SUMMIT, NJ - The Summit High School Forensics Team won their sixth sweepstakes trophy, placing Second overall at the Ridge High School Speech and Debate Tournament. The event was the largest local tournament of the year, featuring more than 30 schools from four states. The Summit team will next compete in a tournament they are hosting on Feb. 1.
Top finishers included:
JUNIOR VARSITY PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
IMPROVISATIONAL ACTING
Matt McGinn -- First place
IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
Helen Hardiman - Fourth place
Chris Melka - First place
Chris Melka - First place
DRAMATIC INTERP
Keenan Buckley - First place
HUMOROUS INTERP
Maginnis Buckley - Seventh place
DUO INTERP
Dana Goodstein and Zach Rissman - Fourth place
Matt Wilson and Anne Borzner - Third place
Sean McManus and Keegan McManus - First Place
Matt Wilson and Anne Borzner - Third place
Sean McManus and Keegan McManus - First Place
PLACING IN NOVICE HONOR ROUNDS
Hope Kovera - Top non-advancing novice in Declamation
Hope Kovera - Top non-advancing novice in Declamation
NOVICE DRAMATIC INTERP
Alana Gartenberg - Sixth
Sterling Sidebottom - Fifth
Grace Milsten - Third
Savannah Dooley - Second
Hope Kovera - First
Sterling Sidebottom - Fifth
Grace Milsten - Third
Savannah Dooley - Second
Hope Kovera - First
NOVICE HUMOROUS INTERP
Sean McManus - Sixth
Anne Borzner - Fifth
Matt Wilson - Third
James Badenhausen - Second
Anne Borzner - Fifth
Matt Wilson - Third
James Badenhausen - Second
NOVICE POETRY INTERP
Betsy Ellison - Fourth
Maddie Collins - First
Maddie Collins - First
NOVICE PROSE INTERP
Sarah Competiello - Fifth
Savannah Dooley - Fourth
Alana Gartenberg - Second
Savannah Dooley - Fourth
Alana Gartenberg - Second
NOVICE ORIGINAL ORATORY
Surina Gupta - First
