Congratulations to the Oak Lawn Speech Team for taking second place at state this weekend!
Taking a historic 12 events to state, Oak Lawn broke 8 events into finals. Overall, Mariam Chuli took third in Humorous Interpretation, Maya Quiñonez took second in Poetry Reading, Orlando Ramirez and Maya Quiñonez took second in Humorous Duet Acting, Emma Faucault-Miller took fourth in Oratorical Declamation, Mariana Salazar took first in Original Oratory and third in Informative Speaking, Tori Prause took second in Radio Speaking, and Layla Nemri took sixth in Special Occasion Speaking.
The team is coached by Matt Capriola and Mike Olsson with assistants Bob Beland, Samantha Elliott, Joe Probst, Elizabeth Swan, Paul Harris, Jonathan McLawhorn, Hanna Harris, Bianca Honeycutt, and Abbey Dayton.