Results-Northfield and Apollo

Apparently, if I'm not there, you all do really well. Go figure. Here are the excellent results from the final two invitationals this year.

Northfield
Kayla Anderson- Honorable Mention, Prose
Kelly Cole- 5th place, Prose
Ryan Falk- 2nd place, Humor
Kori Fideler- Honorable Mention, Ex. Rdg.
Logan Halliday- 1st place, Storytelling
Evan Jungbauer- 4th place, Creative
Adam Kunkel- Honorable Mention, Creative
Sarah Rosenthal- 4th place, Poetry and Great Speeches
Julie Schmidt- 6th place, Info
Meron Zeru- Honorable Mention, Disco

FIRST PLACE SMALL TEAM!!!

St. Cloud Apollo
Adam Kunkel- 6th place, Creative
Mike Berger- 2nd place, Ex. Sp.
Dylan Slinger- 3rd place, Ex. Sp.
Christian Keil- 4th place, Ex. Sp.
Sarah Rosenthal- 4th place, Great speeches and poetry
Abbie Barrett- 6th place, OO


Great job, everyone!

Captains 2009

It's almost time to vote for captains for next year. We will vote on the bus on the way to sections, so if you're not coming to sections and you want to vote, stop by my room. Below are the candidates (juniors) for captain. They are ALL awesome, but consider the following: commitment, leadership, work ethic, and general merriment. Although doing well (making finals, etc.) is often noted, it is not a criteria you should use for captains. Being a good speaker doesn't necessarily make you a good leader. Captains have the following responsibilities: t-shirts, tournament, banquet, and general role-model-ship. If you do NOT want to be a captain, let me know, and I won't put you on the ballot. Let me know if I forgot anyone, or put someone who isn't a junior on the list.

Kelly Cole
Michelle Heintze
Joe Julik
Christian Keil
Ryan Longley
Sarah Rosenthal
Julie Schmidt
Mikaela Schwartz
Emily Schwegman
Joe Shim

Good luck to all!!!!

St. Cloud Apollo Info

Sad that not many of you signed up for this extra tournament, but here it is.

The bus will leave at 6:30 AM from the upper doors THIS Saturday, March 29th. Andy will be taking you to this added tourney. Remember to practice hard as we approach sections. Drop fees need to be paid!! Don't rack up new ones this weekend. FYI, sections registration is twice as high, so drop fees are considerable for sections, but if you skip sections, you've got bigger issues than the money.

Anyway, here's the roster for this weekend.

1. Kayla Anderson, Prose
2. Abbie Barrett, OO and Prose
3. Michael Berger, Speaking
4. Kelly Cole, Prose
5. Ryan Falk, Humor
6. Michelle Heintze, Disco
7. Christian Keil, Speaking
8. Adam Kunkel, Creative
9. Sarah Rosenthal, Great and Poetry
10. Joe Shim, OO
11. Dylan Slinger, Speaking
12. Meron Zeru, Disco


Have fun!

Sections Roster, Version 1.0

Per our handbook, the sections competitors were subject to the following qualifications:

*Positive attitude (a belief that you can and want to do well)
*Willingness to prepare (a commitment in both time and in favorably reacting to coaching)
*Demonstration of skill (both throughout the season and at practice)
*Demonstration of professionalism (you help build LSHS’s positive image)
*On-task, non-distracting practice habits (how well time is used)

Because we have a small team this year, most of you are going, pending you met [most of] these standards. The tentative roster is below. Tentative because you must also be in good standing financially. A few of you (Michelle, Rachel, Shawn) owe your team drop fees. (Others do as well, including people who have quit, and they're grades will be held later in the year if they're not paid up. So, if you see them, remind them.)

With that in mind, here is the roster for sections:
Creative (2)
Evan Jungbauer
Adam Kunkel

Discussion (3)
Michelle Heintze
Ryan Longley
Meron Zeru

Drama (1)
Shawn Nelson

Duo
(none)

Extemp Reading (2)
Kori Fideler
Rachel Roesner

Extemp Speaking (3)
Michael Berger
Christian Keil
Dylan Slinger

Great Speeches (1)
Sarah Rosenthal

Humorous (3)
Ryan Falk
Emily Schwegman
Jeff Steinkamp

Informative (2)
Julie Schmidt
Lisa Sweere

OO (3)
Abbie Barrett
Joe Shim
Melissa Sweere

Poetry (1)
Taylor Kappenman

Prose (3)
Kayla Anderson
Kelly Cole
Mikaela Schwartz

Storytelling (2)
Ashley Branch
Logan Halliday

See me if you have questions or concerns. Sections are Tuesday, April 8th, and you will miss half a day of school.

