Different Path, Same Goal: Wheeling Park High School Speech Team After Its 41st Consecutive State Title | News, Sports, Jobs
Staff Writer Photo by Joselyn King 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 th...