2007-2008 Tournament Results
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NFL Nationals
Las Vegas, NV
June 2008



Becca Goldstein ('09) -  NATIONAL CHAMPION - U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking
Alex Tolkin ('09) - NATIONAL CHAMPION - Commentary
Antonia Lassar ('08) - NATIONAL CHAMPION - Storytelling

Justine Lassar ('08) - Semi-Finalist - Prose Reading
Justine Lassar ('08) - Quarter-Finalist - Poetry Reading
Antonia Lassar ('08) - Quarter-Finalist - Humorous Interpretation
Justine Lassar ('08) - Octa-Finalist - Dramatic Interpretation

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Newton South
State Champions - 2008

Team08

The top 6 finishing schools at STATES were:
1st - Newton South (247 points)
2nd - Natick High School (232 points)
3rd - Milton Academy (225 points)
4th - Catholic Memorial (205 points)
5th - Shrewsbury High School (197 points)
6th - Acton-Boxborough (175 points)

STATE CHAMPION STUDENTS
Chrissy Amendola ('09) - Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky ('09) - Prose Reading
Justine Lassar ('08) - Dramatic Interp

Becca Goldstein ('09) -  2nd place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Chrissy Amendola ('09) - 2nd place - Children's Literature Reading
Alex Tolkin ('09) - 3rd place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Stephanie Lee ('08) - 3rd place - Humorous Interp
Jolie Yu ('11) - 3rd place - Declamation
Julia Caine ('08) - 4th place - Humorous Interp
Brooke Vanaman ('08) - 5th place - Poetry Reading
Stephanie Lee ('08) - 6th place - Prose Reading
Siddhi Krishna ('08) - 7th place - Congress

Semi-Finalists in Prose Reading
Harry Neff ('11)
Maddy Schulman ('11)
Brooke Vanaman ('08)

Top Novice
Poetry Reading - Maddy Schulman

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Needham
"March Merryness "
March 29, 2008
NSHS - 1st Place overall

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Alex Tolkin & Chris Palmer - 1st Place - Alumni Duo
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp
Becca Goldstein - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
Allie Glickman - 1st Place - Children's Literature
Harry Neff - 1st Place - Freeze Improv
Brooke Vanaman - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Nate Yeo - 1st Place - Tabloid Extemp
Antonia Lassar & E. Dearborn (AB) - 1st Place - Mixed Duo
Maddy Schulman & M. Benjamin (AB) - 2nd Place - Mixed Duo
Lucky Liyanage - 2nd Place - Tabloid Extemp
Justine Lassar - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Maddy Schulman - 2nd Place & Top Novice - Poetry Reading
Julia Caine - 2nd Place - Freeze Improv
Antonia Lassar - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp
Lucky Liyanage - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - 2nd Place - Duo Interp
Jolie Yu - 2nd Place & Top Novice - Declamation
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
Brooke & Kim Vanaman - 2nd Place - Alumni Duo
Maddy Schulman - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Prose Reading
Justine Lassar & Hannah Sacks - 3rd Place - Alumni Duo
Betty Tolkin - 4th Place - Alumni Oratory
Nate Yeo - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Chrissy Amendola - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Ben Tolkin - 4th Place - Tabloid Extemp
Justin Kieran - 5th Place - Novice Extemp
Chrissy Amendola - 6th Place - Children's Literature
Tong Tong - Finalist - Student Congress
Siddhi Krishna - Finalist - Student Congress

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MG Team  

 

Mardi Gras
March 22, 2008

NSHS - 2nd Place Overall

 

 

 


 

 

