These students have demonstrated excellence in their classrooms as well as in Speech and Debate.

2021 Nithin Senthur Jeyamurugan

2022 Rachel Bai

2021 Pert Burns

2022 Milun Jain

2022 Gloria Wang

2022 Liam Mercader

2022 Bridget Paytas

2022 Victoria Ren

2022 Karis Lu

2022 Graham Wolfe

2022 Owen Jin

2022 Emma Scott

2022 Benjamin Lannis

2021 Natasha Porwal

2021 John Catanzaro

2021 Krish Naik

2021 Dev Kartan

2021 Shejuti Wahed

2021 Jenny Zhu

2021 Elijah Duckworth

2021 Arjun Narayan

2021 Shria Shyam

2021 Ashna Patel

2020 Sanjit Beriwal

2020 Jiany Zhou

2020 Akshana Dassanaike

2020 Katherine Gao

2019 Alexandra Flagg

2019 Nedah Ahmad

2019 Harshal Dahake

2019 Skylar Davidson

2019 Adelle Fernando

2019 Joy Fu

2019 Rachael Harris

2019 Siddharth Mittal

2019 Alexandra Pultorak

2019 Shudipto Wahed

2018 Mason Blackburn

2018 Elizabeth Guo

2018 Akshath Jain

2018 Frank Li

2018 Siddarth Madala

2018 James Qu

2018 Riley Smith

2017 Oluremi Akindele

2017 Anmol Anand

2017 Rebecca Avigad

2017 Julie Chen

2017 Kimberly DelSignore

2017 Yara El-Khatib

2017 Brendan Grzyb

2017 Jessica Hood

2017 Eric Ricci

2017 Jonathan Wang

2017 Samir Yellapragada

2016 Apoorv Anand

2016 Grace Jin

2016 Zain Mehdi

2016 Siddarth Narayan

2016 Ashwin Reddy

2016 Gabe Ren

2016 Nila Suresh

2016 Joe Zhao

2015 Kayla Badamo

2015 Drew Bjorklund

2015 Marisa DelSignore

2015 Erica Fan

2015 Jason Hu

2015 Pranav Murthy

2015 Sarah Ricci

2015 Annie Sippel

2015 Michael Tai

2015 Catherine Zhang

2014 Surabhi Beriwal

2014 Chris Chang

2014 Maria LaBella

2014 Natalie Morrissey

2014 Brandon Raymond

2014 Anisha Reddy

2014 Medha Sharma

2014 Pragna Sutrave

2014 Wesley Swanson

2014 Hemanth Venkatesh

2013 Morgan Lennon

2013 Priya Tumuluru

2012 Timothy Makkar

2012 Stephanie Metzger

2012 Lily Zhang

2012 Kevin Zhang

2012 Katherine Zhou

2012 Kara Morgan

2012 Jenna Marinstein

2012 Connor Phillips

2011 Thomas Helgerman

2011 Richard F. Gayler

2011 Marina Fang

2011 Liyan Fan

2011 Akshaya Arjunan

2010 Rona Sun

2010 Lili Peng

2010 Kyle Zhu

2010 Bonnie Yan

2010 Annie Yan

2010 Anis Adani

2009 Doug Kulchar

2009 Stacey Chen

2009 Bryan Hogg

State Championship Team

2021
2018
2015
2014

Cumulative Jean Lutz Award

2021
2016
2008

Individual Championships

2021   ARJUN NARAYAN* & SATVIK PALAGANI - PUBLIC FORUM

2019    SIDDARTH MITTAL* & ARJUN NARAYAN – PUBLIC FORUM

2019    EMILY MEINERT – INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

2018    SIDDARTH MADALA & SIDDARTH MITTAL* – PUBLIC FORUM

2018     MASON BLACKBURN - IMPROMPTU

2017    KATRE SORAN – SUPERIOR SPEAKER, HOUSE

2017    JULIE CHEN & ANMOL ANAND – PUBLIC FORUM

2016    SIDDARTH NARYAN* & APOORV ANAND* – PUBLIC FORUM

2016     GRACE JIN – PERSUASIVE SPEAKING

2015    DREW BJORKLUND – LINCOLN DOUGLAS

2015    APOORV ANAND* & SIDDARTH NARYAN* – PUBLIC FORUM

2014    PRAGNA SUTRAVE – PERSUASIVE SPEAKING

2014    AUSTIN SOBER & CHRISTINA CHEUNG – DUO INTERP

2013    PRIYA TUMULURU - PERSUASIVE

2013    DAVIS CAMERON –ALL STATE CAST

2011    LIYAN FAN – LINCOLN DOUGLAS

2008    YILU ZHANG – RADIO ANNOUNCING

2008    VICKY LOPEZ & GREG VOSE – PUBLIC FORUM

2008    STACEY CHEN – EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

2006    DAVE McELHATTAN – LINCOLN DOUGLAS

2004    JULIE BAKER* – LINCOLN DOUGLAS

2003    JULIE BAKER* – SUPERIOR SPEAKER, HOUSE

1993    CLARK MADDEN – DRAMATIC INTERP

1985     SCOTT FEIRA – LINCOLN DOUGLAS

1983     LAURA FAN – INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

* denotes multiple state championships

2021 - SPEECH SCHOOL OF HONOR!!! Year 2 of online tournaments because of Covid. This tournament was supposed to be in DesMoines.  Jenny Zhu (Top 60 in Expository; Double-Octos in OO), Victoria Ren (Semifinalist in OO - 11th place.  Top 30 in Expository), Kathryn Mi (Top 60 in Original Spoken Word Poetry) – Original Oratory. Krishna Naik / Satvik Palagani (Top 120 in Pro Con Challenge) and Kolitha Perera / Liam Mercader – Public Forum Debate. Brayden Yan – Humorous Interpretation of Literature (Double Octos).  Michelle Hwang – Informative Speaking (Double Octos). Karis Lu – International Extemp.  Graham Wolfe (Quarter-finalist (Top 30) in POI. Top 120 in Storytelling) – Programmed Oral Interpretation. Amanda Hulver (Top 60 in Commentary; Top 30 in Prepared Prompt) and Ashna Patel (Top 120 in Commentary) – United States Extemporaneous Speaking. Shuban Tiwari and Nithin Senthur Jeyamurugan  – Policy Debate. Rajat Reddy - World School Debate (Gold team).  Bridget Paytas and Samhita Gudapati - House.  Harshi Chinnam - Senate. Shria Shyam (Top 30 in Pro Con Challenge. Top 120 in Expository) and Hannah Shin (Top 60 in Pro Con Challenge. Top 120 in Expository) - Supplementals.

2020 - The online tournament because of Covid19 that was supposed to be in New Mexico  - Rajat Reddy / Nithin Senthur Jeyamurugan and Akshana Dassanaike / Benjamin Lannis - Cross Examination Debate (Nithin - Round 6 in Extemporaneous Debate).  Seys Walker - Dramatic Interp.  Dev Kartan - Humorous Interp.  Bridget Paytas - House.  Aarushi Jain - Informative. Jenny Zhu and Victoria Ren - Original Oratory (Jenny - Top 60).  Liam Mercader / Zayaan Tirmizi and Milun Jain / Kolitha Perera - Public Forum Debate (Kolitha - Round 7 in Extemporaneous Debate).  Ana Key and Graham Wolfe - Programmed Oral Interp. Ashna Patel - US Extemp (Ashna - Top 60).

2019 - Dallas, TX Nationals - School of Honor in Debate.  Public Forum Debate - Sid Mittal and Arjun Narayan (Round 10 - Top 32), Sanjit Beriwal and Harshal Dahake (Round 9 - Top 60).  Lincoln Douglas - Shudipto Wahed (Round 6 in Extemp Debate). In Policy Debate - Joy Fu and Akshana Dassanaike (Round 8. Top 58) (Akshana - Round 6 in Extemp Debate).  Informative - Victoria Ren.  In Original Oratory - Katherine Gao and Jenny Zhu. In US Extemp - Ashna Patel (Round 8 - Top 60. Round 4 in impromptu - Top 24). In International Extemp - Owen Jin. Representing us in World School Debates -Elijah Duckworth, Rachael Harris, Allie Pultorak.

2018 – Ft. Lauderdale - Public Forum Debate - Sid Mittal and Sid Madala (Round 9 – top 60); Lincoln Douglas Debate – Shudipto Wahed (Round 8 – Top 70. Top 100 in extemporaneous debate) and Joy Fu; Extemp – Mason Blackburn (Top 50 in commentary); United States Extemp – Ashna Patel (Top 14 in impromptu); Original Oratory – Katherine Gao; Informative Speaking – Emily Meinert; Dramatic Interp – Alexandra Flagg; Humorous Interp – Takuma Goto; Duo Interp –Careena El-Khatib and Skylar Davidson; Programmed Oral Interp – Adelle Fernando (Top 50 in Poetry); World School Debate – James Qu  

2017 – Birmingham - PF - Julie Chen and Anmol Anand (Quarterfinalists in International Public Forum – 5^th place), Duo Interp - Skylar Davidson and Careena El-Khatib, United States Extemporaneous Speaking - Brendan Grzyb (Top 30 in Commentary) and Riley Smith (Top 30 in Commentary), International Extemporaneous Speaking - Yara El-Khatib (Round 8), Dramatic Interpretation - Kirthana Kannan and Serena El-Khatib, Informative Speaking - Jess Hood and  Melanie Brkovich, World Debates - Eric Ricci (Round 5 in Ext debate) and Kevin Xu, Big Questions – James Qu, and Congress – Lliz Guo (Top 60 in Commentary)  

2016 Salt Lake City – PF - Sid Narayan and Nony Anand (Round 9), Duo Interp - Serena El-Khatib and Nandita Kannapadi, International - Yara El-Khatib, Oratory - Grace Jin, Informative - Jasmine Mahajan, Lincoln Douglas - Nila Suresh (Round 6 in extemp debate)

2015 – Dallas – Drew Bjorklund in LD (Round 11 – top 29), Apoorv (Nony) Anand and Siddarth Narayan in PF (Round 11 – top 30), Jason Hu in the house (Top 42 in Storytelling), Grace Jin in OO (Quarters / Top 30), and Mike Tai in World Debate (Member of the Pittsburgh team – Top 32 in the nation).  

2014 – Kansas City - Catherine Zhang and Elly Silberstein (top 30 in duo). Sheel Kundu in International, Dom Moore in US, and Kyle Silberstein in the house.  

2013 – Birmingham - School of Honor in Speech.  Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang (auto-qualified in duo) – (2^nd Place Overall), Catherine Zhang in HI, Twesha Mitra in DI, Priya Tumuluru in OO, Connor Phillips in International, Sheel Kundu in United States, Stephanie Metzger and Jenna Marinstein in Public Forum (advanced to round 10), and Morgan Lennon in Lincoln Douglas.  Kayla Badamo and Maria LaBella in Congress.  (Maria LaBella placed 8^th in Supplemental Debate)   

2012 – Indianapolis with Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou in duo (2^nd Place Overall; 1^st Place in Final Round), Abhi Mehra in US, and Connor Phillips in International.  Anis Adnani in congress.  

2011 – Dallas with Richard Bochicchio and Akshaya Arjunan in PF, Marina Fang in congress and Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang in Duo. 

2010 – Kansas City with Eliana Rabinowitz in LD, Richard Gayler in LD, Katie Owsiany in OO, Kyle Zhu and Richard Bochicchio in PF 

2009 – Birmingham with Stacey Chen in international (National Champion; First place in final round), Doug Kulchar and Nate Keen in Public Forum (Round 9), Eliana Rabinowitz in LD (Rd 3 in prose), and Jess Schwab in Congress.  

2008 – Vegas with Jack Grennan (Round 12) and Naz El-Khatib in US, Stacey Chen in International (round 10), Vicky Lopez and Nick Vukmer in PF, Hadley Guiler in LD (round 10), Nate Keen and Doug Kulchar in Student congress.  

