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Results Results Results

Congratulations to our team on their success at the most recent tournaments. Please congratulate these team members if you see them!

District Congress @ Montville:

  • Sam Halpern – 6th place Senate (4th alternate)

Montville Invitational:

  • Katherine Hu – Top Non-Advancing Novice, Humorous Interpretation
  • Allie Wu & Paul Ward – 6th place Novice Public Forum
  • Nicole Nissel – 5th place Program Oral Interpretation
  • Renee Shen – 4th place Varsity Lincoln Douglas
  • Shefali Das – 3rd place Oral Interpretation
  • Jordan Pontelandolfo – 1st place Oral Interpretation

Harvard Invitational:

  • Amy Pu – Triple-octafinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
  • Lauren Spencer – Octafinalist, Dramatic Interpretation
  • Caitlyn Dempsey – Quarterfinalist, Program Oral Interpretation
  • Bryn Bennett – Quarterfinalist, Humorous Interpretation & Semifinalist, Program Oral Interpretation

Montville Big Questions & World Schools Debate:

  • Sam Halpern, Shefali Das, & Daniel Kim – 5th place World Schools Debate

CFL #5 @ Ridge:

  • Tyler Harper & Lara Heinlein – 5th place Duo Interpretation
  • Jaqueline Wu – 1st place Junior Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Caitlyn Dempsey – 1st place Varsity Oral Interpretation

Borelli Memorial:

  • Shefali Das – 1st place Original Oratory
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Results from Princeton & Summit

Please congratulate the following team members for their hard work and success the past two weekends!

Summit Holiday Classic:

  • Peter Vailakis – Top Non-Advancing Novice, Original Oratory
  • Tyler Harper & Lara Heinlein – Top Non-Advancing Novices, Duo Interpretation
  • Kathryn Altman – 4th place Humorous Interpretation
  • Jordan Pontelandolfo – 4th place Dramatic Interpretation
  • Lauren Spencer – 1st place Dramatic Interpretation
  • Bryn Bennett – 1st place Humorous Interpretation and 1st place Program Oral Interpretation
  • Team Sweepstakes – 5th place

Princeton Classic:

  • Amy Pu – Double-octafinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
  • Shefali Das – Semifinalist, Original Oratory
  • Bryn Bennett – 6th place Humorous Interpretation
  • Lauren Spencer – 6th place Dramatic Interpretation
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Princeton Classic

Registration is now open for the Princeton Classic (December 2-4), held on the campus of Princeton University. We encourage all our team members, novice and veteran alike, to take advantage of this inexpensive national tournament right in our backyard.

Please register here and pay a $100 deposit by the deadline of November 2 in order to secure a spot on the trip. Once we have deposits locked in, we will distribute more information about the trip and any additional costs.

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Early Tournament Registration

We encourage everyone to consider signing up for our early tournaments. There are three before the Thanksgiving break, perfect for novices to shadow (or even better, compete) at and for veterans to earn early states bids and CFL qualification points. Signups or drops are due by the Tuesday before each tournament. Take a look below:

CFL #1: Ridge (10/22)

Phillipsburg (10/29)

Also, don’t sleep on our next national Ivy League tournament at Princeton – nice and close for an overnight trip. Tournament registration opens on 10/18, so to ensure a spot on the roster, sign up soon.

Princeton Classic (12/2-12/4)

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Yale Results

Please join us in congratulating all our members who competed at Yale, including four freshman in their Randolph Speech & Debate debuts. In, here are some of our excellent results from the weekend:

  • Amy Pu – Triple-Octafinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
  • Renee Shen – Octafinalist, Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
  • Jordan Pontelandolfo – Quarterfinalist, Dramatic Interpretation
  • Lauren Spencer – Quarterfinalist, Dramatic Interpretation
  • Caitlyn Dempsey – Semifinalist, Program Oral Interpretation
  • Bryn Bennett – 3rd place Humorous Interpretation and 5th place Program Oral Interpretation

What a great tone to set for the season! We hope to see everyone at the kick-off meeting on Tuesday, September 20 to keep the successes rolling.

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Yale Invitational Tournament

All students attending Yale this year must complete the following:

  1. Look at the Yale Information 2016 that replaces our old packets. This shows you the balance due and other information about the trip.
  2. Fill out the 2016-17 Intake Forms. Instead of doing tons of paperwork all year for various things, we’ve consolidated everything into a set of forms for the start of the year. Since you’re going to Yale, you’ll need to complete them early. All of this information will be kept on file all year, so you won’t have to do it again. These must be handed in as hard copies, not as pdfs or attachments. If you need a hard copy, I will have some in B164 early next week. Don’t forget a copy of your insurance card! Also, you don’t have to fill out the Boosters membership form, since you did that already.
  3. The payment and intake forms are due no later than Thursday, September 8, which is the third day of school and our first Yale “preseason” meeting after school. Please plan to attend this meeting and the next two “preseason” meetings on the 13 and 15.
  4. If you are currently waitlisted, come and see me in B164 on the first day of school at some point.
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Yale Signups

This year the Yale Invitational will be held on September 16-18. All team members who would like to compete should complete the Yale Invitational Sign-up. The registration window opens at 1pm on August 1, so any team member who signs up after risks being waitlisted. More information can be found on the Yale 2016 Invitation.

We are opening consideration for ANY team member to attend Yale this year, including new members who are rising 9th graders, up to a maximum of 25. All team members attending Yale will be asked to come to “preseason” meetings in the first two weeks of school before the tournament.

We would like to finalize the trip by August 29. Once we finalize numbers, paperwork and payment information will be distributed.

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NSDA Nationals Results

Senior Harry Kern travelled to Salt Lake City this week for NSDA Nationals. He helped represent Team NJ in the World Schools Debate event as part of a five-member team with students from other schools. The team advanced to the national octafinals, earning tenth place overall! Harry also ranked as the 34th best speaker in the tournament out of over 425 total. Congratulations!

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NSDA Nationals Livestream

The NSDA runs two livestreams of the national final rounds in ALL categories. Visit this link to see the schedule (all times in MDT) and make sure to watch the best of the best in the country (and the world). Interp finals are particularly impressive if you have time to watch. Enjoy!

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NCFL Grand Nationals Results

Five RHS Forensics team members travelled to Sacramento, CA for Memorial Day weekend for the NCFL Grand National Championship.

Congratulations to senior Rachel Loia (Oral Interpretation) and the senior team of Alyssa Spagnuolo and Noah Taylor (Duo Interpretation) for placing in the top 48 nationally in their events as national octafinialists!