2012-2013 Tournament Results
NFL Nationals 2013
Birmingham, AL
15-22 June 2013
Birmingham, AL
15-22 June 2013
NEWTON SOUTH - NFL SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE one of the top 20 Speech Teams at NFLs Naomi Eisenberg - 4th Place - Expository Speaking Jasper Primack - 13th Place - U.S. Extemp Jonathan Kirshenbaum - semi-finalist - Poetry Reading Naomi Eisenberg - Octafinalist - Original Oratory Dipal Nadga - Octafinalist - Original Oratory Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Octafinalist - Humorous Interp Sophie Hill & Sachin Srivastava - 10th round of Public Forum Debate (top 49 teams) |
NCFL Nationals 2013
Philadelphia, PA 25-26 May 2013 Masterson Award for Overall Excellence in Speech & Debate One of top 5 schools out of 549 Michelle Tian: 4th Place - Oral Interpretation of Literature Dipal Nagda: 5th Place - Original Oratory Double-Octafinalists (Top 15%) Dan Ehrlich & Ethan Kestenberg - Public Forum Debate Octafinalists (Top 20%) Anton Malin - Declamation Yasmin Yacoby - Dramatic Performance Caroline Zola & Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Duo Interpretation Nikita Roy - Original Oratory Mira Li - Original Oratory |
State Speech Finals
at Natick High School
6 April 2013
NSHS 4th Place overall
at Natick High School
6 April 2013
NSHS 4th Place overall
STATE CHAMPION
Karen Weinstock - Play Reading SECOND PLACE Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Humorous Interpretation Caroline Zola & Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Duo Interpretation THIRD PLACE Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory FOURTH PLACE Naomi Eisenberg - Prose Reading Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Poetry Reading SIXTH PLACE The Monkey King - Multiple Reading Dennis Phan, Michelle Tian, Janice Tso, Henry Yun, Kevin Zhu Shira Abramovich - Declamation |
SEVENTH PLACE
Kim Gravlin - Children's Literature Reading TOP NOVICE Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory Naomi Eisenberg - Prose Reading HONORABLE MENTION Jessica Landon - Proes Reading DOUBLE-SPEAKER AWARD Top finishers in two different genres Naomi Eisenberg (Platform & Reading) - 4th Place Jasper Primack (Debate & Limited Prep) - 5th Place |
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State Debate Finals
at Milton High School
23 March 2013
STATE CHAMPIONS in Public Forum Debate
Hattie Gawande and Sophie Hill
QUARTER-FINALISTS (Top 8 teams)
Keith Henzer and Sachin Srivastava
SPEAKER AWARDS
Keith Henzer: 1st speaker
Hattie Gawande: 2nd speaker
Jasper Primack: 4th speaker
Tobi Henzer: 8th speaker
at Milton High School
23 March 2013
STATE CHAMPIONS in Public Forum Debate
Hattie Gawande and Sophie Hill
QUARTER-FINALISTS (Top 8 teams)
Keith Henzer and Sachin Srivastava
SPEAKER AWARDS
Keith Henzer: 1st speaker
Hattie Gawande: 2nd speaker
Jasper Primack: 4th speaker
Tobi Henzer: 8th speaker
Needham "March Merriness"
March 16, 2013
NSHS - 2nd Place
March 16, 2013
NSHS - 2nd Place
FIRST PLACE
Michelle Tian - Prose Reading Jasper Primack - Varsity Extemp Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Mixed Duo Jasper Primack - Tabloid Extemp Michelle Tian - Student's Revenge SECOND PLACE Michelle Tian - Poetry Reading Keith Henzer & Sachin Srivastava - Public Forum Debate Dipal Nagda - Student's Revenge THIRD PLACE Emma Spector - Children's Literature Reading Anjali Oberoi - Varsity Extemp Stephanie Foster - Dramatic Interp Emma Spector - Impromptu Dipal Nagda - Original Oratory Tuleeka Hazra - Tabloid Extemp Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Humorous Interp |
FOURTH PLACE
Tuleeka Hazra - Varsity Extemp Sam Fishman & Han Zhang - Public Forum Debate Josh Carney - Tabloid Extemp Caroline Zola - Mixed Duo FIFTH PLACE Nikita Roy - Original Oratory Ellen Kwon - Novice Reading Emma Spector - Freeze Improv Karen Weinstock - Student's Revenge Ben Shteinfeld & Dan Ehrlich - Public Forum Debate SIXTH PLACE Mira Li - Original Oratory Henry Yun - Varsity Extemp Hattie Gawande & Sophie Hill - Public Forum Debate Jesse Nacht - Impromptu Sales HONORABLE MENTION Karen Weinstock - Play Reading |
NCFL National Qualifiers
March 10, 2013 LOOK WHO's GOING TO NCFL NATIONALS!
