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The Plymouth High School Speech Team won their 43rd straight sectional speech tournament on Saturday with 230 points over second place Penn with 185 points. The team also qualified 38 out of 40 entries for the ISSDA State Speech Tournament on Saturday, March 8 at Fishers High School.
Plymouth won their first sectional tournament in 1982 and they have won every sectional since that time under the direction of just three head coaches: Dan Tyree, David McKenzie, and current head coach Eric Schaefer.
Students qualifying for the state tournament are as follows:
Broadcasting: Alex Kizer
Declamation: Kylinn Kain (champion), Nathan King, Ray Ye, and Marcy Sickmiller.
Discussion: Eva Macey
Drama: Dariel Herrera (champion), Claire Lewandowski, Angel Oviedo, and Katelyn Golba.
Duo: Dariel Herrera/Claire Lewandowski (champions), Waylon Pitts/Rylan James, Olivia Burch/Dylan Buchanon, and Hayli Sullivan/Landon Cooper.
Humor: Brice Hoover, Brandon Woods, Olivia Burch and Madelyn Hutchings,
Impromptu: Tyler Travis (champion)
Informative: Alex Kizer, Katie Fritz, and Cora Hanes.
International Extemp: Maddie Harness and Marcy Sickmiller.
Original Oratory: Maddie Harness (champion)
Original Performance: Rylan James/Waylon Pitts (champions), and Joel Rodriguez/Audriana Flores.
Poetry: Estela Mendez (champion), Ray Ye, and Kylinn Kain.
Program Oral Interp: Madelyn Hutchings, Estela Mendez, and Lylianah Seidelmann.
Prose: Lylianah Seidelmann (champion), Angel Oviedo, Audriana Flores, and Lance Weldon.
US Extemp: Tyler Travis (champion)
The team finished 2nd in the state last year losing to Munster High School by 2 points. Their goal this year, as always, is to come home as state champions.
