by Loralee Arbanas
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| The Wisconsin High School Forensic Association organizes yearly contests in speech, theater, and debate throughout the state of Wisconsin. find out more at: http://www.whsfa.org/ |
Loralee Arbanas and Amber Zander both scored a perfect 25 on their performances. In addition to that, they were two of the three seniors on the team, so it was a great way for them to end their
Forensics career. Olivia Nokovic, the other senior member of the team, also ended on a good note with a score of 24, earning her a silver medal.
The competition began at 7 P.M. that night. The students only had to present their pieces once, unlike previous meets-Subdistrict and District-where they had three rounds of presenting to go through at each.
Scoring stayed the same though. The scoring went by a scale of 1-25 points. 25 meant a perfect score and resulted in a gold medal; 24 & 23, silver; 20-22, bronze; and 19 & below, small bronze.
The group of students included Loralee Arbanas, Jamie Bistodeau, Kristin Darnell, Anastasia Knapinski, Rhiannon Mach, Sean McNally, Jessica Murphy, Logan Myhre, Olivia Nokovic, Miles Saylor, Elyssa Sheley, Cheynne Sterbenz, Helena Teumer, Colin Wesolek, Kayden Yoss, and Amber Zander.
The students arrived at the UW-Madison campus ready to present their pieces; or in the case of Sean McNally, ready to put together his speech on site as required by the extemporaneous speech rules. Student presentations consisted of several different genres including Prose, Group Interp, Farrago, Public Address, and Extemporaneous.
The meet came to a close that night around 10 P.M., and so did the season.
One of the sophomores on the team, Helena Teumer, spoke about her experience this year: “Forensics was wonderful and very indulging. I think everyone should do Forensics at least once. I am definitely doing it again next year and hopefully the following!”
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