Townsend Speech And Drama Bulldogs
Author: MT43 News Staff Reporter
Townsend Speech And Drama Bulldogs
MT43 News Speech and Drama Correspondent
Townsend Speech and Drama Bulldogs continued their winning ways by bringing home the Class B Drama Championship at the last two meets, keeping them undefeated for the season with four in a row.
They will take a well-deserved break over the Christmas holiday, returning to action in January by traveling to Huntley Project, who are the reigning Class B State Champions.
A little more on how the Bulldogs are winning these team trophies. Teams are awarded points for competitors who place in the Top 8 in their events. Remember that performers move on to the final round of eight by participating in three preliminary rounds where they are ranked by judges. The competitors are ordered using points from all the rounds with the winner of that event having the lowest number of points. Team points are awarded as follows: 1st 10 pts, 2nd 8 pts, 3rd 6 pts, 4th 4 pts, 5th 2 pts and 6th – 8th 1 pt. Theater events receive double points, as they include 2-4 performers in an entry with a maximum of three entries per school.
Saturday, December 9th was the home meet for the Three Forks Wolves co-hosted by the Manhattan Tigers. There were 12 schools representing classes A, B & C totaling 122 competitors. Earning points for the Speech Team were 3rd Lexi Davies (OO) with “Everyone Should Learn to Bake” and 8th Kayley Conner (HOI) with “Paperbag Princess.” Also competing for the Speech Team were Sam Flesch (DOI), Ashley Sanderson (Impromptu) and Angel Sentinella (HOI).
Winning their events for the Bulldog Drama Team were: 1st Scarlett McDaniel, Nykia Mondragon & Noah Borror (Classic), 1st Hannah Hall (Drama Solo) and 1st Arabella McDaniel (Mime). The entire drama team made the final round in their events and contributed to the team totals as follows: 2nd Jazlyn Martin & Hayley Reinke (Dramatic Theater), 2nd Creighton Wright & Isaiah Cassidy (Classic), 3rd Jenna Smucker (Hum Solo), 3rd Havyn Vandenacre & Kyla Meissner (Hum Theater), 4th Melania Lambott & Sarah Morgan (Classic), 4th Jasmine Thomas (Hum Solo), 4th Riley Rauser, Logan Barkhurst, Aidan Easter & Jenna Mainwaring (Hum Theater) and 6th Caleb LeLacheur & Cooper Hines (Hum Theater).
“Twas the Meet Before Christmas” was co-hosted by the Gardiner and Park High Schools on December 16th in Livingston. Twenty-two schools representing all classes attended, which meant 300 total performers. As anyone with kids in Townsend Schools knows right now, there is a bit of a bug going around and it unfortunately affected the number of Bulldog entries on this Saturday. Regardless, the Bulldogs still captured the Class B Drama Championship.
Scarlett McDaniel and Nykia Mondragon continue their undefeated season winning the Classical Theater Event for the fourth week in a row, despite their fellow performer Noah Borror being one of those out sick. Their interpretation of Lewis Carrol’s “Alice in Wonderland” qualifies them to compete in Classical Theatre which requires the piece performed to be at least 75 years old.
Also earning points for the Drama Team were: 2nd Havyn Vandenacre & Kyla Meissner (Hum Theater), 5th Riley Rauser, Logan Barkhurst, Aidan Easter & Jenna Mainwaring (Hum Theater) and 7th Caleb LeLacheur & Cooper Hines (Hum Theater) 8th. Also competing for the drama team were: Jazlyn Martin & Hayley Reinke (Dramatic Theater), Jenna Smucker (Hum Solo), Melania Lambott & Sarah Morgan (Classic) and Arabella McDaniel (Mime). The Speech Team was small but mighty with Lexi Davies (OO) placing 3rd and Ashley Sanderson (SPOI) in 5th. The Sentinella twins rounded out the team with Shaylyn competing in Impromptu and Angel Sentinella in Humorous Oral Interpretation performing “Math Curse.”
Our Bulldogs’ home meet will be Saturday, January 13th and is the last one before our team heads off to Divisionals the following weekend in Columbus. Speech, Drama & Debate meets do require many volunteer judges, who require no previous experience. Each round is 1 ½ hours and volunteers can sign up for as many as they like, with the first round starting at 8:00 and the final round set for 2:00. Please consider donating some time to this fun event.
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PhotoCredit: Photo Credits: Melissa Guderjahn
Image 1 Caption: Speech and Drama Team celebrates after the Three Forks meet with three event winners and a team drama championship.
Photo Credits: Melissa Guderjahn
Image 2 Caption: “ ‘Twas the Meet before Christmas” held in Livingston brought another win for Scarlett and Nykia, as well as a team drama trophy.
Photo Credits: Melissa Guderjahn