Banquet Date

Our banquet will be Tuesday, May 6th. Put it on your calendar now. Details to follow.

Northfield

We will leave for Northfield on Saturday, March 15th at 7:15 AM (no oversleeping :-)). Suzanne is taking you to this tourney, not me, so be good.

Roster is below. Drops are $15, as usual. MANY people owe drop money!!!! Get this in or you won't letter.

Anderson, Kayla-Prose
Cole, Kelly- Prose, Info
Davis, Tyler-Humor
Falk, Ryan-Humor
Fideler, Kori- Reading
Halliday, Logan-Story
Heintze, Michelle-Disco
Jungbauer, Evan-Creative
Kunkel, Adam-Creative
Nelson, Shawn-Drama
Roesner, Rachel-Reading
Rosenthal, Sarah-GS, Poetry
Schmidt, Julie-Info
Schwartz, Mikaela-Prose
Shim, Joe-OO
Steinkamp, Jeff-Humor
Zeru, Meron-Disco

Let me know ASAP if you can't make it, but you will owe the fee.

Shirts

Shirts are in. You can pick them up in my classroom. We will wear them on FRIDAY.

NFL and Eagan Results

NFLs

MIKE AND CHRISTIAN ARE GOING TO NATIONALS!!!!! YAY!!!!
A big congrats to our qualifiers.

Also placing at NFLs were Dylan Slinger in 6th place, and Tim Jennings in Semi-finals

Eagan

Julie Schmidt: 7th place, Extemp Speaking
Kelly Cole: 7th place, Prose

Way to go, girls!

Northfield and Drop fees

Northfield is NOT using the Joy of Tournaments online registration that other tournaments have, so the registration is due this Friday instead of Monday. That being said, you need to let me know by Thursday if you have a change of schedule for that day. Any change after that will incur cost.

Speaking of costs, the following people owe me drop fees:
Evan
Bronwyn (who quit, but if you see her...)
Shawn
Tim
Shelley (who quit...)
Maurita (who quit...)
Cody (who quit...)

You cost the team time/money/energy when you don't adhere to your contract. Other teams just kick people off the team for not showing up. I'd hate to revert to that. Please make good on your commitments.

Eagan Info

We will leave for the Eagan Invitational at 7:00 A.M. from the upper doors. Please do not be late.

The roster is below. PLEASE let me know sooner rather than later if your schedule has changed and you can no longer make it.

Anderson, Kayla-Prose
Barrett, Abbie-Prose, OO
Berger, Mike-Ext. Spkg
Cole, Kelly-Prose, Info
Davis, Tyler-Humor
Falk, Ryan-Humor
Fideler, Kori-Ext Rdg
Halliday, Logan-Story
Heintze, Michelle-Disco
Julik, Joe-Duo, OO
JungBauer, Evan- CE
Kappenman, Taylor-Poe
Keil, Christian-Ext Spkg
Kunkel, Adam-Duo, CE
Longley, Ryan- Disco
Nelson, Shawn-Drama
Roesner, Rachel-Ext Rdg
Rosenthal, Sarah-GS, Poe
Schmidt, Julie-Ext spkg, Info
Schwartz, Mikaela-Prose
Schwegman, Emily-Duo, Humor
Shim, Joe-Duo, OO
Slinger, Dylan-Ext. Spkg
Steinkamp, Jeff-Humor
Sweere, Lisa-Info
Sweere, Melissa-OO
Zeru, Meron-Disco

See you Saturday!

Lakeville North Results

A long day with some fun results:

Michael Berger: 3rd place, Extemp Speaking
Michelle Heintze: Semi-finalist, Discussion

Overall, we took 7th place out of 10 teams. Good job everyone!