1st Place - Spirit Award - NEWTON SOUTH!
1st Place - Public Forum Debate - Bill Humphrey & Siddhi Krishna (undefeated!)
1st Place - Dramatic Interp - Justine Lassar
1st Place - Poetry Reading - Justine Lassar
1st Place - Prose Reading - Alex Brodsky
1st Place - Humorous Interp - Stephanie Lee
2nd Place - Humorous Interp - Antonia Lassar
2nd Place - Varsity Extemp - Nate Yeo
2nd Place - Poetry Reading - Brooke Vanaman
3rd Place - Poetry Reading - Chrissy Amendola
3rd Place + Top Novice - Dramatic Interp - Laura Haime
4th Place + Top Novice - Prose Reading - Harry Neff
4th Place - Humorous Interp - Alex Brodsky
4th Place - Lyrical Poetry - Brooke Vanaman
5th Place - Team Improv - Amalia Lieberman & Lucy Ye
6th Place + Top Novice - Varsity Extemp - Justin Kieran
6th Place - Humorous Interp - Julia Caine
6th Place - Novice Reading - Lucy Ye
6th Place - Student Congress - Yana Shneyderman
Top Novice - Poetry Reading - Sammie Gross

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NFL National QUALS
LOOK WHO'S GOING TO NATIONALS!
Las Vegas, NV - June 14-21, 2008

Alex Tolkin - International Extemporaneous Speaking
Becca Goldstein - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Justine Lassar - Dramatic Interpretation
Antonia Lassar - Humorous Interpretation

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Harvard Group  

Harvard
February 16-18, 2008

Extemp - 1st Place - Becca Goldstein
Extemp - 5th Place - Alex Tolkin

Octafinalists
Public Forum Debate - Charlie Li & Ben Tolkin

 

 

 



 

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CNFL National Qualifiers
Traveling to Appleton, WI in May
February 9 , 2008

Melanie Rucinski - Declamation
Julia Caine - Dramatic Performance
Antonia Lassar - Dramatic Performance
Stephanie Lee - Dramatic Performance
Becca Goldstein - Extemp
Alex Tolkin - Extemp
Justine Lassar - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Sammie Gross - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Maddy Schulman - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Brooke Vanaman - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Charlie Li & Bill Humphrey - Public Forum Debate
Siddhi Krishna - Student Congress

1st Alternate:
Jolie Yu - Declamation

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Silver Lake
February 2 , 2008
NSHS - 6th Place overall

Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Novice Extemp
Maddy Schulman - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Rachel Leshin - 4th Place - Children's Literature Reading
Justine Lassar - 6th Place - Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Justine Lassar - Honorable Mention - Dramatic Interp

Siddhi Krishna - 1st Alternate - NFL Congress (Senate)
Lucky Liyanage - 2nd Alternate - NFL Congress (House)

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TeamColumbia  

 

Columbia
January 25-27, 2008
NSHS - 4th Place overall

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Public Forum Debate - 1st Place - Charlie Li & Ben Tolkin
Extemp - 1st Place - Becca Goldstein
Extemp - 2nd Place - Alex Tolkin
Duo Interp - 3rd Place - Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman
Dramatic Performance - 7th Place - Julia Caine

Semi-Finalists
Original Oratory - David Schlenker
Oral Interpretation - Brooke Vanaman
Dramatic Performance - Brooke Vanaman

Quarter Finalists
Oral Interpretation - Stephanie Lee
Oral Interpretation - Alex Brodsky

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Newton South
"Under the Sea "
January 12, 2008
NSHS - 1st Place overall

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Brooke Vanaman - 1st Place - Children's Literature Reading
Maddy Schulman - 1st Place - Novice Reading
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Antonia Lassar - 1st Place - Humorous Interp
Lucky Liyanage - 1st Place - Novice Extemp
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp
Justin Kieran - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Stephanie Lee - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - 2nd Place - Multiple
Sammie Gross - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature Reading
Charlie Li & Jonathan Schmidt - 3rd Place & Top Novices - Public Forum Debate
Nate Yeo - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Antonia Lassar - 4th Place - Original Fiction
Jolie Yu - 5th Place - Declamation
Siddhi Krishna - 5th Place - Student Congress
Tong Tong - Semi-Finalist - Student Congress
Harry Neff - Semi-Finalist - Novice Reading
Rachel Leshin - Semi-Finalist - Novice Reading
Jocelin Weiss - Semi-Finalist - Novice Reading
David Schlenker - Semi-Finalist - Children's Literature

