EXPOSITORY SPEAKING: First Place: Josie Phillips (Eagle Point Jr. High); Second Place: Tiffini Stark (Hanby Middle School); Third Place: Shaw Patton (Eagle Point Jr. High); Finalist: Felicia Sherrill (Eagle Point Jr. High).

RADIO COMMENTARY: First: Kelsey Helgeson (Eagle Point Jr. High); Second Place: Rachel Sohl (Ashland Middle School); Third Place: Shasta Bateman (Eagle Point Jr. High); Finalists: Alex Amarotico (Ashland Middle School), and Tim Philip (Eagle Point Jr. High).

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: First Place: Tory Peil (Ashland Middle School); Second Place: Kylie Keppler (Eagle Point Jr. High); Third Place: Jordan Rooklyn (Ashland Middle School); Finalists: Madigan Thivierge (Ashland Middle School); Hannah Weschkul (Ashland Middle School); and Zaya McSky (Ashland Middle School).

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION: First Place: Ross Redfield (MacLaughlin Middle School); Second Place: Taylor Jefferson (Shady Cove/Elk Trail); Third Place: Dominic Sammons (Ashland Middle School); Finalists: Ethan Knowles (Ashland Middle School); Annie Perryman (Rogue River Middle School); and Tiger Torelle (Ashland Middle School).

SERIOUS INTERPRETATION: First Place: Jenna Wallace (Shady Cove/ Elk Trail); Second Place: Tara Whipple (Shady Cove/ Elk Trail); Third Place: Carolyn Rotar (Eagle Point Jr. High); Finalists: Cheyenne Lund (Eagle Point Jr. High); Tabatha Gustafson (MacLaughlin Middle School); and Rachel Erickson (Eagle Point High School).

POETRY: First Place: Amanda Engler (MacLaughlin Middle School); Second Place: Dominic Sammons (Ashland Middle School); Third Place: Leah Ungermann (Eagle Point Jr. High); Finalists: Melissa Stratton (Hedrick Middle School); Ashlley Marriott (Rogue River Middle School) and Dennis McGaffery (Ashland Middle School).

DUAL INTERPRETATION: First Place: Kayla Axtell and Abby Millien (Eagle Point Jr. High); Second Place: Josh Renfro and Jamison Loop (Rogue River Middle School); Third Place: Kelsey Heider and Nicole Lucas (Eagle Point Jr. Hight); Finalists: Ryan Primm and Grant Nelson (MacLaughlin Middle School), Ashley Green and Tiger Torelle (Ashland Middle School), and Jessica Wasniewski and Shannon Revil (Hanby Middle School).