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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 […]
Staff Writer 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, said head coach Bill Cornforth. The team once again won the overall sweepstakes of the 2021 West Virginia Speech and Debate Tournament, with team members also taking home another 12 individual first-place trophies. This year’s tournament took place virtually after the 2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID concerns, and students competed from classrooms at their home schools. There was no tr...
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 COVID-19 concerns, and students competed from classrooms at their home schools. There was no travelin...