Brian Riedl was awarded with one of the Forward Under Forty awards for 2010. Brian was honored for his work on the Federal Budget with the Heritage Foundation. A great description of his efforts is in the above link – so I won’t bother rehashing the Alumni Association’s excellent work.

I had a chance to talk to Brian’s speech and debate coach, Mike Traas, about his involvement with the Appleton East team. Traas said the following:

Brian was a part of that magical group that was successful at Kansas City, along with Ben Bayer, Erick Lichte, Dan Jessup, Ben Schurg, Nick Stumbris, Jack Champeau, Ann Hackel, Tara Hofkins. Erick Lichte finished 2nd in DI, Nick Stumbris 4th in House, Tara Hofkins Semi Finalist in Oratory, Jack Champeau Finalist – senate supersession, Dan Jessup & Ben Schurg both quarterfinalists in HI, Ann Hackel Quarterfinalist in DI, Ben Bayer – Foreign Extemp Quarterfinalist (missed Semis on the 3rd tiebreaker), Ben had the Black ribbon and was 3-3 in LD with cases he wrote on Sunday (he didn’t care about LD any more at that time), and Brian Reidl – the only one not to break, he missed the break on a tie breaker.

That year, Brian gave his economy speech and hand gun control speech so many times – you would think those were the only topics that he knew about, but he had a broad breath of knowledge. [Which is impressive because...] Brian only started forensics/debate during January of his senior year. Brian also really enjoyed Student Congress.

I felt that this was worthy of mention on WFD because Brian’s experiences directly relate to debate and public speaking. If you were not sold on the benefits of speech and debate to your professional career, Brian’s example should convince you of the activities benefits.

If your team has an exemplary alumni that Wisconsin Forensic Daily should feature, let us know!

Included is a list of “questionable questions.” Because Tim Scheffler and I have a good time writing these, we frequently come up with not quite real questions. We planned to leave these out for our extempore speakers – to freak them out (I don’t know anything about college basketball!). Someone informed them of our intentions – they were not phased.

Some of the “questionable questions” are decent (otherwise the joke would not have worked), so feel free to cherry pick those. The others, should just be ignored. Unless you’re preparing for a career in sports journalism. Then it might be a good thing to be able to answer those questions.

The questions are below the break. Happy practicing.

Domestic – Round 1; 2010 Politics
1. How significant will Obama’s midterm losses be?
2. Will the Tea Party fracture the Republican Party?
3. Is Russ Feingold in danger of losing his Senate Seat?
4. Will the Republicans’ obstructionist strategy pay political dividends?
5. How will the Health Care bill affect the Democrats 2010 prospects?
6. How will the Citizens United decision affect the upcoming elections?
7. Will the Republicans be successful if they can recruit more candidates like Scott Brown?
8. Is Harry Reid’s re-election bid in trouble?
9. Does the filibuster need to be reformed?
10. Is Blanche Lincoln susceptible to a primary loss?

Domestic – Round 2; The Economy
1. Is the United States on the brink of an economic collapse?
2. How can the United States fix its budget woes?
3. Will the Jobs Bill be able to turn around the economy?
4. Is a second stimulus needed?
5. Can the economy improve without health care reform?
6. Should taxes be raised?
7. What elements are needed in banking reform?
8. Should congress continue extending unemployment and similar benefits?
9. How can the United States address high unemployment?
10. Was the Troubled Asset Relief Program effective?

Domestic – Round 3; National Policy Issues and National News
1. How will the Toyota recall affect the American auto industry
2. Can the National Football League avoid a work-stoppage?
3. Should the public fear vaccinations?
4. Should the federal government take action to stop the spread of Asian Carp?
5. Will Race to the Top succeed where No Child Left Behind failed?
6. Should the U.S. be pursuing nuclear power to solve its energy needs?
7. Should the U.S. be investing in high-speed rail?
8. Is Stevens’ retirement eminent?
9. Does the United States need to cut military spending?
10. Should the insurance industry have its antitrust exemption continued?

Domestic Final Round
1. Are the politics of fear becoming worse?
2. Are progressive democrats expected to compromise too much?
3. Is the United States Senate incapable of addressing the nation’s problems?
4. Which party benefits most from an increase in populism?
5. Are stalled nominations impacting Obama’s ability to govern?
6. Should conservatives support gay marriage?
7. How can state governments fix their budget woes?
8. What will be the impact of the 2010 Census?
9. Is there hope for Detroit?
10. What should be done to improve the United States’ infrastructure?

