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Results

2010-2011 Tournament Results

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SENIORS at STATES
Jonathan Schmidt, Nahuel Fefer, Harry Neff, Jolie Yu, Shan Shao
Jocelin Weiss, Melanie Rucinski, Maddy Schulman, Rachel Rosenbaum, Alissa Sage, Justin Kieran
Missing: Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg, Connie Gong, Thomas Li, Ben Tolkin

NFL Nationals
June 12-19, 2011
Dallas, Texas

• Harry Neff - 4th Place
  in Storytelling
• Justin Kieran - Semi-finalist
  in Impromptu
• Daniel Bender Stern - Semi-finalist
 
 in Storytelling
• Justin Kieran - Octo-finalist
  in International Extemp
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          photo of Harry Neff
          by Sarah Donnelly

NCFL Nationals - May 28-29, 2011
Winners of the 
Founders Award for Excellence in Speech
Winners of the Masterson Award for Overall Excellence in Speech & Debate 

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• Maddy Schulman - NATIONAL CHAMPION
   in Oral Interpretation of Literature
• Danie Bender Stern - 6th Place
    in Oral Interpretation of Literature
• Jackie Lebovits - Semi-finalist 
    in Oral Interpretation of Literature
• Gil Avramovich - Semi-finalist
    in Extemporaneous Speaking
• Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg - Semi-Finalists
    in Public Forum Debate
• Justin Kieran - Quarter-Finalist
   in Extemporaneous Speaking
• Harry Neff - Octo-Finalist 
   in Dramatic Performance
• Nahuel Fefer & Ben Tolkin - Double-Octo Finalists 
   in Public Forum Debate


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State Speech Finals

9 April 2011
NSHS 2nd Place Overall

1st Place                                                     
Justin Kieran - Varsity Extemp
Daniel Bender Stern - Prose Reading
Melanie Rucinski - Original Oratory

2nd Place                                                     
Holly Higgins - Declamation
Jackie Lebovits - Poetry Reading
Annie Humphrey - Prose Reading

3rd Place                                                    
Jackie Lebovits - Prose Reading 

4th Place                                                    
Gil Avramovich - Varsity Extemp
Taylor Beidler - Children's Literature Reading

5th Place                                                       
Jonathan Schmidt - Student Congress
Daniel Bender Stern - Poetry Reading
Daniel Bender Stern - Double Entry Award
Jocelin Weiss - Prose Reading
Stephanie Li - Original Oratory
6th Place                                                               
Rachel Rosenbaum - Dramatic Performance      
Stephanie Li - Impromptu
Jackie Lebovits - Double Entry Award


Other Awards                                                                         
Michelle Tian - 7th Place - Prose Reading                                                         
Jess Dagg - Top Novice - Dramatic Performance
Tuleeka Hazra - Top Novice - Impromptu
Jess Dagg - Top Novice & Honorable Mention - Prose Reading
Jackie Lebovits & Daniel Bender Stern - Honorable Mention - Duo Interp


State Debate Finals

2 April 2011
NSHS Wins Public Forum Debate
4th Place Overall

State Champions
   Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg 

Quarter Finalists
  Ben Tolkin & Nahuel Fefer
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NFL National Qualifiers
25-26 March 2011
NSHS 1st Place Overall

Look who's going to NFL Nationals!
Dallas, Texas - June 13-17, 2011

In Public Forum Debate
- Ben Tolkin & Nahuel Fefer
- Thomas Li & Jonathan Schmidt

In International Extemporaneous Speaking
- Gil Avramovich
- Justin Kieran

In DUO Interpretation
- Daniel Bender Stern & Jackie Lebovits

In Dramatic Interpretation
- Harry Neff


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March Merryness
at Needham High School
19 March 2011
NSHS 1st Place Overall


1st Place                                                     
Harry Neff - Dramatic Performance
Daniel Bender Stern - Poetry Reading
Maddy Schulman - Prose Reading
Zhuoshi Xie - Student's Revenge
Adam Sonnenberg - Top Speaker - PFD
Harry Neff - Freeze Improv

