Middle Schoolers Sprung at the Spring State Tournament!

Middle Schoolers Sprung at the Spring State Tournament!

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What an amazing tourney with great hard work, great new fun, and great winners! We hope everyone enjoyed the day. Our first thank you goes to the alums who helped judge and support the team; Hannah Stoloff and Taylor Dalton. Our second thank you goes to Devin Hister and Sam Bloch, as well as the parents of many competitors 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 9 Entries: 6 Broke to Semis, and 4 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Grace Hoover - Informative

Arielle Lytkowski - Poetry

High Placements:

Emma Bevier - Declamation - 13th Place

Ally Kuch - Prose - 12th Place

Arielle Lytkowski - Poetry - 11th Place

Semifinalists:

Jillian Ciszewski/Ainsley Mulder - Duo 6 - 8th Place

Gabby Mifsud - Poetry - 6th Place

And your Sarah Banks Middle School Finalists are...

Grace Hoover - Informative - 4th Place

Kyle Biel - Impromptu - 3rd Place

Macy Hannan - Prose - 2nd Place

Maddie Walther - Storytelling - FIRST PLACE

Please make sure you congratulate these guys! There will be a pizza party on Wednesday with paper plate awards and games, open only for those who helped coach and the competitors themselves. Can't wait to see you! In depth tabulations can be found here: http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=mlspring15

Happy Forensicatin'
~WLW Forensics

Regionals 6 Ayyyyyyyyy

Regionals 6 Ayyyyyyyyy

Wooooooooooooohoooooooooo! Regionals 6A was a success in our book! We are very excited to be taking 17 state entries (Our most in years!), and possibly one at-large bid. We would first like to thank everyone who helped prepare the regional tournament at Walled Lake Western this year. A second thank you belongs to all the parents that came yesterday to support the team, including but not limited to; the Ziegelmans, the Blochs, 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! (2nd alternates for states are starred)

Please Congratulate:

YOUR TEAM REGIONAL COMPETITORS:

Nick Anderson - Sales

*Mitchell Kenrick - Sales

Emma Murphy - Storytelling (Possible at-large)

Layla Noormarji - Prose

Maria Berishaj - Dramatic Interpretation

*Sam Ziegelman - Informative

Jeff Maldaver - Extemporaneous 9/10

Sachi Arora - Oratory

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)

David Hollowell - Poetry 9/10 - 7th Place
Maya Banks - Poetry 9/10 - 6th Place
Tony Olshansky - Extemporaneous 9/10 - 6th Place
Tyler Clark - Poetry - 5th Place
Devin Hister/Joe Ogundu - Duo - 5th Place
Nik Berishaj/Claire Murphy - Duo - 4th Place
Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 4th Place
Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 4th Place
Rozzie Bloch - Broadcasting - 4th Place
Kendall Coden - Broadcasting - 3rd Place
Sydney McKinstry - Informative - 3rd Place
Lauren Frane - Dramatic Interpretation - 2nd Place

Sam Bloch - Storytelling - 2nd Place

Ryan Tate - Oratory - 2nd Place

Jon George - Impromptu - FIRST PLACE

Brandon Burnett - Poetry - FIRST PLACE

Takumi Algure - 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=2015region6a ALSO LAST REMINDER this week we have a Tuesday after-school meeting regarding states, Mackinac, and more!

Happy Forensicatin'!

~WLW Forensics