MORAN The Marmaton Valley High School forensics team picked up several pieces of hardware last week, including the squads second consecutive Three Rivers League championship.
The league title came Thursday at Altoona-Midway, where Marmaton Valley won five competitive speaking or acting events four of which the Wildcats took first and second to go with eight other top-six finishes.
On Tuesday, Marmaton Valley took fourth as a team at the Yates Center Invitational, earning six top-five finishes.
Individual results follow.
Thursday
Three Rivers League Invitational
Poetry 1. Tea Smith
Humorous solo acting 1. Katelynn Morgan, 2. Rachel Shaffer
Impromptu speaking 1. Rachel Shaffer, 2. Allison Heim, 5. Austin Gardner, 6. Nate McAloon.
Serious solo acting 1. Smith, 2. Kassidy Beggs.
Original oration 1. Hannah Dahl, 2. Heim, 4. Haylee Meiwes
Informative speaking 4. McAloon, 5. Mykayla Ard
Improvised duet acting 1. Shaffer and Heim, 3. Tanesha Walls and Garrett Henderson, 6. Alexis Elam and Jada Harris
Extemporaneous speaking 3. Gardner, 4. Morgan
Tuesday
Yates Center Invitational
Prose 5. Austin Gardner
Humorous solo acting 2. Rachel Shaffer
Serious solo acting 2. Kassidy Beggs
Original oration 4. Allison Heim, 5. Gardner
Improvised duet acting 3. Shaffer and Heim
