Results of Recent
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2008 – 2009
Congratulations
to members of the team who have already started competition for the new year!!! Twelve students participated in the festival at
2006 – 2007
Congratulations to members of the forensic team who
participated in the PHSSL State Tournament at
Caitlin Powell advanced to semifinal rounds in persuasive speaking, while the following students earned state rankings: Jo Ann McLaughlin, 5th in poetry reading, Anne Arezina 2nd in humorous interpretation, and Adam Mahood, 2nd in impromptu speaking.
Because of the efforts of the entire team, the North Catholic forensic program is now ranked among the top 20 teams in the state out of all 130 participating schools.
Members of the forensic team finished out the last two
months of their regular season with a great degree of success. Award winners
for the last set of scheduled tournaments included: Adam Mahood who competed in extemporaneous speaking and placed 3rd
at North Allegheny, 2nd at Mercer and 4th at Bethel Park;
Matt Harvey who competed in humorous
interpretation and placed 3rd at Pine Richland and 13th
at Bethel Park; Jess Hartman who
competed in prose reading and placed 3rd at Mercer and 3rd
at Bethel Park.
Other award
winners at
In
addition, Vincent Lamperski
was presented with a special award from the Bethel Park Forensic Team, the Ajay
Tanden Spirit of Forensics Award. This award is given
annually by the
In
student congress competition, Adam
Mahood and Vincent Lamperski received national nominations in the senate
and in the house, respectively.
At
the conclusion of the regular season, students started participating in
tournaments that qualify them for state and national competition. As of this
writing, the following students have advanced to post season competition: the
PHSSL state tournament at Susquehanna University: Caitlin Powell (persuasive speaking), Anne Arezina (humorous interpretation), Jess Hartman and Mike Roos (prose reading), Jo Ann McLaughlin (poetry reading), Adam Mahood (impromptu speaking), Vincent Lamperski
(student congress), and Steve Cottington (radio announcing). The Grand National Catholic Forensic
Tournament in
Baldwin HS
hosted its first-ever trophy tournament on November
18. Special congratulations to NC students Ally Scalo
for winning 5th in prose reading and Anne Arezina
for winning 1st in humorous interp!
The North
Catholic Forensic season officially opened in mid-October with the Fox Chapel
sponsored Student Congress and Careers Symposium. Caitlin Powell, Vincent Lamperski and Adam Mahood attended this competition, with Adam Mahood being appointed Presiding Officer in his House. The student sessions were joined by
politicians who offered their input on the debate that took place and then
answered questions from the students.
North
Catholic then sent five contestants to
The
tournament on the second weekend of November was hosted by Quigley Catholic.
Alex Waskiewicz made her initial appearance as a
member of the North Catholic forensic team, competing in prose reading. Jo Ann
McLaughlin participated in impromptu speaking. Caitlin Powell, Miranda Yoho, Vince Lamperski and Adam
Mahood all competed in congress, with Caitlin
Powell winning Top Ten Honors and Vince Lamperski and
Adam Mahood winning Top Five.
First new
NFL members of the year: Christine May, Steve Cottington and Ally Scalo! Congratulations on earning membership in a
lifetime honor society!
Congratulations to new members Miranda Yoho and Alex Waskiewicz who started competing over the last two weekends.
And special congratulations to Caitlin Powell
who was ranked in the top 10 Congress members at Quigley, and to Adam Mahood
and Vince Lamperski who were ranked in the top 5
Congress members at the same tournament!
2005 -2006
At state competition in Selinsgrove Anne Arezina advanced to the semifinal round in dramatic interpretation, while Adam Mahood finished second in the state in extemporaneous commentary!!
Congratulations to Tom Eck who qualified to represent the
Students who qualified to CFL Nationals were Adam Mahood in
student congress, Mike Roos in oral interp, and Caitlin Powell in oratory. Good luck in
Congratulations to all students who participated in state quals! Particular congrats to Tom Eck who finished 5th in LD, Casey Harvey who finished 5th in Informative Speaking, Kaitlyn Roos and Jo Ann McLaughlin who finished 4th in Duo Interp, Mike Roos who finished 4th in Poetry, Caitlin Powell who placed 3rd in Persuasive Speaking and is the alternate for state competition from the district. Adam Mahood and Anne Arezina placed first in Commentary and Dramatic Interp, respectively, and will represent the district at states over the last weekend in March.
Two students from NC competed in the third NFL district congress. Greg Lenns competed in the senate, while Vince Lamperski competed in the unofficial houses to finish with an Outstanding Speaker Award.
NC took 13 members of the team to the 32nd annual North Hills Invitational. Hillary Cerra, Kelly Sadler and Mike Roos competed in prose reading, with Mike missing the break for semifinal rounds by one point. Bridget Hanna competed in poetry, Caitlin Powell in original oratory and Kaitlyn Roos and Jo Ann McLaughlin in duo. Greg Lenns competed in student congress. Anne Arezina advanced to semifinals in DI, while Adam Mahood advanced to semifinals in domestic extemp. The PF team of Caitlin Clouse and Zoe Goettel finished as 4th seed, after which they dropped in octafinals on a 2-1 decision. Tom Eck finished as 2nd seed in Lincoln Douglas debate, advancing to octafinals and losing on a 2-1 decision.