2007 – Wichita with Greg Vose and Brenna Thorpe (Round 9 in pf), Jack Grennan (Quarter is ex), Stacey Chen (House; quarters in commentary), Karl Friethaler (Round 9 in LD), Gwyn Agnew (Octos in HI), Yilu Zhang. 

2006 – Dallas with Omar Ayyash (7^th in International Extemp) and Matt Gill (House)                             

2005 – Philadelphia with Omar Ayyash (Quarter finalist in international) 

2004 – Salt Lake City with Dan Boada (Third in LD), Julie Baker (Round 8 in DX), and Kathy Ouyang (House)

2002 - Anna Rich (Drama), Michael Vater (US Extemp), Connor Mayo-Wilson (Lincoln Douglas Debate)

2001 – Norman, OK with Mike Vater (US extemp)  

2000 – Portland with Ben Edwards (DI) and Greg Benevent (HI)

1999 - Greg Benevant (HI), Evan Mayp-Wilson (Round 10 in US Extemp), Loren Filson (Oratory.  4th in Impromptu)

1998 - Evan Mayo-Wilson (US Extemp) and Loren Filson (Oratory)

1992 - Brigit Connelly (Oratory) and Jay Evans (Senate)

1991 - Mita Ghosal (Drama) and Craig Abbs (International Extemp)

1989 - Cathleen Horner (US Extemp) and Todd Shafritz (US Extemp)

1988 - Todd Shafritz (US Congress)

1985 - Scott Feira (Lincoln Douglas) 

View the 2021-2022 awards

 State Champions – 2021!

Jean Lutz Award for the accumulation of more sweepstakes points
(Last won in 2016!) 

1^st in Debate 

2^nd in Speech

 

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - State Champions -  Public Forum Debate.  

Alok Shah and Krishna Naik – 2^nd in Parliamentary Debate

Ben Lannis and Gavin Hou – 2^nd in Policy Debate

Julianna Klepzig – 5^th – Congress

Deeksha Rachupalli – 5^th in Senate

Bridget Paytas – 6^th in Senate

Rachel Bai and Emma Scott -  6 in Public Forum Debate

Graham Wolfe – 2^nd in Humorous Interp

Karis Lu – 3^rd in Impromptu Speaking

Victoria Ren – 2^nd Place – Persuasive Speaking

Kathryn Mi – 5^th Place – Persuasive Speaking

Khushi Pasrija and Shejuti Wahed – 7^th in Parliamentary Debate

Aris Pastor – Semi-finalist – Serious Dramatic Interp

Braden Yan – Semi-finalist – Humorous Dramatic Interp

Dev Kartan and Ana Key – Semi-finalists – Duo Interp

Natasha Porwal – Semi-finalist – Persuasive Speaking

Olivia Shaw and Hannah Shin – Semi-finalists in News Broadcasting

Amanda Hulver and Shria Shyam – Semi-finalists in Extemporaneous Speaking

North Allegheny Teams A and B – 5^th and 7^th in the One Act Play competition

 

Catholic Nationals

Victoria Ren - 2nd place - Original Oratory (our highest place to date at this tournament)

Raj Reddy and Shuban Tiwari - Quarterfinalists - Policy Debate

Amanda Hulver - Quarterfinalist - Extemporaneous Speaking

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - Double Octos - Public Forum

Lamees Subeir - Triple Octos - Lincoln Douglas

Adi Mallik and Vikram Nagarajan - Triple Octos - Public Forum

Shria Shyam - Octos - Extemporaneous Speaking

Ashna Patel - Octos - Extemporaneous Speaking

Tournament of Champions 

Victoria Ren - 5th Place - Original Oratory

 

The Coolidge Cup

Ashley Zeman - 1st place - Declamation

 

Minneapple

Victoria Ren - Quarters - Original Oratory

 

Harvard

Victoria Ren - Octos- Original Oratory

 

North Allegheny Speech And Debate

Pittsburgh District Champions -  Overall Team Award!!

1^st Place In Speech AND Debate!!!

 

Congratulations to the following students who will represent us at nationals this summer
(And this competition is not even done yet!)

 

Jenny Zhu (Champion), Victoria Ren, Katy Mi – Original Oratory

Krishna Naik / Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera / Liam Mercader – Public Forum Debate

Brayden Yan – Humorous Interpretation of Literature

Michelle Huang – Informative Speaking

Karis Lu – International Extemp

Graham Wolfe (Champion) – Programmed Oral Interpretation

Amanda Hulver (Champion) and Ashna Patel – United States Extemporaneous Speaking

Shuban Tiwari and Nithin Senthur Jeyamurugan (Champions) – Policy Debate

Harshi Chinnam (Champion) - Senate

Bridget Paytas, Samhita Gudapati - House

 

*Ashna Patel is the first person from Pittsburgh to qualify all four years to the national tournament.

 

Alternates:

Katharine Peng – 2^nd Alternates – Original Oratory

Sahil Bhaskaran – 1^st Alternate – Lincoln Douglas

Katherine Peng / Kathryn Mi and Amanda Hulver /  Karis Lu – 1^st and 2^nd Alternates – Duo Interpretation

Natasha Porwal – 2^nd Alternative – Informative Speaking

Owen Jin and Olivia Shaw – 1^st and 2^nd Alternates – United States Extemp

Shria Shyam – 1^st Alternate – International Extemp

Himanshu Setya and Vishaal Komagiri – 1^st Alternate – Public Forum

Deeksha Rachupalli, Shria Shyam and Claire Majerac - 1st, 2nd and 4th Alternates

 

NA Speech And Debate

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS!!!

 

More NA students will be attending the state tournament this year than ever before!

 

Public Forum

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani

Rachel Bai and Emma Scott

Liam Mercader and Zayaan Tirmizi

Vishaal Komaragiri and Himanshu Setya

Senate

Bridget Paytas

Deeksha Rachupalli

Harshi Chinnam

Pert Burns

Extemporaneous

Shria Shyam

Amanda Hulver

Owen Jin

Lincoln Douglas

Lamees Subeir

Sophie Lu

Persuasive Speaking

Katharine Peng

Kathryn Mi

Victoria Ren

Natasha Porwal

Dramatic Interp

Aris Pastor

Humorous Interp

Brayden Yan

Graham Wolfe

Duo Interp

Ana Key and Dev Kartan

Srinidhi Raghavan and Maya Sivakumar

Parliamentary Debate

Krishna Naik and Alok Shah

Khushi Pasrija and Shejuti Wahed

Policy Debate

Rajat Reddy and Shuban Tiwari

Gavin Hou and Benjamin Lannis

 

Alternates to the state tournament - 

Srishti Raviprakash - 4th in LD

Mackenzie Volpe - 4th in Prose

Hannah Shin - 3rd in Informative

Gloria Wang - 3rd in Poetry

Ella Baker - 4th in Poetry

Olivia Shaw - 3rd in Commentary

Collin Wang - 5th in Commentary

Ada Sun - 4th in DI

Yuvan Suresh - 5th in Extemp

 

Qualifying to CFLs 2021 

 

Student Congress    Bridget Paytas

Student Congress    Deeksha Rachupalli

Policy Debate    Pradeepkumar & Sridhar

Policy Debate    Reddy & Senthur Jeyamurugan

Policy Debate    Tiwari & Duckworth

Declamation    Lucy Pu

Dramatic Performance    Aris Pastor

Extemporaneous    Amanda Hulver

Extemporaneous    Ashna Patel

Extemporaneous    Karis Lu

Extemporaneous    Shria Shyam

LD Debate    Khushi Pasrija

LD Debate    Lamees Subeir

LD Debate    Shejuti Wahed

Original Oratory    Hannah Shin

Original Oratory    Katharine Peng

Original Oratory    Michelle Hwang

Original Oratory    Victoria Ren

Public Forum    Bai & Scott

Public Forum    Perera & Jain

Public Forum     Mallik and Nagarajan

 

Seton La Salle Frosh-Soph Tournament

Lamees Subeir - 1st - Lincoln Douglas

Aneri Shethji - 4th - Lincoln Douglas

Gavin Hou - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Mallik & Nagarajan - 2nd - Public Forum

Setya & Palagani - 4th - Public Forum

Amanda Hulver - 1st - Extemp

Kathryn Mi - 2nd - Original Oratory

Katharine Peng - 4th - Original Oratory

 

Deer Lakes

Shuban Tiwari and Shejuti Wahed - 1st - Parliamentary

Alok Shah and Krish Naik - 2nd - Parliamentary

Himanshu Setya and Vishaal Komaragiri - 1st - PF

Zayaan Tirmizi and Liam Mercader - 3rd - PF

Sriaarya Pradeepkumar and Sri Sridhar - 4th - PF

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 5th - PF

Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera - 4th - Duo

Amanda Hulver - 1st - Extemp

Shria Shyam - 3rd - Extemp

Hannah Shin - 1st - Informative

Natasha Porwal - 3rd - Informative

Jenny Zhu - 4th - Informative

Victoria Ren - 1st - Oratory

Kathryn Mi - 5th - Oratory

Katharine Peng - 6th - Oratory

Rucha Lovalekar - 3rd - POI

Deeksha Rachupalli  - 2nd - Congress House A

Harshi Chinnam - 1st - Congress House B

 

 

Bethel Park

Lamees Subeir - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera - 1st - Public Forum

Amanda Hulver - 6th - Extemp

Victoria Ren - 3rd - Oratory

Jenny Zhu - 4th - Oratory

Graham Wolfe - 4th - POI

Deeksha Rachupalli - 2nd - Congress

 

 

Hampton

Kathryn Mi - 1st - Original Oratory

Shuban Tiwari - 5th - Lincoln Douglas

Lamees Subeir - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Krishna Naik and Alok Shah - 3rd - Parliamentary

Shejuti Wahed and Khushi Pasrija - 5th - Parliamentary

Sreeman Koka and Zohaib Rahman - 4th - Public Forum

Liam Mercader and Zayaan Tirmizi - 5th - Public Forum

Abhay Syamala and Tharun Sunthar - 6th - Public Forum

Amanda Hulver - 5th - Extemp

Kevin Mao - 6th - Extemp

Julianna Werner - 3rd - House A Congress

Deeksha Rachupalli - Superior Speaker - House B Congress *11

 

Team Pittsburgh

Owen Prem - 3rd - US Extemp

Olivia Shaw - 5th - US Extemp

Shria Shyam - 1st - International Extemp *5

Himanshu Setya and Vishaal Komagiri - 1st - Public Forum *12

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 2nd - Public Forum *12

Rachel Bai and Emma Scott - 4th - Public Forum

Sri Sridhar &  Sriaarya Pradeepkumar - 6th - Public Forum

Shuban Tiwari - 3rd - Lincoln Douglas *23

Renuk DeAlmeida - 5th - Lincoln Douglas

Harshi Chinnam - 2nd - House A Congress *

Deeksha Rachupalli 3rd - House B Congress

 

Pine Richland

Lamees Subeir - 2nd - Lincoln Douglas

Khushi Pasrija - 5th - Lincoln Douglas

Krishna Naik and Alok Shah - 1st - Parliamentary

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 3rd - Public Forum

Shria Shyam - 3rd - Extemp

Ashna Patel - 4th - Extemp

Katharine Peng - 1st - Oratory

Bridget Paytas - 1st - Congress House A

Quinn Volpe 3rd - Congress House A

Siddharth Jayakrishnan - 2nd - Congress House B

Deeksha Rachupalli - 3rd - Congress House B

Harshi Chinnam - 2nd - Congress House C

Pert Burns - 3rd - Congress House C

Lucas Lu - 4th - Congress House D

Shady Side Invitational

Lamees Subeir - 4th - Lincoln Douglas *27

Alok Shah and Krishna Naik - 2nd - Parliamentary *10

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 2nd Place - Public Forum *16

