The School Board on May 23 recognized Ray-Pec High School students who excelled at the State Speech, Debate, and Theater Tournament April 17-20. Students are pictured with Board Member Patty Phillips, at right.
One-Act Play: Ray-Pec won the 2024 State One Act Play Championship with the performance of “Unexpected Tenderness.” In addition to the overall event, individual actors and actresses also received awards.
Noah Tuttle was named Best Actor;
Natalie Kies won for Best Actress; and
Eli Showen won for Best Supporting Actor.
Readers Theatre: Ray-Pec placed third at state with the Readers Theatre entry, “She Kills Monsters.”
Top individual event results:
Duo Interpretation - Tre Hill and Noah Tuttle - State Champions
Duet Acting - Sav Jordan and Devin Fisher - 2nd place
Dramatic Interpretation - Sav Jordan - 2nd place
Humorous Interpretation - Ian Haneberg - 4th place
Prose Reading - Irelynn Sloan - 4th place
In addition, these students also participated in the One-Act Play and/or Readers Theater: Jaxson Anderson, Tyler Baker, Ellie Barker, Rachel Belshe, Kaedyn Blede, Emma Browning, Riley Crisler, Ember Davis, Vanessa Diaz, Leah Dover, Kemauri Evans, Hailey Feagins, Jaxson Fines, Nicki Flanagan, Bella Gallagher, Alex Gawron, Louise Gregg, Benjamin Herrell, Dinah Hodgson, Tristan Johnson, Jordan Kim, Mille Kuiper, Aurora Lautzenhiser, Rey Martin, Ellie McRill, Mia Mikulicz, Avery Monnig, Alex Moore, Elijah O’Brien, Amy Robinson, Kyan Roth, Wyatt Rust, Leslie “Tre” Saunders, Audrey Shepard, Katrina Tilawen, Archer Walsh, and Carter Younger.
In addition to the success at the state tournament, these students qualified for the National Speech and Debate Association tournament this summer.
Duo Interpretation: Noah Tuttle and Tre Hill; Ellie McRill and Jaxson Fines; Sav Jordan and Devin Fisher.
Program Oral Interpretation: Amari Russell and Ellie Barker.
Original Oratory: Natalie Kies.
Humorous Interpretation: Eli Showen and Ian Haneberg.
Dramatic Interpretation: Amy Robinson and Sav Jordan.
Lincoln Douglas Debate: Natalie Kies.