PRESCOTT – The Prescott High School Speech team competed at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Speech and Dramatic Arts Association (WISDAA) State Speech Festival on Friday, April 21. Overall, the team won 11 gold medals (meaning the students scored a perfect score of 25 out of 25), 10 silver medals (a score of 23 or 24 out of 25 points), and two bronze medals (scores of 20, 21, or 22). In addition, Ella Johnson won the Cumulative Gold Medal award, meaning she has earned a perfect score at all four state competitions in her high school career. Johnson becomes just the fifth Prescott High School student to earn this award. She joins the elite group of Nick Helberg (2012), Justine Backes (2014), Emily Buss (2018), and Sophia Tibayan (2021). 

In addition to Johnson, gold medals also went to: Abby Stubbe (Demonstration), Rian Engeldinger (Extemporaneous Speaking), Sophia Kapsh (Farrago), Erica Jennings (Oratory), Kelcey Hanson (Poetry), Madison Schmitz (Poetry), Kaitlyn Sanney (Poetry), Kinsey Peterson (Solo Acting), Will Markert (Storytelling), and Delia Warp (Storytelling).

Silver medals went to: MaKenna and Kendra Ogilvie (Demonstration), Addison Huppert (Informative), Cara Fiedler (Moments in History), Allie Tibayan (Moments in History), Bryn Anderson (Oratory), Lili Campfield-Huth (Prose), Andaria Henderson (Prose), Grace Ryan (Prose), Max Dearborn (Radio News Reporting), and Rory Zuehsdorf (Special Occasion). 

Bronze medals went to: Nora Boles (Demonstration) and Shira Stubbe (Poetry).

Team awards will be announced May 5. 

Submitted by Advisor Tanya Sponholz