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Results

2007-2008 Tournament Results

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NFL Nationals
June 2008
Las Vegas, NV

Becca Goldstein ('09) -  NATIONAL CHAMPION - U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking 
Alex Tolkin ('09) - NATIONAL CHAMPION - Commentary 
Antonia Lassar ('08) - NATIONAL CHAMPION - Storytelling

Justine Lassar ('08) - Semi-Finalist - Prose Reading
Justine Lassar ('08) - Quarter-Finalist - Poetry Reading
Antonia Lassar ('08) - Quarter-Finalist - Humorous Interpretation 
Justine Lassar ('08) - Octa-Finalist - Dramatic Interpretation

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Alex Tolkin, Antonia Lassar, Becca Goldstein, Justine Lassar
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NCFL Nationals
May 2008

Antonia Lassar - Quarter-Finalist in Dramatic Performance
Becca Goldstein - Semi-Finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
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Mr. Jim Honeyman, Alex Tolkin, Sarah Brooke Vanaman, Bill Humphrey, Charlie Li, Stephanie Li, Justine lassar, Julia Caine, Ms. Hannah Printz
Ms. Lisa Honeyman, Antonia Lassar, Melanie Rucinski, Siddhi Krishna, Maddy Schulman, Sammie Gross, Becca Goldstein
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Antonia & Becca

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Massachusetts State Finals
April 2008
Newton South - STATE CHAMPIONS!

The top 6 finishing schools at STATES were:
1st - Newton South (247 points)
2nd - Natick High School (232 points)
3rd - Milton Academy (225 points)
4th - Catholic Memorial (205 points)
5th - Shrewsbury High School (197 points)
6th - Acton-Boxborough (175 points)

STATE CHAMPION STUDENTS
Chrissy Amendola ('09) - Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky ('09) - Prose Reading
Justine Lassar ('08) - Dramatic Interp

Becca Goldstein ('09) -  2nd place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Chrissy Amendola ('09) - 2nd place - Children's Literature Reading
Alex Tolkin ('09) - 3rd place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Stephanie Lee ('08) - 3rd place - Humorous Interp
Jolie Yu ('11) - 3rd place - Declamation
Julia Caine ('08) - 4th place - Humorous Interp
Brooke Vanaman ('08) - 5th place - Poetry Reading
Stephanie Lee ('08) - 6th place - Prose Reading
Siddhi Krishna ('08) - 7th place - Congress

Semi-Finalists in Prose Reading
Harry Neff ('11)
Maddy Schulman ('11)
Brooke Vanaman ('08)

Top Novice
Poetry Reading - Maddy Schulman



March Merriness - at Needham 
29 March 2008
Newton South - 1st Place Overall
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Alex Tolkin & Chris Palmer
" 'Night Mother"
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Justine Lassar & Hannah Printz
"Collected Stories"
Alex Tolkin & Chris Palmer - 1st Place - Alumni Duo 
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp 
Becca Goldstein - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp 
Allie Glickman - 1st Place - Children's Literature 
Harry Neff - 1st Place - Freeze Improv 
Brooke Vanaman - 1st Place - Poetry Reading 
Alex Brodsky - 1st Place - Prose Reading 
Nate Yeo - 1st Place - Tabloid Extemp
Antonia Lassar & E. Dearborn (AB) - 1st Place - Mixed Duo 
Maddy Schulman & M. Benjamin (AB) - 2nd Place - Mixed Duo 
Lucky Liyanage - 2nd Place - Tabloid Extemp

Justine Lassar - 2nd Place - Prose Reading 

Maddy Schulman 
- 2nd Place & Top Novice - Poetry Reading 
Julia Caine - 2nd Place - Freeze Improv
Antonia Lassar - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp 

Lucky Liyanage - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - 2nd Place - Duo Interp 
Jolie Yu - 2nd Place & Top Novice - Declamation
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp 
Brooke & Kim Vanaman - 2nd Place - Alumni Duo 
Maddy Schulman 
- 3rd Place & Top Novice - Prose Reading 
Justine Lassar & Hannah Sacks - 3rd Place - Alumni Duo 
Betty Tolkin - 4th Place - Alumni Oratory 
Nate Yeo - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp 
Chrissy Amendola - 4th Place - Poetry Reading 

