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
Oral interpretation of Prose Winners
2018 SOPHIA DIPLACIDO, McDowell High School, Erie
2017 MAGGIE BIOSKY, Gwynedd Mercy Academy, Gwynedd Valley
2016 MASSIMO CIFFELI, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2015 MADELINE ROWE, Mercer Area High School, Mercer
2014 ANTONIO GIL, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2013 ABIGAIL GORMAN, Bishop Shanahan High School,, Dowingtown
2012 JOHN BATTAGLIESE, Bishop Shanahan High School, Dowingtown
2011 ZANETA BELL, Notre Dame High School, Easton
2010 MICHAEL DOBUSKI, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2009 CONOR WIGGINTON, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2008 BRIDGET COSGROVE, Scranton High School, Scranton
2007 RACHEL POPOVICH, McKeesport High School, McKeesport
2006 ASHLEY HLEBINSKY, Mount Lebanon High School, Mt Lebanon
2005 STEVE YOST, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2004 DEIRDRE BRETT, Saint Pius X, Pottstown
2003 SUNN CHON, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg
2002 LIZ GIMINO, Shikellamy High School, Sunbury
2001 CHRISTOPHER COSTA, Pocono Mountain High School, Swiftwater
2000 EILEEN WILSON, Scranton High School, Scranton
1999 KEN LATZKO, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
1998 LISSA DRISSEL, St. Hubert's Catholic High School for Girls, Philadelphia
1997 GRAMT KRETCHICK, Wallenpaupack High School, Beach Lake
1996 MICHAEL ZECCA, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
1995 TARYN GRABOWSKI, Scranton High School, Scranton
1994 ELIZABETH DAILY, Trinity High School, Camp ill
1993 TOM BOLAND, Scranton High School, Scranton
1992 MELISSA SCANLAN, Scranton High School, Scranton
1991 BRIAN BUTTLER, Scranton High School, Scranton
1990 MICHAEL MALLOY, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem
1989 NANCY DOWNER, Scranton Central High School, Scranton
1988 MARY SHERIDAN, Lancaster Catholic High School, Lancaster
1987 PATRICK HUNT, Monsignor Bonner High School, Drexel Hill
1986 MARK RIZZO, Scranton Central High School, Scranton
1985 KRISTINE THOMPSON, Scranton Central High School, Scranton
1984 BRENDA DUBOSE, West Catholic Girls High School, Philadelphia
1983 DAVID RICHWINE, Northern High School, Dillsburg
1982 GEORGE GRAFFY, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem
1981 JOYCE MARKEY, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
1980 ROBERT DELCASALE, St. John Neumann High School, Philadelphia
1979 BARRY SMITH, North Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
1978 STEVEN NATHAN, Scranton Central High School, Scranton
1977 JOE LOUIS FINCHER, Central District Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
1976 STEVE PATTERSON, Shikellamy High School, Sunbury
1975 DRINA IEZZI, Woodrow Wilson High School, Levittown
1974 BETTA VICE, Trinity High School, Shiremanstown
1973 TOM STRAUSMAN, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Cornwells Hts.
1972 MONICA MAGNUS, A.D. Eisenhower High School, Norristown
1971 CATHY WILSON, Northern High School, Dillsburg
1970 DAVID PAHNOS, Hempfield Area High School, Hempfield
1969 MERCEDES LAWRY, North Hills High School, Pittsburgh
1968 JOHN GIBSON, North Hills High School, Pittsburgh
1967 KATHLEEN DOTZEL, St. Mary's High School, Wilkes-Barre
1966 PAULA O'BRIEN, Villa Maria Academy, Erie
1965 WILLIAM SILBERMAN, Central District Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
1964 JO ANN GETTY, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg
1963 ROGER WOLF, Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill
1962 LYNNE MOSS, Springfield Township, Philadelphia