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Mario Grugan, 17, a junior at Tyrone Area High School, competed against 1,000 students from 75 schools across the state and placed fourth in the 2021 Poetry Out Loud competition.
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An “avid reader” with a knack for public speaking and memorization took fourth place honors in the state finals of the 2021 Poetry Out Loud competition.
Mario Grugan, a junior at Tyrone Area High School, competed against 1,000 student participants from 75 schools across the commonwealth during this year’s event, held virtually last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Poetry Out Loud competitions, students select poems from the organization’s official anthology and recite them from memory to a panel of judges.