The PHS Speech and Debate spent the weekend at Marshall University competing at the John Marshall speech and debate tournament.

Daphne Cockerham was named the top speaker of the tournament!

Brittany Ward placed third in the overall ranks — out of a field of 120+.

Here is the full breakdown of awards:

Congressional Debate- Henry Berry 1st, Blake Riggs 2nd, Daphne Cockerham 4th

Public Forum-Blake Riggs & Henry Berry, Semifinalists

Oratory-Daphne Cockerham, 1st

Informative-Daphne Cockerham, 1st, Derek Roberts, 5th

Prose-Brittany Ward, 6th

Dramatic Interp-Dorothy Clark, 6th

Broadcasting-Brittany Ward, 3rd

Impromptu-Daphne Cockerham, 3rd, Maddie Richards- semifinalist

Storytelling-Dorothy Clark, 6th

Improv Duo-Daphne Cockerham & Brittany Ward, 1st and Dorothy Clark & Derek Roberts, 6th

Declamation-Dorothy Clark, 3rd and Hayden Carey, 6th

Duo Interp-Daphne Cockerham & Brittany Ward, 4th

Congratulations to all and also a big thank you to Lori Zyla for all of her time and hard work leading these students!

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