Sunthar and Syamala - 5th Place - Public Forum

Shria Shyam - 2nd Place - Commentary 

Kolitha Perera and Satvik Palagani - 4th Place - Duo Interp

Shuban Tiwari - 5th Place - Humorous Interp

Ashley Zemen - 6th Place - Humorous Interp

Amanda Hulver - 1st Place - Impromptu

Karis Lu - 2nd Place - Impromptu

Shuban Tiwari - 3rd Place - Impromptu

Kathryn Mi - 4th Place - Oratory *32

Shria Shyam - 6th Place - Oratory

Bridget Paytas - 1st - House A - Congress *11

Harshini Chinnam - 2nd - House A - Congress *11

 

 

Lexington Winter Invitational (Big Lex)

Raj Reddy - Octafinalist - Lincoln Douglas

 

North Allegheny Invitational

1st in Debate, 2nd in Speech, 2nd Overall

Bridget Paytas - 1st - Congress *45

Deeksha Rachupalli - 2nd - Congress*45

Aneri Shethji - 3rd - JV Lincoln Douglas

Siya Jain - 4th - JV Lincoln Douglas

Dinuk DeAlmeida - JV Lincoln Douglas

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 1st - JV Public Forum

Max Goggans & Lokesh Daita - 6th - JV Public Forum

Shejuti Wahed - 2nd - Lincoln Douglas *55

Kolitha Perera & Milun Jain - 1st - Public Forum *34

Satvik Palagani & Daksh Goyal - 2nd - Public Forum *34

Liam Mercader & Zayaan Tirmizi - 3rd - Public Forum *34

Vikram Nagarajan & Vishaal Komaragiri - 4th - Public Forum *34

Satvik Palagani & Kolitha Perera - 3rd - Duo Interp

Shria Shyam - 1st - Extemporaneous Speaking *28

Amanda Hulver - 3rd - Extemporaneous Speaking *28

Graham Wolfe - 4th - Humorous Interp

Graham Wolfe - 2nd - Programmed Oral Interp

Hannah Shin - 3rd - Informative Speaking

Victoria Ren - 3rd - Original Oratory *34

 

Sunvite

Victoria Ren - Quarters - Original Oratory

 

Au Revoir

Amanda Hulver - 5th - Extemp 

Graham Wolfe - 6th - Humorous Interp 

Katherine Peng - 6th - Original Oratory 

Shria Shyam - 4th - Original Oratory 

Gloria Wang - 4th - Poetry

Ella Baker - 6th - Poetry 

Samhita Gudapati - 6th - Prose 

 

 

USC Sparkle Season Spactacular

Rajat Reddy - 3rd - Lincoln Douglas

Sophie Lu - 4th - Lincoln Douglas

Elijah Duckworth and Shuban Tiwari - 2nd - Policy

Liam Mercader and Zayaan Tirmizi - 2nd - Public Forum *17

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 3rd Public Forum *17

Emma Scott and Rachael Bai - 5th - Public Forum

Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera - 4th - Duo Interp

Vanessa Hong and Karen Shamir - 5th - Duo Interp

Yuvan Suresh - 5th - Impromptu

Kathryn Mi - 3rd - Original Oratory

Lina Fu - 4th - Original Oratory

Pert Burns - 2nd - Congress House A

 

3P Speech December Online Gathering

Graham Wolfe - 6th - Programmed Oral Interp

 

 

Howland Invitational

Samhita Gudapati - 3rd - Prose

Shria Shyam - 1st - International Extemp *7

Karis Lu - 1st - United States Extemp *12

Olivia Shaw - 3rd - United States Extemp

 

Novice At North
Hosted by North Catholic and North Allegheny

Samhita Gudapati – 6th – Prose

Karis Liu – 3rd – Poetry

Ella Baker – 7th - Poetry

Catherine Lenchner – 1st – Oratory

Lina Fu – 3rd – Oratory

Amanda Hulver – 5th – Oratory

Ada Sun – 6th – Oratory

Shria Shyam – 6th – Oratory

Collin Wang – 1st – Extemp

Edward Mei – 3rd – Extemp

Timmy Li – 4th – Extemp

Jason Ma – 6th – Extemp

Kolitha Perera and Satvik Palagani – 2nd – Duo Interp

Shuban Tiwari – 2nd – Dramatic Performance

 

Nova Titan Invitational

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain  - Octofinalists - Public Forum

 

Cougar Classic at the University of Houston

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain - Quarterfinalists - Public Forum

 

The Milo Cup at Millard North

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain - Tripleoctofinalists - Public Forum


Reagan

Srinidhi Raghavan - 1st - Congress

 

Port Washington

Srinidhi Raghavan - 3rd - Congress

 

James Madison Memorial

Srinidhi Raghavan - 4th - Congress

 

North Catholic

Graham Wolfe - 1st - Programmed Oral Interp

Gloria Wang - 4th - Poetry

Kathryn Mi - 3rd - Oratory *32

Karen Shamir and Vanessa Hong - 6th - Duo Interp

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 4th - Public Forum

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain - 5th - Public Forum

Daksh Goyal and Alok Shah - 3rd - Parliamentary

Shejuti Wahed - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Samhita Gudapati - 3rd Place - House A, Congress

Deeksha Rachupalli - 3rd Place - House B, Congress

Julianna Klepzig - 3rd Place - House C, Congress

Shria Shyam - 2nd Place - House D, Congress *10

 

Isidore Newman School Invitational

Raj Reddy - Octafinalist - Lincoln Douglas

 

Paradigm at Downing Catholic

Arnav Patel - Semi-finalist - Novice LD

Arnav Patel - 4th Place Speaker Award

Karis Lu - 2nd Place - Poetry *10

Amanda Hulver - Semi-finalist - Extemp

 

St. Joseph High School

Raj Reddy - 2nd Place - Lincoln Douglas Debate *24

Samhita Gudapati - 5th Place - Prose 

Dev Kartan - 6th Place - Prose 

Katharine Peng - 4th Place - Original Oratory 

Deeksha Rachupalli - Outstanding Speaker - Congress *11

Bridget Paytas - Outstanding Speaker - Congress *11

 

Princeton Invitational 

Shria Shyam - Semifinalist - Extemp

 

Stanford

Daksh Goyal and Satvik Palagani - Quarters - Public Forum

 

George Mason University

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - Double-octafinalists - Public Forum

Vikram Nagarajan and Adi Mallik - Double-octafinalists - Public Forum

Kolitha Perera and Vishaal Komaragiri - Double-octafinalists - Public Forum

Gloria Wang - Semifinalist - Oral Interpretation

Graham Wolfe - 6th place - Programmed Oral Interp

Owen Jin - Quarterfinalist - Extemp 

Moon Area Invitational

Dev Kartan - 5th Place - Poetry

Katharine Peng - 2nd Place - Original Oratory *24

Kathryn Mi - 3rd Place - Original Oratory *24

Amanda Hulver - 2nd Place - Extemp *23

Shria Shyam - 3rd Place - Extemp *23

Sahil Bhaskaran - 4th Place - Lincoln Douglas  *36

Sophie Lu - 6th Place - Lincoln Douglas

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 1st Place - Public Forum *40

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - 2nd Place - Public Forum *40

Adishankara Mallik and Vikram Nagarajan - 3rd Place - Public Forum *40

Bridget Paytas - Oustanding Speaker - Chamber 4 - Congress *14

Pert Burns - Superior Speaker - Chamber 3 - Congress *14

Samhita Gudapati - Merit Speaker - Chamber 2 - Congress *14

 

Kentucky Extra Gravy Invitational 
13 States-38 Schools-500 Entries

Shria Shyam - 1st Place - Impromptu

Amanda Hulver - 1st Place - Extemp *47

Shria Shyam - 3rd Place - Extemp *47

Dev Kartan - 6th Place - Prose *53

 

Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Invitational 

Rajat Reddy - Double Octos - Lincoln Douglas

 

Dalmasse-Sterner Steel City Invitation
Pittsburgh Central Catholic

2nd Place Speech
2nd Place Debate
2nd Place Overall

Samhita Gudapati - 6th place - Prose

Dev Kartan - 1st Place - Poetry

Katherine Peng - 2nd Place, Original Oratory *17

Katherine Peng - 4th Place - Declamation

Extemp: 4th place, Syria Shyam   

Satvik Palagani & Kolitha Perera  - 2nd Place - Duo Interp

 Bridget Paytas - 1st Place - Congress *37

Pert Burns - 2nd Place - Congress *37

Shuban Tiwari and Elijah Duckworth - 1st Place - Policy Debate *5

Rajat Reddy and Ben Lannis - 3rd Place - Policy Debate

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera - 2nd Place - Public Forum  *46

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - 5th Place - Public Forum *46

Nithin Senthur Jeyamurugan - 3rd Place - Lincoln Douglas Debate  *46

M&M
McDowell, Mercyhurst and PS Behrend

3rd in Speech

Katharine Peng - 1st Place - Oratory *13

Lucy Pu - 6th Place - Oratory

Shria Shyam - 2nd Place - Extemp *20

Amanda Hulver - 4th Place - Extemp

Pert Burns - 3rd Place - Congress 

Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera - 3rd Place Duo Interp

Dev Kartan - 4th Place - Poetry

Adishankara Mallik and Vikram Nagarajan - 6th Place - Public Forum

Shuban Tiwari and Elijah Duckworth - 5th Place - Policy




USC Novice Tournament

Catherine Lenchner - 1st Place - Oratory

Lina Fu - 2nd Place - Oratory

Ada Sun - 6th Place Oratory

Timmy Li - 5th Place - Extemp

Aris Pastor - 2nd Place - Dramatic Interp

Max Goggans and Lokesh Daita - 2nd Place - Public Forum

Sophia Aggazio and Mackenzie Volpe - 5th Place - Public Forum

Siya Jain - 2nd Place - Lincoln Douglas

 

Hunter Haunting

Satvik Palagani and Arjun Narayan - 1st Place - Public Forum *20

 

Speech Tournament at the End of the Universe

Shria Shyam - 1st Place Extemp *10

 

Cognitive Exchange Speech Tournament

Shria Shyam - 1st Place - Extemp 

Shria Shyam - 1st Place - Impromptu

Karen Shamir - 3rd Place -  Oratory

Karis Lu - 4th Place -  Impromptu

Holy Trinity Hurricane Debate Tournament

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera - 2nd Place - Public Forum *25

Arjun Narayan and Krishna Naik - 4th Place - Public Forum *25

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States 2016

3rd Place in the State

The Lutz Award - a cumulative award based on continued success at the state tournament - and it rocks that we just won it in 2008 and we already have it again.

State Champions in Public Forum - Sid Narayan and Nony Anand - 2nd championship in a row for them!!!)

State Champion in Persuasive -Grace Jin.

