WLW was "horsing" around at North Branch's Bronco Bullyard

Woooooooooohooooooo! Out of 17 entries, 5 placed and 4 more made semis. A humongous thank you to EVERYONE who made it out today. The Wrights rocking it out as usual! The Borins and Alguires for rides. Also to Callie Agius and James Quesadilla for representing WLW as co-head-coaches today and for accepting WLW'S 2ND PLACE AWARD IN THE MIDDLE DIVISION! Also thanks to our competitors for sticking it out today! (Also for generously supplying the team with food) One more thank you to the other judges who helped out today! 
Your team did as follows:

First Competition:
Kendall Coden (Broadcasting)
Nick Anderson (Oratory)
Brek Moorey (Oratory)

Semi-Finalists:
Brandon Burnett (Poetry): 12th Place
Jessica Borin (Extemporaneous): 11th Place
Sam Bloch (Storytelling): 10th Place
Shantinu Deshmukh (Impromptu): 7th Place

Finalists:
Takumi Alguire
      (Extemporaneous) 6th Place
Baily Katich/Sydney Mckinstrey
      (Duo 9/10) 6th Place
Claire Murphy/Emma Murphy
      (Duo 9/10) 5th Place
Layla Noormarji/Maria Berishaj
      (Duo 9/10) 4th Place
Noah Miller
     (Storytelling) 2nd Place

All results and in-depth placements can be found at ie.hirelesmana.com/login.php
Please congratulate ALL of your fellow teammates and happy Forensicatin'!
~WLW Forensics

Birch Run had a Run for it's money!

First the team would like to shout out a huge thank you to the Wright family as usual for coming out to support and help out the team. Also we would like to thank the Frane family for their awesome Bev Boards. Furthermore, the team would like to thank all the competitors that came out yesterday. We know it was an hour away but you guys braved it and for that a thank you is definitely in order. Out of 16 teammates, we had 8 break to semi-finals and 3 break to finals!

Please Congratulate:

Mia Clawson: First competition
Joe Ogundu: First competition
Takumi Alguire: First Competition

Jessica Borin: Semi-Finalist 7th place Extemp.
Takumi Alguire: Semi-Finalist 12th Place Extemp.
Jon George: Semi-Finalist 12th Place Impromptu
Lauren Frane: Semi-Finalist 11th Place DI
Rozzie Bloch: Semi-Finalist 12th Place DI

And our finalists are....

Jillian Wright: 6th Place Prose
Noah Miller: 4th Place Storytelling
Sam Bloch: 3rd Place Storytelling

If you see any of these guys in the hall, make sure you congratulate them! If you would like to see complete scores please go to http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=birchrun2014 . ALSO LAST REMINDER if you have forgotten to turn your Brax form in, this is your ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE to get them in by Tuesday, February 11th. Also we ask that everyone have an idea by Tuesday what they are planning to do, if you still have no clue try calling your base team member.

Happy Forensicatin!
-WLW Forensics

Fordfest Abroad! WLW kept swimming!

Woohoo! Man did Western take this tournament! Out of our 8 competitors 4 placed in finals giving us the 1st place trophy in the bronze division!

Champs include:

Sam Bloch in Storytelling
1st Place

Jillian Wright in Prose
2nd Place

Rozzie Bloch in DI
6th Place

Jon George in Impromptu
6th Place

And a HUGE thank you to everyone who made the long journey out today, whether to just watch or compete (or bring the snacks ;) )

We hope to see everyone next tournament at Birch Run, so everyone get on top of your pieces!