2008-2009 Tournament Results
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NCFL Nationals
  23-24 May 2009
  Albany, NY

NCFL Team

Chrissy Amendola - 3rd Place - Prose & Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky - 4th Place - Prose & Poetry Reading
Lucky Liyanage - Semi-finalist - Extemporaneous Speaking
Jolie Yu - Quarter-finalist - Declamation
Alex Tolkin - Quarter-finalist - Extemporaneous Speaking
Nate Yeo - Octa-finalist - Extemporaneous Speaking
Melanie Rucinski - Octa-finalist - Original Oratory
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STATE FINALS
Debate - March 28, 2009
Speech - April 4, 2009
NSHS - 2009 STATE CHAMPIONS

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Chrissy Amendola - 2nd Place - Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Alex Brodsky & Mark Galinovsky - 2nd Place - Duo Interp
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
Bill Humphrey & Ben Tolkin - 2nd Place - Public Forum Debate
Jolie Yu - 3rd Place - Declamation
Nate Yeo - 3rd Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Rucinski - 3rd Place - Original Oratory
Maddy Schulman - 5th Place - Dramatic Interpretation
Justin Kieran - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp
Greater Tuna - 5th Place - Multiple Reading (Amendola, Lebovits, Neff, Schulman & Schlenker)
Harry Neff - 6th Place - Dramatic Interpretation

Sarah Wanger - Semi-finalist & Top Novice - Prose Reading
Becca Goldstein - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Annie Humphrey - Semi-finalist - Children's Literature Reading
Jackie Lebovits - Semi-finalist -Children's Literature Reading
Jonathan Schmidt & Nahuel Fefer - Semi-finalist - Public Forum Debate
Lauren Ashbrook - Top Novice - Original Oratory

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March Merriness
March 21, 2009
NSHS - 1st Place Overall

Maddy Schulman - 1st Place - Dramatic Interpretation
Lauren Ashbrook - 1st Place & Top Novice - Original Oratory
Chrissy Amendola - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
David Schlenker - 1st Place - Freeze Improv

Alex Brodsky & Mark Galinovsky - 1st Place - Duo Interpretation
Chrissy Amendola & Eric Leist - 1st Place - Alumni Duo
Stephanie Li - 2nd Place - Student's Revenge
Tong Tong - 2nd Place - Prose Reading

Harry Neff - 2nd Place - Freeze Improv
Chrissy Amendola - 2nd Place - Dramatic Interpretation

Alex Brodsky & Kim Vanaman - 2nd Place - Alumni Duo
Jackie Lebovits - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature Reading
Karen Shibuya - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Rucinski - 3rd Place - Original Oratory
Justin Kieran - 3rd Place - Tabloid Extemp
Julia Vanaman - 4th Place - Children's Literature Reading
Allie Haber - 4th Place - Humorous Interpretation
Harry Neff - 4th Place - Dramatic Interpretation
Jeremiah Davis
- 4th Place - Novice Extemp
Daniel Bender Stern - 4th Place & Top Novice - Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky - 4th Place - Prose Reading
Julia & Brooke Vanaman - 4th Place - Alumni Duo
Lucy Ye - 4th Place - Freeze Improv
Shan Shao - 5th Place - Declamation
Bev Fu - 5th Place - Novice Reading
Rina Friedberg - 6th Place - Children's Literature Reading

Nicole Kestenberg - 6th Place - Humorous Interpretation
Annie Humphrey - 6th Place - Novice Reading
Jocelin Weiss - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Sidrah Baloch - 6th Place - Prose Reading
Allie Glickman - 6th Place - Impromptu Sales
Rachel Rosenbaum - 7th Place - Original Oratory

Nicole Kestenberg - Top Novice - Prose Reading

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NFL National Qualifiers
March 13-14, 2009
Look Who's Going To Nationals From New England!

