On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one’s mind. It becomes a pleasure.
Oscar Wilde
Pennsylvania High School Speech League
Extemporaneous Speaking Winners
2018 MEHUL GUPTA, Cumberland Valley, Mechanicsburg
  
  
2017 JACK ODOM, Unionville, Kennett Square
  
2016 NOAH LEE, Cumberland Valley, Mechanicsburg
2015	SECKIN KARA, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
  
  2014	NOAH KATCHER, Altoona Area High School, Altoona
  
  2013	ROBERT MCDONOUGH, Holy Ghost Prep, Bensalem
  
  2012	MATT RAUEN, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills 
  
 
  2011	SAM REYNOLDS, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh 
  
  2010	SAM REYNOLDS, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
  
  2009	JOHN LISMAN, E. L. Myers High School, Wilkes-Barre
  
  2008 	STACEY CHEN, North Allegheny High School, Wexford
  
  2007	LUKE REILLY, St. Joseph's Preparatory, Philadelphia 
  
  2006 	HARTFORD HODGES, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
  
  2005	BEN MOORE, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
  
  2004 	PAUL KATZ, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
  
  2003	BRYAN REINHOLT, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
  
  2002	ED SHEPPARD, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
  
  2001 	GREG WAGMAN, Dallastown High School, Dallastown 
  
  2000 	MATTHEW POSIVAK, St. Joseph's Preparatory, Philadelphia
  
  1999	STEPHEN CHRIST, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
  
  1998	SCOTT POLLACK, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
  
  1997 	MATT CORNELL, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
  
  1996	TARA BORGHARD, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills 
  
  1995 	ANDREW SHULMAN, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore 
  
  1994 	ANDREW SHULMAN, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore 
  
  1993 	DEBRA SHULMAN, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore 
  
  1992 	VIVEK MOITRA, Somerset High School, Somerset --- LEIGH HOUSEHOLDER, Riverside High School, Ellwood City
  
  1993 	PATRICK PETRELLI, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem --- KELLY COOPER, Oakland Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1994 	BRIAN BEDONT, Peters Township High School, McMurray --- JEAN RHEE, Gateway High School, Monroeville
  
  1995 	JOHN GOTASKIE, Shikellamy High School, Sunbury --- JEAN RHEE, Gateway High School, Monroeville
  
  1996 	MICHAEL TIDD, LaSalle College High School, Philadelphia --- HEATHER KNOUSE, Danville High School, Danville
  
  1997 	MICHAEL TIDD, LaSalle College High School, Philadelphia --- KATHERINE SITES, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
  
  1998 	BRIAN REGLI, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Cornwell Heights --- ELLEN CHUBIN, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
  
  1999 	AARON SOBEL, Kiskiminetas Springs School, Saltsburg --- ARLEYN ZUHOSKY, Mercer Area High School, Mercer
  
  1984	MICHAEL KELLY, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- INDIRA LAKSHMANAN, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1983 	PASQUALE ROCCO, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem --- ANDREA KUPFER, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1982	JAMES BASILE, LaSalle College High School, Philadelphia --- BETH DOUGHERTY, Seton LaSalle High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1981	GREGORY BURTON, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Cornwells Heights --- INDIRA LAKSHMANAN, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1980	BRIAN VANNORDEN, Greater Latrobe High School, Latrobe --- PAM MILLER, North Hills High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1979	GREGORY BURTON, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Cornwells Heights --- MARY PETERS, Forest Hills High School, Sidman
  
  1978	JOHN SULLIVAN, Cardinal O'Hara High School, Springfield --- CAROL SCHUTZBANK, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
  
  1977	THOMAS RODDEN, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Cornwells Heights --- SUE HUTCHINSON, Woodrow Wilson High School, Levittown
  
  1976	RICHARD ARNOLD, Keystone Oaks High School, Pittsburgh --- ALLISON LUNG, Delhaas High School, Bristol
  
  1975	THOMAS RUNZO, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- HELEN WITT, Canevin High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1974	ED RODDEN, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Cornwells Heights --- ANNE WEISS, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
  
  1973	LARRY BYRNES, St. Joseph's Preparatory School, Philadelphia --- KATHLEEN BUECHEL, Sacred Heart High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1972	PHILLIP KELLMAN, Charleroi Area High School, Charleroi --- KATHY RUFFING, Fontbonne Academy, Bethel Park
  
  1971	THOMAS HOPKINS, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- JEANETTE SEYBOLD, Cardinal Dougherty High School, Philadelphia
  
  1970	ANTHONY CRISAFIO, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- DEBBIE EDWARDS, Moon High School, Coraopolis
  
  1969	LAWRENCE RANALLO, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- ABBY SNIDERMAN, Peabody High School, Pittsburgh 
  
  1968	FRANK DEMMY, Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg --- MARY HUBER, Sacred Heart High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1967	CHIP BELL, Tarentum High School, Tarentum --- MARY WILEY, North Hills High School, Pittsburgh
  
  1966 	MARK MANCINE, Cathedral Preparatory School, Erie --- EMILY SAMUELS, Thomas Jefferson High School, Pittsburgh 
  
  1965	JAY REICH, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh --- JANICE ZARNIC, Thomas Jefferson High School, Pittsburgh 
  
  1964	JAMES WISNIEWSKI, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- DOROTHY REDDINGTON, Marywood Seminary, Scranton
  
  1963	ROBERT SINGLEY, Hempfleld Area High School, Greensburg --- SEVERINE BROCKI, Villa Marla Academy, Erie
  
  1962 	RODNEY JONES, Eisenhower High School, Norristown --- CAROLE PRENTOCK, Central Catholic High School, Dubois
  
  
  
