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2014 National Catholic Forensic League Grand Nationals: Extemp Topic Areas

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On March 25, 2014

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ChicagoThe topic areas for this year’s National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) Grand National Tournament have been released.  There are nine topic areas.  Since the tournament is eight rounds, one of these topic areas will not be used.  The topic areas are:

  • US Politics
  • US Legal & Constitutional Issues
  • US Foreign Policy
  • US Economic Policy
  • Medicine, Science, and Technology
  • Education (International and Domestic)
  • Foreign Economics
  • Foreign Leaders
  • International Conflicts and Civil Unrest

NCFL Grand Nationals utilizes an interesting question writing system where coaches, competitors, and fans of the event can send questions about these topic areas to tournament officials.  Those who are interested in sending questions about any of the topic areas above are encouraged to e-mail them to [email protected] by April 18, 2014.

Extemp Central is happy to announce that Gabe Ferrante of Iona Preparatory (NY), last year’s NCFL National Champion, will be writing a free analysis of this year’s topic areas.  This analysis will identify major issues in each area extempers should be aware of, provide some strategy tips on navigating the tournament, and provide some sample questions from each topic area that extempers can practice with before the tournament.  We hope to release this topic analysis sometime during the first week of May.

2014 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin: Field of Sixteen is Announced!

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On December 13, 2013

In MBA Coverage, National Circuit News

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mbaAdam Johnson, tournament director of the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin, also known as the Billy Tate Memorial Southern Bell Forum Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin, has just released the field for this year’s tournament.  The competition will take place on the campus of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee over three days from January 3rd-5th and will feature sixteen of the best extempers in the country.  This year’s field features five returning participants, three of which made last year’s Exhibition Round.  The field also features six finalists from last year’s NFL National Tournament and includes the defending United States Extemp National Champion, Arel Rende of Booker T. Washington High School (OK).

Extempers are invited to compete based on their results at national circuit events since last year’s tournament and their performance at CFL and NFL Nationals.  This year’s tournament will be the first held since the passing of Billy Tate, the head coach of Montgomery Bell Academy, National Forensic League Hall of Famer, and President of the NFL from 1998-2012.

Extemp Central will provide its annual live coverage of the event and will break down the field in the coming weeks.  The Round Robin is the first “major” tournament on the extemp calendar and is the first leg of the Grand Slam of extemporaneous speaking, which includes MBA, the Extemp TOC, CFL Nationals, and NFL Nationals.  Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA) is the two-time defending champion and if she successfully defends her title she will tie Kevin Troy’s record for most career major titles with six.  Troy, who competed for Eagan High School (MN), is the only extemper to win the Grand Slam.  He accomplished that feat in 2005.

Here is this year’s field (* indicates returning participant):

*Brian Anderson (LaRue County High School, Kentucky)
*Vaikunth Balaji (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Rohan Dhoopar (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*Jack Glaser (George Washington High School, Colorado)
*Jad Hamdan (Jackson High School, Ohio)*
*Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)*
*Christopher Jordan (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
*Lyubov Kapko (Tempe Preparatory, Arizona)
*Davis Larkin (Parish Episcopal School, Texas)
*Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)*
*Jasper Primack (Newton South High School, Massachusetts)
*Arel Rende (Booker T. Washington High School, Oklahoma)
*Miles Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)*
*Gabe Slater (Denver East High School, Colorado)
*Will Walker (Fullerton Joint Union High School, California)
*Josh Wartel (Lake Braddock Secondary School, Virginia)*

2013 George Mason University Patriot Games: Extemp Round Robin Participants

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On December 5, 2013

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gmuHere is the list of participants in this year’s George Mason University Patriot Games Extemp Round Robin Tournament, which will take place this weekend in Fairfax, Virginia.  The tournament features eight competitors and is a head-to-head competition.  Each extemper will compete against the other and acquire wins and losses throughout the composition.  The two competitors that post the best win-loss records will participate in an Exhibition Round against each other.  This year’s field features four finalists from last year’s NFL National Tournament and a collection of winners from this year’s major national circuit tournaments.  Last year’s champion was Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA), who will try to become the first two-time champion in tournament history.  We thank Bill Thompson for providing us with this list and wish all competitors the best of luck in the Round Robin.

*Carunya Achar (Cypress Creek High School, Texas)
*Brian Anderson (LaRue County High School, Kentucky)
*Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Rabul Nanchahal (Freedom High School, Virginia)
*Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Miles Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
*Josh Wartel (Lake Braddock Secondary School, Virginia)
*Henry Zelenka (Kent Denver School, Colorado)

2013 Glenbrooks: Semi-Final Postings Are Up!

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On November 24, 2013

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glenbrooksCourtesy of Bill Thompson, here are the semi-final pairings at this year’s Glenbrooks.  The quarter-finals are also included in the post below.  Congratulations to all extempers who made the semi-final round and due to the size of the field all extempers who made the quarter-final round earned qualifying legs for the 2014 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC).