2nd Place                                                   
Justin Kieran - Varsity Extemp
Jocelin Weiss & Bancroft - Mixed Duo
Josh Carney - Novice Extemp
Hayley Goldstein - Novice Reading
Nahuel Fefer & Ben Tolkin - PF Debate
Jackie Lebovits - Prose Reading
Melanie Rucinski - Student's Revenge


3rd Place                                                                     
Anjali Oberoi - Novice Extemp
Julia Spector - Impromptu
Maddy Schulman - Poetry Reading
Jocelin Weiss - Prose Reading
Taylor Beidler & Acton-Boxborough - Mixed Duo
Shan Shao - Student's Revenge
Justin Kieran - Tabloid Extemp
Ryan Sonnenberg - 3rd Place Speaker - PFD
Daniel Bender Stern & Jackie Lebovits - Duo
Chrissy Amendola & Jackie Lebovits - Alumni Duo

4th Place                                                                        
Hayley Goldstein - Freeze Improv
Tuleeka Hazra - Impromptu
Nikita Roy & Natick - Mixed Duo
Hattie Gawande & Keith Henzer - Public Forum Debate
Stephanie Li - Original Oratory
Annie Humphrey - Poetry Reading
Gil Avramovich - Tabloid Extemp
5th Place                                                                                
Taylor Beidler - Children's Literature Reading
Gil Avramovich - Varsity Extemp
Stephanie Foster - Freeze Improv
Thomas Li - 5th Place Speaker - PFD

6th Place                                                                                
Shan Shao - Original Oratory
Jess Dagg - Prose Reading6th Place                                                                                                                   

Other Awards                                                                         
Caroline Zola - Honorable Mention - Dramatic Performance
Jess Dagg - Top Novice - Dramatic Performance
Jess Dagg - Top Novice - Prose Reading
Hannah Nahar - Honorable Mention & Top Novice - Poetry Reading
Michelle Tian - Honorable Mention - Poetry Reading
Jocelin Weiss - Honorable Mention - Poetry Reading
Annie Humphrey - Honorable Mention - Prose Reading

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Cape Ann Classic II
at Manchester-Essex Regional High School
12 March 2011
NSHS 1st Place Overall!


























Thomas Li & Jonathan Schmidt - 1st Place - Public Forum Debate
Harry Neff - 1st Place - Dramatic Performance
Jesse Mishra - 1st Place - Novice Extemp
Wendy Ma - 1st Place - Novice Reading
Mika Gross - 1st Place - Children's Literature Reading
Daniel Bender Stern - 1st Place - Prose Reading

Wendy Ma - 2nd Place - Impromptu
Josh Carney - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Anjali Oberoi - 3rd Place - Novice Extemp
Justin Kieran - 3rd Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Daniel Bender Stern - 4th Place - Dramatic Performance
Courtney Foster - 4th Place & Top Novice - Play Reading
Stephanie Foster - 4th Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature Reading
Divya Agarwal - 5th Place - Novice Reading
Shan Shao - 5th Place - Original Oratory
Hannah Nahar - 5th Place - Poetry Reading
Caroline Zola - 6th Place - Impromptu
Caroline Zola - 6th Place - Dramatic Performance
Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg - 6th Place - Public Forum Debate
Zach Willert - Honorable Mention - Varsity Extemp


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Mardi Gras Speech Tournament
5 March 2011
NSHS 6th Place Overall





















Harry Neff - 1st Place - Dramatic Performance
Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Zach Willert - 1st Place & Top Novice - Novice Extemp
Stephanie Li - 1st Place - Impromptu
Melanie Rucinski - 1st Place - Original Poetry
Nahuel Fefer - 1st Place Speaker Award - PFD
Holly Higgins - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Nahuel Fefer &  Ryan Sonnenberg - 2nd Place - Public Forum Debate
Ryan Sonnenberg - 2nd Place Speaker Award - PFD
Ben Tolkin - 3rd Place Speaker Award - PFD
Jocelin Weiss - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Michelle Tian - 6th Place - Prose Reading
Tobi & Keith Henzer - Top Novices - Public Forum Debate


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Sophomore Speech Contest
18 February 2011

1st Place - Dipal Nagda
2nd Place - Caroline Zola
3rd Place - Holly Higgins

Finalists 
  Annie Kadets
  Shawheen Rezaei
  Noah Rivkin


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NCFL National Qualifiers
12 February 2011





Look who's going to Nationals!

