Local elementary school students faced off Thursday in the annual 4-H/ Tropicana public speaking contest.

Local elementary school students faced off Thursday in the annual 4-H/ Tropicana public speaking contest.

The students, who represented both of Franklin County’s public schools as well as the First Baptist School in Apalachicola, were asked to give a speech between 2 and 3 minutes long, which were then rated by a panel of 3 judges.

This year's winner in the 6^th grade division was Mya Huckeba from the Apalachicola Bay Charter School who talked about the importance of dance.

Zariah Harvey from the ABC school came in second with a speech about dancer Misty Copeland.

The winner in the 4^th and 5^th grade division was Elena Rodriguez, from the Apalachicola Bay Charter School whose topic was “Camping.”

Bailey Allen, also from the ABC school, came in second with a speech about gymnastics

Other speech topics included softball, my cat, bizarre dinosaurs, the Eastpoint Fire and Hurricane Michael.

All the contestants got plaques – the winners get scholarships to 4-H camp this summer.

Elena Rodriguez and Mya Huckeba will also represent Franklin County at the District Competition in May in Liberty County.

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