Congratulations to the members of the NC team who competed
at
NC took 11 students to the Pine Richland tournament as speakers and two as observers. While no student received an individual award, all the students did well – several missing final rounds by one rank! Particular congratulations to Anne Arezina in HI. Mike Roos in prose, and Caitlin Powell in OO – all of whom just missed the final rounds! Cailtin Clouse and Zoe Goettel made their congress debuts, Kevin Cottington competed at his first trophy tournament in prose (and picked up a rank of 1 – excellent for a novice!), Hillary Cerra competed in prose and picked up the points to advance her NFL degree to that of “excellence.” Tom Eck debated in LD, Adam Mahood spoke in extemp, and Jo Ann McLaughlin and Kaitlyn Roos competed in duo. Stephanie Kuntz and Ally Scalo observed Public Forum debate. Not the best of days, but not a bad day for a team that is really just starting official competition.
Apologies
for the break in information… computers aren’t always there when you need them!
Four NC students competed in student congress at
Seven students competed at the Baldwin Festival on
The Quigley tournament brought recognition to two of the five NC students who competed there! Congratulations to Hillary Cerra (prose), Kelly Sadler (prose), Greg Lenns (impromptu) – with special congratulations to Bridget Hanna who finished in the top 10 poetry readers, and Adam Mahood who finished among the top 5 novice extempers!
Five students from NC traveled to
2004 -2005
Six students from NC competed at the PHSSL state tournament on the weekend of April 22 -23. Mike Roos and Jo Ann McLaughlin spoke in prose and radio announcing, while Tom Eck competed in congress. Tom was elected to the post of clerk of the second session of congress, and was called on to read the congress resolution to the final assembly. The debate team of Angelina Montelongo and Jenifer Boehm finished with a 2-2 record, and a 12th place overall ranking. Anne Arezina spoke through semifinal rounds, finishing 7th in the state.
The freshman-sophomore tournament found three new faces competing with the NC team! Rick Tillilie made his debut in LD debate, finishing with a 2-2 record! Not bad, considering that he had never seen a debate before his first round on Saturday! And Kaity P tried poetry… enough to get her started in forensics, even if it will not be her event next year. Nick N from Holy Sepulchre joined the team for one day – just to get a taste of high school competition. The other “regulars” included Greg Lenns in impromptu, Jo Ann McLaughlin and Mike Roos in prose, and Anne Arezina in HI. Student judges and coaches were Casey Harvey, Kaitlyn Roos and Jen Boehm. Congratulations to all for ending the year on an upbeat note!
NC sent a healthy contingent to NFL qualifiers… and many of
them did quite well. Kaitlyn Roos
and JoAnn McLaughlin made it to semifinals in duo interp; Mike Roos made it to
finals in HI; Tom Eck finished among the top ten LD debaters in western PA; and
the CX team of Angelina Montelongo finished 5th. Just as impressive as these performances –
maybe more so – are the actions of several team members who worked for the
overall good of the district. MANY
THANKS to Kaitlyn Roos and
Anne Arezina who double entered in oratory so that
the district could qualify an additional student in oratory. Then Katie Lenns teamed up with Zoe Goettel so that she could compete in PF. And Hillary Cerra and Casey Harvey worked at NC when we hosted the
second day of debate. Casey was there from
Eleven students competed at the speech and debate qualifier for
the Grand National Tournament to be held in
Fourteen students took part in the state qualifier
tournament at Pine Richland on
In one of the biggest showings of the forensic team this year, NC sent 18 of its 36 members to the 31st North Hills tournament. Angelina Montelongo and Jenifer Boehm competed in policy debate; Tom Eck, who competed in LD, went to quarter finals; Caitlin Clouse and Caitlin Docherty, who competed in Public Forum, went to quarter finals; Adam Mahood, Casey Harvey and Robyn Marshall competed in original oratory; Bridget Hanna competed in poetry; Catherine Lenns, Greg Lenns, JoAnn McLaughlin and Kaitlyn Roos competed in duo interp; Mike Roos, Hillary Cerra, Sarah Vinski and Matt Harvey competed in prose, with Matt advancing to semifinal rounds; and Anne Arezina competed in humorous interp and advanced to semifinals. A great way to end the regular season of competition!
North Catholic students continued to show their versatility
with a different set of students winning awards at the
NC sent 9 entries to the Mercer competition on January 29. Duo teams included Kaitlin Roos and JoAnn McLaughlin, and Greg Lenns and Katie Lenns. Competing in prose were Mike Roos, Matt Harvey and Sarah Vinski; in poetry, Bridget Hanna; in impromptu, Tom Eck, and in oratory, Casey Harvey and Adam Mahood. Bridget picked up her NFL membership and Adam won 5th place in OO. Special guest judges were Bill Eck and Ian McMeans. A nice end to January competition!
Despite the snow, four North Catholic forensic students managed to get to the Pine Richland competition – and all did well enough to make the trip worthwhile! Congratulations to Casey Harvey who took 8th in Original Oratory, to Tom Eck who took 5th in Lincoln Douglas Debate, to Matt Harvey who took 6th in prose reading and to Mike Roos who took 4th in prose reading. Great job to all! Keep up the good work next week at Mercer!
Congratulations to Caitlin Docherty and Caitlin Clouse for
finishing 2nd in Public Forum at the
North Catholic student finishes 7th in Extemp Commentary at NFL Nationals
