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Upper St. Clair Takes Second at State Forensics Tournament
More than 400 schools participated in the tournament.
Upper St. Clair High School is celebrating its success at the PHSSL State Tournament.
"We had an outstanding weekend, with three state champions, three more third-place finishers and numerous quarter and semi-finalists on the team," head coach Rich Platts said. "By far, our team's most successful showing at this prestigious event."
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Upper St. Clair finished second overall in the state just behind Philadelphia powerhouse Holy Ghost Prep, and won a rotating award called the Lutz Award.
Below is a full list of the awards:
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Team Awards:
2nd place overall at the PHSSL State Tournament
Winner of the rotating Lutz Trophy
District 3 Overall Award
Students and Awards:
Brenna Carse (Junior) Extemporaneous Commentary 1st Place - State Champion
Madison Chafin (Senior) Oral Interpretation of Poetry 1st Place- State Champion
Trudel Pare (Senior) Persuasive Oratory 1st Place - State Champion
George Sun (Junior) Extemporaneous Speaking 3rd Place
The team of:
Kylee Banton (Senior) & Mandy Seiner (Junior) Duo Interpretaion of Literature 3rd Place
Qinglan Huang (Senior) Impromptu Speaking Semifinalist
Eva Roy (Junior) Oral Interpretation of Prose Semifinalist
The team of:
Hunter Lantzman (Freshman), Chase Miller (Freshman) & Alex Bowman(Junior) Parliamentary Debate Semifinalists
The team of:
Jordan Ryan (Junior), Sydney Turnwald (Junior) & JP Miller (Junior) Parliamentary Debate Quarterfinalists
The team of:
Elizabeth Faeth (Senior) & Sharon Gao (Senior) Public Forum Debate Quarterfinalists
Nicole Shoemaker (Senior) Student Congress Clerk Award
Also qualifying to the PHSSL State tournament:
Ben Stalnaker (Junior) Radio Announcing
Younos Manfoud (Junior) Extemporaneous Speaking
Next up, the team will travel to Philadelphia over Memorial Day weekend to compete in the Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament with 13 national qualifiers.
In June, the team will participate in the National Forensics League's National Tournament in Birmingham, AL.
Other team coaches include Ben Edwards and Dave Watson.
Other District 3 schools include:
- Baldwin High School
- Bethel Park High School
- Bishop Canevin High School
- Keystone Oaks High School
- Lakeview Christian Academy
- Moon Area High School
- Mt. Lebanon High School
- Oakland Catholic High School
- Peters Township High School
- Allderdice High School
- Central Catholic High School
- Upper St. Clair High School
- West Allegheny High School
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