In Oral Interpretation of Literature   
  Daniel Bender Stern
  Annie Humphrey
  Jackie Lebovits
  Maddy Schulman
  Michelle Tian
  Jocelin Weiss

1st Alternate in Declamation
  Holly Higgins



In Extemp
  Gil Avramovich
  Justin Kieran
  Jolie Yu

In Dramatic Performance
  Harry Neff
  Rachel Rosenbaum


In Original Oratory
  Stephanie Li
  Melanie Rucinski
  Shan Shao

In Public Forum Debate
  Ben Tolkin & Nahuel Fefer
  Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg


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Revere Olympics
 29 January 2011

Newton South
 2nd Place Overall














Jackie Lebovits - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
Jackie Lebovits - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Jolie Yu - 1st Place - Novice Extemp
Thomas Li & Ryan Sonnenberg - 1st Place - Public Forum Debate

Michelle Tian - 2nd Place & Top Novice - Poetry Reading
Kevin Zhu - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Muppet Magic - Live! - 2nd Place - Multiple (J. Carney, J. Dagg, C. Foster, S. Foster, H. Nahar & N. Roy)
Josh Carney - 3rd Place - Novice Extemp
Mika Gross - 3rd Place - Children's Literature Reading
Michelle Tian - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Prose Reading
Jonathan Schmidt - 3rd Place - Student Congress
Shawheen Rezaei - 4th Place & Top Novice - Impromptu 
Taylor Beidler - 4th Place & Top Novice - Children's Literature Reading
Nikita Roy - 4th Place - Play Reading
Tuleeka Hazra - 4th Place & Top Novice - Oral History
Annie Humphrey - 5th Place - Original Literature
Jess Dagg - 5th Place - Prose Reading
Adam Sonnenberg - 5th Place - Sports Broadcasting
Nahuel Fefer - Semi-finalist - Student Congress
Jess Dag - Top Novice - Dramatic Performance


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Columbia
22-23 January 2011
Newton South 5th Place Overall

1st Place - Public Forum Debate - Nahuel Fefer & Ben Tolkin
5th Place - Dramatic Interp - Harry Neff

Semi-Finalist
  Oral Interp - Daniel Bender Stern
  Oral Interp - Jocelin Weiss
  Extemp - Justin Kieran
  Extemp - Jolie Yu

Quarter-Finalists
  Extemp - Jesse Mishra
  Dramatic Performance - Daniel Bender Stern
  Extemp - Gil Avramovich
  Public Forum Debate - Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg

Octafinals
  Public Forum Debate - Thomas Li & Jonathan Schmidt


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Big Lex
14-15 January 2011

Ben Tolkin & Nahuel Fefer - Semi-finalists
Thomas Li & Jonathan Schmidt - Octa-finalists

Ben Tolkin - 2nd place - Speaker Awards
Nahuel Fefer - 5th place - Speaker Awards


Once Upon a Time at Newton South
8 January 2011
Newton South 2nd Place Overall
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Adam & Ryan Sonnenberg - 1st Place - Public Forum Debate
Maddy Schulman - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Harry Neff - 1st Place - Storytelling
Hyun Lee - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
Muppet Maddness - Live! - 2nd Place - Multiple
Mika Gross - 3rd Place - Children's Literature
Justin Kieran - 3rd Place - Varsity Extemp
Amanda Liu - 3rd Place - Novice Extemp
Shan Shao - 3rd Place - Original Oratory
Jocelin Weiss - 3rd Place - Storytelling

Stephanie Li - 3rd Place - Impromptu
Harry Neff - 4th Place - Dramatic Performance
Annie Humphrey - 4th Place - Poetry Reading
Wendy Ma - 5th Place & Top Novice - Impromptu
Jesse Mishra - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp
Josh Carney - 5th Place - Novice Extemp
Hayley Goldstein - 7th Place - Novice Reading
Jess Dagg - Top Novice - Dramatic Performance
Dipal Nagda & Taylor Beidler - Top Novice - Duo Interpretation
Jocelin Weiss - Semi-finalist - Prose Reading

