On Saturday, Dec. 14 the Rochelle Township High School Speech Team hosted the Rochelle Invitational. As a team Rochelle placed third out of the 23 teams attending.
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ROCHELLE — On Saturday, Dec. 14 the Rochelle Township High School Speech Team hosted the Rochelle Invitational. As a team Rochelle placed third out of the 23 teams attending. Individuals who earned finalist honors included:
Varsity division: Z Brizuela - First Place - Informative Speaking. Noah LeFevre - Second Place - Humorous Interpretation. Bobbie Henning - Second Place - Special Occasion Speaking. Z Brizuela - Second Place - Poetry Reading. Z Brizuela - Fourth Place – Oratory. Brooklyn Hull - Fifth Place - Dramatic Interpretation. Khalil Winston - Sixth Place - Original Comedy.
Next-in division: Lucas Smardo - First Place - Radio Speaking. Derek Swartz/Noah LeFevre - First Place - Humorous Duet Acting. Lucas Smardo - First Place - Informative Speaking. Isabella Biggs - Second Place - Prose Reading. Derek Swartz - Second Place - Humorous Interpretation. Lydia Von Haden - Third Place - Dramatic Interpretation. Rafaela Canaan - Fourth Place - Special Occasion Speaking. Derek Swartz/Aletheia Venuso - Fifth Place - Dramatic Duet Acting. Ephraim Gonser - Fifth Place - Radio Speaking. Aletheia Venuso Sixth Place - Poetry Reading.
Novice division: Connor Macklin/Kara Hull - Second Place - Humorous Duet Acting. Connor Macklin - Second Place - Impromptu Speaking. Rafaela Canaan - Second Place - Extemporaneous Speaking. Mackenzie Taylor - Third Place – Oratory. Mercy Hunley Third Place - Radio Speaking. Kara Hull - Third Place - Humorous Interpretation. Cash Budde – Fifth Place - Informative Speaking.
Speakers of the week are Noah LeFevre and Rafaela Canaan. Next week the team travels to Byron for the last competition of the first semester.