Bill Cornforth News Today

WHEELING – The Wheeling Park High School Park Players will perform the iconic musical “Mamma Mia!” on May 3-5 in the J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center at WPHS. You can catch the show at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. The musical, which features some of ABBA’s greatest hits, follows […]

The road to a 44th state championship came to an end for the Wheeling Park High School Speech and Debate team — and the state trophy was there waiting. The Patriots extended their amazing streak at this weekend’s state tournament at West Virginia University. It also marks the first state title without Bill Cornforth, who […]

jking@theintelligencer.net WHEELING — The victory took an extra year in coming, but the wait made the Wheeling Park High School speech team’s 41st consecutive state championship Saturday all the more sweeter, coach Bill Cornforth said. The team was the overall winner of the 2021 West Virginia Speech and Debate Tournament, with team members also taking home another 12 individual 1st place trophies. This year’s tournament took place virtually after the 2020 tournament was canceled due to C...