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The Holly Festival
18 December 2010
Newton South 2nd Place Overall


Pentathlon - 2nd place
      Daniel Bender Stern

Double-Entry Awards
     Annie Humphrey - 4th Place
     Harry Neff - 5th Place


Harry Neff - 1st Place - Drama Audition
Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Varisty Extemp
Jackie Lebovits - 1st Place - Prose Reading
Alissa Sage - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
Daniel Bender Stern - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Jonathan Schmidt - 2nd Place - Student Congress
Harry Neff - 3rd Place - Dramatic Performance
Annie Humphrey - 5th Place - Extemp Children's Literature
Daniel Bender Stern - 5th Place - Programmed Poetry
Julia Spector - 5th Place - Impromptu
Mika Gross - 5th Place - Children's Literature Reading
Michelle Tian - 6th Place - Prose Reading
Tuleeka Hazra - 7th Place - Impromptu
Stephanie Foster - Honorable Mention - Novice Reading
Nicole Kestenberg - Honorable Mention - Play Reading
There's No Debate - Honorable Mention - TV News (Nahuel Fefer, Dan Ehrlich, Ben Tolkin, Keith Henzer)
Taylor Beidler & Dipal Nagda - Top Novice - Duo Interpretation
Jess Dag - Top Novice - Drama Audition


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Lincoln-Sudbury Wild West Showdown
4 December 2010
Newton South 2nd Place Overall

Dipal Nagda - 1st Place - Children's Literature Reading
Holly Higgins - 1st Place - Declamation
Daniel Bender Stern - 1st Place - Dramatic Performance
Annie Humphrey - 1st Place - Poetry Reading
Ben Tolkin - 2nd Place - PFD Speaker 
Taylor Beidler - 2nd Place - Children's Literature Reading
Harry Neff - 2nd Place - Dramatic Performance
Stephanie Li - 2nd Place - Impromptu
Nahuel Fefer & Thomas Li - 2nd Place - Public Forum Debate

Rachel Rosenbaum - 3rd Place - Dramatic Performance
Mika Gross - 3rd Place - Children's Literature Reading
Shan Shao - 3rd Place - Original Oratory
Harry Neff - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Ben Tolkin & Tobi Henzer - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate
Rina Friedberg - 4th Place - Children's Literature Reading
Tuleeka Hazra - 4th Place - Impromptu
Zach Willert - 4th Place - Novice Extemp
Hattie Gawande - 4th Place - PFD Speaker
Julia Spector - 5th Place - Impromptu
Caroline Zola - 5th Place - Play Reading
Jonathan Schmidt & Justin Kieran - 5th Place - Public Forum Debate
Shan Shao - 6th Place - Original Oratory
Thomas Li - 6th Place - PFD Speaker
Hattie Gawande & Toni Monge - 6th Place - Public Forum Debate
Melanie Rucinski - 7th Place - Original Oratory
Anjali Oberoi - 7th Place - Novice Extemp

Jess Dagg - Honorable Mention - Dramatic Performance
Daniel Bender Stern - Honorable Mention - Poetry Reading


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Little Lexington
20 November 2010

Connie Gong & Nahuel Fefer - 1st Place - Public Forum Debate
Adam Sonnenberg & Ben Tolkin - 3rd Place - Public Forum Debate
Ryan Sonnenberg & Jonathan Schmidt - 6th Place - Public Forum Debate

Speaker Awards:
1st Speaker - Connie Gong
3rd Speaker - Nahuel Fefer
4th Speaker - Adam Sonnenberg
5th Speaker - Ben Tolkin


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Gracia Burkhill
13 November 2010



