2009-2010 Tournament Results
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NFL Nationals
June 13-18
Kansas City , Missouri

Justin Kieran- Octo-finalist - International Extemp

Harry Neff - Octo-finalist - Humorous Interp
Harry Neff - Quarter-finalist - Storytellin

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NCFL Nationals 2010
May 28-29, 2010
Omaha, Nebraska

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Lucky Liyanage - semi-finalist - Extemporaneous Speaking
Justin Kieran - octa-finalist - Extemporaneous Speaking
Jackie Lebovits - octa-finalist - Oral Interpretation of Literature
Morgan Seiler & Ben Tolkin - octa-finalists - Public Forum Debate

Connie Gong & Ryan Sonnenberg - double-octa-finalists - Public Forum Debate

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States
March 27 & April 10, 2010
NSHS - 4th Place overall

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Zach Hausle - 1st Place - Extemp
Justin Kieran - 2nd Place - Extemp
Sarah Wanger - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Lucky Liyanage - 3rd Place - Extemp
Daniel Bender Stern - 3rd Place - Poetry Reading
Morgan Seiler & Ben Tolkin - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate
Jolie Yu - 4th Place - Original Oratory
Harry Neff - 5th Place - Dramatic Performance
Connie Gong- 6th Place - Group Discussion
Shan Shao - 7th Place - Declamation
Jonathan Schmidt - Finalist - Student Congress
Jackie Lebovits - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading

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March Merriness
March 20, 2010
NSHS - 1st Place overall

Tong Tong - 1st Place - Original Oratory
Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
Zack Hausle - 1st Place - Novice Extemp
Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Tabloid Extemp
Zack Hausle - 1st Place - Freeze Improv
Zhuoshi Xie - 1st Place - Student's Revenge
Brooke Vanaman & Sarah Wanger - 1st Place - Alumni Duo
Alex Brodsky & Daniel Bender Stern - 2nd Place - Alumni Duo
Annie Humphrey - 2nd Place - Children's Literature
Jackie Lebovits - 2nd Place - Poetry Reading
Caroline Zola - 2nd Place - Impromptu Sales
Nahuel Fefer - 3rd Place - Novice Extemp
Stephanie Li - 3rd Place - Impromptu Sales
Jackie Lebovits - 3rd Place - Freeze Improv
Jocelin Weiss - 3rd Place - Dramatic Performance
Shan Shao - 4th Place - Original Oratory
Morgan Seiler & Chris Erspamer - 4th Place - Public Forum Debate
Mika Gross - 5th Place - Children's Literature
Stephanie Li - 5th Place - Impromptu

Harry Neff - 6th Place - Play Reading
Stephanie Li - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Harry Neff - 6th Place - Dramatic Performance
Annie Humphrey - 7th Place - Dramatic Performance
Zhuoshi Xie - 7th Place - Original Oratory
Jonathan Schmidt - Finalist - Student Congress

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Mardi Gras
February 27, 2010
NEWTON SOUTH - 4th Place Overall

1st Place - Varsity Extemp - Justin Kieran
1st Place - Play Reading - Harry Neff
1st Place - Poetry Reading - Alissa Sage
1st Place - Lyrical Poetry - Daniel Bender Stern
1st Place - Public Forum Debate - Morgan Seiler & Ben Tolkin
3rd Place - Multiple - "Pinnochio" (S. Li, B. Fu, H. Lee, Z. Xie)
3rd Place - Dramatic Interp - Rachel Rosenbaum
3rd Place - Lyrical Poetry - Maddy Schulman
3rd Place + Top Novice - Varsity Extemp - Gil Avramovich
4th Place - Original Poetry - Melanie Rucinski
5th Place - Declamation - Shan Shao
6th Place - Dramatic Performance - Jocelin Weiss
6th Place - Poetry Reading - Sidrah Baloch
6th Place - Prose Reading - Rina Friedberg

Semi-finalist
- Children's Literature Reading - Mika Gross


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NCFL National Quals
February 6, 2010

LOOK WHO'S GOING TO NATIONALS!