Riley Smith - 6th in extemp

Samir Yellapragada - 3rd in Dramatic Interp

Julie Chen and Anmol Anand - semi finalists in Public Forum

Jasmine Mahajan - semis in informative

Brendan Grzyb - semi-finalist in Commentary

Yara El Khatib, Remi Akindele, Varsha Suresh - quarters in Parliamentary Debate

Eric Mi / Gabe Ren and Kimberly DelSignore / Joe Zhao - quarterfinalists in Policy Debate

Zain Mehdi -quarter finalist in impromptu  

Kevin Xu - quarter finalist in radio announcing

Lindsey Shema - Super session in congress

MSF Tournament

Lincoln Douglas Debate

1st: Hannah Shin

2nd: Victoria Ren

3rd: Angela Wu

4th: Sophie Lu

5th: Shejuti Wahed

6th: Hyun Hwang

Public Forum Debate

1st: Anna Liu and Eleanor Park

2nd: Arjun Narayan and Rohan Puri

3rd: Ben Miller and Yaseen Sabil

Speech (no particular order)

1. Tejal Dahake (original orotory)

2. Tyler Prosser and Maeren Quirke (duo interpretation)

3. Claire Majerac (humorous interpretation

NSDA District Tournament

Public Forum Debate

Apoorv Anand and Siddarth Narayan - 1st place

Julie Chen and Elaine Xu - 5th place

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 1st place

Original Oratory

Grace Jin - 1st place

Duo Interpretation

Serena El-Khatib and Nandita Kannapadi - 3rd place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Yara El-Khatib - 2nd place

National Catholic Forensic League Districts

Public Forum Debate

Julie Chen and Akshath Jain - 4th place

Samir Yellapragada - 4th place

Zain Mehdi - 3rd place

PHSSL Districts

Policy Debate

Gabe Ren and Eric Mi - 1st Place

Joe Zhao and Kimberly Delsignore - 2nd Place

Parliamentary Debate

Remi Akindele, Yara El-Khatib, Varsha Suresh - 1st Place

Anagha Arunkumar, Julie Karabin, Sravanthi Chintakunta - 3rd Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Eric Ricci - 2nd Place

Nila Suresh - 3rd Place

David Bjorkland - 4th Place

Public Forum Debate

Apoorv Anand and Siddarth Narayan - 2nd Place

Eric Dunbar and Nikhil Cherukapalli - 4th Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 1st Place

Zain Mehdi - 3rd Place

Commentary

Brendan Gryzb - 1st Place

Persuasive Speaking

Grace Jin - 1st Place

Jessica Hood - 3rd Place

Informative Speaking

Jasmine Mahajan - 1st Place

Sara Nill - 4th Place

Prose

Melissa Brkovich - 5th Place

Poetry

Grace Traynor - 5th Place

Duo Interpretation

Careena El Khatib and Skylar Davidson - 4th Place

Dramatic Interpretation

Samir Yellapragada - 1st Place

Alexandra Flagg - 2nd Place

Humorous Interpretation

Adelle Fernando - 1st Place

Olivia Diulus - 3rd Place

Sweepstakes

North Allegheny - 1st place

West Allegheny

Original Oratory - Persuasive

Jessica Hood - 1st Place

Grace Jin - 3rd Place

Original Oratory - Informative

Jasmine Mahajan - 1st Place

Melanie Brkovich - 1st Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 3rd Place

Brendan Gryzb - 4th Place

Brittany Burmester - 6th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Adelle Fernando -

Impromptu

Sareen Ali - 4th Place

Angela Lu - 6th Place

Lincoln- Douglas Debate

Parliamentary Debate

Remi Akindele, Rebecca Avigad, and Yara El-Khatib - 4th Place

Public Forum Debate

Elaine Xu and Julie Chen- First Place

Siddarth Narayan and Kevin Xu- Fourth Place

Harvard

Public Forum

Siddarth Narayan and Apoorv Anand- Double Octo Finals

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar- Double Octo Finals

Original Oratory

Grace Jin- Semifinals

Bethel Park

Original Oratory

Natalie Gleeson - Quarter Finals

Lincoln- Douglas Debate

Humorous Interpretation

Jyotsna Bathina - Semifinals

Dramatic Interpretation

Alexandra Flagg - Semifinals

Knoch

Original Oratory

Melanie Brkovich - 6th Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 4th Place

Joy Fu - 6th Place

Public Forum Debate

Sid Narayan and Nony Anand - 1st Place

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar - 4th Place

Kevin Xu and Jonathan Wang - 6th Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 6th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Jyotsna Bathina - 3rd Place

Adelle Fernando - 5th Place

Olivia Diulus - 6th Place

Dramatic Interpretation

Samir Yellapragada - 1st Place

Parliamentary Debate

Varsha Suresh, Becca Avigad, Remi Akindele - 5th Place

Congress

Katre Soran - Superior Speaker

Lindsay Shema - Presiding Officer

Bethany Ricci - Outstanding Speaker

Sareen Ali - Superior Speaker

Mercer

Original Oratory - Persuasive

Grace Jin - 1st Place

Jessica Hood - 2nd Place

Janet Wang - 3rd Place

Roma Ranade - 7th place

Original Oratory -Informative

Melanie Brkovich - 4th Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Yara El-Khatib - 1st Place

Zain Mehdi - 5th Place

Pine Richland

Original Oratory

Grace Jin - 1st Place

Jessica Hood - 2nd Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 2nd Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 5th Place

Yara El-Khatib - 6th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Adelle Fernando - 5th Place

Congress

Katre Soran - Merit Speaker

North Allegheny

Extemporaneous Speaking

Zain Mehdi - 2nd Place

Brendan Grzyb - 3nd Place

Yara El-Khatib - 4th Place

Informative Speaking

Ishika Saxena - 4th Place

Gayatri Bharambe - 5th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Aaron Burmester - 6th Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Parliamentary Debate

Remi Akindele, Varsha Suresh, and Rebecca Avigad - 2nd Place

Sravanthi Chintakunta, Anagha Arunkumar, and Julie Karabin - 3rd Place

Congress

Central Catholic

Duo Interpretation

David Mrazik and Jack Kairys - 4th Place

Dramatic Interpretation

Samir Yellapragada - 1st Place

Kirthana Kannan - 3rd Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Brendan Grzyb - 3rd Place

Zain Mehdi - 4th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Shivashree Sekar - 4th Place

Adelle Fernando - 6th Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 1st Place

Eric Ricci - 2nd Place

Joe Zhao - 6th Place

Public Forum Debate

Akshath Jain and Sid Madala - 3rd Place

Debate Sweepstakes

1st Place

Overall Sweepstakes

1st Place

Poland

Elizabeth Guo - International Extemporaneous Speaking

6th Place

Joe Zhao - Lincoln-Douglas

2nd Place

Eric Ricci - Lincoln-Douglas

5th Place

George Mason Patriot Games

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar - Public Forum

Semifinalists

Anmol Anand and Anrey Peng - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists  

Remi Akindele and Varsha Suresh - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists

Joe Zhao - Lincoln-Douglas

Semifinalist

Nila Suresh - Lincoln-Douglas

Octafinalist

Eric Ricci - Lincoln-Douglas

Double-Octafinalist

Princeton Classic

Ratu Raviprakash - Lincoln Douglas

Octofinalist, 15th Speaker

Hampton

Adam McNeill- Congress

Top 5 finish

Lindsey Shema-Congress

Top 5 finish

Vincentian

Katre Soran- Congress

5th place

Yara El-Khatib- Congress

4th Place

USC Novice

Shweta Gudapati - Lincoln Douglas

5th place

Riley Smith - Extemporaneous Speaking

1st place

Zarah Ahmad and Preeti Arumalla - Public Forum

6th place

Quigley Catholic

Anmol Anand and Kevin Xu - Public Forum

Top 5 finish

Joy Fu - Lincoln Douglas

Top 5 finish

Joseph Anand - Impromptu

Top 5 finish

Tom Yang - Extemporaneous Speaking

Top 5 finish

Elizabeth Guo - Extemporaneous Speaking

Top 5 finish

Katre Soran - Congress

Top 5 finish

West Allegheny Novice

Mason Blackburn - Extemporaneous Speaking

 

 

 

New York City Invitational

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists

Samir Yellapragada - Dramatic Interpretation

Finalist - 6th place overall

Yale Invitational

Apoorv Anand and Siddarth Narayan - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists

North Catholic

Katre Soran- Congress

Top 5 finish

Lindsey Shema- Congress

Top 5 finish

Ashwin Reddy- Congress

Top 5 finish

STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!  REPEATED!!!!

 

Congratulations to the State Champion North Allegheny Speech and Debate Team. 
 
Narrowly beating their toughest state rival Holy Ghost by just 2.5 points (149 to 146.5), the team took home two individual state championships.
 
Senior Drew Bjorklund won first place in Lincoln Douglas debate finishing with a split decision in the final round against Danville.
 
Juniors Siddarth Narayan and Apoorv (Nony) Anand won also in a 5-0 decision in the final round in Public Forum Debate against State College.
 
Other students advancing to the break rounds (Quarter-finals and higher) –
 
In addition to Bjorklund, the other North Allegheny competitor in Lincoln Douglas made it to quarterfinals.  Junior Nila Suresh finished in the top 8 in the state.
 
In the Student Senate, Senior Sarah Ricci finished 2^nd in the state behind her North Catholic friend and yearlong rival.
 
The Parliamentary Debate team comprised of Helena Bates, Marisa DelSignore, and Annie Sippel finished in the quarterfinals.
 
Junior Grace Jin finished 3^rd in the state in Persuasive Speaking.
 
In Informative Speaking, Senior Andy Mendes made it to the semi-final round, and Junior Jasmine Mahajan finished in 5^th place.
 
In Humorous Interpretation of Literature, Junior Grace Traynor finished in 5^th place in the state, and Senior Jeff Zeng made it to the semi-final round.
 
In Duo Interpretation of Literature, Seniors Austin Sober and Alex Venezia made the semi-final round, placing them in the top 12 in the state.
 
In Dramatic Interpretation of Literature, Sophomore Samir Yellepragada made semi-finals.

In Impromptu Speaking, Junior Zain Mehdi advanced to semi-finals.
 
And finally, in an event that North Allegheny normally does not do, the Junior team of Eric Mi and Joe Zhao finished in quarterfinals of Policy Debate.
 
 
 
At the local National Speech and Debate Association District Tournament, North Allegheny took home the top school award, 2nd in speech, 2nd in debate, as well as two district championships. These members of the team will compete this summer in Dallas, TX.
 
Drew Bjorklund won the district title in Lincoln Douglas Debate.

Grace Jin was declared the district champion for her original oratory called “Couponing to College,” a speech on self-control and how it impacts our lives. 

Siddarth Narayan and and Apoorv (Nony) Anand came in second in Public Forum Debate, and these two are credited for “tripling,” the term used in forensics when a student qualifies in the three big district qualifying tournaments – the state league, the National Speech and Debate Association District tournament, and the National Catholic Forensic League District tournament.
 
 
Jason Hu came in 2^nd place in student congress. 
 
And Pittsburgh was recently selected to be a part of the prestigious World Debates that takes place the same week as the NSDA National Tournament. Michael Tai was selected to be a part of this city-wide team.

 

Others who did well were  - 

Grace Traynor and Samir Yellapragada, 5th and 4th, respectively, in Dramatic Interp.
Eugenia Lee and Angela Lu - 5th in duo, and Nandita Kannapadi and Serena El-Khatib, 3rd in duo.
Andy Mendes - 5th in Original Oratory.

Yara El-Khatib and Annie Sippel, 5th and 3rd respectively, in International Extemp.

Jason Hu and Michael Tai - 6th in Public Forum, Anmol Anand and Anrey Peng - 5th in PF.

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For the Catholic Forensic League District Tournament, the following students won slots to attend this tournament in Ft. Lauderdale over Memorial Day Weekend:
 
Joe Zhao and Nila Suresh in Lincoln Douglas.
Julie Chen and Michael Tai, and Siddarth Narayan and Apporv Anand in Public Forum.
Sophomores Nandita Kannapadi and Serena El-Khatib, and Christina Cheung and Jeff Zeng in Duo Interpretation of Literature.
Grace Traynor qualified in Dramatic Performance.

 

• Grace Jin, Andy Mendes, and Niki Krishna all qualified in Original Oratory.

 

 

PHSSL Districts Champions! 

