No WLW "Neophytes" found at Novice/Novi!

No WLW "Neophytes" found at Novice/Novi!

The team would like to thank all the competitors that came out Saturday as well as the Alguires for the awesome snacks! Also, we would like to thank the middle school parents for coming to check out our program and support their child. We don't have too many more thank you's for this week, but our alumni judges certainly deserve one. Collectively we had 41 entries with 34 semi-finalists and 28 finalists. 
Please Congratulate:

First Tournament:

Amy Prechtel - Poetry
Jillian Ciszewski - Duo
Ainsley Mulder - Duo

Let's begin with the Novi Middle Level IE Tournament, out of 12 Entries, 12 Broke semis and 11 Broke finals!

Your Novi Middle Level IE Invitational Semi-Finalist:

Ally Kuch - Prose - 10th Place

Your Novi Middle Level IE Invitational Finalists:

Maddie Walther - Storytelling - 6th Place
Ainsley Mulder/Jillian Ciszweski - Duo - 6th Place
Amy Prechtel - Poetry - 6th Place
Jared Bloch - Impromptu - 5th Place
Gabby Mifsud - Poetry - 4th Place
Avery Colvin - Poetry - 3rd Place
Macy Hannan - Prose - 3rd Place
Clare Fitzpatrick - Storytelling - 3rd Place
Kyle Biel - Impromptu - FIRST PLACE
Emma Bevier - Declamation - FIRST PLACE
Avi Bloch - Poetry - FIRST PLACE

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

Your Novice State IE Semi-Finalists:

Maya Banks - Poetry - 10th Place
Julian Abbo - Impromptu - 10th Place
Evan Ziegelman - Broadcasting - 8th Place
Sophia Lada - Dramatic Interpretation - 8th Place

Your Novice State IE Finalists:

David Hollowell - Poetry - 4th Place
Mitchell Kenrick - Storytelling - 3rd Place
Tyler Clark - Poetry - 2nd Place

Finishing with the Novi Open IE Tournament, out of 20 Entries, 16 Broke semis and 14 Broke finals!

Your Novi Open IE Semi-Finalists:

Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 11th Place
Sam Ziegelman - Informative - 7th Place

Your Novi Open IE Finalists:

Maria Berishaj - Dramatic Interpretation - 7th Place
Peter Fargo - Broadcasting - 6th Place
Layla Noormarji - Prose - 4th Place
Devin Hister/Joseph Ogundu - Duo - 4th Place
Rozzie Bloch - Broadcasting - 3rd Place
Tak Alguire - Extemporaneous - 3rd Place
Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 2nd Place
Emma Murphy - Storytelling - 2nd Place
Nik Berishaj/Claire Murphy - Duo - 2nd Place (Off a tie for first!)
Lauren Frane - Dramatic Interpretation - FIRST PLACE
Brandon Burnett - Poetry - FIRST PLACE
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - FIRST PLACE
Jon George - Impromptu - FIRST PLACE
Sydney McKisntry - Informative - 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=msci2015middle for Middle Level, http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=msci2015novice for Novice, and http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=msci2015invite for Novi Open. We are proud to have taken home three sweepstakes trophies: A 2nd Place in the Gold Division of the Middle Level Tournament, a 1st place in the Silver Division of Novice States, and a FIRST PLACE sweepstakes trophy in the Gold Division of the Open Invitational! ALSO LAST REMINDER if you have forgotten to turn your Mackinac deposit in, they are due Monday, March 30th. Also we ask that everyone have an idea very soon what yoy are planning to do for Mackinac, if you still have no clue try calling your base team member.

Happy Forensicatin'!
~WLW Forensics

WLW were Truly Warriors at the Warrior Tournament!

WLW Were Truly Warriors at the Warrior Tournament!

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 tech crew that helped make today run so smoothly! Without all their 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, Alguires, and all who helped run our awesome food stand and support the students! Another thank you goes to Zeigelmans for constantly coming to tournaments for support, as well as the Franes and Abbos. 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 in the state! Out of 42 Entries: 13 Broke to Semis, and 7 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Ally Kuch - Prose
Gannon Scheer - Storytelling

Semifinalists:

Maya Banks - Poetry 9/10 - 13th Place
Ryan Tate - Oratory - 12th Place
Rozzie Bloch - Broadcasting - 10th Place
Jeff Maldaver - Extemporaneous 9/10 - 10th Place
Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 9th Place

David Hollowell - Poetry 9/10 - 9th Place

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...

