Plymouth Speech Team takes second a Glenbrook

PLYMOUTH — Select members of the PHS Speech team competed at the two-day Glenbrook Speech and Debate Tournament on Nov. 23 and 24. This tournament is the largest regular-season speech and debate competition in the nation.


Plymouth placed second in the speech section falling to Arch Bishop Mitty from California. Claire Lewandowski and Dariel Herrera placed 2nd in Duo, while Herrera also took home 5th place in Drama.
Semifinalists included Olivia Burch in Humor, Olivia Burch and Dylan Buchanan in Duo, Waylon Pitts and Rylan James in Duo, Claire Lewandowski in Drama, Angel Oviedo in Drama, and Lyli Seidelman in POI. Quarterfinalists included Katie Fritz in Informative and Tyler Travis in Extemporaneous Speaking. Others competing were Cora Hanes in Informative and Madelyn Hutchings in POI and Duo.
This is the first time Plymouth has earned a team trophy at Glenbrook since 2003.