Policy Debate 

Erica Fan and Kimberly DelSignore - 1st place

Eric Mi and Joe Zhao - 2nd place

 

Public Forum Debate

Jason Hu and Michael Tai - 1st place

Nony Anand and Siddarth Narayan - 2nd place

 

Lincoln Douglas Debate 

Drew Bjorklund - 1st place

Nila Suresh - 2nd place

 

Parliamentary Debate 

Anagha Arunkumar, Yara El-Khatib, and Julie Karabin - 1st

Marisa DelSignore, Annie Sippel, and Helena Bates - 2nd

 

Informative Speaking

Jasmine Mahajan - 1st 

Andy Mendes - 2nd 

 

Persuasive

Grace Jin - 1st

 

Poetry

Adia Augustin - 3rd

 

Senate

Sarah Ricci - 2nd

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

Brendan Grzyb - 1st

 

Duo Interp

Austin Sober and Alex Venezia - 1st

 

Dramatic Interp

Samir Yellepragada - 1st

 

Humorous Interp

Grace Traynor - 1st

Jeff Zeng - 2nd

 

 

 

Pine Richland Sweeps

Debate 2nd

Speech 3rd Overall 3rd 

Good Person Award

Jason Hu

Congress

Presiding Officer in House B Sarah Ricci

Lincoln Douglas

Drew Bjorklund 6th

Erica Fan 2nd

Extemp

Kayla Badamo 5th

Liz Guo 6th

OO

Grace Jin 1st

Shanelle Fernando 3rd

HI 

Grace Traynor 5th

Duo 

Austin Sober and Alex Venezia 2nd

 

Mercer Rotary

 

Sweeps

Speech - 2nd

Public Forum

Julie Chen and Elaine Xu - 3rd

Nony Anand and Siddarth Narayan - 6th

Original Oratory

Shanelle Fernando - 1st

United States Extemp

Kayla Badamo - 3rd

Anushka Shah - 6th

International Extemp

Zain Mehdi - 5th

Humorous Interpretation

Grace Traynor - 2nd

Duo Interpretation

Austin Sober and Alex Venezia - 2nd

Asha Dasari and Caroline Huang - 5th

Laird Lewis Invitational

Public Forum

Eric Dunbar and Sareen Ali - Quarterfinals

Sean Tao and Nikhil Cherukupalli - Double Octofinals

North Allegheny

Sweeps

Debate - 3rd

Speech- 2nd

Overall - 1st

Lincoln Douglas

Drew Bjorklund - 1st

Duo Interpretation

Christina Cheung and Jeff Zeng - 3rd

Serena El-Khatib and Nandita Kannapadi - 4th

International Extemp

Brendan Grzyb - 1st

Sheel Kundu - 4th

Original Oratory

Shanelle Fernando - 1st

Jasmine Mahajan - 3rd

United States Extemp

Kayla Badamo - 2nd

Mason Blackburn - 6th

Central Catholic

1st Place Overall Sweeps
2nd Place Speech Sweeps
1st Place Debate Sweeps

Oral Interp

4th Adia Augustin

 

OO

1st Grace Jin

 

Extemp

3rd Kayla Badamo

 

HI

2nd Grace Traynor

4th Jeff Zeng

 

PF

3rd Julie Chen & Elaine Xu

 

LD

1st Kimberly Del Signoire

2nd Drew Bjorklund

3rd Nila Suresh

4th Joe Zhou

Poland

North Allegheny - Overall - 6th

Public Forum

Anmol Anand and Anrey Peng - 6th

Jason Hu and Maddie Lambert - 5th

Marisa DelSignore and Casey Mrazik - 4th

Lincoln Douglas

Drew Bjorklund - 2nd

International Extemp

Zain Medhi - 3rd

North Catholic

Congress - Top 3

Kayla Badamo

Sarah Ricci

 

Taylor Allderdice

Lincoln Douglas

Vibha Reddy - First

 

Bronx

Lincoln Douglas

Gabe Ren - Double Octofinals

 

Walt Whitman

Lincoln Douglas

Joe Zhao- Double Octofinals

 

Quigley

(all places are top 5)

Extemp

Brendan Grzyb

Mason Blackburn

Lincoln Douglas

Kimberly Delsignore

Duo Interp

Yuri Tamama/Aaron Burmester

Public Forum

Raghu Venkatesh/Sricharan Chaganti

 

USC Novice

Duo

First- Yuri Tamama/Aaron Burmester

Third- Eugenia Lee/Angela Lu

Extemp

Second- Elizabeth Guo

Fourth- Mason Blackburn

Oratory

Fifth- Gayathri Manchella

GMU Patriot Games

Public Forum

Jason Hu and Maddie Lambert - Double Octofinals

Siddarth Narayan and Nony Anand - Triple Octofinals

Erica Fan and Helena Bates - Triple Octofinals

Lincoln Douglas

Kimberly DelSignore - Quaterfinals

Nila Suresh - Double Octofinals

Storytelling

Catherine Zhang - 6th

Humorous

Jeff Zeng - Quaterfinals

Dramatic

Samir Yellapragada - Quaterfinals

Oratory

Grace Jin - 4th

Yale

Sid Narayan  / Nony Anand -  top 16 in Public Forum

Marisa DelSignore / Nikhil Cherukapalli - top 64 in Public Forum

Grace Traynor - top 24 in Drama

Sheel Kundu - top 24 in Extemp

Adia Augustin  top 24 in Prose/Poetry

Grace Jin - top 48 in Oratory

Joe Zhao - top 64 in Lincoln Douglas

 

Wake Forest

Early Bird Tournament

6th Place Overall

Drew Bjorklund Quarters (Varsity Lincoln Douglas)

Michael Tai/Sean Tao Double octos (Varsity Public Forum )

Andy Mendes Semis (Oratory)

Adia Augustin Semis (Oratory)

Zain Mehdi Quarters (Extemp)

Gabe Ren Finals (2nd overall in Varsity Lincoln Douglas with a TOC bid)

Thomas Kim Octos (JV Lincoln Douglas)

Joe Zhao Double octos (Varsity Lincoln Douglas)

PHSSL STATE CHAMPIONS

North Allegheny Speech and Debate wins first state title

   The speakers and debaters at North Allegheny have scrapbooks full of newspaper articles and a trophy case filled to the edges with awards, but one accolade has noticeably been missing for them: The state championship.

   Until now.

   This past weekend, the North Allegheny team members beat some of their toughest rivals, and by quite a few points.  NA finished the tournament with 171.5 points against their toughest opponent, Holy Ghost Prep (124.5). Upper St. Clair finished 3^rd with 116.5, Bishop Shanahan was 4^th with 112, McDowell was 5^th with 110 and Bethel Park was 6^th with 99.

   Several North Allegheny students added state titles to their high school résumés.  Senior Pragna Sutrave won 1^st place in Persuasive Speaking, and juniors (and first year team members) Christina Cheung and Austin Sober finished first in Duo Interpretation of Literature (competitive 2-person acting). 

   Other students who contributed to the NA win at Susquehanna University were Jason Hu, Kyle Silberstein, and Catherine Liu – the semifinalist team in Parliamentary Debate; Drew Bjorklund – semifinalist in Lincoln Douglas Debate;Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond – semifinalists in Public Forum Debate;Sheel Kundu – 6^th in Extemporaneous Speaking; Annie Sippel – 4th in Impromptu; Catherine Zhang – 3^rd in Humorous Interpretation of Literature; Elly Silberstein – 3rd in Serious Dramatic Interpretation of Literature; Dom Moore – semifinalist in Radio Announcing; and Ashok Biju semifinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking.

NFL Quals

North Allegheny - BEST TEAM IN THE DISTRICT

BEST SPEECH TEAM IN THE DISTRICT

BEST CONGRESS TEAM IN THE DISTRICT 

Qualifying to NFL Nationals

Catherine Zhang and Elly Silberstein - 1st in Duo

Dom Moore - 1st in US

Sheel Kundu - 1st in IX

Venkatesh and Raymond - 5th in PF

Jin and Traynor - 4th in Duo

Pragna Sutrave - 4th in OO

Niki Krishna - 5th in OO

Kayla Badamo - 3rd in US

Jack You - 5th in US

Ashok Biju - 4th in IX

Brendan Grzyb - 5th in IX

Elly Silberstein - 3rd in DI

Jeff Zeng - 5th in HI

Joe Zhao - 3rd in LD

CFL Quals

Extemp

Annie Sippel

Mike Helgerman 

OO

Pragna Sutrave

Niki Krishna.  1st alt

Duo

Elly Silberstein and Catherine zhang

Anisha and Nandita  

LD

Drew Bjorklund

1st alt Nila suresh 

PF

Danny Driscoll and Surabhi Beriwal

Maria LaBella and Natalie Morrissey

Nony Anand and Siddarth Narayan

Declamation

Shanelle Fernando

Congress

SarahRicci

Unofficial Congress 

Jason Hu 4th

Pranav Murthy 5th

PHSSL districts

First in the District!!!

Policy

1st Surabhi Beriwal and Danny Driscoll

2nd Erica Fan and Nikhil Cherukapali

Parlie

2nd Helena Bates,Sarah Luo,Sravanthi Chintakunta

1st Jason Hu, Kyle Silberstein, Catherine Liu

LD

2nd Wesley Swanson

1st Drew Bjorklund

PF

5th Maria LaBella and Natalie Morrissey 2nd alt

2nd Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond

Senate

6th Annie Sippel

3rd Kayla Badamo

Extemp

1st. Sheel Kundu

2nd Ashok Biju

DI

3rd Alex Venezia.   Alt

1st Elly Silberstein

HI

3rd Medha Sharma.  Alt

2nd Catherine Zhang

Commentary

4th Dom Moore.  2nd alt

Informative

3rd Jasmine Mahajan alt

2nd Natalie Lewis

Persuasive

5th Andy Mendes

1st Pragna Sutrave

Duo Interp

6th Grace Traynor and Grace Jin 

1st Austin Sober and Christina Cheung

Prose

5th Jeff Zeng

Taylor Allderdice

LD

EricRicci - 1st 

JoeZhao - 2nd

GunasheilMandava - 5th

 

PF

Dunbarand Reddy - 2nd

Chenand Xu - 5th

 

Congress

SarahRicci - P.O.

 

Bethel Park

1st Debate Sweeps

1st Overall Sweeps

HI

Quarters

Serena Nicoll

Alexandra Newton

Olivia Dilius

Jeff Zeng

Catherine Zhang

PF

Quarters

Nony Anand and Siddarth Narayan

Maria LaBella and Natalie Morrissey

Semis

Brandon Raymond and Hemanth Venkatesh

2nd - Maddie Lambert and Jason Hu

LD

Quarters 

Drew Bjorklund

1st - Joe Zhou

OO

Quarters

Natalie Lewis

Samir Yellapragada

Jasmine Mahajan

Niki Krishna

Shanelle Fernando

6th - Sareen Ali

4th -Pragna Sutrave

Extemp

Quarters

Dom Moore

Brendan Gryzb

Ashook Biju

Jack You

Ashwin Biju

Annie Sippel

4th Sheel Kundu

Duo

Quarters

Grace Jin and Grace Traynor

Nandita Kannapadi and Anisha Yarlagadda

 

 

Poetry

Quarters

Sami Heller

Semis

Adia Augustin

Congress

Ashwin Reddy

Danny Driscoll 

6th Sarah Ricci

Knoch
Extemp
Dom Moore - 2nd 
Annie Sippel - 3rd 
Sheel Kundu - 4th
Ashok Biju - 6th 
Duo 
Austin Sober andChristina Cheung - 6th 
HI
Jeff Zeng 2nd 
Olivia Diulus - 6th 
DI
Elly Silberstein 5thplace
OO
Pragna Sutrave 2nd
 Poetry
Adia Augustin - 1st 
 LD
 Kimberly DelSignore - 4th
 Eric Ricci - 5th
Anasatsia Shabalov - 6th
 Parlie
Combermale / Sidique / Tang -5th
Karabin / Bates / Liu - 6th
 PF
Beriwal / Chang - 1st
Venkatesh / Raymond - 2nd
Anand / Peng - 3rd

 