North Info

THERE IS NO BUS TO NORTH!!! That would be silly. You need to meet the team in the North cafeteria no later than 7:30 (draws are at 8, rounds at 8:30). Even though you're driving yourself or being picked up, YOU MUST STAY THE ENTIRE TIME (to the end of awards). IF ANYONE SKIPS OUT, YOU'RE OFF THE TEAM. The North tournament has semi-final instead of honor finals. Also, they give away prizes to people who attend final rounds (anyone: spectators and competitors alike). Fun things like gift cards.

If you are on the roster below, you're coming. No more of this dropping at the last minute crap, people. Several of you still owe your team the $15 drop fee. I register you based on the CONTRACT you filled out at the beginning of the year.

Anderson, Kayla--prose
Barrett, Abbie--prose and OO
Berger, Mike--Extemp Spk
Bergeron, Sebastian--humor
Branch, Ashley--story
Cole, Kelly--prose, info
Davis, Tyler--humor
Falk, Ryan--humor
Fideler, Kori--Extemp Rdg
Halliday, Logan--Story
Heintze, Michelle--Disco
Jennings, Tim--Extemp Spk
Julik, Joe--OO
JungBauer, Evan--Creative
Kappenman, Taylor--Poetry
Keil, Christian--Extemp Spkg
Kunkel, Adam--Creative, Duo
Leask, Bronwyn--Great Speeches
Longley, Ryan--Disco
Nelson, Shawn--Drama
Roesner, Rachel--Extemp Rdg
Rosenthal, Sarah--Great Speeches, Poetry
Schmidt, Julie--Extemp Spk, Info
Schwartz, Mikaela--Prose
Schwegman, Emily--Humor, Duo
Slinger, Dylan--Extemp Spk
Steinkamp, Jeff--Humor
Sweere, Lisa--Info
Sweere, Melissa--OO
Zeru, Meron--Disco

See you at North at 7:30 (or earlier, if you want a good spot in the caf).

MSU Results...

...were awesome!! Traveling southwest was really worth it! We brought home a shiny third place trophy, our first of the year. Congrats all! It couldn't have been done without the following award winners:

Abbie Barrett: 4th place, Original Oratory
Michael Berger: 4th place, Extemp Speaking
Kelly Cole: 6th place, Informative
Ryan Falk: 1st place, novice humorous
Kori Fideler: 5th place, Extemp Reading
Logan Halliday: 1st place, novice humorous
Michelle Heintze: 2nd place, novice discussion
Joe Julik: 7th place, Original Oratory
Evan Jungbauer: 2nd place, novice creative expression
Adam Kunkel: 3rd place, Creative Ex; 5th place, Duo
Bronwyn Leask: 4th place, novice great speeches
Rachel Roesner: 6th place, novice extemp reading
Sarah Rosenthal: 3rd place, Great Speeches; 1st place, Poetry
Mikaela Schwartz: 7th place, Prose
Emily Schwegman: 1st place, Humorous; 5th place, Duo
Joe Shim: 6th place, Original Oratory
Dylan Slinger: 2nd place, Extemp Speaking
Jeff Steinkamp: 3rd place, Humorous
Lisa Sweere: 5th, novice informative
Melissa Sweere: Honors, Original Oratory
Meron Zeru: 4th place, novice discussion

CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!!!

SHIRTS

LAST CHANCE FOR T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS...BRING YOUR ORDER FORM AND MONEY TO MSU TOMORROW.

Everyone who orders a shirt will be entered in a drawing to win a special prize, offered by yours truly (Mrs. H.).

Planning Ahead...

We are adding a tournament to our schedule this season. Originally, our final invitational tournament was March 15th, leaving 3 weeks until sections. We have decided to go to St. Cloud Apollo on March 29th (after spring break). This tournament will count toward your lettering if you choose to come.

IF YOU WANT TO COME, YOU MUST SIGN UP IN MRS. HEINIS' ROOM BEFORE SPRING BREAK!!!! There is a sign-up sheet on the speech cupboard door.

Emily's Speech PARTY!!!

This Saturday (Feb. 23rd) after the Mankato tournament, Emily Schwegman and her family are opening their home to you crazy people :-). There will be food, games, and lots of fun, I'm told :-).