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Newton South Qualifiers
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In Original Oratory
David Schlenker

In U.S. Extemp
Nate Yeo
Lucky Liyanage

In International Extemp
Alex Tolkin
Justin Kieran

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The "Rescheduled" Holly Festival
March 7, 2009
NEWTON SOUTH - 1st Place Overall

1st place & Top Novice - Jackie Lebovits - Children's Literature
1st place - Maddy Schulman - Drama Audition
1st place - Daniel Bender Stern - Programmed Poetry
1st place - Chrissy Amendola - Extemp Children's Lit
1st place
- Julia Spector - Novice Reading
1st place - Jocelin Weiss - Prose Reading
2nd place - Karen Shibuya - Novice Extemp
2nd place - David Schlenker - Original Oratory
2nd place - Julia Vanaman - Novice Reading
2nd place - Justine Lassar - Original Poetry
3rd place - Alex Tolkin - Varsity Extemp
3rd place - Jackie Horowitz - Drama Audition
4th place - Maddy Schulman - Dramatic Interp
4th place - Nate Yeo - Varsity Extemp
4th place - Rachel Leshin - Play Reading
4th place - Harry Neff - Programmed Poetry
4th place - "The Gossip Girls" - TV News Team (R. Friedberg, J. Loew & A. Sage)
4th place - Alex Brodsky - Extemp Children's Lit
4th place - Alex Brodsky - Poetry Reading
5th place - Shan Shao - Declamation
5th place - Brooke Vanaman - Original Poetry
5th place - Sarah Wanger - Prose Reading

6th place - Harry Neff - Dramatic Interpretation
6th place - Justin Kieran - Varsity Extemp
7th place - Tara Misra - Children's Literature Reading
Honorable Mention - Alex Brodsky - Impromptu
Honorable Mention - Melanie Rucinski - Original Oratory
Honorable Mention - Tong Tong - Prose

Double-Entry Awards
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2nd place: Harry Neff
2nd place: Maddy Schulman
4th place: Daniel Bender Stern
4th place: Jackie Lebovits
4th place: Alex Tolkin

5th place: Jen Loew

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Mardi Gras
February 28, 2009
NEWTON SOUTH - 1st Place Overall

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1st Place - Varsity Extemp - Alex Tolkin
1st Place - Prose Reading - Becca Goldstein
2nd Place - Varsity Extemp - Lucky Liyanage
2nd Place - Prose Reading - Sidrah Baloch
2nd Place - Team Improv - Alex Brodsky & Harry Neff
2nd Place - Original Oratory - David Schlenker
2nd Place - Multiple - "Greater Tuna" (Amendola, Neff, Grossman, Schulman, Schlenker)
3rd Place - Dramatic Interp - Harry Neff
3rd Place - Lyrical Poetry - Jackie Horowitz
3rd Place - Varsity Extemp - Justin Kieran
4th Place - Prose Reading - Jackie Horowitz
5th Place - Poetry Reading - Daniel Bender Stern
6th Place + Top Novice - Children's Literature Reading - Jackie Lebovits
6th Place - Poetry Reading - Jackie Lebovits
6th Place - Public Forum Debate - Morgan Seiler & Thomas Li
7th Place + Top Novice - Humorous Interp - Allie Haber
7th Place - Play Reading - Charlotte Sall

Semi-finalists
- Children's Literature Reading - Rachel Rosenbaum
- Children's Literature Reading - Rina Friedberg
- Novice Reading - Sarah Miller
- Poetry Reading - Alex Brodsky

- Poetry Reading - Laura Haime


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February 14-16, 2009

Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Extemp

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NCFL National Qualifiers
February 7 , 2009
Look Who's Going To Nationals!

