2008-2009
Tournament Results
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NCFL
Nationals
23-24
May 2009
Albany, NY
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
__________________
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
|
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 |
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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
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Speech Tournament |
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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
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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
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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 |
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Novice
Extemporaneous Speaking Oratorical
Performance (Declamation) Poetry
Reading |
Prose
Reading Public
Forum Debate |
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