CCMS Speech Team Wins Laker Invitational Speech Tournament

Calloway County Middle School's Speech Team finished first overall in the junior division at the Laker Invitational Speech Tournament on January 18th at Calloway County High School. Henry County placed second and Murray Middle placed third.

CCMS had five tournament champions in their events including Amanda Ezinma in both declamation and oratory, Zoree Whitley in dramatic interpretation, Allyson Turner in impromptu, and Andrew Dunnaway in storytelling.

In declamation, Kensley Hutson placed fourth. In duo acting, the team of McKenna Hopgood and Allyson Turner placed third. In extemporaneous speaking, Lorynn Russell placed third and Emma Hixson placed fourth. In humorous interpretation, Ethan Pervine placed second. Amanda Ezinma placed second in impromptu. In improvisational duo, the team of Pervine and Dunnaway placed third, Meghan Scott-Duncan and Zoree Whitley placed fourth. The improv team of Patience Hunt and Madelyn Tudor placed sixth. In poetry, Meghan Scott-Duncan placed third, Allyson Turner placed fourth and McKenna Hopgood placed sixth. In prose, McKenna Hopgood placed third and Madelyn Tudor placed fifth. In storytelling, McKinley Marshall placed fifth.