Pine Richland

Dominic Moore-1^st place in Extemp

Kayla Badamo- 5^th place in Extemp

Anastasia Shabalov- 6^th place in LD

Maria LaBella- 1^st place in Congress

Elly Silberstein- 2^nd place in DI

Catherine Zhang- 3^rd place in HI

Grace Traynor and Grace Jin- 5^th place in Duo

Surabhi Beriwal- 2^nd place in Impromptu

Robby Dunbar- 5^th place in Impromptu

Sareen Ali- 2^nd in OO

Niki Krishna- 3^rd place in OO
Samir Yellapragada - 6th in OO

North Allegheny

Natalie Morrissey and Maria LaBella- 1^st place in PF

Brandon Raymond and Hemanth Venkatesh- 2^nd place in PF

Kelsey Neff and Sneha Srinivasnan- 4^th place in PF

Catherine Liu, Helena Bates, Julie Karabin- 1^st place in Parlie

Kyle Silberstein, Sohail Sidique, Caroline Combermale- 3^rd  place in Parlie

Sarah Luo, Rebecca Lee, Shravanthi Chintakunta- 4^th place in Parlie

Elly Silberstein- 1^st place in DI

Grace Traynor and Grace Jin- 3^rd place in Duo

Catherine Zhang- 3^rd place in HI

Dominic Moore- 1^st place in US Extemp

Kayla Badamo- 5^th place in US Extemp

Annie Sippel- 5^th place in International Extemp

Brendan Grzyb- 6^th place in International Extemp

Niki Krishna- 1^st place in OO

Laird Lewis

Joe Zhao- Double Octafinals in LD

Natalie Morrissey and Maria LaBella- Double Octafinals in PF

Apoorv Anand and Siddarth Narayan- Triple Octafinals in PF

Maddie Lambert and Jason Hu- Triple Octafinals in PF

Natalie Morrissey and Maria LaBella- Challenge Semifinalists

Drew Bjorklund- Challenge Quarterfinalist

 

 Poland 

 Kayla Badamo - 6th in US Extemp
Anisha Reddy - 4th place in LD
Ragu and Katre Soran - 5th in PF
Pranav Murthy and Abhi Dhanvada - 2nd in PF

 Glenbrooks

Mike Tai and Sean Tao - Double-octos in PF 

GMU

Maria Labella and Natalie Morrissey - 2nd Place in PF
Nony Anand and Siddarth Narayan - Triple Octos in PF
Julie Chen and Elaine Xu - Triple Octos in PF
Marisa DelSignore and Dom Moore - Triple Octos in PF
Maddie Lambertand Jason Hu - Double Octos in PF
Drew Bjorklund- Semis in LD
Ashook Biju - Quarters In Impromtu
 Nila Suresh- Double Octos in LD
Anisha Reddy - Double Octos in LD
Gabe Ren -Octafinalist in LD

Upper St. Clair

Brittany Burmester - 4th in extemp
Zain Medhi - 3rd in extemp
Ashwin Biju - 2nd in extemp
 Grace Traynor - 1st in HI/DI
 Shanelle Fernando - 2nd in OO
Samir Yellapragada - 1st in OO
Anastasia Shabalov - 4th in LD
Eric Mi - 3rd in LD
David Bjorklund - 2nd in LD
Vibha Reddy - 1st in LD
 Anrey peng and Anmol Anand - 5th in PF
Siddarth Nayayan and Nony Anand - 3rd in PF
2 Nikhil Cherukapli and Joe Zhou - 2nd in PF

Quigley

Duo Top 5
Grace Jin and Grace Traynor

OO Top 5
Samir Yellapragada
Andy Mendes
Niki Krishna
Jessica Hood

 LD Top 10
Drew Bjorklund

PF Top 10
Sean Geiger Charles Ross
Sid Narayan and Nony Anand
Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond

PF Top 3
Maria Labella and Marisa DelSignore

Walt Whitman 

 Marisa Delsignore and Mike Tai - Quarters in Public Forum

Emily He and Christina Wang - Quarters in Public Forum

Nony Anand and Siddarth Narayan - Quarters in Public Forum
Ashwin Reddyand Nikhil Cherukupalli- Octas in Public Forum

 

Perry, OH 
Drew Bjorklund - Octas in LD 

 

Wake Forest
Joe Zhou - Semis in JVLD
Maria Labella and Natalie Morrissey - Octafinals in PF

 Yale
Drew Bjorklund - Double Octafinals in VLD
Maria Labella and Natalie Morrissey- Triple Octafinals in PF
Marisa Delsignore and Danny Driscoll- Triple Octafinals in PF

NFL Nationals
Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang - 2nd in the Nation - Duo Interp
Maria LaBella - 8th in the Nation - Supplemental Debate
Jenna Marinstein and Stephanie Metzger - Round 10 in PF (Top 40 in the nation)


Freshman-Sophomore Tournament
Jason Hu - 4th in poetry
Asia Agustin-2nd in poetry
Grace Jin and Grace Traynor - 1st in duo
Olivia Diulus-5th in duo
Zain Medhi-5th in extemp
Sheel Kundu-1st in extemp
 Erica Fan-2nd in LD
 Casey Mrazik and Marisa Delsigore-5th in PF
Elaine Xu and Julie Chen-3rd in PF
Nikhil Cherukapalli and Ashwin Reddy-1st in PF

STATES!!!

Overall – 4^th place
Priya Tumuluru – STATE CHAMPION IN INFORMATIVE SPEAKING!
Surabhi Beriwal 5^th best speaker in policy debate
Catherine Zhang – 2^nd place HI 
Morgan Lennon – Semi-finalist in Lincoln Douglas
Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond –quarter-finalists in Public Forum.
Marisa DelSignore, Natalie Morrissey, and Maria LaBella –quarter-finalist in Parliamentary Debate.
Connor Phillips – 5^th place in extemporaneousspeaking
Natallie Dean – 3^rd place in radio announcing
Pragna Sutrave – Semi-finalist in Persuasive
Dom Moore – 4^th in Commentary
Twesha Mitra – 5^th in Dramatic Interp
Alex Venezia and Ethan DeRubbo – Semi-finalist in duo interp
Annie Sippel – Finalist in the Senate Super Session

NFL Qualifiers and Alternates
International Extemporaneous Speaking
Connor Phillips - District Champion and Qualified to Nationals
Jimmy Vinski - 3rd Alternate
United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Sheel Kundu - 2nd Place and Qualified to Nationals
Original Oratory
Priya Tumuluru - 2nd Place and Qualified to Nationals
Pragna Sutrave - 1st Alternate to Nationals
Dramatic Interpretation of Literature
Twesha Mitra - 2nd Place and Qualified to Nationals
Victoria Davis - 2nd Alternate to Nationals
Humorous Interpretation
Catherine Zhang - 2nd Place and Qualified to Nationals
Duo Interpretation of Literature
Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang - Automatic Qualifiers to Nationals
Jason Noh and Brendan Ryu - 3rd Alternates to Nationals
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Morgan Lennon - 2nd Place and Qualified to Nationals
Public Forum Debate
Stephanie Metzger and Jenna Marinstein - 2nd Place and Qualified to Nationals
Congressional Debate
Kayla Badamo - First Place and Qualified to Nationals
Maria LaBella - Second Place and Qualified to Nationals

 

CFL Qualifiers and Alternates

Extemporaneous Speaking

Connor Phillips

Michael Helgerman

Ashok Biju (1st Alternate)

Aswin Biju (2nd Alternate)

Original Oratory

Priya Tumuluru 

Pragna Sutrave

Duo Interp

Katherine Zhou & Lily Zhang

Grace Jin & Grace Traynor

Alex Venezia & Ethan DeRubbo

Dramatic Performance

Catherine Zhang

Victoria Davis 

Public Forum

Maria LaBella & Michael Tai

Jenna Marinstein & Stephanie Metzger

Jason Hu & Maddie Lambert

Marisa DelSignore  & Natalie Morrissey 

Lincoln Douglas

Wesley Swanson

Drew Bjorklund

PHSSL

District Champions

Linda Zheng - 3^rd in Prose

Natalie Dean – 6^th in Prose
Grace Traynor – 6^th in Poetry
Victoria Davis - 2^nd in DI
Twesha Mitra – 3^rd in DI
Catherine Zhang – 2^nd  in HI
Mehda Sharma – 4^th in HI
Ethan DeRubbo and Alex Venezia – District Champions in Duo
Connor Phillips - District Champion in Extemp
Sheel Kundu – 2^nd in extemp
Dom Moore – District Champion in Commentary
Priya Tumuluru – 2^nd in Informative
Natalie Lewis – 6^th in Informative
Pragna Sutrave – District Champion in Persuasive
Andy Mendes – 3^rd in Persuasive
Annie Sippel District Champion in Senate
Sarah Ricci – 5^th in Senate
Jenna Marinstein and Steph Metzger – District Champions in Public Forum Debate
Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond – 2^nd in Public Forum
Morgan Lennon – District Champion in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Tarek Maalouf – 2^nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Marisa DelSignore, Natalie Morrissey, and Maria LaBella – 2^nd in Parliamentary Debate
Sarah Luo, Catherine Liu, Angie Yau - 4th in Parliamentary Debate
Danny Driscoll and Surabhi Beriwal – 2^nd in Policy Debate
Massil Adnani and Drew Bjorklund – District Champions in Policy Debate

 Harvard

356 schools, 39 states, 3 countries represented, 4200 total students
Sophomore Massil Adnani -  Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas CHAMPION

(Ranked 3rd best speaker in the event after 6 rounds).

Sophomore Catherine Zhang- 3rd in Humorous Interpretation of Literature

Sophomore Drew Bjorklund- Double Octafinal Round in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas

(Ranked 1st speaker in the event after 6 rounds)

Seniors Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou - Octafinal Round in Duo Interpretation of Literature
Junior Dominic Moore- Octafinal Round in Extemporaneous Speaking
Senior Stephanie Metzger and Junior Maria LaBella - Triple Octafinal Round in Varsity Public Forum
Sophomores Mike Tai and Sean Tao- Triple Octafinal Round in Varsity Public Forum
Mike Tai ranked 21st speaker
Sophomore Catherine Liu and Junior Jenn Hoffman - Double Octafinal Round in Junior Varsity Public Forum

 

 

West Allegheny
Caroline Combemale, Kyle Silberstein, Sohail Sidique- 1st in Parliamentary 
James McGaa, Sarah Luo, Minjy Jung- 3rd in Parliamentary 
Abhi Dhanvada and Pranav Murthy - 2nd in PF



Bethel Park
1st in Debate
4th in Speech
3rd Overall
Priya Tumuluru -- 2nd place in OO
Niki Krishna -- quarter finalist in OO
Pragna Sutrave -- quarter finalist in OO
Tarek Maalouf - 2nd in LD

Drew Bjorklund - 3rd in LD

Wesley Swanson - 5th in LD

Natalie Morrissey, Mike Tai, Marisa DelSignore- 2nd Place Parliamentary
Angie Yau, Catherine Liu, Cindy Lee- Semi Finalists Parliamentary

 

Mercer

1st in Debate

3rd Overall

Michael Tai and Brandon Raymond – 1st in Public Forum

Ashwin Reddy and Nikhil Cherukapalli – 6th in Public Forum

Sarah Ricci - 1st in Congress 

Cindy Lee - 3rd in Congress 

Catherine Liu - 5th in Congress 

Sneha Srinivasan- 7th in Congress

Priya Tumuluru – 2nd in Original Oratory

Connor Phillips – 2nd in United States Extemp

Annie Sippel – 4th in United States Extemp

Michael Helgerman – 5th in United States Extemp

Drew Bjorklund – 6th in United States Extemp

Kayla Badamo – 2nd in International Extemp

Zain Mehdi – 7th in International Extemp

Linda Zheng – 1st in Prose

Victoria Davis – 1st in Dramatic Interp

Twesha Mitra – 3rd in Dramatic Interp

Catherine Zhang – 1st in Humorous Interp

Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang – 4th in Duo Interp

 Pine Richland
3rd Overall
1st in Debate
Drew Bjorklund - 1st in LD
Surabhi Beriwal - 5th in LD
Priya Tumuluru - 5th in OO
Stephanie Metzger - Superior Speaker in House B
Casey Mrazik and Danny Driscoll - 5th in PF
Connor Phillips - 2nd in Ex
Maria LaBella - 3rd in Ex
Linda Zheng - 4th in Pr

