The 37th Annual Austintown Optimist Speech Tournament was held recently at Fitch High School. The results:

The 37th Annual Austintown Optimist Speech Tournament was held recently at Fitch High School. The results:
TEAM SWEEPSTAKES
1st: Howland High School, 79.25 points
2nd: Cardinal Mooney High School, 74.5 points
3rd: Austintown Fitch High School, 71.5 points
4th: Poland High School, 67.75 points
5th: Niles McKinley High School, 67.5 points
6th: Boardman High School, 64 points
KEN CARANO POWER SWEEPSTAKES
1st: Howland High School, 77 points
2nd: Canfield High School, 59 points
3rd: Austintown Fitch High School, 50 points
4th: Poland High School, 42 points
5th: Cardinal Mooney High School, 39 points
6th: Boardman High School, 28 points
ORATORICAL INTERPRETATION
1st: Brianna Lockett, Cardinal Mooney
2nd: Chelsea Kostellic, Poland
3rd: Sara Brocious, Howland
4th: Chelsea Sinchak, Austintown Fitch
5th: Suneet Dhillon, Canfield
6th: Jared Buker, Poland
7th: Amanda Franklin, Austintown Fitch
ORIGINAL ORATORY
1st: Kelsey Schaefer, Austintown Fitch
2nd: Stephanie Johnstone, Poland
3rd: Jeanine Awad, Cardinal Mooney
4th: Vickey McBride, Ursuline
5th: Chirag Dhami, Howland
6th: Laura Celidonio, Austintown Fitch
7th: Patrick Hewitt, Warren JFK
HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION
1st: Kelley Raines, Centerville
2nd: Ron Aulet, Niles McKinley
3rd: Christine Horvath, Poland
4th: Kristyn Spetsios, Howland
5th: Paul Sauline, Cardinal Mooney
6th: Bill Klein, Austintown Fitch
7th: Christine Olding, Centerville
DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
1st: Darien Brucoli, Howland
2nd: Julia Barham, Austintown Fitch
3rd: Gina Philibin, Cardinal Mooney
4th: Amber Phelps, Chaney
5th: Ross Bixler, Howland
6th: Georgia Cassano, Austintown Fitch
7th: Barbara Hartley, Howland
UNITED STATES EXTEMP
1st: Jay Houser, Austintown Fitch
2nd: Rena Passas, Boardman
3rd: Anthony Esposito: Canfield
4th: Dave Ghioldi, Boardman
5th: Deanna Robertson, Canfield
6th: Alex Draime, Howland
7th: Molly Barns, Poland
INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP
1st: Joseph St. George, Cardinal Mooney
2nd: Braxton Forde, Boardman
3rd: Nicole Averell, Howland
4th: Steve Evinsky, Niles McKinley
5th: Erica Zarlenga, Canfield
6th: Laura Dankovich, Canfield
7th: Carly Werner, Canfield
PROSE/POETRY
1st: Natalie Suzelis, Ursuline
2nd: Casey Merritt, Howland
3rd: Rebecca McCullough, Howland
4th: Abby Kibler, Lisbon
5th: Caroline, Lehrer, Centerville
6th: Kaitlin Dockry, Austintown Fitch
7th: Stephanie Hallock, Niles McKinley
DUO INTERPRETATION
1st: Mike Teutsch and Lysie Shutrump, Canfield
2nd: Kelly Grove and Deanna Pesa, Poland
3rd: Carrie Yozwiak and Sara Pecchia, Canfield
4th: David Lawson and Sarah McConnell, Boardman
5th: Joey Monda and Courtney Franklin, Canfield
6th: Erin Dean and Katie Keene, Niles McKinley
7th: Jeremy Frazer and Casandra Dohar, Cardinal Mooney
IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
1st: Christine Kim, Howland
2nd: Anu Tuli, Howland
3rd: Jill Flauto, Poland
4th: Lauren Dalvin, Canfield
5th: Lindsay Kuhn, Canfield
6th: Michaela Caventer, Chaney
7th: Dana Griesmer, Canfield
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
1st: David Walsh, Boardman
2nd: Aimee Wallace, Poland
3rd: Sean Pakos, Niles McKinley
4th: Brendan Davis, Howland
5th: Michael Perry, Cardinal Mooney
6th: Tom Lipinsky, Poland
7th: Cara Repasky, Springfield
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
1st: Alyson Pollice and Yasmin Ghassab: Boardman
2nd: Mike Detwiler and Ashley Devenport: Austintown Fitch
3rd: Tony Brooks and Nick Stryffler: Austintown Fitch
4th: Sarah Lewis and Valerie Desmond: Girard
5th: Ashley Johns and Sable Beshara: Canfield
6th: Chris Landers and Thayne Johnson, Boardman
7th: Mike Butler and Kara warren, Austintown Fitch
Source: Ohio High School Speech League spokesman