International – Round 1; United States Foreign Policy
1. Has Congress strained U.S. – Turkey Relations?
2. Can the United States address China’s suspected currency manipulation?
3. What is holding up Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison?
4. What do Indonesian protests say about how the world views the United States?
5. What does Secretary Clinton need to accomplish in her Latin American trip?
6. How can the United States develop stronger economic ties with India?
7. What is the future of the U.S. – Japan military alliance?
8. Should U.S. Information Technology providers avoid business with China?
9. How can the United States address nuclear proliferation?
10. Is Obama’s Af-Pak strategy working?

International – Round 2; Europe
1. Who is leading Russia?
2. What can London learn from Vancouver’s Olympics?
3. Can Greece solve its financial crisis?
4. Will Greece crash the Eurozone economy?
5. Is Spain heading for a financial crisis?
6. How will Yanukovich’s election change Russian-European relations?
7. How bad will Labour’s losses be in the English Parliament?
8. Is the EU going too far in its fight against carbon emissions?
9. Can Iceland solve its financial difficulties?
10. Will Radovan Karadzic’s trial bring closure to the Balkans?

International – Round 3; The Middle East
1. How can Iraq build its institutions?
2. Should the United Nations place economic sanctions on Iran?
3. Can Iran be persuaded to give up its nuclear ambitions?
4. What will be the result of the upcoming Iraqi elections?
5. Does Mossad really make Israel safer?
6. Is there room for secularism in the Middle East?
7. As the United States withdraws, who will Afghanistan’s regional allies be?
8. As the United States withdraws, who will be Iraq’s regional allies?
9. Is there still hope for a freedom movement in Iran?
10. How will western focus on green energy change the middle east?

International – Final Round Other
1. Is North Africa the next jihadist hotbed?
2. How can Chile recover?
3. Can an agreement be salvaged out of the Copenhagen meeting?
4. Can North Korea be persuaded to give up its nuclear ambitions?
5. Is the Niger junta’s commitment to civilian democracy genuine?
6. Can Mexico control its drug cartels?
7. Will the devastation in Haiti usher in a better government?
8. What can Argentina gain from another Falklands dispute?
9. Should military forces conduct international disaster relief?
10. Does China have too much influence in Africa?

“Final Round Questions” – 21 Questionable Questions
1. Do the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti reveal that the earth is trying to kill us?
2. Did NBC make a mistake in firing Conan O’Brien?
3. Should NCAA Men’s basketball tournament expand to 96-teams?
4. Who will be added to the Big Ten?
5. Do the Oscars really matter?
6. Is Scott Walker Wisconsin’s next Governor?
7. Who will the Republican Presidential nominee in 2012?
8. Why do Americans prefer international charities to ones at home?
9. Should the Supreme Court incorporate the Second Amendment?
10. Will Obama’s Health Care bill be effective at cutting costs?
11. Is higher education becoming something only the wealthy can afford?
12. Will Obama’s reorganization of NASA reap long-term rewards?
13. Are cell phones a health risk?
14. Can Russia recover from its Olympic disappointments?
15. Is the Ukraine weak?
16. Is our children learning?
17. Who will win the World Cup in South Africa?
18. Will funding for the arts disappear?
19. Should Ted Thompson be fired?
20. Are the Bucks on track to be a successful NBA franchise?
21. Have these questions been a joke?

A summary of the current proposal is below the break. Additional proposals are forth coming, and separate posts will be made as soon as they are available.

Double Enter plan
submitted by Lyn Luce, Waupaca

Rational:

