ORRICK – Orrick’s class of 2022 experienced tragedies in the journey from pre-kindergarten through senior year. The 2014 tornado as fourth-graders. The 2019 school roof fire during their freshman year. The pandemic for the past two-plus years. The pandemic for the past two-plus years. Like previous classes, Orrick’s latest graduating class has come through those tragedies on the other side and is ready to move on to the next stage of life. Those challenges provided a recurring theme for speeches given Sunday during the commencement ceremony in the Orrick High School gym, starting with Principal Michelle Wityk’s welcoming address. “I admire all of you for your tenacious determination that you’ve shown during these (high school) years that have been interrupted by a fire and a pandemic,” Wityk said. “These last three years have been historic because of what the world has had to overcome together. “As I think of this tough class and what they’ve been through, I think of one of my…