At the State competition March 8-9, speech won the State title for the 14th consecutive year with a score of 202.
“I’m so happy,” Tara Gaither, senior and speech president said. “The whole team has worked so hard for this moment and we have been stressing about it all season. Everyone on the team deserves it so much and I am so proud of everyone.”
In addition, nine speech members qualified for the National competition at Districts March 2. They will be attending Nationals in June in Des Moines, Iowa.
Seniors Kai Washington, Claire Han, Ari Jamerson, Tara Gaither, Josh Decker, Delaney Craig, juniors Jordan Fefferman, Addy Ellis and Niah Maduakolam all qualified.
“I feel excited and privileged to be able to go,” Delaney said. “I’m proud of the extreme hard work Josh and I put into our duo to have this opportunity.”
