Mount Vernon High School had 21 Division I ratings and three Division II ratings at state large group speech contest at Cedar Rapids Washington Saturday, Feb. 8, including 18 straight Division I ratings.

That 18 straight Division I ratings is a new record, according to head coach Grant Freeman. The team is co-coached by Tawnua Tenley, Mary Horst, Trevor Baty and Amy White.

All-State results were announced after press deadline for the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, but will be reported next week. A speech showcase will be held on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Mount Vernon High School Performing Arts Center. Start time is still being ironed out to minimize overlap with the girls basketball home game.

Earning Division I ratings at state were –

• readers theatre “Then I’ll be Happy” starring Summer Bowie Smith, Katie Whitehead, Owen Francois, Ellah Shook, Sarah Sharif, Lydia Marshall, Effie Johnson, Charlotte Hand, Collin Clark and Eva Bishop;

• group mimes “My Monstrous Time at Summer Camp” starring Grace Bausch, Mya Stoner, Katherine Bauer, Brooklynn Feddersen and Eva Bishop and “The Tragedy of Medusa” starring Violet Olinger, Meg Dye, Allie Teague and Claire Thuerauf;

• solo mimes “Tiptoes: The American Dream” starring Claire Thuerauf and “Kill or Be Killed” starring Korah Jo Robinson;

• TV newscasting “Backseat News” starring Ava Willems, Carly Steen, Cora Smith, Cait O’Connor and Hannah Jones and “MANATEE News” starring Charlie Weldon, Clare Nydegger, Luke Paulus, Jackson Voight and Cy Johnson;

• radio broadcasting “WGOV” starring Will Turner, Hannah Jones and Grace Hale.

• one act play “Peter Pan” starring Penelope Vig, Natalie Thuerauf, Emmett Jordan, Skye Rodman, Meg Dye, Megan Teague, Sarah Sharif, Emma Hoffman, Claire Jensen, Charlotte Woosley, Mae Krapfl, Ellah
Shook, Allie Teague and Nathan Conrad;

• choral reading “A Year in White” starring Lyn Bauer, Natalee Glaister, Elizabeth Morf, Korah Jo Robinson, Nora Dye, Emara Perrault, Summer Bowie Smith and Claire Jensen; 10

• short films “Zapatrilovaxitalum” starring Andrew Errington, Danny Dye, Beck Oesterle, Everett Marshall and Isaiah Hanson and “Pieces of the Past” starring Grant Tucker, Lydia Marshall, Kevin Zehms, Will Turner, Charlie Weldon and Nathan Conrad,

• musical theatres “Chicago” starring Emma Hoffman, Anna Stephens, Renee Vig, Lyn Bauer, Nora Dye and Betsy Louwagie, “Urinetown” starring Cy Johnson, Elizabeth Morf, Natalee Glaister, Grace Bausch and Norah Weber and “Something’s Rotten” starring Chester Rood,
Grace Hale, Charlotte Woosley and Emmett Jordan;

• ensemble actings “Nova Scotia” starring Hagen Wilkins, Jack Bauer, Marlena Rodenberg and Emery Willems, “Sisters” starring Bella Hasley, Renee Vig, Norah Weber and Emara Perrault, “Sports!” starring Skye Rodman, Grant Tucker and Kevin Zehms, “Hamlet” starring Penelope Vig, Megan Teague, Michael Covington, Chester Rood and Violet Olinger;

• group improvisation “Bauer, Covington, Francois, and Nydegger” starring Katherine Bauer, Owen Francis, Clare Nydegger and Michael Covington and “Hasley, O’Connor, and Thuerauf” starring Bella Hasley, Natalie Thuerauf and Cait O’Connor.

Earning Division II ratings at state were:

• short film “The Burgintons Part 4” starring Adam Zehms, Ellia Oesterle, Dylan Robinson and Luke Paulus;

• group improvisation “Clark, Krapfl, Robinson, Stoner, and Zehms” starring Collin Clark, Adam Zehms, Mae Krapfl, Dylan Robinson and Mya Stoner.

• TV newscasting “Sox News” starring Lexi Liu, Clara Vavricek, Andrew Errington, Josie Panos, Danny Dye.