• Ripon has the extra rooms needed to cover the extra entries.
• The number of entries has been down in the past few years, so this would help increase participation.
• Double entering would increase the judge pool, which would be a great benefit to the tournament director.
• The WFCA state has not been self supporting. Double entering would increase the revenue taken in for the WFCA state tournament making it more likely that the tournament would become self-supporting.
• The students would have audiences as double enter students would be in two rooms as an audience member. Additionally the WFCA State tournament has many non-competing audience members (parents, friends, college students etc.) who make up audiences.
• Double entering would enable more teams to have “full teams” of 25 entries which is at best an arbitrary number established long ago.
• Double entering is educationally sound with research showing that it would benefit gifted and talented students.
• Better competition adds to the competitive nature and credibility of the winners.
• This is an option for coaches. A coach does not have to have the max in any category, the max number in a group event, (i.e. group interp) or have a student competing in every event. WFCA gives many options to coaches; this would be one more
• 89% of the teams at the WFCA state in ‘07 did not have a full team. 95% in ’08, approx 89% in ’09. During those same years all teams receiving a first place, in any division, had teams of 25 entries. Clearly there is an advantage for the minority of teams who have “full” teams.
• There is an obvious advantage to schools where there is a larger general population of students to draw forensics team members from as the majority of the full teams are in division 1 and have been for almost a decade.
• There has been a 10 fold increase in the number of activities which now take place during the forensics season. This makes recruiting harder.
• The majority of the tournaments on the circuit offer double entering. Students and coaches are used to it.
• There is a financial benefit to WFCA; If each of 65 schools only double entered 2 students there would be an increase of at least $650.00 for WFCA without incurring any additional costs. If ¼ of those entries were group events and additional $300.00 could be gained.
• Drops in group events will not make teammates idle. There will still be an educational opportunity for them.
• Group events will be more available to smaller teams, who now have all group members do individual events because the team “need the numbers.” This may help increase the entries and competition in duo which has never gone over 20 students since it was adopted. (It is our smallest event.)
• New London, one of the largest tournaments in the state, uses multiple sites and has had double for years. That tournament runs on time and has great competition.
• Double entering is not for every student. The decision to double enter should be made by the coach and the student, not coaches from other teams.
• Decreasing budgets have caused teams to downsize. Transportation, over-night lodging, food, etc have increased costs. In an era of budget cuts, this allows a team to downsize yet remain viable and gain state recognition.
• Administrators understands placing at state. This would help smaller teams gain that.
• More options for coaches, more money and better competition for WFCA, more opportunities, more challenges and better education for students. A win-win scenario.

Plan:

• No school would have to have students double entered. It is only an option available.
• No double entering in Group discussion, Radio, or Extemp
• No last minute adds per status quo.
• No increases in the number of entries per team ( 25) or the max in each category (4)
• Schools would have to identify double entered students. The tournament director would assign the codes of the double entered. For example, 34×1 (prose) is double entered and is also 34y1 in (play acting) Students and coaches would not be allowed to exchange codes.
• This would only be for a 2 year trial-period
• The tournament director would need additional help before the tournament either from the Congress coordinator or volunteer coaches. (Many have already volunteered to do this.) This would not incur additional paid positions.
• An additional 15-20 minutes would be added the first year. To make sure that all judges know about the double entering. The need for the additional time would be reassed the second year. (There are only about 4 schools which the committee thought had not had experience with double entering) as suggested time table: 9:00, 10:30, 11:45 for prelim rounds, no changes for break rounds.
• Ripon can supply vans and extra transportation. The time frame would allow students to be in two different events even if it involved the college and the high school campuses. Travel time between the two is only minutes.
• The regional workshops could help inform coaches about double entering.
• To cover the additional costs for transportation, each double entered student would be assessed a $5.00 transportation fee. Students/ coaches could transport the students themselves, but would still have to pay the $5.00 transportation fee.
• Double entered students would not necessarily have to go first or last as the hour per round would allow extra time beyond the presentation time and movement times. Thus students could be an audience member in both events.
• The feeling from the WFCA State tournament Director, Chris Zoch, and Site Coordinators Jodi Becker and Deano Pape was, ‘We can do this!”

The Event
Come join us for a weekend celebrating 40 years of the WFCA at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells. All former officers, WFCA Hall of Fame members, and Hintz Memorial Award winners are being invited to join current coaches for socializing and a special anniversary program featuring stories, pictures, performances of past champions and door prizes.

Accommodations
Two types of accommodations are available with a special rate for WFCA attendees:

$109 Tower Accommodations:
Connected to the meeting rooms, indoor waterpark and dining areas. These guestrooms have two queen beds and include a snack refrigerator, microwave, coffee pot, hair dryer, iron and ironing board.

$99 Fairway Villas:
Two queen beds and a pull out sofa sleeper accommodating up to 6 people. Complete with kitchenette and living area. Overlooking the fairway.

Rooms DO include passes to the new indoor waterpark “Lost Rios”. For hotel reservations call Chula Vista Resort at 800-388-4782 (ask for WFCA rate).

