A dozen students from three local schools have earned All-State nominations for their performances during the Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) state individual event contest. To be eligible for the recognition, individuals must be identified by at least two judges for their outstanding presentation. Seven students from Carroll High School and Ar-We-Va, which have a joint speech program, were nominated. These students include: Bridget Cameron and Sophia Polking for Acting; Maris Cameron for Literary Program; Aleah Casebeer in Poetry; Joewie Heithoff for After Dinner Speaking; Mishy King in Storytelling; and Brooke Reiling for Improvisation. The three Kuemper students nominated were: Britnee Irlbeck in Acting; Max Meyers for Musical Theatre; and Kenna Soppe in Spontaneous Speaking. Audubon had two students: Anna Campbell for Solo Musical Theatre, and Morgan Smith in After Dinner Speaking. Unfortunately, IHSSA will not be hosting an All-State showcase this year due to COVID-1
We’ve set up foodbank support, clothing banks and our next big initiative, Walk and Talk.
In Share-Royston s #WalkandTalk initiative, members of the community get out and snap pictures of themselves taking part - all to promote positive mental health.
- Credit: Courtesy of Share-Royston
Walk and Talk, using #Walkandtalk, is unique to Royston - it ll get people out of the house. It s brought this lovely sense of community, encouraging people to pick up on what exists in the town. This idea has already excited loads of people, we know that just getting out of the house and talking to people makes such a difference. To support this we also have mental health first aiders as part of the group, and a crisis team on standby should we need them.
In a game that came down to the wire, the Carroll Tigers were unable to come back and win on Saturday against Winterset. The day for the Tigers started off slower than they would have liked it, unable to get shots to fall for them. Winterset used the Tigers’ slow start to go up 12-2 in the first quarter and end up at 31-20 at halftime.
The second half for the Tigers was much improved as they started to chip away at the Huskies lead. The Tigers would go on a 9-4 run to start the third quarter and would end up down three at 38-35. Kennedy Lein and Gabi Hammer were the two taking charge and attacking the basket against Jena Young for Winterset in the third to get them down three heading into the fourth quarter. The Tigers had the chance to take back the lead in the fourth quarter, being down by one point multiple times. Head coach Katie Kock says her team had great looks in this quarter, but were unable to sink in the crucial shots to gain the lead. The Tigers would be down
Carroll hung tough for the 1
st half but for the second time this season Ballard was able to pull away in the 2
nd half. Kennedy Lein helped spark the Tigers early as Carroll got up 5-2 and 6-4. Ballard grabbed their first lead at 8-6 and didn’t trail again but Carroll only trailed 14-11 after the 1
st quarter. Carroll pulled within 17-13 early in the 2
nd quarter and the lead remained around 6 points until Ballard scored just before half to take a 21-13 lead into the locker room. The Tigers struggled coming out in the 3
rd quarter and Ballard took advantage outscoring them 22-9 in the quarter to lead by 21 heading to the 4
Carroll received a good defensive effort on the road and used a pair of 3’s in the 2
nd quarter to improve to 6-5 overall and 4-5 in the Raccoon River Conference. The Tigers have won 3 straight to start the 2
nd half of the season. Gabi Hammer and Laura Sweeney knocked down some big 3’s in the 2
nd quarter as Carroll rallied from down 3 at the end of the 1
st quarter to take the lead for good at 23-20 at half.
Ella Collison led the way in the win with 11 points.
Carroll will be Glibert on KIKD 106.7 on Friday.
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