
Stevie Youngs - 6th DI
Margaux Anquez - 2nd POI
Sam White - 1st HI, 1st prose
Halstead finished 3rd place in sweeps!
Next week the team heads to Nickerson on Feb. 9.
Good first day!
#HalsteadHS earned 14 medals today, 7 state qualifications, and a 1st place team finish at Buhler! Congratulations to:
Sam White - 2nd in HSA, 1st in Prose
Ye Gang Lee - 3rd HSA, 1st OO, 4th Imp, 4th Prose, 2nd SSA
Olivia Seibel - 4th OO, 2nd USX
Veronika Harris - 5th Prose, 1st Poetry, 2nd POI
Bailey Goodman - 5th Poetry, 4th POI
Olivia Seibel - Extemp (x5), Prose, Oration, Impromptu (x3), Poetry (x2)
Ye Gang Lee - Serious Solo Acting (x2) Oration, Extemp (x2), Impromptu (x2)
Sam White - Humorous Solo Acting (x2), Prose (x6)
Veronika Harris - Poetry (x3) Program of Oral Interpretation (x4), Serious Solo Acting (x3)
Bailey Goodman - Program of Oral Interpretation
Margaux Anquez - Program of Oral Interpretation
Maggie Mendez - Duet Acting (x4)
Kaitlyne Page - Duet Acting (x4)
Patrick Baker - Oration (x3), Poetry (x2), POI
Elena Flask - Oration (x3)
Audrey Snell - Prose
Christian Wiedeman - Humorous Solo Acting (x2), Extemp
Lilly Detweiler - Serious Solo Acting
Elliotte McCullough - Humorous Solo Acting
Sara Potter - Oration
Blake Bush - Extemp, Impromptu