Schedule
Friday, April 30
4 pm – Early event check-in
7 pm – Evening social

Saturday, May 1
Morning – on your own (waterpark time)
12:00 – Meeting check-in
12:30 – Spring Meeting
Afternoon – hotel check-in for those arriving Saturday
Evening – Dinner and Anniversary Program
5 pm – Cash bar available
6 pm – Dinner
7 pm – Program

Sunday, May 2
8 am Breakfast at Chula Vista’s Market

Register Now
Registration for the event is online. Additional details are available at wfcaforensics.org

Jim Disrude, coach at UW-Whitewater, has shared the results of the first annual Speech Bowl on the Whitewater campus. Photos are included below the break. Congratulations to all of the winners:

Lg School Division
1. Madison West
2. Whitnall
3. Black Hawk
4. Badger

Sm School Division
1. Mukwonago
2. Delavan-Darien
3. Waunakee
4. Wauwatosa West

Team Champion Photos:

Demo
1. Shanna Kasper, Whitnall
2. Ryan Cunningham, Badger
3. Ryan Minor, Waunakee
F. Zach Bednarke, Arrowhead

Extemp
1. Joe Meeker, Waunkaee
2. Muhammed Cheema, Madison West
3. Jason Baron, Mukwonago

Farrago
1. Maddie Hoeppner, Madison West
2. Alex Dabertin, Arrowhead
3. Jane Kelly, Madison West
F. Kate Bauer, Whitnall
F. Julia Tidwell, Badger

Four-Minute
1. Kelly Meyerhofer, Badger
2. Katie Place, Black Hawk
3. Kathryn Weast, Delavan-Darien
F. Nick Adams, Badger
F. Michelle LaCrosse, Badger
F. Connor Moore, Black Hawk

Group Discussion
1. Maria Rogers, Wauwatosa West
2. Chantal Voss, Arrowhead
3. Steph Lanzarotti, Arrowhead
F. Courtney Kunkel, Arrowhead

Group Interp
1. Whitnall
2. Arrowhead
3. East Troy
F. Ronald W. Reagan

Moments in History
1. Kaitlyn Meinholtz, Waunakee
2. Nita McDaniel, Madison West
3. Erika Wood, Madison West
F. Stefany Beraldo, Madison West
F. Melinda Daniels, Whitnall

Oratory
1. Aubrey Lambach, Mukwonago
2. Jemma Sepich, Madison West
3. Stephen Fong, Dominican
F. Kelsey Melah, Waunakee
F. Andrew Sz, Whitnall

Playacting
1. Somberg/Wade, Madison West
2. Hromadka/Kloepfer, Black Hawk
3. McMillan/Hagen, Palmyra-Eagle

Poetry
1. Tolani Blagogee, Milton
2. Isaiah Furquan, Ronald W. Reagan
3. Elijah Furquan, Ronald W. Reagan
F. Emma Jushka, Wauwatosa West
F. Rose Tatarsky, Madison West
F. Dallas Walker, Badger

Prose
1. Alexandra Avampato, Delavan-Darien
2. Chelsea Kiehl, Palymra-Eagle
3. Jordan Rupnow, Black Hawk
F. Austin Kramer, Mukwonago
F. Joanna Mohr, Whitnall
F. Jamie Visster, Lake Country Lutheran

Public Address
1. Kaitlyn Grueter, Black Hawk
2. Emily Kraemer, Mukwonago
3. Amy Regner, Whitnall
F. Leah Rogers, Wauwatosa West

Solo-Humorous
1. Rebecca Rabideaux, Whitnall
2. Garrett Douglas, Madison West
3. Eleana Bastian, Madison West
F. Sam Gee, Madison West
F. Katy Williams, Badger

Solo-Serious
1. Jordan Rupnow, Black Hawk
2. Katie Quinn, Black Hawk
3. Rose Tatarsky, Madison West
F. Will Sullivan, Waunakee
F. Star Adamik, Badger

Special Occasion
1. Emily Mabie, Waunakee
1. Sami Zacher, Whitnall
3. Savanna Kaster, Black Hawk

Radio
1. Samia Khan, Milton
2. Christian Krahenbuhl, Black Hawk
3. Lindsay Nolder, Whitnall
F. Jade Moon, Madison West
F. Michael Wolff, Black Hawk

Storytelling
1. Joshua Heath, Waunakee
2. Abbie Lindl, Madison West
3. Jenna Hensley, East Troy
F. Katie Johnson, Mukwonago

A Call to Action for Tournament Directors

When I first started coaching  13 years ago, students were never known by more than their codes at forensics tournaments.  The awards announcer would proclaim, “and in first place, Solo Acting Serious,  from Anyville school, 42R3!”  In the meanwhile, awards ceremonies have become a classier affair, with standing ovations for the first place champion, and standards for tact enumerated in the WFCA Code of Conduct.

