HENRY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Susan Burton
Communications Director
Hendersonville, TN – The Henry County Speech Team competed in the Commando Invitational over the weekend with over 20 other high schools and 6 middle schools participating in multiple events. The middle school team placed third in the competition and the high school team placed sixth in a tough competition.
Speech team coach, David Weatherly, explains “This was the final tournament for the middle school this year. The high school team travels to Cookeville for the national qualifying tournament next weekend and will be hosting the State qualifier at HCHS on March 28th & 29th.”
The following individuals placed in their events:
HIGH SCHOOL
Dramatic Interpretation
Tim Tyler 3rd
Joshua Lancaster 4th
Canaan Barrow 7th
Anna Jo Wardlaw 8th
Duo Interpretation
Lancaster/Maple Townsend 3rd
Impromptu Speaking
Townsend 2nd
Poetry
Wardlaw 4th
Prose
Lancaster 2nd
Program Oral Interpretation
Logan Barnhart 4th
TV Broadcasting
Matt Ybarra 5th
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Declamation
Parker Vowell 1st
Improvisational Duo Acting
Allie Stephens/Elijah Adamson 1st
Extemporaneous Speaking
Madison Duncan 4th
Poetry
Grey Mixon 1st
Vowell 2nd
Kegan Belote 3rd
Stephens 4th
Prose
Adamson 4th
Storytelling
Mixon 3rd