Emily REALLY wants you ALL to come. For those of you who are still "finding your place", this is a great opportunity to socialize with the oh-so-cool people of the speech team.

So, come this Saturday, right after the tourney (well, go home and change into comfy clothes first), to 17853 179th Trail W. (use your standard Mapquest or google maps for directions). Call 952-435-7947 (Schwegman household) if you get lost.

SHIRTS!!!

We need orders for 20 t-shirts and 12 sweatshirts to order them at the offered price. You have until Friday to turn your order forms in. So far, 4 tees and 2 sweats have been ordered. Get these in ASAP, folks!!!

MSU Info

This week we travel to my alma mater for their annual high school tournament (annual but for last year, when it was snowed out). Fear not, it's supposed to be 35 this Saturday, so it shouldn't be too bad.

This tourney is unlike any other we attend, because it is held on a college campus instead of a high school campus. Several buildings will be in use, so wear a coat and your most comfortable dress shoes. Student Union for lunch, not a parent-run concession, so bring some cash.

This tournament charges their own DROP FEE. So, in addition to the $15 you owe your team (cash or check made to LSHS Speech), if you drop, you will also need to give me $5 cash BEFORE Saturday ($10 if you double-enter), so I have money to hand over to them at registration. Below is the registration list. WE WILL LEAVE AT 6:30 A.M. DON'T BE LATE!!!!

Anderson, Kayla--Prose, Duo
Barrett, Abbie--OO, Prose
Berger, Mike--Extemp Spk
Bergeron, Sebastian--Humor, Duo
Bradley, Michelle--OO
Branch, Ashley--Story
Cole, Kelly--Info, Prose
Davis, Tyler--Humor
Falk, Ryan--Humor
Fideler, Kori--Extemp Rd
Halliday, Logan--Story
Heintze, Michelle--Disco
Julik, Joe--OO, Duo
JungBauer, Evan--Creative
Kappenman, Taylor--Poetry
Kunkel, Adam--Creative, Duo
Leask, Bronwyn--Great Sp
Longley, Ryan--Disco
Nelson, Shawn--Drama
Roesner, Rachel--Extemp Rd
Rosenthal, Sarah--Great Sp, Poetry
Schwartz, Mikaela--Prose
Schwegman, Emily--Humor, Duo
Shim, Joe--OO, Duo
Slinger, Dylan--Extemp Spk
Steinkamp, Jeff--Humor
Sweere, Lisa--Info
Sweere, Melissa--OO
VanSlooten, Carissa--Info
Zeru, Meron--Disco

Forest Lake Results

A long ride to Forest Lake was worth it Saturday, as we had three finalists. Congrats to:

Mike Berger-- 3rd Place Honors Extemp Speaking
Christian Keil--3rd Place Impromptu
Adam Kunkel--5th Place Honors Creative

Way to go, guys!

Forest Lake INFO

We are bringing 33 students, our biggest outing yet. Make sure you are well and on time!!!

LEAVE at 6:30 AM from upper doors. Roster below...if you can't go, you owe your team $15. Let me know ASAP.

Anderson, Kayla- Prose, Duo
Barrett, Abbie- OO
Berger, Mike-ES, Imp
Bergeron, Sebastian- Humor, Duo
Bradley, Michelle- OO
Branch, Ashley- Story
Davis, Tyler-Humor
Denley, Maurita- Disco
Falk, Ryan- Humor
Fideler, Kori- ER
Halliday, Logan- Story
Heintze, Michelle- Disco
Jennings, Tim- ES
JungBauer, Evan- CE
Kappenman, Taylor- Poe
Keil, Christian- ES, Imp
Kunkel, Adam- CE
Leask, Bronwyn- GS
Longley, Ryan- Disco
Lowe, Cody- Info
Nelson, Shawn- Drama
Nylund, Kati- Humor
Rosenthal, Sarah- GS, Poe
Schmidt, Julie- Info, Imp
Schwartz, Mikaela- Pro
Schwegman, Emily- Humor
Shim, Joe- OO
Skluzacek, Simon- Humor
Steinkamp, Jeff- Humor
Sweere, Lisa- Info
Sweere, Melissa- OO
VanSlooten, Carissa- Info
Zeru, Meron- Disco