Prairie State College Speech Team

04/20/2025

The Prairie State Speech Team competed at the Phi Rho Pi national tournament this week and earned Second Place in Individual Sweepstakes and Third Place Overall. Jalen Canty was a Bronze medalist in Poetry Interpretation and a Gold medalist in Prose Interpretation

We are very proud of Nathan Antoine, Jalen Canty, Devin Dale, and Kennedey Walton for their love, passion, and perseverance!

04/10/2025

Congratulations to Jalen Canty, who will represent Prairie State College as a semifinalist at the Phi Rho Pi national tournament! Tomorrow, Jalen will perform in the following semifinals:

8:00 a.m. - Prose Interpretation

10:45 a.m. - Poetry Interpretation

We are so proud of all our students and of the other extraordinary students in Region IV!

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04/05/2025

We made it to Norfolk! Prairie State is ready to Come Sail Away!

03/02/2025

More pics from State!

03/02/2025

Nathan Antoine, Jalen Canty, Devin Dale, and Kennedey Walton traveled with the PSC Speech Team to the Illinois State Tournament at Northern Illinois University this weekend! We had a great time connecting with our friends throughout Illinois while continuing with our success!

Individual results include:

Nathan Antoine:
2-Year Poetry Interpretation - State Champion
2-Year Duo Interpretation with Jalen Canty - 4th Place

Jalen Canty:
Open Poetry Interpretation - 5th Place
2-Year Dramatic Interpretation - State Champion
2-Year Prose Interpretation - State Champion
2-Year Duo Interpretation with Nathan Antoine - 4th Place
2-Year Individual Sweepstakes - State Champion

Kennedey Walton
2-Year Dramatic Interpretation - 5th Place

02/28/2025

Hi Everyone!

We're coming in fresh with updates on our February 2025 team success!

In February, we participated in the Illini Springtime Swing (Part 2), our first asynchronous tournament! Here are the results:

Nathan Antoine - 4th place in Speech to Entertain, 6th place in Duo with Jalen Canty, 2nd place in Poetry Interpretation
Jalen Canty - 6th place in Duo with Nathan Antoine and 4th place in Poetry Interpretation
Kennedey Walton - 7th place in Dramatic Interpretation and 6th place in Poetry Interpretation

Devin Dale also contributed to our team success with his Speech to Entertain!

On February 14-15, 2025, we competed at the Harper College tournament where we placed 3rd Place in Individual Events Sweepstakes and 4th Place Overall. Individual results include:

Nathan Antoine - 5th place in Speech to Entertain, 1st place in Duo with Jalen Canty, 4th place in Poetry Interpretation, and 4th in Individual Sweepstakes
Jalen Canty - 1st place in Duo with Nathan Antoine and 1st place in Poetry Interpretation, 1st place in Prose Interpretation, and 2nd place in Individual Sweepstakes
Kennedey Walton - 4th place in Dramatic Interpretation

Devin Dale also contributed to our team success with his Speech to Entertain!

01/30/2025

This post is just a tiiiiny bit delayed!

On Saturday, January 18, 2025, the Prairie State Speech Team traveled to the College of DuPage Frank-ly Speaking Tournament and placed 3rd as a team in the Community College Division and 5th in the Overall Division.

Individual student results:

Nathan Antoine - 2nd Place in Open Duo Interpretation (with Jalen Canty), 2nd Place in Community College Speech to Entertain, and 4th Place in Open Poetry Interpretation

Jalen Canty - 2nd Place in Open Duo Interpretation (with Nathan Antoine), 1st Place in Open Prose Interpretation, and 1st Place in Open Poetry Interpretation

Devin Dale - 5th Place in Community College Speech to Entertain

Kennedey Walton - 4th Place in Open Dramatic Interpretation

Next up for Prairie State is the Harper College Tournament on February 14-15, 2025!

01/12/2025

Today, the Pioneer Speechies attended the John A. Logan College New Year's Warmup Tournament.

Prairie State earned 2nd Place as a team and Jalen Canty earned 2nd Place in Individual Sweepstakes!

Everyone contributed! Here are our results:

Speech to Entertain - Devin Dale - 6th and Nathan Antoine - 5th

Dramatic Interpretation - Kennedey Walton - 2nd

Duo Interpretation - Jalen Canty and Nathan Antoine - 1st

Prose Interpretation - Jalen Canty - 1st

Poetry Interpretation - Kennedey Walton - 4th, Jalen Canty - 2nd, and Nathan Antoine - 1st

Thanks to our friends at Logan for a great tournament!

10/27/2024

Congrats to the team for our 6th Place finish at the Moraine Valley College Tournament!

Devin Dale attended his first tournament!

Kennedey Walton was a multiple finalist in Novice DI (5th Place) and Poetry (2nd Place)!

And, Nathan Antoine (3rd Place) and Jalen Canty (1st Place) continued their success in Open Poetry!

We had so much fun, but missed our Lindsey! Good thing she just happened to need gas right as we were filling up near school!

Let's go Pioneers!