Dramatic Performance
Harry Neff
Rachel Rosenbaum
Maddy Schulman


Extemporaneous Speaking
Zack Hausle
Justin Kieran
Lucky Liyanage
Henry Yun


Original Oratory
Shan Shao
Jolie Yu

Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Jackie Lebovits

Public Forum Debate
Ryan Sonnenberg & Connie Gong
Adam Sonnenberg & Thomas Li
Morgan Seiler & Ben Tolkin
Nahuel Fefer & Jonathan Schmidt


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cape Ann Classic
January 30, 2010
NSHS - 5th Place overall

Jolie Yu - 1st Place - Original Oratory
Jackie Lebovits - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Gil Avramovich - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Henry Yun - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp
Jackie Lebovits - 5th Place - Poetry Reading
Dipal Nagda - 5th Place - Novice Reading

Shan Shao - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Maya Paris-Saper - 6th Place- Poetry Reading
Stephanie Li - 6th Place - Impromptu
Morgan Seiler & Ben Tolkin - 6th Place - Public Forum Debate
Annie Humphrey - Semi-finalist - Dramatic Performance

Rachel Rosenbaum - Semi-finalist - Dramatic Performance

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Columbia University
January 22-24, 2010
NSHS - tied for 6th Place overall

Team

Jackie Lebovits - 1st Place - Oral Interpretation
Lucky Liyanage - 2nd Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Jolie Yu - 4th Place - Original Oratory
Justin Kieran
- 6th Place - Extemporaneous Speaking

Jocelin Weiss - semi-finalist - Dramatic Performance

Harry Neff - quarter-finalist - Dramatic Performance
Allie Glickman - quarter-finalist - Oral Interpretation
Daniel Bender Stern - quarter-finalist - Oral Interpretation
Morgan Seiler & Ben Tolkin - octo-finalists - Public Forum Debate
Connie Gong & Thomas Li - double octo-finalists - Public Forum Debate

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"Reach for the Stars"
Newton South
January 9, 2010
NSHS - 1st Place overall


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Tournament Hosts - Jolie Yu & Justin Kieran
 

Lucky Liyanage - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
Annie Humphrey - 1st Place - Children's Literature
Jackie Lebovits - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
Jackie Lebovits - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Daniel Bender Stern - 2nd Place - Poetry Reading
Morgan Seiler & Ben Tolkin - 2nd Place - Public Forum Debate
Henry Yun - 3rd Place - Novice Extemp
Caroline Zola - 3rd Place - Novice Reading
Sammie Gross - 3rd Place - Poetry Reading
Sarah Wanger - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Gil Avramovich - 4th Place - Novice Extemp
Rina Friedberg - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Nahuel Fefer & Jonathan Schmidt - 4th Place - Public Forum Debate
Zack Hausle - 5th Place & Top Novice - Varsity Extemp
Stephanie Li - 5th Place - Original Oratory
Shan Shao - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Harry Neff - 6th Place - Play Reading
Rachel Leshin - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Amaya Abadia-Manthei - Semi-finalist & Top Novice - Prose Reading

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HollyTeam09
The Holly Festival

December 19, 2009
NSHS - 3rd Place overall

1st place - Ben Tolkin - Impropmtu
1st place - Justin Kieran - Varsity Extemp
3rd place - Sarah Wanger - Drama Audition
3rd place - Brooke Vanaman ('08) - Original Poetry
4th place - Lucky Liyanage - Varsity Extemp
4th place - Shan Shao - Original Oratory
4th place - Kim Vanaman - Original Poetry
5th place - Karen Shibuya - Varsity Extemp
5th place - Harry Neff - Programmed Poetry
6th place - Mika Gross - Children's Literature Reading
Honorable Mention - Harry Neff - Play Reading
Honorable Mention - Sidrah Baloch - Prose Reading
Super Session (Finalist)
- Jonathan Schmidt - Student Congress