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Revere "Olympics"
March 9, 2013 NSHS - 2nd Place FIRST PLACE Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory + Top Novice Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Poetry Reading Hayley Goldstein - Improv Relay SECOND PLACE Nicholas Kieran - Varsity Extemp Nighat Ansari - PF Debate Speaker Award THIRD PLACE Itamar Levy-Or - Varsity Extemp Caroline Zola - Poetry Reading FOURTH PLACE Caroline Zola - Prose Reading Hayley Goldstein - Children's Literature Ben Silvian - PF Debate Speaker Award Daniel Goldstein & Ben Silvian - PF Debate FIFTH PLACE Dennis Phan - Children's Literature Jesse Nacht - Declamation Sam Fishman - Impromptu Daniel Goldstein - PF Debate Speaker Award SIXTH PLACE Saejung Park - Children's Literature |
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NFL National Qualifiers
1-2 February 2013
1-2 February 2013
Sweepstakes Awards
in Both Speech & Debate Going to Birmingham, AL in June In Public Forum Debate Zephy Chang & Jae Lee Sophie Hill & Sachin Srivastava In Original Oratory Naomi Eisenberg Dipal Nagda In Humorous Interp Jonathan Kirshenbaum In International Extemporaneous Speaking Tuleeka Hazra In U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking Jasper Primack First Alternates
Nikita Roy - Original Oratory Yasmin Yacoby - Humorous Interpretation Courtney Foster & Liel Dolev - Duo Interpretation |
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Columbia University
25-27 January 2013
Newton South - 2nd place out of 73 schools
25-27 January 2013
Newton South - 2nd place out of 73 schools
SECOND PLACE
Caroline Zola & Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Duo Interp Caroline Zola - Oral Interpretation FIFTH PLACE Sophie Hill - Speaker Award in PF Debate SIXTH PLACE Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory FINALIST Oliver Xie - Student Congress SEMI-FINALISTS Nikita Roy - Original Oratory Dipal Nagda - Original Oratory Tuleeka Hazra - Extemporaneous Speaking Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Dramatic Performance |
QUARTER-FINALISTS
Jasper Primack - Extemporaneous Speaking Anjali Oberoi - Extemporaneous Speaking Henry Yun - Extemporaneous Speaking Stephanie Foster - Dramatic Performance Jae Seung Lee & Zephy Chang - PF Debate OCTA-FINALISTS Tobi Henzer & Ethan Kestenberg - PF Debate Dan Ehrlich & Hattie Gawande - PF Debate DOUBLE OCTA-FINALISTS Sophie HIll & Keith Henzer - PF Debate Ben Shteinfeld & Sachin Srivastava - PF Debate |
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Lexington Winter Invitational ("Big Lex")
18-19 January 2013
Finalists
Hattie Gawande and Dan Ehrlich - 2nd place overall
Quarter-finalists
Tobi Henzer and Ethan Kestenberg
Sachin Srivastava and Ben Shteinfeld
Double octa-finalists
Feli Kuperwasser and Bella Ehrlich
Jae Lee and Oliver Xie
18-19 January 2013
Finalists
Hattie Gawande and Dan Ehrlich - 2nd place overall
Quarter-finalists
Tobi Henzer and Ethan Kestenberg
Sachin Srivastava and Ben Shteinfeld
Double octa-finalists
Feli Kuperwasser and Bella Ehrlich
Jae Lee and Oliver Xie
Newton South Inaugural Ball
12 January 2103
NSHS - 2nd Place Overall
12 January 2103
NSHS - 2nd Place Overall
FIRST PLACE
Albert Lee - Extemp Hattie Gawande & Dan Ehrlich - PF Debate Sophie Hill - Speaker Award - PF Debate SECOND PLACE Hayley Goldstein - Children's Literature Keith Henzer & Sophie Hill - PF Debate Caroline Zola & Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Duo "The Monkey King" - Multiple Reading Janice Tso, Michelle Tian, Dennis Phan, Henry Yun, Kevin Zhu Sasha Dubinsky - Novice Reading Karen Weinstock - Play Reading THIRD PLACE Rebecca Williams - Children's Literature Tuleeka Hazra - Extemp Emma Spector - Impromptu |
FOURTH PLACE