In the early part of the new millennium, I experimented at some tournaments with running PowerPoint presentations during awards, sliding names and schools behind the contestants.  I was actually inspired by the spectacle that is the NFL National Tournament Awards program, and wanted to bring some of that celebration of students to our local competitions.  In order to make this work, we needed to collect students’ names during the finals (power) rounds.  The second set of typing in PowerPoint added a few extra minutes of waiting before awards, and whomever would operate the PowerPoint slides might advance a name a few seconds too early, ruining the suspense of announcement.  So, the practice was dropped in favor of more efficient, shorter awards ceremonies — about the same time the “One-Clap” method of recognizing finalists took wing.

By then, however, the practice of collecting names and announcing them during the awards ceremonies became a norm, and a form was even added to the WFCA Handbook, tournament forms section to facilitate collection of this information.  As Mike Traas began more freely distributing his amazing Microsoft Access file for tabulating tournaments, that feature was built-in to allow reading of names and inclusion of them in the results packets — and subsequent posting online here at Wisconsin Forensics Daily.  When I piloted TabRoom.com at the Alverno tournament this year, I was pleased to see that it preserved ink/toner for the reading script generated, only showing students’ names — with phonetic key based on pronunciation guides coaches typed during online registration — and schools.  The only exception was Group Interp. and Play Acting script pages printed by title (so I’ll have to ask the developer of that software if he can incorporate an option for names instead).

So, with all this technology and desire for fast and efficient awards assemblies, why do we perpetuate the practice of gratuitously reading codes during awards ceremonies?  The tournament is over; let’s celebrate the students and the schools they hail from, not the temporary system used to mask their identities up to that point!

Respectfully,
Adam Jacobi
Former Coach, Rufus King HS & Director, Alverno College Tournament

Large Team Results

341 – Appleton East
268 – Kaukauna
254 – St Lawrence Seminary
185 – Hartford Union
138 – Luxemberg-Casco

Medium Team Results

9.42 – 12 – Appleton North
9.31 – 16 – Sheboygan North
8.81 – 16 – Algoma
8.64 – 14 – Waupaca
7.92 – 13 – Neenah
7 – 15 – New London
6.33 – 12 – Winneconne
6.17 – 12 – Appleton West
5.5 – 14 – Southern Door

Small Team Results

9.6 – 10 – Little Chute
9 – 7 – Appleton Xavier
8.9 – 10 – Hortonville
8.75 – 8 – Pulaski
8.3 – 10 – Wittenberg-Birnamwood
8 – 5 – Bonduel
6.5 – 6 – Plymouth
5.33 – 6 – Ashwaubenon
4.67 – 9 – Sheboygan Falls

Demonstration
1st (1A1) – Kaukauna – Tyler Otto
2nd (jp) (14A1) – Hartford Union – Jacqueline Boelkow
3rd (5A1) – Appleton East – Marisa Tirimacco
Finalist (20A1) – Sheboygan North – Katelyn Staaben
Finalist (5A2) – Appleton East – Rachel Cross
Finalist (1A2) – Kaukauna – Kylie Schroeder

Duo
1st (5P3) – Appleton East – Alyssa Mulder & Hannah Thompson
2nd (5P2) – Appleton East – Ian Bertschausen & John Frederick
3rd (5P1) – Appleton East – Jenna Huebner & David Mullins
Finalist (22P1) – Little Chute – Ross Bishop & Julia Flaherty

Extemp
1st (15B1) – Appleton West – Jordan Swanson
2nd (5B2) – Appleton East – Michael Moorhead
3rd (18B1) – Hortonville – Brad Lichtfuss
Finalist (5B1) – Appleton East – Sarina Chawla
Finalist (18B2) – Hortonville – Rachel Martins

Farrago
1st (21C1) – Appleton Xavier – Neo Monese
2nd (23C1) – Waupaca – Brayden Kenezoria
3rd (jp) (6C1) – New London – Cassandra Philippon
Finalist (8C1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Nanabayin Coleman
Finalist (5C1) – Appleton East – Rachel Tiede
Finalist (6C2) – New London – Madison Cooley

Four Minute
1st (20D1) – Sheboygan North – Corin Menuge
2nd (3D1) – Appleton North – Hannah Phillips
3rd (5D4) – Appleton East – Marisa Tirimacco
Finalist (11D4) – Algoma – Courtney Dart
Finalist (2D1) – Bonduel – Chase Jaime
Finalist (20D2) – Sheboygan North – Harindi Amithirigala
Finalist (11D2) – Algoma – Jacob Koss

