WLW Forensics Had A Date with States!

WLW Forensics Had A Date with States!

Wooooooooooooohoooooooooo! States was a tremendous journey and a phenomenal competition! As always an enormous thank you to the Alguire and Frane family for supporting Tak, Lauren, and the team. Also thank you to the Hyatt Place and Oakland University for hosting and containing wacky forensics kids. Furthermore, we are very proud of Taylor Dalton and Jerrie Young and their hard work in the tabs room, representing WLW Forensics well! Also a HUGE thank you to Callie, James, and Krystin for judging and supporting as usual! Moreover, thank you to everyone who helped set up awards THE WLW FORENSICS TEAM TOOK 6TH IN THE STATE! Lastly, thank YOU competitors for your hard work and dedication to bring you to such an amazing tournament. Out of 18 events, 14 advanced to semi-finals, and 7 advanced to finals.
Please Congratulate:

YOUR TEAM MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC FORENSICS ASSOCIATION STATE TOURNAMENT COMPETITORS:

Tony Olshansky - Extemporaneous 9/10
Nik Berishaj - Duo
Claire Murphy - Duo
David Hollowell - Poetry 9/10
Lauren Frane - Dramatic Interpretation

YOUR TEAM MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC FORENSICS ASSOCIATION STATE TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALISTS:

Emma Murphy - Storytelling - 12th Place
Jessica Borin - Extemporaneous - 12th Place
Kendall Coden - Broadcasting - 11th Place
Shantanu Deshmukh - Impromptu - 10th Place
Rozzie Bloch - Broadcasting - 10th Place
Tyler Clark - Poetry - 9th Place
Devin Hister/Joseph Ogundu - Duo - 9th Place

And finally, your finalists!

YOUR TEAM MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC FORENSICS ASSOCIATION STATE TOURNAMENT FINALISTS:

Sydney McKinstry - Informative - 6th Place
Ryan Tate - Oratory - 3rd Place
Maya Banks - Poetry 9/10 - 3rd Place
Jon George - Impromptu - 2nd Place
Tak Alguire - Extemporaneous - 2nd Place
Sam Bloch - Storytelling- 2nd Place
Brandon Burnett - Poetry - FIRST PLACE (STATE CHAMPION)

If you see any of these guys in the hall, make sure you congratulate them! It is a tremendous accomplishment to even make it to the state tournament so please congratulate these guys with the highest respect! Pre-lim scores can be found here: http://themifa.org/sites/themifastore.com/files/MIFA_2015-Prelim-A.pdf
Breaks can be found here:
http://themifa.org/sites/themifastore.com/files/MIFA_2015-Break-A.pdf

ONE LAST THING!! A mandatory meeting on Tuesday for Mackinac participants and Smanimal fundraiser forms are due!

Happy Forensicatin'!
~WLW Forensics