Allie Glickman - Honorable Mention - Children's Literature Reading
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - Honorable Mention - Duo Interp
Ellie Wood - Top Novice - Dramatic Interp

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BGMBA  

 

MBA Round Robin
January 4-6, 2008
Becca Goldstein
1st Place


 

 

 

 

 

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Holly2007  

 

The Hollyfest
December 15, 2007
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

 

 

 



 

1st place - Justine Lassar - Dramatic Interp
1st place - Antonia Lassar - Humorous Interp
1st place - Justine Lassar - Prose Reading
1st place - Jackie Horowitz - Novice Reading
1st place - Lucky Liyanage - Novice Extemp
1st place - Antonia Lassar - Original Poetry
1st place - Justine Lassar - Programmed Poetry
2nd place - Justine Lassar - Pentathlon
2nd place - Stephanie Lee - Humorous Interp
2nd place - Becca Goldstein - Varsity Extemp
3rd place - Alex Tolkin - Varsity Extemp
3rd place - Julia Caine - Humorous Interp
3rd place - David Schlenker - Children's Literature Reading
3rd place - Jolie Yu - Declamation
3rd place - Maddy Schulman - Novice Reading
3rd place - My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Multiple (Harry, David, Bill, Antonia, Julia & Chrissy)
3rd place - Teddy Crecelius ('04) - Original Poetry
4th place - David Schlenker - Original Oratory
4th place - Justin Kieran - Novice Extemp
4th place - Alex Tolkin - Impromptu
5th place - Ned Crecelius ('04 parent) - Original Poetry
6th place - Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - Duo Interpretation
Honorable Mention & Top Novice - Rachel Leshin - Children's Literature Reading
Super Session (Finalist) - Siddhi Krishna - Student Congress
Super Session (Finalist) - Yana Shneyderman - Student Congress

Double-Entry Awards
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5th place: Stephanie Lee
5th place: David Schlenker
4th place: Lucky Liyanage
3rd place: Alex Tolkin
1st place: Antonia Lassar

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GMUGroup  

 

George Mason Univ.
November 30-December 2, 2007
NSHS - 6th Place overall

 

 

 


 


MAIN TOURNAMENT
Antonia Lassar - 1st Place - Humorous Interp
Alex Tolkin - 3rd Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Antonia Lassar - 6th Place - Prose Reading

SEMI-FINALS
Becca Goldstein - Extemporaneous Speaking
Justine Lassar - Poetry Reading
Justine Lassar - Prose Reading

ROUND ROBINS
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Interp Round Robin
Rebecca Goldstein - 1st Place - Extemp Round Robin

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Lincoln-Sudbury
"Aloha Speech Tournament "
December 1, 2007
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

Chrissy Amendola - 1st Place - Children's Literature Reading
David Schlenker - 1st Place - Original Oratory
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - 2nd Place - Duo Interp
Stephanie Lee - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp
"Green Eggs and H-Ham" - 2nd Place - Improv Multiple
Lucky Liyanage - 3rd Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Rucinski - 4th Place - Declamation
Laura Haime - 4th Place - Dramatic Interp
Wenqi Feng - 4th Place - Novice Reading
Stephanie Lee - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Harry Neff - 5th Place - Novice Reading
Alex Brodsky - 5th Place - Humorous Interp
Sammie Gross - 5th Place - Children's Literature Reading
"Illegal Seafood" - 5th Place - Improv Multiple
Nate Yeo - 6th Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Fineman - 6th Place - Impromptu
Ben Tolkin & Bill Humphrey - 7th Place and Top Novices - Public Forum Debate

Hannah Furgang - Honorable Mention - Children's Literature Reading
Justin Kieran - Top Novice - Varsity Extemp
Jolie Yu - Top Novice - Poetry Reading

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Villiger2007  

 

Villiger
November 17-18 , 2007
NSHS - 6th Place overall

 

 

 


 

 

 

