SCAPA at Bluegrass barreled through the junior division of the Kentucky High School Speech League’s 2016 Bluegrass Regional Tournament, and Henry Clay High School was runner-up in the senior division. The Feb. 6 contests enabled additional students to qualify for the state competition this spring.
Four schools, including SCAPA, participated in this year’s junior regional. Morton Middle School took third place, followed by Beaumont Middle. These FCPS individual awards all went to SCAPA students:
- Broadcast Announcing: Samantha Briggs, first place; Nicholas Skidmore, runner-up;
- Duo Acting: Josh Cunningham and Drew Newsome, first; Jacob Ernst and Tommy Flanigan, runners-up;
- Declamation: Angie Xiao, first; Yelena Bagdasaryan, runner-up;
- Extemporaneous Speaking: Nicholas Skidmore, first;
- Improvisational Duo: Josh Cunningham and Tommy Flanigan, first; Wenbo Fan and Hailey Cooke, runners-up;
- Impromptu: Nicholas Skidmore, first; Yelena Bagdasaryan, runner-up;
- Interpretation of Literature: Helena Schatzki, first; Isabelle Logsdon, runner-up;
- Poetry: Maren Bylund, first; Sophia Li, runner-up;
- Prose: Helena Schatzki, first; Tuesday Hadden, runner-up;
- Original Oratory: Angie Xiao, first; Niki Maleki, runner-up;
- Solo Acting: Deya Andreev, first; Josh Cunningham, runner-up;
- Storytelling: Yelena Bagdasaryan, first; Isabelle Logsdon, runner-up.
Six high schools, including Henry Clay, competed in the senior regional tournament. Paul Laurence Dunbar placed third, followed by Lafayette. Individual results from FCPS included:
- Broadcasting: Jacob Young, Henry Clay, first place;
- Declamation: Sahar Mohammadzadeh, Dunbar, first;
- Dramatic Interpretation: Cooper Boss, Henry Clay, first;
- Extemporaneous Speaking: Amir Abou-Jaoude, Henry Clay, first; Austin Li, Dunbar, runner-up;
- Humorous Interpretation: Maddie Butler, Henry Clay, first;
- Impromptu: Rachael Gilbert, Henry Clay, first;
- Improvisational Duo: Emma Bellomy and Faith LoPiccolo, Henry Clay, runners-up;
- Oratory: Amir Abou-Jaoude, Henry Clay, first;
- Poetry: Paige Barricklow, Henry Clay, first; Laura Rogers, Lafayette, runner-up;
- Program Oral Interpretation: Laura Rogers, Lafayette, runner-up.