Double-Entry Awards
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3rd place: Sidrah Baloch
3rd place: Shan Shao
3rd place: Sarah Wanger

Pentathlon Awards
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Allie Glickman
Harry Neff

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Lincoln-Sudbury
December 5, 2009
NSHS - 3rd Place overall

Gil Avramovich - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Annie Humphrey - 2nd Place - Play Reading
Justin Kieran - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
Rachel Rosenbaum - 2nd Place - Dramatic Performance
Mika Gross - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature Reading
Harry Neff
- 3rd Place - Play Reading

Amaya Abadia-Manthei - 4th Place - Novice Reading
Daniel Bender Stern - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Allie Glickman- 4th Place - Dramatic Performance
Karen Shibuya - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Henry Yun - 4th Place - Novice Extemp
Weiss, Haber, & Kestenberg - 4th Place - Team Improv

Daniel Bender Stern - 5th Place - Dramatic Performance
Sammie Gross - 5th Place - Poetry Reading
Jocelin Weiss - 5th Place - Play Reading
Shan Shao - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Jackie Lebovits - 7th Place - Poetry Reading

Jackie Lebovits - Honorable Mention - Prose Reading
Alissa Sage - Honorable Mention - Prose Reading
Sarah Wanger - Honorable Mention - Prose Reading
Caroline Zola - Honorable Mention - Prose Reading

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Little Lex
November 21 , 2009

Ben Tolkin & Morgan Seiler - 1st Place - PFD (record: 5-0)
Nahuel Fefer & Thomas Li - 3rd Place - PFD (record: 4-0)
Jonathan Schimdt & Connie Gong - 8th Place - PFD (record: 3-1)
Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg - 12th Place - PFD (record: 3-1)

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Gracia Burkhill
November 14 , 2009

GraciaWU

Lucky Liyanage - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
"Mulan" (Bender Stern, Kestenberg, Shibuya) - 1st Place - Multiple
Justin Kieran - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp
Mika Gross - 3rd Place - Children's Literature
Maddy Schulman - 3rd Place - Dramatic Performance
Melanie Rucinski - 4th Place - Original Oratory
Daniel Bender Stern - 5th Place - Dramatic Performance
Gil Avramovich - 5th Place - Novice Extemp
Annie Humphrey - 5th Place - Play Reading
Nahuel Fefer & Jeff Rubin - 6th Place - Public Forum Debate
Jason Glyman - 6th Place - Varsity Extemp
Jennifer Loew - 7th Place - Children's Literature


Caroline Zola - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Sarah Wanger - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Amaya Abadia-Manthei - Semi-finalist - Novice Reading

Susannah Glickman - Honorable Mention - Novice Reading

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Dighton-Rehoboth
October 24, 2009
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

DR Team

Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Rucinski - 1st Place - Original Oratory
Jackie Lebovits - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Jolie Yu - 2nd Place - Original Oratory
Zack Hausle - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Karen Shibuya - 3rd Place - Varsity Extemp
Morgan Seiler & Thomas Li - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate
Harry Neff - 4th Place - Dramatic Performance
Jackie Lebovits - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Nahuel Fefer & Jonathan Schmidt - 4th Place - Public Forum Debate
Stephanie Li - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Gil Avramovich - 6th Place - Novice Extemp
Stephanie Wang & Ben Tolkin - 7th Place - Public Forum Debate


Nicole Kestenberg - Honorable Mention - Play Reading
Caroline Zola - Semi-finalist - Novice Reading
Stephanie Wang - Top Novice - Public Forum Debate

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Novice Tournament
October 10 , 2009
at Catholic Memorial

1st Place - Medal Recipents

 

Novices

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Prose Reading
- Amaya Abadia-Montheil
- Caroline Zola
- Susannah Glickman
- Mika Gross

Public Forum Debate
- Chloe Thompson & Stephanie Wang
- Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg
- Leah Abercrombie & Connie Gong

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
- Gil Avramovich