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In Extemp
Justin Kieran
Lucky Liyanage
Alex Tolkin
Nate Yeo
In Original Oratory
Lauren Ashbrook

Melanie Rucinski
David Schlenker


In Declamation

Jolie Yu


In Oral Interpretation (Prose/Poetry)
Chrissy Amendola
Alex Brodsky

In Public Forum Debate
Morgan Seiler & Thomas Li
Bill Humphrey & Ben Tolkin

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Manchester Lasagna Debate
January 31 , 2009

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Nahuel Fefer & Jonathan Schmidt - 1st Place - Public Forum Debate
Morgan Seiler & Tiffany Wang - 5th Place - Public Forum Debate

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Columbia University
January 23-25, 2009
NSHS - 4th Place overall

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Finalists
David Schlenker - 3rd Place - Original Oratory
Nate Yeo - 4th Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Chrissy Amendola - 6th Place - Dramatic Performance

Semi-Finalists
Bill Humphrey & Ben Tolkin - Public Forum Debate (Top 4 PF teams)
Alex Tolkin - Extemporaneous Speaking
Jackie Lebovits - Oral Interpretation
Harry Neff - Dramatic Performance

Quarter-Finalists
Justin Kieran - Extemporaneous Speaking
Allie Haber - Dramatic Performance
Alex Brodsky - Oral Interpretation

Octa-Finalists (Top 16 PF teams)
Morgan Seiler & Jonathan Schmidt - Public Forum Debate

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Newton South
January 10, 2009
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

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Harry Neff - 1st Place - Storytelling
Alex Brodsky - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Chrissy Amendola - 2nd Place - Poetry Reading
Becca Goldstein - 2nd Place - Prose Reading

Jocelin Weiss - 2nd Place - Storytelling
David Schlenker - 2nd Place - Original Oratory
Jolie Yu - 3rd Place - Declamation
Greater Tuna - 3rd Place - Multiple Reading
Julia Vanaman- 3rd Place - Novice Reading
Bill Humphrey & Ben Tolkin - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate
Annie Humphrey
- 4th Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature
Nate Yeo - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Lucy Ye - 5th Place - Storytelling
Justin Kieran - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp
Nicole Kestenberg - 6th Place & Top Novice - Humorous Interp
Karen Shibuya - 6th Place - Novice Extemp
Shan Shao - 6th Place - Declamation
Sammie Gross - 6th Place - Dramatic Interpretation
Catherine Martlin - 6th Place - Novice Reading
Tong Tong - 6th Place - Prose Reading
Wenqi Feng - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Rachel Leshin - 7th Place - Play Reading
Sarah Wanger - Semi-finalist & Top Novice - Prose Reading
Allie Haber - Semi-finalist - Novice Reading
Sarah Miller - Semi-finalist - Novice Reading
Jocelin Weiss - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Mark Galinovsky - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Stephanie Li - Top Novice - Original Oratory

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Lincoln-Sudbury

Aloha Speech
Tournament

December 6, 2008
NSHS - 1st Place overall

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Mark Galinovsky - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
Jackie Horowitz - 1st Place - Prose Reading

Lucky Liyanage - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
David Schlenker - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp
Becca Goldstein & David Schlenker - 1st Place - Duo Interpretation
"The Lassars"
- 1st Place - Improv Multiple
Alex Brodsky - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Nate Yeo - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
Harry Neff - 2nd Place - Dramatic Interp
Yin (Beverly) Fu - 2nd Place - Novice Reading
Maddy Schulman - 2nd Place - Play Reading
Melanie Rucinski - 2nd Place - Original Oratory
Justin Kieran - 3rd Place - Varsity Extemp
Daniel Bender Stern - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature

Stephanie Li - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Original Oratory
Chrissy Amendola - 4th Place - Dramatic Interp
Alex Brodsky - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Jolie Yu - 4th Place - Prose Reading
Allie Glickman - 5th Place - Prose Reading
Laura Haime - 5th Place - Poetry Reading
Sammie Gross - 5th Place - Dramatic Interp
Mark Galinovsky
- 5th Place - Humorous Interp

Alyssa Sage - 5th Place - Play Reading
Harry Neff - 5th Place - Impromptu
Rachel Leshin - 6th Place - Play Reading

Annie Humphrey - 6th Place - Children's Literature
Shan Shao - 6th Place - Declamation
Jen Loew - Honorable Mention - Novice Reading
Rachel Rosenbaum - Honorable Mention - Children's Literature
Rina Friedberg
- Honorable Mention - Children's Literature
Jocelin Weiss
- Honorable Mention - Prose Reading