North Allegheny

2nd Overall
3rd In Speech
1st in Debate
Katherine Zhou, Lily Zhang - 1st in Duo
Ethan DeRubbo, Alex Venezia - 6th in Duo
Catherine Zhang - 3rd in HI
Priya Tumuluru - 3rd in OO

Connor Phillips - 3rd in IX
Dom Moore - 3rd in US 

Surabhi Beriwal - 1st in LD
Massil Adnani - 2nd in LD
Drew Bjorklund - 3rd in LD
Tarek Maalouf - 4th in LD
Wesley Swanson - 6th in LD
Stephanie Metzger, Maria LaBella - 1st in PF

Brandon Raymond and Hemanth Venkatesh - 2nd in PF
Michael Tai and Sean Tao - 3rd in PF
Jenna Marinstein and Chris Chang - 5th in PF 

Knoch  Knights 

First Place Overall

Katherine Zhou, Lily Zhang - 1st in Duo

Grace Jin, Grace Traynor - 2nd in Duo

Ethan DeRubbo, Alex Venezia - 3rd in Duo

Linda Zheng, Natalie Dean - 5th in Duo

Varsha Ramasubramanian, Alexandra Newton - 6th in Duo

Catherine Zhang - 1st in HI

Olivia Diulus - 3rd in HI
Priya Tumuluru - 4th in OO
Anna Sinelnikova - 6th in OO
Drew Bjorklund 3rd in LD
Massil Adnani 4th in LD

1st: Jenna Marinstein and Chris Chang - 1st in PF

Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond - 4th in PF

Ashwin Reddy and Nikhil Cherukapalli  - 5th in PF

 

 

Upper St. Clair Novice Tournament

Caroline Combermale, Kyle Silberstein, and Sohail Sidique - 2nd in Parlie
Emily He,Christina Wang, Sisi Tang - 3rd in Parlie
Jason Hu and Maddie Lambert - 1st in PF
Jaehee Cho and Pete Zheng - 2nd in PF
Drew Bjorklund - 1st in LD
Annie Sippel - 1st in Extemp
Kayla Badamo - 2nd in Extemp
Zain Mehdi - 3rd in Extemp
Grace Jin and Grace Traynor - 1st in Duo

Quigley Catholic

Top 10 in LD
Morgan Lennon 
Anisha Reddy
Drew Bjorklund
Massil Adnani

Nila Suresh
Wesley Swanson

Top 10 in PF
Metzger / LaBella
Venkatesh / Tao
Del Signore / Mrazik
Jung / Chen

Top 10 in OO
Priya Tumuluru
Adia Augustin

Top 5 in Extemp
Connor Phillips
Dominic Moore
Annie Sippel

Top 5 in Humorous
Catherine Zhang
Medha Sharma

Top 5 in Dramatic
Twesha Mitra

Top 5 in Duo
Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou
Grace Jin and Grace Traynor

Top 5 in Prose
Maddie Lambert

Central Catholic
Brother Rene Memorial Tournament
North Allegheny
First in Speech, Debate, and Overall
Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond - 1st in PF
Marisa DelSignore and Natalie Morrissey - 2nd in PF 
Francesco Bochicchio and Erik Ricci - 1st in JV PF
Sashini Kannan and Sami Heller - 3rd in JV PF
Wesley Swanson - 2nd in LD
Nila Suresh - 1st in JV LD
Gabe Ren - 3rd in JV LD
Priya Tumuluru - 3rd in Original Oratory
Pragna Sutrave - 5th in Original Oratory
Andy Mendes - 6th in Original Oratory
Catherine Zhang - 2nd in HI
Twesha Mitra - 1st in DI
Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou - 1st in Duo
Grace Traynor and Grace Jin - 3rd in Duo
Connor Phillips - 2nd in Extemp
Stephanie Metzger - 5th in Extemp 

 

Yale

 Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang - 2nd Place in Duo Interpretation
Maria LaBella and Stephanie Metzger -  Double Octafinals in Public Forum 
Marisa DelSignore and Natalie Morrissey -  Triple Octafinals in Public Forum

 Wake Forest

6th Place Team Overall
Massil Adnani  - 2nd in JV Lincoln Douglas
Anisha Reddy - Octos in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Maria LaBella and Jenna Marinstein - Octos in Public Forum
Jason Hu and Natalie Morrisey - Double Octos in Public Forum
Hemanth Venkatesh and Danny Driscoll - Double Octos in Pubic Forum

Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang

2nd in the nation

and

1st in the final round at nationals

 

Second Place in the State!
130 schools. 600 kids. We rock!!!!
Senior Abhi Mehra - 2nd in extemp
Juniors Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou - 2nd in duo
Juniors Stephane Metzger and Jenna Marinstein - Semi-finalists in PF
Junior Morgan Lennon - Semi-finalist in LD
Freshmen - Annie Sippel, Natalie Morrissey, Marisa DelSignore - Semi-finalist in Parlie
Freshman - Catherine Zhang - 3rd in HI
Sophmore - Medha Sharma - 5th in prose
Senior - Kaitlin Campbell - 6th in radio
Senior - Kara Morgan - semi-finalist in Congress
Junior - Connor Phillips - Quarter-finalist in impromptu


National Forensic LeagueCongratulations to the NFL qualifiers going to Indianapolis in June
Abhi Mehra - 2nd in United States Extemp
Connor Phillips - 1st in International Extemp
Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang - 1st in Duo Interp
Anis Adnani - 1st in Congress

Congratulations also to 

Catherine Zhang - 4th in HI
Jason Now - 5th in HI
Kaitlin Campbell - 6th in DI
Dominic Moore - 4th in International Extemp
Linda Zheng / Natalie Dean - Semis in Duo
Priya Tumuluru - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Pragna Sutrave - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Natalie Lewis - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Sheel Kundu - Semifinalist in United States Extemp
Perry Cheng - Semifinalist in United States Extemp
Michael Helgerman - Semifinalist in International Extemp
Ashok Biju - Semifinalist in International Extemp
Allen Wang - Semifinalist in International Extemp 

 

Pennsylvania High School Speech League

District Champions!

Informative

Jenn Hofmann - 2^nd  - qualified to states

Priya Tumuluru - 3^rd  - first alternate

Persuasive

Pragna Sutrave-2^nd - qualified to states
Natalie Lewis - 3^rd  place – first alternate

Commentary

Dominic Moore – 1^st – qualified to states
Extemp

Abhi Mehra – 2^nd – qualified to states

Connor Phillips – 3^rd – first alternate

Lincoln Douglas

Timmy Makkar – 1^st – qualified to states

Morgan Lennon – 2^nd – qualified to states

Public Forum

Stephanie Metzger and Jenna Marinstein – 1^st – qualified to states

Duo Interp

Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou – 1^st – qualified to states

Dramatic Interp

Kaitlin Campbell – 3^rd – first alternate

Liz Power – 4^th – second alternate

Prose

Mehda Sharma – 1^st – qualified to states
Poetry

Liz Furiga – 3^rd – alternate to states

Humorous Interp

Catherine Zhang – 1^st – qualified to states
Jason Noh – 3^rd – first alternate

Parliamentary Debate

Natalie Morrisey, Marisa DelSignore, Annie Sippel – 2^nd – qualified to states

Kara Morgan, Maria LaBella, Kaushik Gedela – 3^rd – alternate to states

 

Freshman - Sophomore Tournament

Lincoln Douglas
Anisha Reddy - 1st
Drew Bjorklund - 6th in LD
Extemp
Dominic Moore - 4th
Original Oratory

Niki Krishna - 4th
Natalie Lewis - 7th

Harvard

Duo Interp
Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang – 2^nd

Public Forum
Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang--Varsity Octafinalists

Jason Hu and Marisa DelSignore--JV Double-Octafinalists

Bethel Park

North Allegheny - 2nd in debate; 2nd overall

Extemporaneous Speaking

Abhi Mehra – 4^th

Connor Phillips – 6^th

Ashok Biju – Quarter-finalist

Original Oratory

Priya Tumuluru - Semifinalist

Pragna Sutrave - Quarterfinalist

Lincoln Douglas

John Yang – Quarter-finalist

Tim Makkar – Quarter-finalist

Christophe Combemale – Octa-finalist

Wesley Swanson – Octa-finalist

Surabhi Beriwal – Octa-finalist

Suyash Fulay – Octa-finalist

Tarek Maalouf – Octa-finalist
Parliamentary Debate
Kara Morgan, Wendy Jiang, Nadeera Sidique - 2^nd  
Maria LaBella, Annie Sippel, Cindy Lee – Semifinalist

Public Forum

Jenna Marinstein and Michael Becich - Semifinalists

Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang - Quarterfinalists

Steph Metzger and Chris Chang - Quarterfinalists

Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond - Octafinalists

Michael Tai and Alan Chiang – Octafinalists
Taehyung Kwon and Haemin Jung - Octafinalists

Pittsburgh North

First in Debate; First Overall

Extemporaneous Speaking

Connor Phillips - 1^st  

Prose

Kaitlin Campbell- 1^st  

Humorous Interp

Catherine Zhang - 2^nd

Jason Noh - 5^th

Dramatic Interp

Liz Power - 4^th  

Rohan Bansal - 5^th

Duo Interp

Katherine Zhou / Lily Zhang - 1^st  

Linda Zheng / Natalie Dean - 5^th  

Lincoln Douglas

Tarek Maalouf - 4^th

Morgan Lennon - 5^th

Brecken Blackburn - 6^th

Wesley Swanson - 6^th   
Parliamentary Debate
Angie Yau, Maddie Lambert, Adia Augustin - 2^nd
Kara Morgan, Wendy Jiang, Nadeera Sidique - 3^rd
Public Forum
Steph Metzger and Chris Chang - 1^st

Jenna Marinstein and Michael Becich - 6^th

Pine Richland
First in speech; First in debate; First overall

Extemporaneous Speaking

Abhi Mehra - 2^nd

Perry Chang - 6^th

Original Oratory

Priya Tumuluru - 2^nd

Pragna Sutrave - 4^th

Lincoln Douglas

Drew Bjorklund – 2^nd

John Yang – 3^rd

Juliana Bachinski – 4^th

Christophe Combemale – 5^th

Wesley Swanson – 6^th

Pine Richland
Derek Wang and Harishwer Balasubramani - 1^st

MIchael Tai and Alan Chiang - 2^nd

Jenna Marinstein and Michael Becich - 3^rd
North Allegheny

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Morgan Lennon - 4^th
Christophe Combermale - 6^th
Humorous Interp
Jason Noh - 5^th
Catherine Zhang - 6^th
Medha Sharma - 7^th
Duo Interp
Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou - 5^th
Extemporaneous Speaking
Connor Phillips 1^st - International

Abhi Mehra 3^rd - Domestic
Parliamentary Debate
Maria LaBella, Annie Sippel, Cindy Lee - 2^nd
Kaushik Gedela, Mia Luo, Catherine Liu - 3^rd  
Public Forum Debate
Jenna Marinstein and Michael Becich - 1^st

Michael Tai and Alan Chiang - 2^nd

Anis Adnani and Timmy Makkar - 2^nd

Steph Metzger and Chris Chang - 6^th

Pitt

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Wesley Swanson - 2^nd
Morgan Lennon - 3^rd
John Yang - 4^th
Dramatic Interp
Kaitlin Campbell - 1^st – tied
Humorous Interp
Medha Sharma - 4^th
Duo Interp
Linda Zheng and Natalie Dean - 4^th in Duo
Extemporaneous Speaking
Abhi Mehra - 1^st

Connor Phillips - 3^rd
Katherine Zhou - 4^th
Poetry
Elizabeth Furiga - 3^rd
Original Oratory
Pragna Sutrave – 1^st
Natalie Lewis – 3^rd
Parliamentary Debate
Maria LaBella, Annie Sippel, Cindy Lee - 1^st
Marisa DelSignore, Angie Yau, Natalie Morrissey - 2^nd
Kara Morgan, Wendy Jiang, Nadeera Sidique - 3rd
Kaushik Gedela, David Lee, Catherine Liu - 4^th
Public Forum
Jenna Marinstein and Michael Becich - 1^st

Derek Wang and Harishwer Balasubramani - 2^nd

Steph Metzger and Chris Chang - 3^rd

Hemanth Venkatesh and Brandon Raymond - 4^th

WE WON THE DRAMA FESTIVAL!!!