OVERALL RESULTS
Holly Higgins - 1st Place - Declamation
Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Varsity Extemp
Stephanie Li - 1st Place - Impromptu
Rachel Rosenbaum - 2nd Place - Prose Reading
Jackie Lebovits - 2nd Place - Poetry Reading
Mika Gross - 2nd Place - Children's Literature Reading
Michelle Tian - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Hattie Gawande & Jonathan Schmidt - 3rd Place - PFD
Ben Tolkin & Ryan Spatz - 4th Place - PF Debate
Gil Avramovich - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Melanie Rucinski - 4th Place - Original Oratory
Jolie Yu - 4th Place - Novice Extemp
Nicole Kestenberg - 4th Place - Play Reading
Henry Yun - 5th Place - Varsity Extemp
Hyun Lee - 5th Place - Novice Extemp
Dipal Nagda - 5th Place - Children's Literature Reading
Hayley Goldstein - Semi-finalist - Novice Reading
Nikita Roy - Semi-finalist - Novice Reading
Annie Humphrey - Honorable Mention - Poetry Reading
MEDALS FOR 1st IN A ROUND or AT LEAST 2 WINS IN DEBATE
Mika Gross - Children's Literature Reading
Dipal Nagda - Children's Literature Reading
Holly Higgins - Declamation
Gil Avramovich - Varsity Extemp
Justin Kieran - Varsity Extemp
Henry Yun - Varsity Extemp
Hyun Lee - Novice Extemp
Jesse Mishra - Novice Extemp
Anjali Oberoi - Novice Extemp
Jolie Yu - Novice Extemp
Hayley Goldstein - Novice Reading
Nikita Roy - Novice Reading
Melanie Rucinski - Original Oratory
Nicole Kestenberg - Play Reading
Annie Humphrey - Poetry Reading
Jackie Lebovits - Poetry Reading
Rachel Rosenbaum - Prose Reading
Michelle Tian - Prose Reading
Stephanie Li - Impromptu
Hattie Gawande - Public Forum Debate
Keith Henzer - Public Forum Debate
Tobi Henzer - Public Forum Debate
Jonathan Schmidt - Public Forum Debate
Ryan Spatz - Public Forum Debate
Ben Tolkin - Public Forum Debate

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Dighton-Rehoboth
23 October 2010
Newton South 2nd Place Overall

Holly Higgins - 1st Place - Declamation
Justin Kieran - 1st Place - Varisty Extemp
Nahuel. Fefer & Alex Verbitsky - 2nd Place - PF Debate
Harry Neff - 2nd Place - Dramatic Performance
Jackie Lebovits - 2nd Place - Poetry Reading
Annie Humphrey - 3rd Place - Poetry Reading
Michelle Tian - 4th Place - Novice Reading
Kevin Zhu - 4th Place - Novice Extemp
Gil Avramovich - 4th Place - Varsity Extemp
Jackie Lebovits & Harry Neff - 4th Place - Team Improv
Stephanie Li - 5th Place - Impromptu
Nikita Roy & Thomas Li - 6th Place - PF Debate
Josh Carney - 6th Place - Novice Extemp
Dipal Nagda - 6th Place - Children's Literature



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The Novice Tournament
9 October 2010





















1st Place - Exhibition Round PFD: Hattie Gawande & Ryan Spatz

Medal winners for a '1' in a round
Jesse Mishra - Extemp
Josh Carney - Extemp
Kevin Zhu - Extemp
Nikita Roy - Dec
Michelle Tian - Dec
Astha Agarwal - OO
Courtney Foster - Play Reading
Hannah Nahar - Poetry Reading
Scott Sonnenberg - Prose Reading
Maddy Meyer - Prose Reading
Medal winners in debate for winning 2 or more rounds
Dan Ehrlich & Keith Henzer
Toni Monge & Tobi Henzer
Hattie Gawande & Ryan Spatz
Evan Feldman & Han Zhang

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Yale University
  24-26 September 2010
  NSHS 8th out of almost 150 schools

1st Place - Dramatic Interp - Harry Neff
2nd Place - Oral Interp - Jackie Lebovits
6th Place - Extemporaneous Speaking - Justin Kieran

Semi-Finalist
  Oral Interp - Daniel Bender Stern

Quarter-Finalists
  Original Oratory - Stephanie Li
  Dramatic Interp - Jocelin Weiss

Double Octafinals
  Public Forum Debate - Ben Tolkin & Nahuel Fefer

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