Drama/Speech

Speech

The Conestoga Speech team was first established as a co-op with Plattsmouth High School during the 2003-04 school year and became an independent team during the 2007-08 school year.  Since its establishment in 2007, the Conestoga "Trendsetters" Speech Team has produced numerous tournament sweepstakes championships,  six ECNC conference awards, and was named district runner-up in 2011.  The team has had several state qualifiers, and 16 state medalists (Adam Bohan 6th Place Serious Prose 2011; Layla Parmer 3rd Place Persuasive 2016, Zeke Rouse 4th Place Humorous Prose 2016, Jacob Drake, Mandi Jamison, Brittany Stuart, Jeryn Wallace and Riley Weber 6th Place OID 2016; Kiera Mendoza and David Carlton 2nd Place Duet Acting; Jessica Williams 4th Place Persuasive Speaking 2019; Ella Lewis 5th Place Program of Oral Interp, John McConnell 5th Place Extemp, 6th Place Entertainment 2023; 2nd place Informative Speaking and State Champion Extemp 2024), two NCFL national qualifiers, 14 NIETOC national qualifiers and two octafinalists (2016: Layla Parmer Original Oratory; 2017: Zeke Rouse Dramatic Interpretation, Duet Acting, and Kiera Mendoza Duet Acting).