While extempers were dueling at Harvard, there is another major extemp tournament occurring on the other side of the United States.  The 2010 California Invitational tournament at Berkley has announced its finalists and here they are:

*Jacob Baker (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*James Thomas (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Ben Mabie (James Logan HS, California)
*Ali Hazrati (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
*Amode Tembhekar (Leland High School, California)
*Pradhan Bhat (Granite Bay High School, California)

The winner will earn 40 points in the National Points Race.  The National Points Race makes no provision for seventh place at national circuit events so whomever finishes seventh in this round will earn no points.