Meyers Debate

E.L. Meyers Speech and Debate Team

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The head coaches Sarah and Joe Borland are representing the team at the high school’s welcoming festivities.

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It’s fitting that the last day and the last competition of the Meyers Speech & Debate Team was on the national stage. Michaela Barney was an outstanding representative of all who came before her. Congratulations and thank you, Michaela.

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But for the pandemic, Michaela would have been spending the week in Des Moines, engaging in person with her accomplished peers in the speech & debate world.

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Thus morning Michaela Barney begins competition in her quest for the national championship in original oratory on behalf of Meyers at the NSDA virtual national tournament.

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Proud to announce that Michaela placed 4th in original oratory.

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Michaela Barney has broken to finals in original oratory.

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Sarah Borland is coaching and judging.

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Michaela is competing with students from 35 schools in ten states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, and New York.

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Michaela Barney is representing the Meyers Speech & Debate Team in original oratory at Southern Lehigh HS’s Spartan Invitational.

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Tio Marello and Patrick Franckiewicz have placed 5th in the state in News Broadcasting.

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You can watch the PHSSL State Championships Awards Ceremony live:

Link to Awards Ceremony Livestream: https://t.co/Nazafg79wN
It will begin at 4pm EST.

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Patrick Franckiewicz and Tio Marello have broken to the state championship finals in News Broadcasting.

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Day 2 of the PHSSL Championships about to get underway. Tio Marello and Patrick Franckiewicz still moving forward in News Broadcasting.

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Tio Marello and Patrick Franckiewicz have broken to semi-finals in News Broadcasting at the state championships.

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Assisting the team in coaching and judging capacities are Victoria Kwok, Christian Hernandez and Sarah Borland.

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Representing Meyers at the state championships are seniors Tio Marello and Patrick Franckiewicz in news broadcasting and junior Angel Estrella in Lincoln-Douglas debate.

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The virtual PHSSL State Championships are about to begin.

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@SalRizzo2 Thanks, Sal

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Michaela Barney has qualified to compete in the national championships of the National Speech & Debate Association in original oratory.

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The NSDA championships will be virtual one more time and would have been in Des Moines this year.

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Michaela Barney’s accomplishment is all the more notable in consideration of original oratory having the largest field of all speech events.