ROCHELLE — The Rochelle High School Speech Team competed at the Rockford Jefferson Invitational this past weekend.  Rochelle walked away earning second place in the team competition.  Individuals who earned finalist honors included:

Varsity division: Khalil Winston - second place - Original Comedy. Bobbie Henning – third place - Original Comedy. Derek Swartz - third place - Humorous Interpretation. Noah LeFevre - fourth place - Humorous Interpretation. Bobbie Henning/Noah LeFevre - fourth place - Dramatic Duet Acting. Derek Swartz/Aletheia Venuso - sixth place - Dramatic Duet Acting. Isabella Biggs - sixth place - Prose Reading. Mercy Hunley - sixth place - Impromptu Speaking. Matilda Gonser - sixth place - Informative Speaking.

Next-in division: Derek Swartz/Noah LeFevre - first place - Humorous Duet Acting. Emma Kennay - first place - Special Occasion Speaking. Matilda Gonser - first place - Radio Speaking. Brooklyn Hull - second place - Dramatic Interpretation. Emma Kennay - second place - Oratorical Declamation. Abby Losoya – third place - Poetry Reading. Lydia Von Haden               - fourth place - Dramatic Interpretation. Lydia Von Haden/Lydia LeFevre - fourth place - Dramatic Duet Acting. Kara Hull - fifth place - Humorous Interpretation. Alayna Smardo - sixth place – Oratory. Aletheia Venuso - sixth place - Poetry Reading.

Novice division: Connor Mackklin/Kara Hull - first place - Humorous Duet Acting. Connor Macklin – second place - Impromptu Speaking. Maddie Peska - second place - Oratorical Declamation. Sophia Stein/Mackenzie Taylor - third place - Humorous Duet Acting. Mercy Hunley - third place - Radio Speaking. Pedro Rosales - fourth place - Prose Reading. Cash Budde - fourth place - Informative Speaking. Paola Guijosa - fourth place - Original Comedy. Ephraim Gonser - fifth place - Radio Speaking. Savannah Elshoff/Lydia LeFevre - fifth place - Humorous Duet Acting. Alexis Guillotte - fifth place          - Dramatic Interpretation. Kayla Manarchy - fifth place     - Prose Reading.

Speakers of the week are Noah LeFevre and Bobbie Henning.