Canfield orators advance to state tournament

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Pictured are some of the state qualifiers from the Canfield Speech and Debate team. They are, from left, (front) Andrik Massaro; (back) Jeremy Hamilton (Coach), Julie Gemmel, Rayann Atway, Stephen Gant, Maleck Saleh, Sara Lytle, Bailey Sandin and Jacob Schriner-Briggs (Coach).

The Canfield Speech and Debate team competed at the Youngstown OHSSL District Tournament last weekend in Howland and advanced 33 competitors to the state tournament on March 1-2.

Team members moving on include:

Katharine Morrison (Oratorical Interpretation), Mia Battaglia (Oratorical Interpretation), Katelyn Baltes (Original Oratory), Tim Nesnidol (Humor), Dominique Favre (Humor), Paige Brucoli (Humor), Nathan Pecchia (Drama), Lydia Scheel (Drama), Emily Damelio (Drama), Vivienne Favre (Drama), Maria Kenner (U.S. Extemporaneous), Mike Sorice (U.S. Extemporaneous), Arjun Subramanyam (U.S. Extemporaneous), Richie Abel (International Extemporaneous), Alex Kan (International Extemporaneous), Brandon Brooks (Prose and Poetry), Amanda Benson (Prose and Poetry), Libby Urig (Prose and Poetry), Samantha Armstrong (Prose and Poetry), Rosie Jo Neddy (Duo), Mary Elizabeth Monda (Duo), Gary Zamary (Impromptu), Daniel Tozwiak (Impromptu), Angela Pupino (Impromptu), Andrik Massaro (Lincoln-Douglas Debate), Bailey Sandin (Lincoln-Douglas Debate), Sara Lytle (Lincoln-Douglas Debate), Julie Gemmel (Public Forum Debate), Rayann Atway (Public Forum Debate), Kevin Min (Public Forum Debate), Kareem Soliman (Public Forum Debate), Stephen Gant (Public Forum Debate) and Maleck Saleh (Public Forum Debate).

In the regular season, the team won eight tournaments and placed in the top three in 12 of 14 events. Canfield’s worst finish was sixth out of 37 teams at an event in Wooster.

Canfield will next compete at the national qualifying tournament Feb. 15-16 at Boardman.