Group Discussion
1st (jp) (22Y1) – Little Chute – Andy Gilsdorf
2nd (25Y1) – Sheboygan Falls – Zach Madden
3rd (14Y1) – Hartford Union – Alex Kraft
Finalist (9Y4) – Neenah – Caitlin Holzem
Finalist (9Y2) – Neenah – Sam Epley
Finalist (22Y2) – Little Chute – Jordan Bekx

Group Interp
1st (5E1) – Appleton East – Rachel Franz, Kate Palmbach & Rachel Tiede
2nd (1E2) – Kaukauna – Ben Cherkasky, Sam Kurutz, Nick Weber & Aubrey Giordana
3rd (8E1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Yong Jin Kang, Hoon Park, Hyung Juh Suh & Dae Ik Yi
Finalist (1E1) – Kaukauna – Laura Verbruggen, Ethan Meyer & Jacklyn Arnoldussen
Finalist (12E1) – Luxemberg-Casco – Ashley Benzshawel, Marissa Christianson, Lena Renier & Maria Robert
Finalist (3E1) – Appleton North – Melissa Murphy & Brenna Rathsack

Moments in History
1st (3F2) – Appleton North – Brooke Resch
2nd (3F1) – Appleton North – Melissa Murphy
3rd (8F1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Michael Brannan
Finalist (1F1) – Kaukauna – Hannah Uitenbroek
Finalist (20F1) – Sheboygan North – Morgan Pups

Oral Interp
1st (5G1) – Appleton East – Maggie Rufe
2nd (jp) (20G1) – Sheboygan North – Sam Mihelich
3rd (6G1) – New London – Lucas Jensen
Finalist (3G1) – Appleton North – Brenna Rathsack
Finalist (20G2) – Sheboygan North – Megan Gleason
Finalist (14G1) – Hartford Union – Joelle Michalak

Oratory
1st (8H1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Trevor St. John
2nd (5H1) – Appleton East – Rose Hippert
3rd (21H1) – Appleton Xavier – Allison Donnelley
Finalist (11H1) – Algoma – Jake Koss
Finalist (12H1) – Luxemberg-Casco – Arielle Tremel
Finalist (8H2) – St Lawrence Seminary – Michael Melegrito

Play Acting
1st (8J1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Jaime Espanola & Wyatt Phillips
2nd (jp) (23J1) – Waupaca – Joe Pegorisch & Alex Wiese
3rd (5J1) – Appleton East – Reed Colling & Kelsie Bolstad
Finalist (14J1) – Hartford Union – George Petrilli & Davis Remmel
Finalist (8J2) – St Lawrence Seminary – Tristan Gardner & Oliver Hix

Poetry
1st (21K1) – Appleton Xavier – Neo Monese
2nd (1K5) – Kaukauna – Rita Moua
3rd (5K1) – Appleton East – Hannah Thompson
Finalist (1K4) – Kaukauna – Sara Salo
Finalist (5K3) – Appleton East – Sarah Stringham
Finalist (1K2) – Kaukauna – Aubrey Kroiss

Prose
1st (14M1) – Hartford Union – Cody Cowan
2nd (1M2) – Kaukauna – Brittany Burdick
3rd (8M1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Daniel Cano
Finalist (5M3) – Appleton East – Olivia Hood
Finalist (5M1) – Appleton East – Noah Savioe
Finalist (5M2) – Appleton East – Johanna Wang

Public Address
1st (3N1) – Appleton North – Paige Resch
2nd (14N1) – Hartford Union – Jessie Blodgett
3rd (jp) (3N3) – Appleton North – Abhishek Parekh
Finalist (1N1) – Kaukauna – Laura Verbruggen
Finalist (15N1) – Appleton West – Courtney Beyer
Finalist (5N1) – Appleton East – Haley Jones

Radio
1st (14R1) – Hartford Union – Dan Bartelt
2nd (16R1) – Pulaski – Ethan Steeno
3rd (jp) (1R1) – Kaukauna – Abby Bigelow
Finalist (11R1) – Algoma – Josh Savoie
Finalist (18R1) – Hortonville – Derek Shlepr
Finalist (12R1) – Luxemberg-Casco – Adam Paider
Finalist (5R2) – Appleton East – Alana Tirimacco

