The Salem Forensics team won the speech portion of the competition and the Debate team had several members win trophies and medals.
The winners include:
- Lebron Parsell (12th grade)—1st place Extemporaneous Speaking
- Connor Smythers (11th grade) and Colton Easter (11th grade)—1st place Duo
- Charlie Bain (11th grade)—1st place Humorous
- Noah Lovern (11th grade)—1st place Storytelling
- Tara Forrokpoor (8th grade)—1st place Prose
- Hannah Gordon (12th grade)—2nd place Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a 4-0 record
- Claire Rawins (11th grade)—2nd place Impromptu
- Hall Blackwood (11th grade)—2nd place Storytelling
- Rebekah Steinweg (11th grade)—2nd place Student Congress Debate, voted “Most Outstanding Senator”
- Quinn Roudebush (10th grade) and Lillyana Smith (9th grade)—2nd place Duo
- Ava Milton (8th grade)—2nd place Humorous
- Grasyn Mitchell (12th grade)—3rd place Prose
- Pameet Gill (10th grade)—3rd place Original Oratory
- Kaylee Sutphin (9th grade)—3rd place Dramatic
- Aly Ory (8th grade) and Zippy Ellion (8th grade)—3rd place Duo
- Kyra Netting (12th grade)—5th place Dramatic
- Kody Hinnant (9th grade)—5th place Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a 3-1 record
- Holly Vest (8th grade) and Rosalie Botos (8th grade)—6th place Duo
-The Salem Times-Register