Practice this week
Hello! Littles is this week! MAKE SURE you practice and put any polishing finishes on your cases/pieces. Debate, please try to get some practice debates in this week and work on your respective topics. IE, first of all, thank you for those of you who attended this past Saturday’s practice. Practice this week will be extremely tough because many coaches will either be helping prepare for Littles or judging on Thursday, so 1. if you sign up for a time slot to be heard, PLEASE ARRIVE AT THAT TIME. We can’t afford to go hunting for people when its their turn. 2. make sure you are heard by your squad leaders. Please fix anything that you feel needs working on, because you will not be receiving ballots back from Littles or Bigs. Most importantly: HAVE FUN! Our season is winding down, so let’s make the most out of our last couple of tournaments.
Written by Karuna at 2008-01-27
Spotlight on Stow
We need people to help with Spotlight on Stow this Wednesday at 7. Basically, you come, explain what Speech and Debate is about, hand out flyer, and smile :). It should go until about 8:30 or 9. If you can’t stay for the whole time, feel free to work in shifts with a friend. And there’s a plus: YOU GET LETTERING HOURS!!!!!!!!! It goes under the service points on your nfl accounts on the NFL website. Please TELL ME if you would like to help.
Written by Karuna at 2008-01-26
Berea Results/Saturday Practice
Congratulations everyone on leading Stow to a FIRST PLACE FINISH at Berea! What a great way to end the non-districts season! As promised, your results…
Sabrina Noble- 1st Place, Oratorical Interpretation
Natalie Holland- 3rd Place, Oratorical Interpretation
Lacie Fischer- 4th Place, Oratorical Interpretation
Chris Moyer- 2nd Place, Dramatic Intepretation
Ben Fortin- 1st Place, Humorous Interpretation
Nick Looman- 4th Place, Humorous Interpretation
Max Williger- 2nd Place, Original Oratory
Samanta Franchim- 2nd Place, International Extemporaneous
Staci Rahe- 5th Place, Prose/Poetry
Kelly Hayes/Matt Sindelar- 4th Place, Duo Interpretation
Bethany Davis/Ashley Sandmann- 5th Place, Duo Interpretation
Jelena Hotic/Liz Lindhome- 6th Place, Duo Interpretation
Soundarya Narayan/Chris Vasquez- 2nd Place, Public Forum Debate
Matt McBurney/Becca Messinger- 4th Place, Public Forum Debate
On Saturday, we will be having a team practice from 10-3 to help us prepare for Little Districts. You will be divided up at random among the coaches and be heard in various rooms. Pizza will be ordered from Hungry Howie’s for lunch- please bring $ to contribute. Anyone who is going to Littles- PLEASE PLEASE attend. Students not going to Littles are also welcome, but will not be among the first groups worked with.
Written by Shane at 2008-01-23
Wooster Results and Littles Information
Our first official tournament after break, Wooster, was a great success for us! We had several teams and individuals do well, and we placed 6th overall at a tournament that is bigger than States. Be PROUD of your accomplishments- placing so high means that every squad contributed points. There were some random ballots as always, but we have the chance to really polish performances at Berea. Wooster results, as promised…
Karuna Ramcharran- 2nd Place, OO (but first in our hearts!)
Zach Weigel- 2nd Place, Student Congress
Matt Molinaro/Max Williger- Semifinalists, 2 Person Policy
Max Williger- 8th Speaker
Matt Molinaro- 2nd Speaker
Matt McBurney/Rebecca Messinger- Semifinalists, Public Forum
Maggie Miller- Semifinalist, Prose/Poetry
Carleigh DeAngelis- Semifinalist, Original Oratory
Soundarya Narayan/Chris Vasquez- Quarterfinalists, Public Forum
A few words about Little Districts. which we will likely go over in the coming weeks.
1. Good news- we have state qualifiers already with our 2 Person Policy team of Matt Molinaro and Max Williger, who have Pre-District Qualified (PDQ’d) six times this year at six tournaments! We’re already ahead of the game!
2. Individual Events- We are limited per the OHSSL Constitution to take a maximum of four (4) competitors in each event. This means that in larger squads (Prose/Poetry, Humor, Oratorical Interp, etc.) choices will be made by the coaches as to which competitors will attend the tournament. The roster for Littles will be posted after the Berea tournament. If you are not chosen, you will be one of our alternates should a competitor have to bow out. Please, DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED if you don’t find yourself on the attending roster. Many of our team members are novices who will no doubt receive this opportunity in the future. We are proud of each and every one of you, and if we could take everyone, we certainly would.
3. In all events (including the debates), there exists the possibility of “run-off rounds.” These occur in a situation when one or more individual/team have tied for either a State qualification spot or a State alternate spot. A tab official will come to the cafeteria (the most likely holding place for everyone at Firestone) and announce any run-offs: event, contestant numbers, and room number. IT IS ESSENTIAL YOU REMAIN IN THE CAFETERIA AFTER ROUNDS. IF YOU ARE CALLED TO A RUN OFF, YOU MUST GO IMMEDIATELY TO THAT ROUND. FAILURE TO SHOW WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION.
4. This tournament carries the infamous motto of “Hurry up and wait.” It will be a VERY long day…there are usually several ties that have to be broken, and results are double and triple checked because of their importance. You can help the process by reporting to rounds on time and remaining in the cafeteria after rounds. Bring homework, books, iPods, games, puzzles…anything to pass the time.
5. At the awards assembly, we must present ourselves with the level of respect and decorum expected of our group. We will all be excited to see who will be competing in Medina the first weekend of March at States, but please remember that all the other schools are excited too. For the past couple of years, when announcing qualifiers, the District Chair has said the name of the school first, then any and all qualifiers from that school- meaning that if we shriek after the first name, we may miss OTHER names that have made it as well! Please be respectful and wait until all names have been read.
6. Observation is NOT allowed at the tournament in ANY event.
7. Help us with judges! We will be expected to supply several as we are one of the larger schools- ask parents, siblings, neighbors, other family members, etc. We need all the help we can get!
Written by Shane at 2008-01-15
Canton Central Catholic Results
Our success continued at CCC this weekend, despite it being immediately after break. This only proves how dedicated everyone is this year! We did great as a team, placing 3rd is sweeps. We actually beat Wooster!! Individually, we did great as well:
Shannon Klainer - 5th - Humor
Karuna Ramcharran - 5th - Original
Suzette Rovelsky - 4th - Oratorical
Sabrina Noble - 3rd - Oratorical
Samanta Franchim - 3rd - IX
Alex Popovicci - 6th - Prose/Poetry
Matt McBurney and Becca Messinger - Octafinalists - Public Forum
Soundarya Narayan and Chris Vasquez - 2nd - Public Forum
Matt Molinaro and Max Williger - 2nd - Policy
Matt Molinaro - 5th Speaker - Policy
Max Williger - 8th Speaker - Policy
We start to get into the stretch of the season where things actually matter — we have littles (state qualifiers), bigs (national qualifiers), and states in February. Keep up the hard work, and we’ll do great!
Written by Matt at 2008-01-07
