SCAPA Speech Team Captures #28

SCAPA at Bluegrass has won yet another title at the 2025 State Junior Speech Tournament,  sponsored by the Kentucky High School Speech League. It’s SCAPA’s 28th consecutive championship. Congratulations to all their competitors!

State Results

• Broadcast Announcing: 2. Lucy Shepherd; 4. Ellie Crawford
• Declamation: 6. Lucy Shepherd
• Dramatic Interpretation: 3. Yunia Huffman; 5. Alyssa Marino
• Duo Acting: 1. Katelyn Windhorn and Leah Gillispie; 2. Caitlyn Douglas and Jonathan Owens
• Extemporaneous Speaking: 2. Caitlyn Douglas; 4. Neya Sathya
• Humorous Interpretation: 1. Jonathan Owens; 4. Leah Gillispie
• Impromptu: 1. Neya Sathya; 2. Noor Badin
• Improvisational Duo: 1. Patton Barlow-Fiero and Ella Harris; 2. Cat Bravo and Katelyn Windhorn
• Original Oratory: 1. Caitlyn Douglas; 3. Neya Sathya
• Poetry: 1. Henry Calter; 3. Katelyn Windhorn
• Prose: 1. Ella Harris; 2. Alyssa Marino; 4. Finley Mallory
• Storytelling: 1. Carys Moore; 4. Finley Mallory

The speech league offers membership to all schools -- public, private, and home schools -- serving students in grades 4-12 in Kentucky. These contests train students how to conduct themselves in public settings, how to successfully communicate ideas, how to empathize with others via character analysis, how to read critically, and how to research properly. 

Frederick Douglass High School hosted this year's statewide competition Feb. 21-22.