Solo Humorous
1st (20S1) – Sheboygan North – Aristotle Leonhard
2nd (5S1) – Appleton East – Jenna Huebner
3rd (5S3) – Appleton East – Ian Bertschausen
Finalist (5S2) – Appleton East – Olivia Wulf
Finalist (10S2) – Plymouth – Alyssa Schall
Finalist (13S1) – Winneconne – Stephanie Roland

Solo Serious
1st (5T1) – Appleton East – Claire Zhuang
2nd (5T2) – Appleton East – Alyssa Mulder
3rd (5T3) – Appleton East – Lindsey Powell
Finalist (8T1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Carl Close
Finalist (9T1) – Neenah – Michelle McDonald

Special Occasion
1st (23U1) – Waupaca – Kokie Larson
2nd (jp) (8U1) – St Lawrence Seminary – Dong hyuk Choi
3rd (8U2) – St Lawrence Seminary – Nhat Tran
Finalist (14U1) – Hartford Union – Caitlin Conroy
Finalist (23U2) – Waupaca – Parker Kantos

Storytelling
1st (1W1) – Kaukauna – Kylie Schroeder
2nd (1W3) – Kaukauna – Aubrey Giordana
3rd (11W1) – Algoma – Kelsey Koss
Finalist (8W3) – St Lawrence Seminary – Tony Majewski
Finalist (14W1) – Hartford Union – Jessica Olynick

Saturday, February 6, Rufus King held its tenth annual invitational forensics tournament, the sixth held in partnership with Alverno College.  Thirty six teams attended, constituting 436 entries. Brookfield East won the large school squad sweepstakes; Hartford Union won the medium squad sweepstakes, and The Prairie School won the small squad sweepstakes award.  Tournament director Adam Jacobi piloted a new software suite for tournaments, Tabroom.com.  While there were a few issues of adjusting to a software package written for a different state/region, overall it performed well, and the tournament was fortunate to have a number of experienced and calm tab coaches!

• Click here to view complete results…

Large Team Results

304 – Appleton East
184 – Neenah

Medium Team Results

9.24 – 17 – Kaukauna
8.54 – 13 – Hortonville
8.33 – 18 – Waupaca
8.08 – 13 – Appleton West
7.56 – 18 – Winneconne
6.19 – 16 – Notre Dame

Small Team Results

11.3 – 8 – Appleton North
10.6 – 9 – Algoma
9.67 – 12 – Oshkosh West
8.8 – 10 – Wittenberg-Birnamwood
8.71 – 7 – Pulaski
8.6 – 5 – Little Chute
8.17 – 6 – New London
7.2 – 5 – Xavier
7.13 – 8 – Omro
5.71 – 7 – Bonduel

Individual Results

Demonstration
1st (T010) – Appleton East – Rachel Cross
2nd (N011) – Winneconne – Tony Luebke
3rd (F010) – Neenah – Elizabeth Ake

Duo Interp
1st (T020) – Appleton East – Ian Bertschausen & John Frederick
2nd (R020) – Notre Dame -
3rd (N020) – Winneconne -
Finalist (E020) – Hortonville –

Extemp
1st (jp) (V030) – Appleton West – Jordan Swanson
2nd (V033) – Appleton West – Kaitlynn Ebben
3rd (Z030) – Appleton North – Ivan Fan
Finalist (E030) – Hortonville – Thomas Ernst

Farrago
1st (T040) – Appleton East – Rachel Tiede
2nd (T041) – Appleton East – Samantha Gehrman
3rd (A040) – Oshkosh West – Lissy Dewitt
Finalist (G040) – Waupaca – Brayden Kenziora

Four Minute
1st (M051) – Algoma – Jacob Koss
2nd (C050) – Bonduel – Chase Jaime
3rd (M050) – Algoma – Kyle Cornelius
Finalist (O050) – Omro – Nicole Toetz
Finalist (R050) – Notre Dame – Thomas Brice
Finalist (D050) – Kaukauna – Nicholas Rollo
Finalist (N050) – Winneconne – Hannah DeYoung
Finalist (T050) – Appleton East – Sylvia Vanden Heuvel

Group Discussion
1st (jp) (F061) – Neenah – Caitlin Holzem
2nd (F060) – Neenah – Nick Biezer
3rd (F062) – Neenah – Vinnie Pinkley
Finalist (P060) – Little Chute – Andy Gilsdorf
Finalist (P061) – Little Chute – Jordan Bekx
Finalist (P062) – Little Chute – Micah Wittman