Quigley

Humorous Interp

Twesha Mitra - 1^st

Catherine Zhang - 2^nd

Medha Sharma - 5^th

Duo

Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou - 1^st

Dramatic Interp

Rohan Bansal - 5^th

4 of the top 5 teams in Public Forum Debate

Metzger / Chang

Marinstein / Becich

Hu / Lambert

Balasubramani / Tao

4 of the top 5 in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Tarek Maalouf

Surabhi Beriwal

Wesley Swanson

Christophe Combermale

Original Oratory

Priya Tumuluru--1^st

Pragna Sutrave--3^rd

Natalie Lewis--4^th

Extemporaneous Speaking

Connor Phillips

Abhi Mehra

Michael Helgerman

Congress

Three houses

Top five in their respective houses

Maria LaBella

Kara Morgan

Angie Yau

Kayla Badamo

Nadeera Sidique

Marisa Delsignore

Kaushik Gedela

Wake Forest

Quarter-finalists – PF
Anis Adnani and Timmy Makkar

Semi-finalist in extemp

Abhi Mehra

Keystone Oaks Freshman/Sophomore Tournament

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

3^rd – Connor Phillps

 

Public Forum

3^rd – Jenna Marinstein and Mike Becich

4^th – Taehyung Kwon and Hae Min Jung

5^th – Chris Chang and Stephanie Metzger

 

Duo Interpretation

Tied 1^st – Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang

3^rd – Natalie Dean and Linda Zheng

 

Original Oratory

1^st – Pragna Sutrave

3^rd – Priya Tumulru

6^th – Natalie Lewis

 

Lincoln Douglas

3^rd – Wesley Swanson

4^th – Anisha Reddy

 

 

STATE TOURNAMENT

 

LIYAN FAN - STATE CHAMPION IN LINCOLN DOUGLAS

 

KATHERINE ZHOU AND LILY ZHANG - 2^ND PLACE IN DUO INTERP

 

SOPHIA TABORSKI – 5^TH PLACE IN INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

 

PRIYA TUMULURU – 6^TH PLACE IN INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

 

Radio Announcing

Quarter Finals – Marina Fang

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

Semi Finals – Rona Sun

 

Impromptu

Semi Finals – Abhi Mehra

 

Lincoln Douglas

Semi Finals – Richard Gayler

 

Congress

Finals - Kara Morgan

 

NFL DEBATE QUALS

 

Pittsburgh NFL District Champions!

 

Congratulations to Richard Bochicchio and Akshaya Arjunan

First Place in Public Forum Debate and qualifying to nationals in Dallas, Texas!!

 

Lincoln Douglas

3^rd - Timmy Makkar (1^st Alternate)

4^th – Richard Gayler (2^nd Alternate)

 

NFL SPEECH QUALS

 

Congratulations to Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou

First Place in Duo Interpretation and qualifying to nationals in Dallas, Texas!!

 

Congratulations to Marina Fang for moving up in Congress and qualifying to nationals in Dallas, Texas!!

 

International Extemp

3^rd - Connor Phillips (1^st Alternate)

 

 

Domestic Extemp

4^th - Abhi Mehra (2^nd Alternate)

5^th – Thomas Helgerman

6^th - Rona Sun

 

 

NCFL QUALS

 

Declamation

4^th- Maria Labella (qualifying to nationals)

5^th – Sravya Vishnubathla (qualifying to nationals)

 

Dramatic Interp

7^th- Medha Sharma (2^nd alternate)

 

Original Oratory

2^nd – Pragna Sutrave (qualifying to nationals)

3^rd – Priya Tumulru (qualifying to nationals)

 

Duo Interp

2^nd – Natalie Dean and Linda Zheng (qualifying to nationals)

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

2^nd – Connor Phillips (qualifying to nationals)

5^th – Abhi Mehra (qualifying to nationals)

 

Lincoln Douglas

3^rd – John Yang (qualifying to nationals)

5^th – Timmy Makkar (qualifying to nationals)

6^th – Rebecca Leech (1^st Alternate)

 

Public Forum

6^th – Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang (1^st alternate)

7^th – Kevin Zhu and Jenna Marinstein (2^nd alternate)

 

Policy Debate

6^th – Mike Becich and Derek Wang (1^st alternate)

7^th – David Lee and Kaushik Gedela (2^nd alternate)

 

 

STATE QUALS

 

District 2 Champions

North Allegheny

 

Dramatic Interpretation

2nd - Katilin Campbell (qualifying to states)

 

Duo Interpretation

2nd- Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou (qualifying to states)

3rd - Natalie Dean and Linda Zheng (1st alternate)

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

1st- Rona Sun (qualifying to states)

3rd - Marina Fang (1st alternate)

 

Informative Speaking

1st - Sophia Taborski (qualifying to states)

2nd - Priya Tumuluru (qualifying to states)

 

Public Forum

1st - Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang (qualifying to states)

3rd - Akshaya Arjunan and Richard Bochicchio (qualifying to states)

 

Lincoln Douglas

1st- Richard Gayler (qualifying to states)

2nd - Liyan Fan (qualifying to states)

 

Persuasive Speaking

1st - Pragna Sutrave (qualifying to states)

2nd - Natalie Lewis (qualifying to states)

 

Policy Debate

5^th - John Yang and Kevin Zhu

6^th - Adam Rest and Wesley Swanson

 

Harvard National Tournament

 

Varsity Public Forum

Octafinals (Top 16) - Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang

 

JV Public Forum

Quarterfinals (Top 8) - Stephanie Metzger and Chris Chang

Octafinals (Top 16) - Taehyung Kwon and Hae Min Jung

Extemporaneous Speaking

Octafinals -

Abhi Mehra

Rona Sun

 

Bethel Park Two Day Tournament

 

Sweeps

3rd Place - Overall

1st place – Debate

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

 

Semi Finalists
Marina Fang
Abhi Mehra
Rona Sun

 

Quarter Finalists
Brennan McGovern

Divya Tumuluru

 

Public Forum

 

1st place - Richard Bochicchio and Akshaya Arjunan

 

Semi Finalists

Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang

 

Octa Finalists
Adam Rest and Caroline Li
Jenna Marinstein and Michelle Xu
Max Blechman and Ashrith Balakumar
Stephanie Metzger and Chris Chang

Lincoln Douglas

Semi Finalists
Richard Gayler
Keyur Rao

 

Quarter Finalists
Emily Gibbs 
Christophe Combemale

 

Octa Finalist 
Rebecca Leech
Morgan Lennon

 

Dramatic Interp

Semi Finalist
Kaitlin Campbell

Humorous Interp

Quarter Finalist

Rohan Bansal

 

Duo Interp
3rd place - Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou

3rd place was cumulative! They won the final round!

 

Quarter Finalists 
Linda Zhang and Natalie Dean

 

Original Oratory
4th place - Sophia Taborski

Poetry

Quarter Finalist 
Elizabeth Furiga

 

Mercer

 

Overall Debate

1^st – North Allegheny

 

Public Forum

1^st - Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang

3^rd - Caroline Li and Adam Rest

 

Poetry

7^th - Elizabeth Furiga

 

Duo

4^th - Lily Zhang and Katherine Zhou

7^th - Linda Zheng and Natalie Dean

 

Humorous Interp

4^th - Rohan Bansal

7^th - Medha Sharma

 

US Extemp

3^rd - Connor Phillips

1^st - Abhi Mehra

 

International Extemp

6^th - Brennan McGovern

4^th - Rona Sun

 

Pine Richland

 

Overall Debate Sweeps

1^st- North Allegheny

 

Lincoln Douglas

1^st- Richard Gayler

3^rd - Liyan Fan

 

Public Forum

3^rd - Stephanie Metzger and Chris Chang

4^th - Jenna Marinstein and Kevin Zhu

 

Extemp

3^rd - Connor Phillips

7^th - Divya Tumuluru

 

Impromptu 

4^th - Rona Sun

 

University of Pittsburgh

 

Poetry

5^th - Elizabeth Furiga

 

HI

5^th - Irene Ounfrey

 

DI

2^nd - Kaitlin Campbell

 

Duo

1^st- Katherine Zhou and Lily Zhang

6^th - Natalie Dean and Linda Huang

 

Original Oratory

3^rd - PragnaSutrave

4^th - Sophia Taborski

6^th - Priya Tumuluru

 

Extemp

3^rd - ConnorPhilllips

4^th - Rona Sun

5^th - Marina Fang

6^th - Abhi Mehra

7^th - Thomas Helgerman

 

Public Forum

1^st - Akshaya Arjunan and Richard Bochicchio

4^th -Stephanie Metzger and Chris Chang

 

Lincoln Douglas

1^st - Sravya Vishnubhatla and Timmy Makkar

2^nd - Emily Gibbs

3^rd - Richard Gayler

 

Parliamentary Debate

1^st- Wendy Jiang, Nadeera Sidique, Kara Morgan

2^nd - David Lee, Maria Labella, Angie Yau

 

North Allegheny

 

Overall Sweeps

1st – North Allegheny

Debate Sweeps

1st – North Allegheny

 

Original Oratory

2^nd – Sophia Taborski

 

International Extemp

4^th – Rona Sun

6^th – Divya Tumuluru

 

United States Extemp

1^st- Connor Phillips

2^nd – Thomas Helgerman

3^rd – Abhi Mehra

 

Humorous Interp

6^th – Irene Onufrey

 

Public Forum

2^nd – Stephanie Metzger and Chris Chang

4^th – Akshaya Arjunan and Richard Bochicchio

5^th – Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang

 

Lincoln Douglas

1^st – Liyan Fan

3^rd – Richard Gayler

5^th – Rebecca Leech

6^th – Timmy Makkar

 

Oakland Catholic

 

Sweepstakes

1^st- North Allegheny

Congress 

House A 
Merit Speakers: Maria LaBella and Cindy Lee 
House B 
Merit speaker: Kaushik Gedela 
Presiding Officer: Daniel Bein 

Original Oratory 

2^nd -Pragna Sutrave
4^th - Priya Tumuluru

Extemp 

1^st - Connor Phillips

3^rd - Abhi Mehra
5^th- Marina Fang

Duo 
5^th -Natalie Dean/Linda Zheng

Dramatic Interp
3^rd -Kaitlin Campbell

Humorous Interp 
6^th -Rohan Bansal

George Mason University

 

Public Forum

Octafinals (Top 16) –Akshaya Arjunan and Richard Bochicchio

Double Octafinals (Top 32) –Kevin Zhang and Anis Adnani

 

LD

Double Octafinals (Top 32) - Timmy Makkar

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

Quarterfinals (Top 8) - Abhi Mehra

 

 

 

Quigley

 

Lincoln Douglas

Rebecca Leech 3-1

Anisha Reddy 3-1

Wesley Swanson 3-1

Suyash Fulay 4-0

 

Public Forum

Hemanth Venkatesh and Derek Coleman 3-1

Max Blechman and Ashrith Balakumar

 

Extemp

2^nd - Connor Phillips

5^th -Brennan McGovern

 

Prose

8^th - Kaitlin Campbell

 

Poetry

3^rd -Elizabeth Furiga

 

Original Oratory

5^th -Priya Tumuluru

 

Congress recognition

Akshaya Arjunan

Nadeera Sidique

Adam Dickter

David Lee

Maria LaBella