Alexis Cunningham’23, seniors Kathan Reddy and Grant Hillman, and Tara Hoffman’22. (Courtesy/Alex Graham’20)

Twenty-five Academy Speech and Debate students faced off against 7 schools in 4 rounds per category at Upper Arlington on Saturday, December 7.

Ninth-grader Alexis Cunningham won 2nd place in Declamation.

The Public Forum team of seniors Grant Hillman and Kathan Reddy placed 3rd, and sophomore Tara Hoffman earned 5th in US Extemporaneous.

The team’s next tournament is on January 4 at Gahanna-Lincoln.