Monday, January 25, 2016

WLW Samurai Sliced the Competition at the Ninjatational!

WLW Samurai Sliced the Competition at the Ninjatational!

What an amazing tourney with great hard work, great new fun, and very well run! This was the WLW forensics team's first tournament of the season! Our first thank you goes to the alums who helped judge, run tab, and all that jazz. Our second thank you goes to Mrs. Abbo, Mrs. Cooper, and Mrs. Orr for their support. Of course we can't forget the competitors themselves! Thanks to all you guys who put in the time quickly in one week 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 Samurai division! Out of 13 Entries: 6 Broke to Semis, and 3 broke to finals.
Congratulations go out to....

First Tournament:

Nathan Jumaah - Dramatic Interp.
Nayman Jumaah - Extemporaneous
Brendan Kramer - Dramatic Interp.
Garrett Freed - Extemporaneous

Isaiah Sepulveda - Extemporaneous
Karlee Orr - Poetry
Allyson Cooper - Dramatic Interp. 
Cosmin Deshmukh - Impromptu

Your Walled Lake Western semi-finalists are...

Brendan Kramer - Dramatic Interp. - 12th Place
Karlee Orr - Poetry - 9th Place
David Hollowell - Poetry - 8th Place

And your Walled Lake Western Finalists are...
Julian Abbo - Impromptu - 6th Place
Nik Berishaj/Mitchell Kenrick - Duo - 5th Place
Sam Bloch - Storytelling - 4th Place

Please make sure you congratulate these guys if you see them in the hall or at school! All registration for the Birch Run tourney will be held next Tuesday, 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=ninjatational2016

Happy Forensicatin'

WLW Makes It at Their Own Marathon

First the team would like to shout out a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our marathon! Also we would like to thank David Hollowell for his consistent hard work at tab!. Furthermore, the team would like to thank all the competitors that came out to our mock tournament. We know it was a long away but you guys braved it and for that a thank you is definitely in order.

Please Congratulate Your Marathon Winners:

After Dinner Speaking:
Eli Sepulveda - 3rd Place
Cosmin Deshmukh - 2nd Place
Anthony Paz - 1st Place

Duo Historical Infomercial:
Brigid Fitzpatrick/Ann Shaji - 3rd Place
Nik Berishaj/Mitchell Kenrick - 2nd Place
Tony Olshansky/Emma Murphy - 1st Place

2015/2016 Presidential Candidate Declamation:
Layla Noormarji - 3rd Place
Sydney McKinstry - 2nd Place
Sam Bloch - 1st Place

Duo Poetry:
Derek Orr/Gyasi Gambrell - 3rd Place
Meaghan McNerney/Chassidy Snyder - 2nd Place
Maya Banks/Grace Veenstra - 1st Place

Holiday Storytelling:
Vrenanda Savaya - 3rd Place
Fusae Ebe - 2nd Place
Clare Fitzpatrick - 1st Place

Single Dramatic Interpretation:
Kelsey Miller - 3rd Place
Claire Murphy - 2nd Place
Maria Berishaj - 1st 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 https://4n6tab.com/tabulation.php?tourn=wlwmarathon2016. 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