Brigham Young High School History

State Speech Champions!

1954-55, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1961-62,
1962-1963 x2 & 1963-64 x2


1955 State Class B Champions Brigham Young High
BYH 1955 State Class B Champions, Forensics

Left to Right, Row One: Alberta Jacobs, Carolyn Watts, Steve McDonald, Sherryll Smith, Todd Britsch, Rose Mary Andrus. L to R, Row Two: Swen Swensen, Joan Peterson, Jon Hicken, Principal Morris Shirts, Coach George Lewis, John Hechtle, Eldon Christiansen, Janelle Brimhall, Byron Fisher, Carolyn Barlow.




State Interpretive Meet Champions - April 1957



Note: If you have a copy of the 1961 BYH Wildcat yearbook, please scan the photo and identification text of the group portrait of the 1961 State Forensics Champs, and email the graphic to this website.




BYH 1962 State Class B Champions, Forensics
BYH 1962 State Class B Champions, Forensics

A rousing cheer was offered by BY High's forensics team as they repeated last year's victory in the State Forensics Tournament. Left to Right, Row One: Connie Cannon, George Taylor, Mr. J. Lynn Benson, Coach (holding trophy), Francis Rogers, Steve Grow, David Clark. Row Two: Beverly Burrup, Marcia Ann Nelson, Mary Ellen Stewart, Marie Tyler, Mary Babcock, Marybeth Raynes, Phil Swensen. Row Three: Hal Hullinger, Jim Kirkman, Paul Van Wagenen, John Paxman, Joe Raynes.




State Class B Champions, Drama, Brigham Young High
BYH, 1963 State Class B Champions, Drama

Left to Right, Row One: Les Brown, Dave Beck, Paul Van Wagenen, Bruce Cameron, David Adamson, Greg Vernon, Dan Packard, Brian Rawlings, Rand Johnson, Mark Riddle. Row Two: Marilyn McKinnon, Eileen Sheffield, Ann Peterson, Maren Wright, Mary Lynn Robertson (holding trophy), ReNon Fisher, Dawn Thurston, Annita Bissel, Ann Simmons. Row Three: Reed Smoot, George Taylor, Helen Wakefield, Bariann Trunnell, Janet Cowley, Claudia Keeler, Ann Hickenlooper, Cynthia Benson, Marsha Teichert. Row Four: Francis Rogers, Rand Packer, Verlan Andersen, Norman Darais, Myron Walker, Gerald Johnson.




BYH, 1963 State Class B Champions, Forensics

Left to Right, Row One: David Adamson, Marcia Ann Nelson, Mary Ellen Stewart, Janice Gerber, Ann Simmons, Cynthia Benson, Gina Grow, George Taylor. Row Two: David Beck, Paul Evans, Roger Porter, Mark Riddle, Steve Bankhead, David Whetten, Francis Rogers, Mr. Lynn Benson. Row Three: Hans V. Andersen, Bruce Cameron, Paul Denham, Paul Van Wagenen, Sheldon Miller, Les Brown.




BYH, 1964 State Class B Champions, Drama

Left to Right, Row One, Sitting: Gerald Johnson, Gary Patterson, Greg Christensen, Keith Rigby, Brian Rawlings, Dennis Monson, and Jeff Sorenson. Row Two, Standing: Marie Van Buren, Melodee Lambert, Jeannie Gardiner, Linda Lewis, Carol Babcock, Tafta Johnson, Pam Peterson, Jena Vee Smith, Sandra Compton, Kristen Johnson, Virginia Pond, Claudia Keeler. Row Three, Standing: Mary Helen Grimmett, Mr. Lynn Benson, and Martha Whitaker.




BYH, 1964 State Class B Champions, Forensics

Left to Right, Row One: David Whetten, ReNon Fisher, Connie Cannon, Sue Ann Elliott, Cynthia Benson, Mr. Lynn Benson. Row Two: Rand Packer, Greg Vernon, Steven Bankhead (holding trophy), Jeff Sorenson, Richard Gunn. Row Three: Rand Johnson, Ray Taylor, Norman Darais, Darrel Danielson, and Bruce Barton.


George Lewis, BYH Speech Coach
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J. Lynn Benson, BYH Speech Coach
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J. Lynn Benson

Trivia Question: Where are the trophies today that were won by
BYH speech teams and athletic teams? Answer.