Extemp - 1st Place - Becca Goldstein
Dramatic Performance - 2nd Place - Justine Lassar
Dramatic Performance - 4th Place - Antonia Lassar

Semi-Finalists
Duo Interp - Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman
Extemp - Alex Tolkin
Oral Interpretation - Justine Lassar

Quarter Finalists
Dramatic Performance - Alex Brodsky
Oral Interpretation - Stephanie Lee

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WarmUp  

 

Gracia Burkill
November 10 , 2007

 

 

 


 

 

Novice Extemp - 1st Place - Justin Kieran
Congress - 1st Place - Siddhi Krishna
Varsity Extemp - 1st Place - Alex Tolkin

Declamation - 2nd Place - Jolie Yu
Humorous Interp - 2nd Place - Julia Caine
Play Reading - 2nd Place - Mark Galinovsky
Humorous Interp - 3rd Place - Antonia Lassar
Novice Extemp - 3rd Place - Lucky Liyanage
Humorous Interp - 4th Place - Alex Brodsky
Children's Literature - 4th Place - Chrissy Amendola
Dramatic Interp - 5th Place - Justine Lassar
Congress - 6th Place - Tong Tong
 Novice Reading - 6th Place -Alissa Sage
Public Forum Debate - 7th Place - Charlie Li & Bill Humphrey (3-1 record)
Varsity Extemp - 7th Place - Nate Yeo

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HullGroup  

 

Hull "Early Pumpkin"
October 27, 2007
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

 

 

 


 

 

Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp
Antonia Lassar - 1st Place - Humorous Interp
Becca Goldstein - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
Lucky Liyanage - 1st Place - Novice Extemp

Siddhi Krishna - 2nd Place - Congress
Jolie Yu - 2nd Place - Declamation
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
Rachel Leshin - 2nd Place - Novice Reading
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Julia Caine - 3rd Place - Humorous Interp
Sammie Gross - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature
Melanie Rucinski - 3rd Place - Declamation
Stephanie Lee - 4th Place - Prose Reading
Nate Yeo - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp
Chrissy Amendola - 6th Place - Children's Literature
Ellie Wood - Top Novice - Prose Reading

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Hof Group  

 

Hall of Fame
October 20, 2007
NSHS - 3rd Place overall

 

 

 


 



Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp
Sammie Gross - 1st Place - Novice Reading
Stephanie Lee - 1st Place - Poetry Reading

Antonia Lassar - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - 3rd Place - Duo Interpretation
Charlie Li & Ben Tolkin - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate
Siddhi Krishna - 5th Place - Student Congress
Jolie Yu - 6th Place - Declamation
Laura Haime - 7th Place - Play Reading
Alissa Sage - Top Novice - Prose Reading

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Novice Students  

 

Novice Tournament
October 13 , 2007
at Catholic Memorial High School

 

 

 


 

1st Place - Medal Recipents

 

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
- Luckmini Liyanage

Oratorical Performance (Declamation)
- Melanie Rucinski
- Jolie Yu

Poetry Reading
- Michelle Chin

Prose Reading
- Laura Haime
- Jaclyn Horowitz
- Rachel Leshin
- Harry Neff
- Maddy Schulman
- Jocelin Weiss

Public Forum Debate
- Charles Li & Ben Tolkin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TeamWithTrophies  

 

Yale University
September 28-30, 2007
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

 

 

 


 


Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Oral Interp
Justine Lassar - 2nd Place - Dramatic Interp
Becca Goldstein - 3rd Place - Extemporaneous Speaking

Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - Semi Finalist - Duo Interpretation
Antonia Lassar - Semi Finalist - Humorous Interp
Julia Caine - Semi Finalist - Humorous Interp
Brooke Vanaman - Semi Finalist - Oral Interp
Siddhi Krishna - Semi Finalist - Student Congress

Alex Tolkin - Quarter Finalist - Extemporaneous Speaking
Bill Humphrey - Quarter Finalist - Extemporaneous Speaking
Stephanie Lee - Quarter Finalist - Oral Interp