Different Path, Same Goal: Wheeling Park High School Speech Team After Its 41st Consecutive State Title | News, Sports, Jobs

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Towne Moores, far left, a member of the Wheeling Park High School speech team, practices before her classmates in preparation for the upcoming state championship tournament slated for March 13.
WHEELING — The Wheeling Park High School speech team is on its way to a 41st consecutive state championship this month, but this time members take a virtual highway and not a school bus to get there.
“We’re still on the road to number 41,” said captain Lauren Marquart. “We just hit a pothole last year because of COVID, and it was a deep one.”
Last year the West Virginia Speech and Debate Association canceled its tournament amid COVID-19 concerns. But over the summer, the National Speech and Debate Association created a format for doing speech competitions virtually.

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