Fitch athletes win big in speech competition

AUSTINTOWN — Travis Watson and Mark Cornman love to compete.

Watson was a successful middle school wrestler at Austintown several years back, and Cornman has played football for the Falcons all four years of high school.

But a couple of years ago they found an academic outlet for their competitive drive: the speech and debate team.

They now own a state championship in public forum debate.

Coaches John Mazzucco and Alysia D’Amico say the two are the first public forum and debate state champs the Mahoning Valley has produced in the five years since the category was introduced.

Read the full story Monday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com.