Weegionals 6 our wAy

Weegionals 6 our wAy

Wooooooooooooohoooooooooo! Regionals 6A was a success in our book! We are very excited to be taking 10 state entries, and possibly two at-large bids. (The potential at-large bids are starred) We would first like to thank everyone who helped prepare the regional tournament and Seaholm for hosting this year. A second thank you belongs to all the parents that came yesterday to support the team, including but not limited to; the Wrights, the Veenstras, the Alguires, and the Franes. Also we would like to thank everyone on regional team, we appreciate your efforts and are proud of all of you!

Please Congratulate:

YOUR TEAM REGIONAL COMPETITORS:

Nick Anderson - Oratory

Julian Rivers - Oratory

Michaela Kekel - Prose

Rozzie Bloch - DI

Grace Veenstra - Poetry

Sam Ziegelman - Info 9/10

Peter Fargo - Sales

Baily Katich/Sydney Mckinstry - Duo

*Maria Berishaj/Layla Noormarji - Duo 9/10

And we had several competitors who are alternates for their category. This is a huge honor and should be congratulated. Please Congratulate:

YOUR ALTERNATES FOR THE MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC FORENSICS ASSOCIATION STATE TOURNAMENT:

Mia Clawson - Broadcasting

*Lauren Frane - DI

Jake Yun/Tony Olshansky - Duo

And finally, your states team!

YOUR COMPETITORS FOR THE MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC FORENSICS ASSOCIATION STATE TOURNAMENT:

(The placements are seedings for the state tournament, these are only scores from the regional tournament NOT the state tournament)

Kendall Coden - Broadcasting - 7th Place

Jillian Wright - Prose - 7th Place

Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 6th Place

Jon George - Impromptu - 4th Place

Noah Miller - Storytelling - 4th Place

Brandon Burnett - Poetry - 3rd Place

Takumi Algure - Extemporaneous - 2nd Place

Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 2nd Place

Sam Bloch - Storytelling - FIRST PLACE

Emma Murphy/Claire Murphy - Duo 9/10 - FIRST PLACE

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://hub.preview.ten7.com/ie/tabs.php?tourn=2014mifaregion6a ALSO LAST REMINDER this week we have a Monday after-school meeting regarding states, Mackinac, and more! ONE LAST THING!! A HUMONGOUS CONGRATULATIONS NEEDS TO GO OUT TO ONE MORE SPECIAL LITTLE BALD MAN

Please congratulate:

Doug Bevier - Head Coach - Diana Rose Award Nominee for Region 6A

This is a big thing and we couldn’t be any more prouder of Bev!

Happy Forensicatin'!

~WLW Forensics

No WLW "Noobs" found at Novice/Novi!

No WLW "Noobs" found at Novice/Novi!

The team would like to thank all the competitors that came out Saturday. Not many could make it so every competitor counted! We don't have too many thank you's for this week, but our alumni judges certainly deserve one. Let's begin with Novi, out of 4 Entries, 2 Broke semis and 2 Broke finals!
Please Congratulate:

YOUR NOVI FINALSTS:

Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - FIRST PLACE
Lauren Frane - DI - FIRST PLACE

And for the Novice states tournament, out of 9 entries, 7 broke semis and 3 broke finals!
Please Congratulate:

Semifinalists:

Brigid Fitzpatrick - Poetry - 13th Place
Josh Garretson - DI - 12th Place
Joe Ogundu - Storytelling - 10th Place
Michaela Kekel - Prose - 7th Place

YOUR NOVICE FINALSTS:

Mia Clawson - Broadcasting - 6th Place
Peter Fargo - Sales - 5th Place
Takumi Alguire - Extemporaneous - FIRST PLACE

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=msci2014novice for Novice and http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=msci2014invite for Novi. ALSO LAST REMINDER if you have forgotten to turn your Mackinac deposit in, they are due Friday, March 28th. Also we ask that everyone have an idea by Friday what they are planning to do for Mackinac, if you still have no clue try calling your base team member.

Happy Forensicatin'!
~WLW Forensics

Western Warriors true to Western!

Western Warriors true to Western!

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What an amazing tourney with great hard work, great new fun, and very well run! This was a great day and thanks to our well-run tab team and awesome award ceremony, we definitely prove to be the most outstanding tourney of the year! Our first thank you goes off to the ever-amazing Matt Weber! Without all his hard-work up in the booth we wouldn't be what we are! Our second thank you goes to the alums who helped judge, run tab, and all that jazz. Our third thank you goes to the Wrights, Blochs, Borins, and all who helped run our awesome food stand! Another thank you goes to Ms. Miller for constantly coming to tournaments for support, as well as the Alguires and Zeigelmans. Of course we can't forget the competitors themselves! Thanks to all you guys who put in the time and effort to make us what we can be, we are still the #1 tourney! Out of 37 Entries: 10 Broke to Semis, and 5 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Kyle Biel - Impromptu
Connor Veenstra - Storytelling
Aneesh Arikirevula - Info 9/10
Jeff Maldaver - Broadcasting

Semifinalists:

Michaela Kekel - Prose - 12th Place
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - 11th Place
Noah Miller - Storytelling - 10th Place
Sydney McKinstry/Baily Katich - Duo 9/10 - 8th Place
Layla Noormarji/Maria Berishaj - Duo 9/10 - 7th Place

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...

