The Okarche High School speech team competed in two virtual speech tournaments the last two weekends and won the class 3A sweepstakes award in both.

Five OHS students competed Nov. 12-14 in the “Muskogee Little Nationals,” one of the oldest tournaments in the nation, and edged Wilburton High School by one point to claim the top school award in the class 3A.

Nine Okarche students won the Marlow tournament held Nov. 19-21.

Shattuck High School took second and Hen-nessey third.

Individual results from Muskogee are as follows:

• Madison Schaefer - first in both prose and standard oratory,

• Kaylea Steelman second in poetry,

• Brody Sadler - second in standard oratory, and,

• Afton Shirey - second in prose.

Individual results from Marlow include these OHS speech team members:

• Mackenzie Stewart - first in both monologue and original oratory,

• Emily Neuenschwander - second in humorous interp,

• Kaylea Steelman third in humorous interp,

• Madison Schaefer second in prose,

• Chloe Goble - second in standard oratory,

• Kylie Bailey and Riley Black - first in dramatic duet; Black was also second in dramatic interp and a finalist in monologue,

• Marley Hill and Kenzie Beard - second in dramatic duet; Beard was a finalist in poetry, too.

The OHS speech team will next compete Dec. 3-5 in the Oologah Virtual Tournament.