Grapevine High School Senior John Biebighauser advanced tobrthe finals of the National Speech and Debate Championships held in OverlandbrPark, Kansas. The world's largestbracademic competition pitted more than 4,000 students representing 1,100 schoolsbragainst each other in competitive speech and debate activities during the weekbrof June 15-20. Competing in the Humorous Interpretation category, John placed 6thoverall out of more than 300 students for excellence in the comedic reading of “BiblebrCamp: The Musical” by Chris and Ryan Wilkins.