Claire Murphy/Emma Murphy - Duo 9/10 - 5th Place
Jon George - Impromptu - 5th Place
Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 4th Place
Takumi Alguire - Extemporaneous - 4th Place
Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 3rd Place

Please make sure you congratulate these guys! All registration for the Novi and Novice states tourney will be held Tuesday. This is an important tourney to the team and we hope everyone who is not preoccupied with solo and ensemble can go! In depth placements can be found athttp://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=wlw2014

Happy Forensicatin'
~WLW Forensics

Teenage Mutant Ninja Western!

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What an amazing tourney with great new people, great new fun, and very well run! This was a very fun tourney (well not a fun as ours) and I'm sure everyone had a great day. Our first thank you goes off to our very helpful bus driver for transportation and luggage loading. Our second thank you goes to the Franes for bringing the cut-outs again! Our third thank you goes to the Wrights as usual, for coming out and supporting the team! Another thank you goes to Ms. Miller for constantly coming to tournaments for support, as well as the Alguires and Zeigelmans. Other thank you's go to all of the judges that came out today, as well as alum's for "moral support." Of course we can't forget the competitors themselves! Thanks to all you guys who hauled your butts up and competed today! Out of 31 Entries: 11 Broke to Semis, and 9 broke to finals. 

Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Info 9/10 - Sam Zeigelman

Sales - Peter Fargo

DI - Julian Palmer

Duo 9/10 - Jake Yun

Duo 9/10 - Tony Olshansky

Semifinalists:

Brandon Burnett - DI - 11th Place (This was a double entry too!)

Sydney McKinstry/Baily Katich - Duo 9/10 - 12th Place

ALSO I thought we should thank the two who accepted trophies for the guys who had to leave:

Joe Ogundu accepted for Storytelling

Taylor Dalton accepted for Storytelling

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...

Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 6th Place

Takumi Alguire - Extemporaneous - 6th Place

Jillian Wright - Prose - 6th Place

Maria Berishaj/Layla Noormarji - Duo 9/10 - 5th Place

Claire Murphy/Emma Murphy - Duo 9/10 - 4th Place

Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 4th Place

Lauren Frane - DI - 3rd Place

Noah Miller - Storytelling - 2nd Place

AND WITH STRAIGHT 1 100's! A PERFECT SCORE:

Sam Bloch - Storytelling - 1st Place

Please make sure you congratulate these guys! All registration for Walled Lake Western tourney will be held Tuesday. This is an important tourney to the team and we hope EVERYONE can go! ALSO, in the Diamond Division, Walled Lake Western Forensics took a third place sweepstakes trophy home! In depth placements can be found at http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=ninjatational2014

Happy Forensicatin'

~WLW Forensics

WLW captivated Dexter with our "Delight"

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! What a tourney! I'm sure everyone had a great time at Dexter and hopefully made a new friend or two. Our first thank you goes off to our very helpful bus driver for transportation and luggage loading. Our second thank you goes to the Franes for bringing the cut-outs again! Our third thank you goes to the Wrights as usual, for providing us with some tasty snacks! Other thank you's go to all of the judges that came out today, as well as alum's for "moral support." Of course we can't forget the competitors themselves! Thanks to all you guys who hauled your butts up and competed today! Out of 24 Entries: 8 Broke to Semis, and 7 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Enas Gaballa - Poetry
Brigid Fitzpatrick - Poetry
Grace Veenstra - Poetry
Michaela Kekel - Prose
Nic Folson - Storytelling
Ryan Tate - Extemporaneous
Rachel Ahern - Duo 9/10
Shayna Roble - Duo 9/10
Josh Garretson - DI

Semifinalist:

Michaela Kekel - Prose - 7th Place
(A mere one point away from finals!)

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...

Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 6th Place
Takumi Alguire - Extemporaneous - 5th Place
Maria Berishaj/Layla Noormarji - Duo 9/10 - 4th Place
Claire Murphy/Emma Murphy - Duo 9/10 - 3rd Place
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - 2nd Place
Noah Miller - Storytelling - 1st Place
Lauren Frane - DI - 1st Place

Please make sure you congratulate these guys! Just a reminder, our scheduled after-school Tuesday meeting has been moved to Monday after school, due to the ACT. All registration for Avondale will be held Monday. ALSO, in the Gold Division, Walled Lake Western Forensics took a first place sweepstakes trophy home! In depth placements can be found at http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=dexie

Happy Forensicatin'
~WLW Forensics