A number of area students and speech teams placed well in the 75th Ohio High School Speech League

A number of area students and speech teams placed well in the 75th Ohio High School Speech League State Tournament last weekend at Wooster High School.
TEAM SWEEPSTAKES
1st: Wooster, 63 points.2nd: Boardman High School, 51 points.3rd: Massillon-Perry High School, 39 points.4th: Carrollton High School, 37 points.5th: Howland High School, 36 points.6th: Austintown Fitch High School, 33 points.7th: Massillon-Washington High School, 30 points.8th: Dayton-Oakwood High School, 28 points.9th: Cardinal Mooney High School, 27 points.10th: Hawken High School, 26 points.
Top local individual winners in various categories:
U.S. EXTEMPORANEOUS
2nd: Mark Beatty, Boardman.4th: Jason Laufman, Canfield High School.5th: Felicia Trautman, Niles McKinley High School.6th: Ashley Ulrich, Boardman.
FOREIGN EXTEMPORANEOUS
2nd: James Johnston, Poland Seminary High School.6th: Will Miller, Fitch.
ORIGINAL ORATORY
1st: Ashley Senary, Boardman.2nd: Paul Hutchison, Poland.4th: Shereen Khanuja, Howland.5th: Pat Alexander, Boardman.
ORATORICAL
4th: Carrie Minenor, Fitch.5th: Chad Fernberg, Boardman.7th: Kasey Martini, Niles McKinley.
HUMOR
1st: Ryan Clausen, Fitch.2nd: Dustin Serbin, Niles McKinley.6th: Bernie Schmalzried, Warren J.F.K High School.
PROSE/POETRY
1st: Katura Lockett, Cardinal Mooney.6th: Danelle Durig, Niles McKinley.
DUET ACTING
5th: Jason Madeline and Justin Walters, Boardman.6th: Ryan Phillips and Julie Johnson, Howland.
DUO INTERPRETATION
1st: Diane Pisani and Sean Philibin, Cardinal Mooney.6th: Matt Hernan and Dan Celi, Fitch.
IMPROMPTU
2nd: Richard Smith, Canfield.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
5th (tie): Lexi Moore, Ric Diaz, Eric Palmer, Howland.
FOUR-PERSON DEBATE
1st: Nathan Dana, Stephon Harris, Steve Fannin, Jason Ramsey, West Branch High School.
Source: Eric Simione, Boardman speech coach