The PHS Speech and Debate teams competed at the 52nd annual John Marshall Speech and Debate Tournament at Marshall University on February 8-9. The team brought home 25 individual awards in a field of 11 schools across four states.
Team Awards
- 3rd overall sweeps
- 2nd debate sweeps
- 3rd speech sweeps
- Traveling Trophy winner (our 9th time in JM history and highest number of wins)
Individual Sweeps (out of 119 competitors)
- Elijah Conger - 4th
- Daphne Cockerham - 8th
Congress Senate - Derek Roberts, 1st
Congress House - Daphne Cockerham, 2nd; Pallavi Sundaram, 6th
Poetry - Elijah Conger, 2nd; Amelia Davis, 6th
Extemp Interp - Amelia Davis, 2nd; Elijah Conger, 3rd; Daphne Cockerham, 5th
Varsity Public Forum - Pallavi Sundaram/ Isabel Bhati, semifinalists; Pallavi, top speaker
Novice Public Forum - Henry Barry/ Will Bashaw, 1st; Henry, top speaker
Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate - Blake Riggs, quarter finalist
Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate - Henry Barry, semifinalist
Broadcasting - Lily-Rose Walker, 3rd; Elijah Conger, 6th
Declamation - Dorothy Clark, 3rd
Dramatic Interp - Daphne Cockerham, 3rd; Elijah Conger, 5th
Impromptu - Daphne Cockerham, 6th
Prose - Brittany Ward, 5th and Top Novice
Speech and Debate coach, Lori Zyla, was also awarded the Danny Ray and Clara Adkins Heart of Forensics Award. Congratulations to all!