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The Florida Forensic League (FFL) held its 2014 state tournament last weekend at the University School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and two new extemporaneous speaking state champions were crowned. In a battle of Barkley Forum finalists in International Extemp, Cameron James Bonnewell of Lake Highland Preparatory captured his first state title by two ranks over Isabella Paretti of Cypress Bay High School. Paretti won the tournament final round, but her margin of victory there was not enough to overcome Bonnewell’s lead from the previous six rounds of the tournament. Bonnewell’s victory marks the first time since 2011 that Lake Highland Preparatory has won International Extemp at the FFL State Tournament.
In United States Extemp, four-time TOC qualifying tournament champion Miles Saffran of Trinity Preparatory School lived up to expectations and captured the state title by three ranks over teammate Justin Graham. Saffran’s victory is the first state extemp win for Trinity Preparatory, who placed four of the six finalists in United States Extemp.
One automatic qualification to this year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) was handed out at the FFL State Tournament to Raymond Rif of Nova Senior High School. The other eleven finalists in International and United States Extemp had previously qualified to this year’s TOC through other means.
Here are the results of the 2014 Florida Forensic League State Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
International Extemp
Champion: Cameron James Bonnewell (Lake Highland Preparatory)
2nd: Isabella Paretti (Cypress Bay High School)
3rd: Eric Hagen (Lake Highland Preparatory)
4th: Sanjay Supan (Nova Senior High School)
5th: Sydney Britton (American Heritage High School – Plantation)
6th: Raymond Rif (Nova Senior High School)
Semi-Finalists
*Alex Fager (Niceville High School)
*Brian Min (Trinity Preparatory School)
*Sanchita Mukherjee (Pine View School)
*Giancarlo Musetti (Cypress Bay High School)
*Malen Nousari (St. Thomas Aquinas High School)
*Allice Park (Trinity Preparatory School)
United States Extemp
Champion: Miles Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School)
2nd: Justin Graham (Trinity Preparatory School)
3rd: Daniel Greene (The University School)
4th: Nathaniel Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School)
5th: Varun Bhatia (Trinity Preparatory School)
6th: Naba Rahman (Pine View School)
Semi-Finalists
*Omer Bensaadon (Cypress Bay High School)
*Ray Bhatta (Lake Highland Preparatory)
*Natalia Castro (Jupiter High School)
*Isabella DeShepio (Cypress Bay High School)
*Samantha Koreman (The University School)
*Oscar Larraza (Nova Senior High School)
Extemp Central thanks “Extemp Lover” for sending us the results of the tournament and the Florida Forensic League for putting the tab sheet of the tournament online.