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Las Vegas Nationals Results

Jenna Huebner of Appleton East placed 5th in Prose at Nationals. This marks the second major accomplishment for Appleton East nationally this year. Earlier this year an Appleton East Duo team placed 4th at NCFL Nationals. Congratulations to Mike and Deb Traas for their amazing achievements at Nationals this year!

For results about other contestants, see our other Nationals thread. For full coverage of the award ceremony, surf over to Victory Briefs Daily and check out their coverage.

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Live from Las Vegas… Thursday at NFL Nationals 2008

Thursday is the make or break day for contestants still in main event, supplemental, or consolation events. By the end of the day, one will have either made a final round or not. Later tonight, the finals of HI, DI, and Duo will be preformed at the Cox Pavillion at the UNLV campus with the remaining events going on Friday. Here’s a list of the Wisconsin folks still in the hunt for a National Championship:

• James Madison Memorial has Matt Scales, Chris Tate, and Sarah Arbaje still in Prose and Poetry after round 5 (~top 75).
• Appleton East has three contestants still in Prose after round 5(~top 75).
• Kristen Wisniewski has advanced to round 5 in Extemp Commentary (~top 75).
• Numerous people are still competing in Storytelling or Impromptu

Good luck to all of those competing today. Remember, there’s more than one way to make a final round.

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Live from Las Vegas… NFL Nationals 2008

Here’s a place for our WFD correspondents to provide coverage of how Wisconsinites are faring at the Desert Lights Nationals.

• In the Congress Senate, Nicolet’s Gabriella Friedman advanced to semifinals.
• In the Congress House, Marquette’s Noah Charles advanced to semifinals.
• In Public Forum, James Madison Memorial’s team of Valerie Shen and Lingran Kong advanced to rounds 7 and 8, but did not advance to round 9.
• In Humorous Interp, Appleton East’s Kyle Krueger advanced to rounds 7 and 8, but we have received no word as to whether he’s moved forward.
• In Policy Debate, Both Spash teams advanced to rounds 7 and 8, but again no word as to whether or not they advanced to round 9.

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Live From the Grand Nationals

The National Catholic Forensics League is holding its Grand National Tournament this weekend in Appleton Wisconsin. The contests advancing to elimination rounds have been posted on the Fox Cities NCFL Website. Clearing from Wisconsin were:

Duo 4629: Green Eggs and Hamlet
Policy 193: Marquette HM
Policy 180: Neenah OO

We’ll add more names as they become available to us. Bill Batterman and Nick Bubb will be at Appleton West tomorrow - come by and get your picture taken!

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James Madison Memorial Wins WFCA State Championship

James Madison Memorial High School earned their fifth Wisconsin Forensic Coaches’ Association State Championship on Saturday at Ripon College. The Spartans—coached by Tom Hardin, Tim Scheffler, and Nick Bubb—had previously earned State Championships in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006 (shared with Appleton East). Memorial joins West Bend West High School as a five-time champion (West Bend West took home the title in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, and 1985); only Appleton East has earned more State Championships, bringing home the honor seven times (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, and 2006). The Spartans also claimed six individual championships en route to their victory.

Additional team results are available below the fold. A complete list of results including all individual events will be posted soon.

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Sheboygan North’s Alice Zhao: WFCA Congress Champion

Congratulations to the twelve 2008 WFCA State Congress Super Session participants, advancing from 60 preliminary participants.  Sheboygan North’s Alice Zhao is coached by Jon Voss.

1 (Tie Recip) - Sheboygan North - Alice Zhao
2 - Rufus King - Emily Summers
3 - New London - Travis Glynn
4 - Sheboygan North - Tim Knoedler
5 - Milwaukee HS Arts - Kirsten Wisniewski
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Southern WI NFL District Forensics Results

The Southern Wisconsin District of the National Forensic League held its annual national qualifying tournament for speech and interpretation events on Saturday at Nicolet High School in Glendale, WI. Complete results are available below the fold.

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LaCrosse CFL Results

Bonnie Knight has provided WFD with a summary of the individuals who have qualified for the Grand Nationals in Appleton over Memorial Day weekend. Congratulations to the following individuals and their coaches:

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Milwaukee CFL results

Reporting from Brookfield East - Saturday April 5th, the qualifying tournament for the 2008 National tournament has concluded. The results from the Congress and IE competition are below.
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Sheboygan North 2008 Results

On Saturday, March 29th, almost 500 competitors from 24 schools traveled to Sheboygan North’s annual forensics tournament.

—Large Team—
1. James Madison Memorial (351 Points 25 Entries)
2. Appleton East (312 Points 25 Entries)
3. Cedarburg (243 Points, 25 Entries)
4. Sheboygan South (193 Points, 24 Entries)
5. Algoma (143 Points, 19 Entries)

—Medium Team—
1. Sheboygan North (8.47 Average, 15 Entries)
2. Bradley Tech (7.82 Average, 17 Entries)
3. Muskego (7.38 Average, 13 Entries)
4. Winneconne (6.94 Average, 18 Entries)
5. Milwaukee Vincent (6.38 Entries, 13 Entries)

—Small Team—
1. Milwaukee High School of the Arts (11.0 Average, 5 Entries)
2. Oshkosh West (9.75 Average, 12 Entries)
3. Sussex Hamilton (9.2 Average, 10 Entries)
4. Hartford (8.58 Average, 12 Entries)
5. Ripon (8.2 Average, 5 Entries)

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