Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010

SCAPA Bluegrass was the champion and Lafayette High School placed sixth in their respective divisions in the Kentucky High School Speech League’s state speech championships.

Western Kentucky University hosted the senior speech and debate contests March 11-13 and the junior speech competition March 19-20. SCAPA and Lafayette both compete in the AAA or large-school division.

Top results from Fayette County Public Schools:

From Beaumont Middle School:

• Adeline Agtarap, 4^th, prose

From Morton Middle School:

• Harper Toney, 5^th, declamation

From SCAPA Bluegrass:

• Amir Abou-Jaoude, 2^nd, declamation
• Callie Babcock, 5^th, storytelling
• Kurtis Brown, 1^st, broadcast announcing; 3^rd, storytelling
• Jarod Frank, 6^th, poetry
• Joel Nelson, 3^rd, broadcast announcing
• Dylan Rowe, 1^st, declamation; 2^nd, poetry
• Katie Swim, 5^th, solo acting
• Connor VanMeter, 3^rd, extemporaneous speaking
• Ashley Whaley, 5^th, extemporaneous speaking
• Alex Francke and Isaac Hines-Williams, 2^nd, improvisational duo acting

From Henry Clay High School:

• Athie Livas, 1^st, Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

From Lafayette High School:

• Miles Conger, 2^nd, broadcast announcing
• Arjay Donaldson, 3^rd, declamation
• Madeline Carey and Miles Conger, 3^rd, improvisational duo acting

From Paul Laurence Dunbar High School:

• Nicole Schladt, 3^rd, broadcast announcing
• Maria Wu, 5^th, declamation

Editor's note: After several students on the winning junior team were disqualified, SCAPA was rightfully awarded first place.