Ben Tolkin 
- 4th Place - Tabloid Extemp 
Justin Kieran - 5th Place - Novice Extemp
Chrissy Amendola - 6th Place - Children's Literature
Tong Tong - Finalist - Student Congress 
Siddhi Krishna - Finalist - Student Congress

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NFL National Qualifiers 
Look Who's Going to Nationals!Las Vegas, NV - June 14-21, 2008


Alex Tolkin - International Extemporaneous Speaking
Becca Goldstein - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Justine Lassar - Dramatic Interpretation 
Antonia Lassar - Humorous Interpretation 

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Mardi Gras 
22 March 2008
Newton South - 2nd Place Overall



















1st Place - Spirit Award - NEWTON SOUTH!
1st Place - Public Forum Debate - Bill Humphrey & Siddhi Krishna (undefeated!)
1st Place - Dramatic Interp - Justine Lassar
1st Place - Poetry Reading - Justine Lassar
1st Place - Prose Reading - Alex Brodsky
1st Place - Humorous Interp - Stephanie Lee
2nd Place - Humorous Interp - Antonia Lassar
2nd Place - Varsity Extemp - Nate Yeo
2nd Place - Poetry Reading - Brooke Vanaman
3rd Place - Poetry Reading - Chrissy Amendola
3rd Place + Top Novice - Dramatic Interp - Laura Haime
4th Place + Top Novice - Prose Reading - Harry Neff
4th Place - Humorous Interp - Alex Brodsky
4th Place - Lyrical Poetry - Brooke Vanaman
5th Place - Team Improv - Amalia Lieberman & Lucy Ye
6th Place + Top Novice - Varsity Extemp - Justin Kieran
6th Place - Humorous Interp - Julia Caine
6th Place - Novice Reading - Lucy Ye
6th Place - Student Congress - Yana Shneyderman
Top Novice - Poetry Reading - Sammie Gross


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Harvard University
February 16-18, 2008

Extemp - 1st Place - Becca Goldstein 
Extemp - 5th Place - Alex Tolkin

Octafinalist
Public Forum Debate - Charlie Li & Ben Tolkin


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NCFL National QUALS 
Traveling to Appleton, WI in May! 

Melanie Rucinski - Declamation
Julia Caine - Dramatic Performance 
Antonia Lassar - Dramatic Performance 
Stephanie Lee - Dramatic Performance
Becca Goldstein - Extemp
Alex Tolkin - Extemp
Justine Lassar - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry) 
Sammie Gross - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Maddy Schulman - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry) 
Brooke Vanaman - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry) 
Charlie Li & Bill Humphrey - Public Forum Debate 
Siddhi Krishna - Student Congress

1st Alternate:
Jolie Yu - Declamation

Silver Lake
February 2, 2008
Newton South - 6th Place Overall

Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Novice Extemp
Maddy Schulman - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Rachel Leshin - 4th Place - Children's Literature Reading
Justine Lassar - 6th Place - Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading
Justine Lassar - Honorable Mention - Dramatic Interp

Siddhi Krishna - 1st Alternate - NFL Congress Qualifier (Senate)
Lucky Liyanage - 2nd Alternate - NFL Congress Qualifier (House)


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Back: Nate Yeo, Alex Tolkin, David Schlenker, Stephanie Li, Charlie Li, Mr. Chris Palmer
Middle: Mrs. Lisa Honeyman, Ben Tolkin, Alex Brodsky, Mark Galinovsky, Becca Goldstein
Front: Julia Caine, Siddhi Krishna, Justine Lassar, Sarah Brooke Vanaman
Columbia University
January 25-27, 2008
Newton South - 4th Place Overall

Public Forum Debate - 1st Place - Charlie Li & Ben Tolkin 
Extemp - 1st Place - Becca Goldstein 
Extemp - 2nd Place - Alex Tolkin 
Duo Interp - 3rd Place - Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman 
Dramatic Performance - 7th Place - Julia Caine 

Semi-Finalists
Original Oratory - David Schlenker 
Oral Interpretation - Brooke Vanaman
Dramatic Performance - Brooke Vanaman 

Quarter Finalists 
Oral Interpretation - Stephanie Lee
Oral Interpretation - Alex Brodsky