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Gracia
November 15, 2008

 

 

 


 

 

 

Tong Tong - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Bill Humphrey & Ben Tolkin - 2nd Place - Public Forum Debate

Becca Goldstein & Nate Yeo - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate
Karen Shibuya - 3rd Place - Novice Extemp
Jackie Horowitz - 4th Place - Prose Reading
Lucky Liyanage - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Rucinski - 4th Place - Original Oratory
Chrissy Amendola - 5th Place - Dramatic Interp
Shan Shao - 5th Place - Declamation
Sidrah Baloch - 6th Place - Prose Reading

Justin Kieran - 7th Place - Varsity Extemp
Rachel Rosenbaum - 7th Place - Children's Literature

Team Members receiving Certificates for winning at least 1 round (2 in debate)
Sidrah Baloch, Nahuel Fefer, Wenqi Feng, Becca Goldstein, Jaclyn Horowitz, Bill Humphrey, Justin Kieran, Lily Konowitz, Thomas Li, Lucky Liyanage, Rachel Rosenbaum, Melanie Rucinski, Jonathan Schmidt, Morgan Seiler, Shan Shao, Karen Shibuya, Ben Tolkin, Tong Tong, Ellie Wood, Nate Yeo & Jolie Yu


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Dighton-Rehoboth
November 8, 2008
NSHS - 3rd Place overall

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tong Tong - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Alex Tolkin - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
Daniel Bender Stern - 1st Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature
Alex Brodsky & Harry Neff - 1st Place - Team Improv
Jolie Yu - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Nate Yeo - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
Karen Shibuya - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Bill Humphrey & Ben Tolkin - 2nd Place - Public Forum Debate
Becca Goldstein - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Chrissy Amendola - 3rd Place - Dramatic Interp
Lucky Liyanage - 3rd Place - Varsity Extemp
Jackie Lebovits - 3rd Place - Children's Literature
Jocelin Weiss - 4th Place - Prose Reading
Shan Shao - 4th Place - Declamation
Melanie Rucinski - 4th Place - Original Oratory
Rina Friedberg - 5th Place - Children's Literature
Andrew Mendes & Jonathan Schmidt - 5th Place - Public Forum Debate
Stephanie Li - 6th Place & Top Novice - Original Oratory
Lauren Ashbrook - 7th Place - Original Oratory

Annie Humphrey - 7th Place - Children's Literature
Justin Kieran - Honorable Mention - Varsity Extemp
Nicole Kestenberg - Top Novice - Prose Reading

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Revere "Early Pumpkin"
October 28, 2008
NSHS - 3rd Place overall

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Alex Brodsky - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Jackie Lebovits - 3rd Place - Children's Literature
Rebecca Pyun - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Declamation
Daniel Bender Stern - 4th Place - Children's Literature
Lucky Liyanage
- 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
David Schlenker
- 4th Place - Dramatic Interp
Justin Kieran - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp
Mark Galinovsky - 5th Place - Humorous Interp
Karen Shibuya - 5th Place - Novice Extemp
Jolie Yu - 5th Place - Prose Reading
Tara Misra - 6th Place - Children's Literature

Chrissy Amendola - 6th Place - Dramatic Interp

Stephanie Li - 6th Place & Top Novice - Original Oratory
Jocelin Weiss - 6th Place - Prose Reading
Shan Shao - Honorable Mention - Declamation
Nicole Kestenberg - Top Novice - Prose Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

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Novice Tournament
October 11 , 2008
at Milton Academy

1st Place - Medal Recipents

 

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
- Danny Gifford

Oratorical Performance (Declamation)
- Rebecca Pyun

Poetry Reading
- Rina Friedberg
- Tara Misra
- Rachel Rosenbaum

Prose Reading
- Julia Vanaman
- James Hammond
- Olivia Kennis
- Nicole Kestenberg
- Sarah Wanger

Public Forum Debate
- Thomas Li & Nahuel Fefer