Cassville High School Speech and Debate students competed in the Big 8 Speech and Debate Tournament at Mt. Vernon on Feb. 8. CHS Speech and Debate earned first place in the Big 8 Conference at this tournament. Individual results are as follows: Duet, Maddock Roark and Eli Roark, 2nd; Prose, Kim Hang, Conference Champion, Ayla Roberts, 2nd; Radio, Maddock Roark, Conference Champion, Tierany Sloan, 2nd; HI, Kim Hang, Conference Champion, Jaret Hinson, 4th; Story, Toby Oliphant, Conference Champion, Kim Hang, 2nd; Info, Ayla Roberts, Conference Champion, Glandy Salas, 3rd; FX, Jaret Hinson, 2nd; Poetry, Toby Oliphant, 3rd, Tierany Sloan, 4th; DI, Toby Oliphant, 3rd, Charles Deidker, 6th; DX, Maddock Roark, 3rd, David Rebach, 5th; OO, Tierany Sloan, 4th, Glandy Salas, 6th; Duo, Mason Rillstone and David Rebach, 6th. Contributed photos