Contact: Pete Koutoulas • First Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009

SCAPA Bluegrass has won its 12^th consecutive championship in the Kentucky High School Speech League’s Junior Division State Tournament.

"We are extremely proud of our team's success. Their hard work, dedication and perseverance has paid off in tournament victories, 10-0, this year. However, the biggest dividend will come in life as these students use the communication skills they have learned in competition in their daily adult lives," said Beth Randolph, co-coach at SCAPA along with Debbi Dean.

Morton Middle School finished second in Class AA; Morton’s Rachel Wilson placed third in the prose category.

Western Kentucky University hosted the March 20-21 competition.

Among the outstanding performers from SCAPA, which competed in Class AAA:

• Lewis Aldridge, 1^st, radio broadcasting
• Macy Early, 1^st, interpretation of literature; 1^st, oratorical declamation
• Haley Fish, 1^st, storytelling
• Lauren Gardiner, 1^st, public speaking
• Neena Phan, 1^st, poetry
• Leia Wedlund, 1^st, extemporaneous speaking
• Grace Cox, 2^nd, storytelling
• Leia Wedlund, 2^nd, public speaking
• Haley Fish and McKenna Slone, 2^nd, duo acting
• McKenna Slone and Colton Ryan, 2^nd, improvisational duo
• Haley Fish & Joseph Wrightson, 3^rd, improvisational duo

Senior Division

The senior division state contests were March 13-14 in Bowling Green. Highlights included:  

• David Agtarap and Jim Pollack of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 2^nd, improvisational duo
• Madeline Carey and Caitlin Nichols of Lafayette, 3^rd, improvisational duo

• Erin Wrightson of Henry Clay, 3^rd, storytelling