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Newton South
Under the Sea Tournament
January 12 , 2008
Newton South - 1st Place Overall
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Brooke Vanaman - 1st Place - Children's Literature Reading
Maddy Schulman - 1st Place - Novice Reading
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Prose Reading 
Antonia Lassar - 1st Place - Humorous Interp 
Lucky Liyanage - 1st Place - Novice Extemp 
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp 
Justin Kieran - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp 
Stephanie Lee - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp 
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp 
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - 2nd Place - Multiple 
Sammie Gross - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature 
Charlie Li & Jonathan Schmidt - 3rd Place & Top Novices - PFD
Nate Yeo - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Antonia Lassar - 4th Place - Original Fiction 
Jolie Yu - 5th Place - Declamation
Siddhi Krishna - 5th Place - Student Congress 
Tong Tong - Semi-Finalist - Student Congress 
Harry Neff - Semi-Finalist - Novice Reading
Rachel Leshin - Semi-Finalist - Novice Reading
Jocelin Weiss - Semi-Finalist - Novice Reading
David Schlenker - Semi-Finalist - Children's Literature
Allie Glickman - Honorable Mention - Children's Literature
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - Honorable Mention - Duo Interp 
Ellie Wood - Top Novice - Dramatic Interp

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MBA Round Robin
January 4-6, 2008

Becca Goldstein
1st Place

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The Holly Festival
December 15, 2007
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

1st place - Justine Lassar - Dramatic Interp
1st place - Antonia Lassar - Humorous Interp
1st place - Justine Lassar - Prose Reading
1st place - Jackie Horowitz - Novice Reading
1st place - Lucky Liyanage - Novice Extemp
1st place - Antonia Lassar - Original Poetry
1st place - Justine Lassar - Programmed Poetry
2nd place - Justine Lassar - Pentathlon
2nd place - Stephanie Lee - Humorous Interp
2nd place - Becca Goldstein - Varsity Extemp
3rd place - Alex Tolkin - Varsity Extemp
3rd place - Julia Caine - Humorous Interp
3rd place - David Schlenker - Children's Literature Reading
3rd place - Jolie Yu - Declamation
3rd place - Maddy Schulman - Novice Reading
3rd place - My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Multiple (Harry, David, Bill, Antonia, Julia & Chrissy)
3rd place - Teddy Crecelius ('04) - Original Poetry
4th place - David Schlenker - Original Oratory
4th place - Justin Kieran - Novice Extemp
4th place - Alex Tolkin - Impromptu
5th place - Ned Crecelius ('04 parent) - Original Poetry
6th place - Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - Duo Interpretation
Honorable Mention & Top Novice - Rachel Leshin - Children's Literature Reading
Super Session (Finalist) - Siddhi Krishna - Student Congress
Super Session (Finalist) - Yana Shneyderman - Student Congress

Double-Entry Awards
5th place: Stephanie Lee
5th place: David Schlenker 
4th place: Lucky Liyanage 
3rd place: Alex Tolkin 
1st place: Antonia Lassar

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George Mason Univ. 
November 30-December 2, 2007 
NSHS - 6th Place overall 

MAIN TOURNAMENT
Antonia Lassar - 1st Place - Humorous Interp 
Alex Tolkin - 3rd Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Antonia Lassar - 6th Place - Prose Reading

SEMI-FINALS
Becca Goldstein - Extemporaneous Speaking
Justine Lassar - Poetry Reading
Justine Lassar - Prose Reading

ROUND ROBINS 
Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Interp Round Robin 
Rebecca Goldstein - 1st Place - Extemp Round Robin 

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Lincoln-Sudbury
December 1 , 2007
Newton South - 2nd Place Overall

Chrissy Amendola - 1st Place - Children's Literature Reading
David Schlenker - 1st Place - Original Oratory
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - 2nd Place - Duo Interp
Stephanie Lee - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp
"Green Eggs and H-Ham" - 2nd Place - Improv Multiple
Lucky Liyanage - 3rd Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Rucinski - 4th Place - Declamation
Laura Haime - 4th Place - Dramatic Interp
Wenqi Feng - 4th Place - Novice Reading
Stephanie Lee - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Harry Neff - 5th Place - Novice Reading
Alex Brodsky - 5th Place - Humorous Interp
Sammie Gross - 5th Place - Children's Literature Reading
"Illegal Seafood" - 5th Place - Improv Multiple
Nate Yeo - 6th Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Fineman - 6th Place - Impromptu
Ben Tolkin & Bill Humphrey - 7th Place and Top Novices - Public Forum Debate