Group Interp
1st (T070) – Appleton East – Rachel Franz, Kate Palmbach & Rachel Tiede
2nd (F071) – Neenah – Hailey Forah, Caroline Sawyer, Kate Sagers
3rd (N071) – Winneconne – Aimee Overton, Raenell Engel, Hillery Kuehnl
Finalist (D070) – Kaukauna – Laura Verbruggen, Hannah Viterbroek, Ethan Meyer
Finalist (O070) – Omro – Nicki Toetz, Vaughan, Larsen, Tyler Volkert
Finalist (O071) – Omro – Brace Boutin, Alex Alubardi, Haylee Feverhelm
Finalist (K070) – Pulaski – Hannah Kestly, Paige Lightner

Moments in History
1st (Z0100) – Appleton North – Melissa Murphy
2nd (Z0101) – Appleton North – Brooke Resch
3rd (Y0100) – Oshkosh North – Katie Warczack
Finalist (T0101) – Appleton East – Mackenzie Harrmann

Oral Interp
1st (T0111) – Appleton East – McKenzie Bell
2nd (S0110) – Xavier – Sarah Pappas
3rd (W0110) – New London – Lucas Jensen
Finalist (T0110) – Appleton East – Olivia Hood
Finalist (G0111) – Waupaca – Cassie Menadue

Oratory
1st (V0120) – Appleton West – Carissa Stevens
2nd (G0120) – Waupaca – Ryan Manteufel
3rd (T0120) – Appleton East – Rose Hippert
Finalist (M0120) – Algoma – Jake Koss
Finalist (A0120) – Oshkosh West -
Finalist (N0120) – Winneconne –

Play Acting
1st (G0130) – Waupaca – Alex Weise and Jo Pegorsch
2nd (A0130) – Oshkosh West – Lizzie DeWitt and Steve Schauz
3rd (jp) (A0131) – Oshkosh West – Rebecca Liu and Julia Sprangers
Finalist (X0130) – Wittenberg-Birnamwood – Iris Carafel and Naomi Megolam

Poetry
1st (D082) – Kaukauna – Aubrey Kroiss
2nd (F083) – Neenah – Kit Main
3rd (T080) – Appleton East – Sarah Stringham
Finalist (F081) – Neenah – Katie Svitavsky
Finalist (M081) – Algoma – Ahnna Ellingsworth
Finalist (T081) – Appleton East – Samantha Gehrman
Finalist (T082) – Appleton East – Maggie Rufe

Prose
1st (A090) – Oshkosh West – Petra Krause
2nd (T090) – Appleton East – Noah Savoie
3rd (T093) – Appleton East – Maggie Rufe
Finalist (W090) – New London – Madison Cooley
Finalist (D091) – Kaukauna – Aubrey Kroiss
Finalist (X090) – Wittenberg-Birnamwood – Keela Frederick
Finalist (D093) – Kaukauna – Brittany Brudick

Public Address
1st (jp) (D0140) – Kaukauna – Laura Vergruggen
2nd (Z0140) – Appleton North – Paige Resch
3rd (V0140) – Appleton West – Courtney Breyer
Finalist (Z0141) – Appleton North – Manoj Dadi
Finalist (F0141) – Neenah – Sam Epley

Radio
1st (K0150) – Pulaski – Ethan Steeno
2nd (M0150) – Algoma – Josh Savoie
3rd (E0151) – Hortonville – Ben Heuser
Finalist (E0150) – Hortonville – Derek Shlepper
Finalist (T0150) – Appleton East – David Veit
Finalist (H0150) – Ripon – Emily Combs

Solo Humorous
1st (T0161) – Appleton East – McKenzie Bell
2nd (T0160) – Appleton East – Olivia Wulf
3rd (N0161) – Winneconne –
Finalist (N0160) – Winneconne – Stephanie Roland

Solo Serious
1st (T0171) – Appleton East – Lindsey Powell
2nd (W0170) – New London – Emma Staudenmaier
3rd (T0170) – Appleton East – Claire Zhuang
Finalist (E0170) – Hortonville – Rachel Martens

Special Occasion
1st (G0180) – Waupaca – Kokie Larson
2nd (R0180) – Notre Dame -
3rd (T0180) – Appleton East – Kathryn Sauter
Finalist (G0181) – Waupaca – Parker Kantos

Storytelling
1st (A0190) – Oshkosh West -
2nd (A0191) – Oshkosh West -
3rd (F0190) – Neenah -
Finalist (T0190) – Appleton East – Kathryn Sauter
Finalist (V0190) – Appleton West -
Finalist (C0190) – Bonduel – Savannah Rohloff