PHS Speech Team wins state tournament

3-12-25      Wednesday News    9 P.M.   E- 5

The Plymouth High School Speech Team clinched the AA State championship and the overall state championship, defeating second-place Munster, third-place Avon, fourth-place Penn, and 75 other schools at Fishers High School.

Senior Dariel Herrera was voted to be the James Hawker Mental Attitude Scholarship Winner, awarded by the Speech and Debate Board. Seven seniors were nominated from schools across the state. Dariel won two championships in Duo Interpretation and achieved three runner-up finishes in Duo and Drama throughout his high school career. This marks the second consecutive year that a member of the Plymouth Speech Team has received this scholarship. Last year, Cassidy Riddle was the recipient of the scholarship.

All 29 students from Plymouth High School contributed to the school's total of 196 points this year. Last year, Plymouth scored 200 points. This marks the 8th Lawson Trophy that Plymouth has won, with the previous victory occurring in 2009.

The following students represented Plymouth:

QUARTER FINALISTS

Maddie Harness  Foreign Extemp

Nathan King  Declamation

Marcy Sickmiller  Declamation

Landon Cooper / Hayli Sullivan Duo Interp

Brice Hoover  Humorous Interep

Cora Hanes Informative

Lyli Seidelmann POI

SEMI FINALIST

Ray Ye  Declamation

Kylinn Kain  Poetry

Eva Macy  Discussion

Madelyn Hutchings Humor

Brandon Woods Humor

Katelyn Golba Drama

Claire Lewandowski. Drama

Katie Fritz Informative

Kylin Kain Poetry

Angel Oviedo  Prose

Audriana Flores. Prose

5TH PLACE

Angel Oviedo Drama

Alex Kizer.  Informative

4TH PLACE

Alex Kizer  Broadcasting

Joel Rodriguez / Audriana Flores. OP

Madelyn Hutchings. POI

Lance Weldon. Prose

3RD PLACE

Estela Mendez Poetry

Estela Mendez POI

Waylon Pitts and Rylan James. Duo

Tyler Travis USA Extemp

2ND PLACE

Dariel Herrera Drama

Olivia Burch.  Humor

Olivia Burch and Dylan Buchanon. Duo

Lyli Seidelmann Prose

1ST Place

Dariel Herrera and Claire Lewandowski. Duo

Waylon Pitts and Rylan James OP Duo