Hannah Furgang - Honorable Mention - Children's Literature Reading
Justin Kieran - Top Novice - Varsity Extemp
Jolie Yu - Top Novice - Poetry Reading

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Villiger
November 17-18, 2007
at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
Newton South - 6th Place Overall



Extemp - 1st Place - Becca Goldstein 
Dramatic Performance - 2nd Place - Justine Lassar 
Dramatic Performance - 4th Place - Antonia Lassar 

Semi-Finalists
Duo Interp - Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman 
Extemp - Alex Tolkin 
Oral Interpretation - Justine Lassar 

Quarter Finalists 
Dramatic Performance - Alex Brodsky 
Oral Interpretation - Stephanie Lee


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Gracia Burkhill
November 10, 2007
at Natick High School

Novice Extemp - 1st Place - Justin Kieran
Congress - 1st Place - Siddhi Krishna
Varsity Extemp - 1st Place - Alex Tolkin 
Declamation - 2nd Place - Jolie Yu
Humorous Interp - 2nd Place - Julia Caine
Play Reading - 2nd Place - Mark Galinovsky
Humorous Interp - 3rd Place - Antonia Lassar
Novice Extemp - 3rd Place - Lucky Liyanage
Humorous Interp - 4th Place - Alex Brodsky
Children's Literature - 4th Place - Chrissy Amendola
Dramatic Interp - 5th Place - Justine Lassar
Congress - 6th Place - Tong Tong
Novice Reading - 6th Place -Alissa Sage
Public Forum Debate - 7th Place - Charlie Li & Bill Humphrey (3-1 record)
Varsity Extemp - 7th Place - Nate Yeo


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Hull "Early Pumpkin"
October 27, 2007
NSHS - 2nd place overall

Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp 
Antonia Lassar - 1st Place - Humorous Interp 
Becca Goldstein - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp 
Lucky Liyanage - 1st Place - Novice Extemp 

Siddhi Krishna - 2nd Place - Congress 
Jolie Yu - 2nd Place - Declamation
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity Extemp 
Rachel Leshin - 2nd Place - Novice Reading
Julia Caine - 3rd Place - Humorous Interp 
Sammie Gross - 3rd Place & Top Novice -  
                                            Children's Literature 
Melanie Rucinski - 3rd Place - Declamation 
Stephanie Lee - 4th Place - Prose Reading 
Nate Yeo - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp 
Chrissy Amendola - 6th Place - Children's Literature
Ellie Wood - Top Novice - Prose Reading 



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Hall of Fame
October 20 , 2007
Newton South - 3rd Place Overall

Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Dramatic Interp 
Sammie Gross - 1st Place - Novice Reading 
Stephanie Lee - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
Antonia Lassar - 2nd Place - Humorous Interp
Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - 3rd Place - Duo Interpretation
Charlie Li & Ben Tolkin - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate 
Siddhi Krishna - 5th Place - Student Congress
Jolie Yu - 6th Place - Declamation 
Laura Haime - 7th Place - Play Reading 
Alissa Sage - Top Novice - Prose Reading 

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Novice Tournament
October 13 , 2007
at Catholic Memorial High School












                                   





                           First Place - Medal Recipients

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
- Luckmini Liyanage

Oratorical Performance (Declamation)
- Melanie Rucinski
- Jolie Yu

Poetry Reading
- Michelle Chin

Prose Reading
- Laura Haime
- Jaclyn Horowitz
- Rachel Leshin
- Harry Neff
- Maddy Schulman
- Jocelin Weiss

Public Forum Debate
- Charles Li & Ben Tolkin


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Yale University
September 28-30, 2007
NSHS - 2nd Place overall

Justine Lassar - 1st Place - Oral Interp 
Justine Lassar - 2nd Place - Dramatic Interp 
Becca Goldstein - 3rd Place - Extemp

Julia Caine & Brooke Vanaman - Semi Finalist - Duo 
Antonia Lassar - Semi Finalist - Humorous Interp
Julia Caine - Semi Finalist - Humorous Interp
Brooke Vanaman - Semi Finalist - Oral Interp 
Siddhi Krishna - Semi Finalist - Student Congress 

Alex Tolkin - Quarter Finalist - Extemp
Bill Humphrey - Quarter Finalist - Extemp
Stephanie Lee - Quarter Finalist - Oral Interp 

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