Takumi Alguire - Extemporaneous - 6th Place
Kendall Coden - Broadcasting - 5th Place
Mitchell Kenrick - Storytelling - 5th Place
Lauren Frane - Dramatic Interpretation - 4th Place
Brandon Burnett - Poetry - 3rd Place
Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 3rd Place
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - 2nd 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 eligible and is not preoccupied with VBM can go! In depth placements can be found at http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=wlw2015

Happy Forensicatin'
~WLW Forensics

I Guess You Could Say We Were the WLWolverines

I Guess You Could Say We Were the WLWolverines

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What an amazing tourney with great hard work, great new fun, and great winners! We hope everyone got their questions answered about college forensics and hope everyone enjoyed the day. Our first thank you goes to the alums who helped judge and support the team. Our second thank you goes to the Wrights, Ladas, Franes, Abbos, and Fitzpatricks for coming out to help support the team. 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! Out of 32 Entries: 22 Broke to Semis, and 12 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Ajani Newble - Impromptu
Sophia Lada - Dramatic Interpretation

Semifinalists:

Anthony Paz - Dramatic Interpretation - 12th Place
Evan Ziegelman - Broadcasting - 11th Place
Julian Abbo - Impromptu - 11th Place
Emma Murphy - Storytelling - 10th Place
Brigid Fitzpatrick - Poetry 9/10 - 10th Place
Abhijith Badarinath - Impromptu - 9th Place
Jeffrey Maldaver - Extemporaneous - 9th Place
Tony Olshansky - Extemporaneous - 8th Place
Sam Ziegelman - Informative - 8th Place
Josh Garretson - Prose - 7th Place

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...

Maya Banks - Poetry 9/10 - 7th Place
Layla Noormarji - Prose - 6th Place
Baily Katich - Poetry - 5th Place
Claire Murphy/Nik Berishaj - Duo - 5th Place
Tyler Clark - Poetry - 4th Place
Kendall Coden - Broadcasting - 4th Place
Lauren Frane - Dramatic Interpretation - 4th Place
Brandon Burnett - Poetry - 2nd Place
Mitchell Kenrick - Storytelling - 2nd Place
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - FIRST PLACE
Ryan Tate - Oratory - FIRST PLACE
Joe Ogundu/Devin Hister - Duo - FIRST PLACE


Please make sure you congratulate these guys! All registration for the 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 Platinum Division, Walled Lake Western Forensics took a second place sweepstakes trophy home! In depth placements can be found at http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=wolverine2015

Happy Forensicatin'
~WLW Forensics

WLW Delighted Dexter!

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, Alguires, Blochs, and Ziegelmans, for supporting the team with food and love. Other thank you's go to all of the judges that came out today, including our alum's. Of course we can't forget the competitors themselves! Thanks to all you guys who hauled your butts up and competed today! Out of 37 Entries: 16 Broke to Semis, and 12 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Abhijith Badarinath - Impromptu
Megan Crawford - Storytelling

Semifinalists:

Nik Berishaj/Claire Murphy - Duo - 12th Place
Layla Noormarji - Prose - 12th Place
Sydney McKinstry - Informative - 11th Place
Maya Banks - Poetry 9/10 - 8th Place

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...

Lauren Frane - Dramatic Interpretation - 7th Place
Mitchell Kenrick - Storytelling - 7th Place
Rozzie Bloch - Broadcasting - 7th Place
Kendall Coden - Broadcasting - 6th Place
Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 6th Place
Tyler Clark - Poetry - 5th Place
Emma Murphy - Storytelling - 4th Place
Takumi Alguire - Extemporaneous - 3rd Place
Brandon Burnett - Poetry - 2nd Place
Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 2nd Place
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - FIRST PLACE
Jon George - Impromptu - FIRST PLACE

Please make sure you congratulate these guys! Just a couple of reminders, Base Team don't forget about the video being filmed Monday and the 8th grade parent night. All registration for U of M will be held Tuesday at the regular meeting. ALSO, in the Platinum 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=dex2015

Happy Forensicatin'
~WLW Forensics

WLW Karate Chopped the Competition at the Ninjatational!

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What an amazing tourney with great hard work, great new fun, and very well run! Our first thank you goes to the alums who helped judge, run tab, and all that jazz. Our second thank you goes to Mrs. Bloch for providing us with a new "forensics box." Another thank you goes to the Franes for constantly coming to tournaments for support, as well as the Alguires and Zeigelmans. We would also like to thank the Franes for the donuts! 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! You will all be pleased to know that in sweepstakes we brought a 3rd place trophy home in the Shogun division! Out of 32 Entries: 16 Broke to Semis, and 6 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Devin Hister - Duo
Mitchell Kenrick - Storytelling
Tyler Clark - Poetry
Nik Berishaj - Duo

Semifinalists:

Brigid Fitzpatrick - Poetry 9/10 - 12th Place
Layla Noormarji - Prose - 11th Place
Michaela Kekel - Prose - 10th Place
Kendall Coden - Broadcasting - 10th Place

Claire Murphy/Nik Berishaj - Duo - 10th Place
Joseph Ogundu/Devin Hister - Duo - 9th Place
Lauren Frane - Dramatic Interpretation - 8th Place
Sydney Mckinstry - Informative - 8th Place
Rozzie Bloch - Broadcasting - 8th Place

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...

Takumi Alguire - Extemporaneous - 6th Place
Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 6th Place
Maya Banks - Poetry 9/10 - 5th Place
John George - Impromptu - 2nd Place
Emma Murphy - Storytelling - 2nd Place (Off of Tie for First by Judges Preference!)
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - FIRST PLACE

Please make sure you congratulate these guys if you see them in the hall or at school! All registration for the Dexter tourney will be held Wednesday, but if you know you are competing then tell a base team member ASAP. In depth placements can be found at http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=ninjatational2015

Happy Forensicatin'
~WLW Forensics