Jasper Primack - Extemp Sophie Cash - Play Reading Zephy Chang & Jae Lee - PF Debate FIFTH PLACE Henry Yun - Extemp Hattie Gawande - Speaker Award - PFD SIXTH PLACE Jesse Nacht - Declamation Kevin Zhu - Extemp Yasmin Yacoby - Humorous Interp Dipal Nagda - Impromptu TOP NOVICE Jessica Landon - Play Reading |
HONORABLE MENTION
Yasmin Yacoby - Children's Literature Liel Dolev - Children's Literature Anton Malin - Declamation Suriya Ramachandrababu - Declamation Stephanie Foster - Dramatic Interp Hannah Nahar - Play Reading |
Holly Festival
15 December 2012
NSHS - 2nd Place Overall
15 December 2012
NSHS - 2nd Place Overall
FIRST PLACE
Tobi Henzer - Group Discussion Sophie Cash - Play Reading Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Storytelling SECOND PLACE Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory "There's No Debate" - TV News Team Keith Henzer, Feli Kuperwasser, Ethan Kestenberg, Sachin Srivastava Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Pentathlon THIRD PLACE Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Humorous Interp Nicholas Kieran - Novice Extemp |
FOURTH PLACE
Yasmin Yacoby - Humorous Interp Tuleeka Hazra - Impromptu FIFTH PLACE Nikki Caminetsky - Drama Audition Nikita Roy - Original Oratory SIXTH PLACE Hayley Goldsetin - Children's Literature Dipal Nagda - Impromptu Caroline Zola - Storytelling |
SEVENTH PLACE
Jasper Primack - Varsity Extemp FINALIST Oliver Xie - Student Congress HONORABLE MENTION Nikki Caminetsky - Dramatic Interp Michelle Tian - Humorous Interp Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Prose Reading TOP NOVICE Oliver Xie - Student Congress Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory |
SECOND PLACE
Albert Lee - Varsity Extemp Saejung Park - Novice Reading Hattie Gawande & Sophie Hill - Public Forum Debate THIRD PLACE Yasmin Yacoby - Children's Literature Reading Emma Spector - Impromptu Anton Malin - Declamation Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Prose Reading Tobi Henzer & Ethan Kestenberg - Public Forum Debate Dan Ehrlich - PFD Speaker Award FIFTH PLACE Anjali Oberoi - Varsity Extemp Dennis Phan - Play Reading Rebecca Williams - Poetry Reading Zephy Chang & Jae Lee - Public Forum Debate Jae Lee - PFD Speaker Award |
SIXTH PLACE
Rebecca Williams - Children's Literature Reading Nikita Roy - Original Oratory Olivia Sokol - Poetry Reading Zephy Chang - PFD Speaker Award SEVENTH PLACE Stephanie Foster - Dramatic Interp Kevin Zhu - Varsity Extemp SEMI-FINALIST Stephanie Foster - Prose Reading Mira Li - Prose Reading TOP NOVICE Olivia Sokol - Poetry Reading |
Dighton-Rehoboth
1 December 2102 NSHS - 2nd Place overall FIRST PLACE Dipal Nagda - Original Oratory SECOND PLACE Dipal Nagda - Impromptu Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Prose Reading Sophie Hill & Sachin Srivastava - PF Debate Sophie Hill - Speaker Award - PF Debate Jonathan Isenstein - Radio Broadcasting |
THIRD PLACE
Henry Yun - Varsity Extemp Emma Spector - Impromptu Mira Li - Original Oratory Sophie Cash - Play Reading Anton Malin - Declamation Stephanie Foster - Dramatic Interp Nicholas Kieran - Novice Extemp Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Poetry Reading Hattie Gawande & Tiff Balram - PF Debate Hattie Gawande - Speaker Award - PF Debate Michelle Tian - Children's Literature Reading FOURTH PLACE Ben Shteinfeld & Ben Silvian - PF Debate FIFTH PLACE Josh Carney - Varsity Extemp Michelle Tian - Poetry Reading Mira Li - Prose Reading |
SIXTH PLACE
Rebecca Williams - Children's Literature Reading SEVENTH PLACE Ben Shteinfeld - Speaker Award - PF Debate Dennis Phan - Children's Literature Reading EIGHTH PLACE Sachin Srivastava - Speaker Award - PF Debate FINALIST Christopher Wu - Student Congress Dylan Johnson - Student Congress TOP NOVICE Dylan Johnson - Student Congress Anton Malin - Declamation Naomi Eisenberg - Original Oratory |
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"Little-Lex" at Lexington H.S.
