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Mid-Prairie High School will advance 11 students and Highland will send four to the state individual speech contest after receiving Division 1 ratings for their district performances on Saturday.
Both schools hired a certified Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) judge to come to their school and rate the performances. Mid-Prairie students performed in 17 categories with every performance earning a Division 1 rating. Advancing to state are Diego Ayala and Gavin Frascht for spontaneous speaking, Haydon Bailey for reviewing and solo acting, Olivia Caskey and Kyra Helmuth for solo musical theatre and solo acting, Avery Frede for solo improvisation and radio news broadcasting, Isadora Goode and Avery Slaubaugh for interpretive reading prose, Emily Marner for solo musical theatre and solo improvisation, Elizabeth Meader for storytelling and interpretive reading prose, and Jennifer Sanchez for interpretive reading poetry.