Grain Valley High School seniors Carmen Myers, left, and Gabrielle Holman, right, look over a packet of information from first-year Grain Valley High School speech and debate coach Kelsey Bowers. Myers and Holman brought home the gold from the April 20-22 Missouri State High School Speech and Debate Championship in Springfield, Mo., becoming the first members in the history of the program to win a state championship. [Bill Althaus/The Examiner]
By Bill Althaus The Examiner A partnership between two close friends that began six years ago led to finding gold at the end of their…