17 November 2012
Public Forum Debate
2nd Place - Keith Henzer & Bella Ehrlich
3rd Place - Sachin Srivastava & Ben Shteinfeld
Speaker Awards
1st place - Zephy Chang
3rd place - Keith Henzer
5th place - Tobi Henzer
6th place - Reagan Colnon
7th place - Sophie Hill
17 November 2012
Public Forum Debate
2nd Place - Keith Henzer & Bella Ehrlich
3rd Place - Sachin Srivastava & Ben Shteinfeld
Speaker Awards
1st place - Zephy Chang
3rd place - Keith Henzer
5th place - Tobi Henzer
6th place - Reagan Colnon
7th place - Sophie Hill
Gracia Burkill at Natick
10 November 2012
10 November 2012
FIRST PLACE
Dipal Nagda - Original Oratory SECOND PLACE Tuleeka Hazra - Varsity Extemp Anton Malin - Declamation Nicholas Kieran - Novice Extemp Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Humorous Interpretation Caroline Zola - Poetry Reading THIRD PLACE Albert Lee - Varsity Extemp FOURTH PLACE Sophie Cash - Play Reading FINALIST Dylan Johnson - Student Congress TOP NOVICE Anton Malin - Declamation HONORABLE MENTION Karen Weinstock - Play Reading |
RIBBON FOR FIRST PLACE IN A ROUND
Sophie Cash - Play Reading Lily Clemente - Novice Reading Hayley Goldstein - Children's Literature Tuleeka Hazra - Varsity Extemp |
Dylan Johnson - Congress Nicholas Kieran - Novice Extemp Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Humorous Interp Anton Malin - Declamation |
Dipal Nagda - Original Oratory Jasper Primack - Varsity Extemp Caroline Zola - Poetry Reading |
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Manchester-Essex
26-27 October 2012
NSHS - 3rd Place Overall
FIRST PLACE
Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Humorous Interp
Nikita Roy - Original Oratory
SECOND PLACE
Tuleeka Hazra - Varsity Extemp
Dipal Nagda - Impromptu
Nicholas Kieran - Novice Extemp
THIRD PLACE
Emma Spector - Children's Literature Reading
Josh Carney - Varsity Extemp
Shawheen Rezaei - Impromptu
Dipal Nagda - Original Oratory
26-27 October 2012
NSHS - 3rd Place Overall
FIRST PLACE
Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Humorous Interp
Nikita Roy - Original Oratory
SECOND PLACE
Tuleeka Hazra - Varsity Extemp
Dipal Nagda - Impromptu
Nicholas Kieran - Novice Extemp
THIRD PLACE
Emma Spector - Children's Literature Reading
Josh Carney - Varsity Extemp
Shawheen Rezaei - Impromptu
Dipal Nagda - Original Oratory
FOURTH PLACE
Dennis Phan - Children's Literature Reading FIFTH PLACE Jonathan Isenstein - Radio Broadcasting Caroline Zola - Prose Reading SEVENTH PLACE Anjali Oberoi - Varsity Extemp FINALIST Christopher Wu - Student Congress |
OCTA-FINALISTS in Public Forum Debate
Dan Ehrlich & Hattie Gawande Keith Henzer & Jae Seung Lee Eighth Place Speaker Award in PFD Zephy Chang (out of 164 speakers) Seventeenth Place Award (Missed Octas by one speaker point) Ben Shteinfeld & Zephy Chang |
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Novice Tournament
13 October 2012
13 October 2012
Medals for a 1st place in a round in Speech Events
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Medals for a winning record in Debate
Feli Kuperwasser & Daniel Goldstein (3-0) Sam Fishman & Tiffany Balram (3-0) Laura Song & Ian Paul (2-1) Nighat Ansari & Ilana Zeldin (2-1) |
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Yale University
21-23 September 2012
Quarter Finalists
Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Dramatic Performance
Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Jasper Primack - Extemporaneous Speaking
Nikita Roy - Original Oratory
Michelle Tian - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Double-Octafinalists - Public Forum Debate
Keith Henzer & Hattie Gawande
Triple-Octafinalists - Public Forum Debate
Tobi Henzer & Dan Ehrlich
21-23 September 2012
Quarter Finalists
Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Dramatic Performance
Jonathan Kirshenbaum - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Jasper Primack - Extemporaneous Speaking
Nikita Roy - Original Oratory
Michelle Tian - Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry)
Double-Octafinalists - Public Forum Debate
Keith Henzer & Hattie Gawande
Triple-Octafinalists - Public Forum Debate
Tobi Henzer & Dan Ehrlich