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2013 Glenbrooks: Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 Pairings

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On November 23, 2013

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glenbrooksCourtesy of Bill Thompson of LaRue County High School (KY), here are pictures of the round one, round two, and round three pairings at this week’s Glenbrooks tournament.  Click on the “continue reading” button below to look at the pairing sheets.

We hope to provide more updates as the tournament moves along.

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Rankings Extemp in 2012-2013

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On June 26, 2013

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This year, Extemp Central did not continue its National Points Race, but the site Debate Rankings, sponsored by the Institute for Speech and Debate, conducted their own national rankings throughout the season.  Here are the top ten extempers in the country according to Debate Rankings:

1st: Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt HS, Iowa)-1420 pts.
2nd: Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt HS, Iowa)-1235 pts.
3rd: Chase Harrison (Millburn HS, New Jersey)-855 pts.
4th: Josh Wartel (Lake Braddock Secondary School, VA)-650 pts.
5th: Gabe Ferrante (Iona Preparatory School, NY)-610 pts.
6th: Allison McKibban (El Dorado HS, KS)-520 pts.
7th: Adam Stromme (Eagan HS, MN)-510 pts.
8th: Cyrus Ghaznavi (Parish Episcopal School, TX)-500 pts.
9th: Kohinoor Gill (Desert Vista HS, AZ)-480 pts.
10th: Ashesh Rambachan (Eastview HS, MN)-410 pts.

If you would like to see the full listing of this year’s extemp rankings, click here.  You can also view rankings for other speech and debate events at Debate Rankings as well.  I’m not certain if the National Points Race will return next season, but if it does expect to see a few changes.

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3rd Annual Texas Capital City Extemp Round Robin Participants Announced

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On February 2, 2012

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The list of participants in this year’s Texas Capital City Extemp Round Robin have been announced.  The tournament will feature sixteen Texas extempers and will take place this weekend.  Extemp Central wishes these participants the best of luck and we will provide you with the results of the tournament next week.

*Blade Angel (Lake Travis High School)
*Marcela Arevalo (Klein High School)
*Lindsey Butler (Hendrickson High School)
*Tim Dominguez (Southlake Carroll High School)
*David Engleman (L.C. Anderson High School)
*Cyrus Ghaznavi (The Parish Episcopal School)
*Tushar Madan (Plano West High School)
*Matt Marxer (Byron Nelson High School)
*Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School)
*Diana Pop (Newman Smith High School)
*Sanjana Puri (Flower Mound High School)
*Alex Pustelnyk (Lake Travis High School)
*Tanya Rajan (Newman Smith High School)
*Zachary Stone (Plano West High School)
*Arvind Venkataraman (Southlake Carroll High School)
*Sara Wofford (L.C. Anderson High School)

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2011 Extemp TOC: Finalists Announced

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On May 15, 2011

In Extemp TOC, National Circuit News

Here are the announced finalists for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University.  These extempers, as well as te finalists, earned foruth tier National Points Race points.  Thanks to Robert Sheard for these posting updates.

*Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
*Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
*Susan Czaikowski (Lamar Consolidated High School, Texas)
*Matthew Hinojosa (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)

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2011 Extemp TOC: Quarter-Finalists Are Announced

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On May 15, 2011

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Quarter-Finalists for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) have been released.  All of these individuals have earned an automatic qualification to next year’s TOC.  These come courtesy of Robert Sheard.  Some competitors information has not been collected, so if you know who certain people are below, please let us know by commenting in this post or e-mailing me at [email protected].

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Who’s in the 2011 Harvard Extemp Final? We’ve Got the Names!

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On February 21, 2011

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Thanks to Robert Sheard, we have a listing of the Harvard extemp finalists.  Draw for the round starts at 8:30 a.m. and the final round kicks off at 9:00 a.m.  Congratulations to the finalists and Extemp Central hopes to provide a full listing of results from Harvard when the tournament finishes today.

*Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Shikha Garg (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Curan Mehra (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Sam Reynolds (Mount Lebanon Senior High School, Pennsylvania)
*Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)

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2nd Annual Texas Capital City Extemp Round Robin Participants Announced

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On February 8, 2011

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The list of participants in this year’s Texas Capital City Extemp Round Robin have been announced.  The tournament will feature sixteen Texas extempers and will take place this weekend at the Westover Church of Christ in Austin, Texas.  Extemp Central wishes these participants the best of luck and we will provide you with the results of the tournament next week.

*Lindsey Butler (Hendrickson High School)
*Ricky Chiang (Westwood High School)
*Jennifer Conner (Plano West High School)
*Kimia Dargahi (L.C. Anderson High School)
*Matthew Hinojosa (Flower Mound High School)
*William Hoenig (Lake Travis High School)
*Nick Lowrimore  (Southlake Carroll High School)
*Akshay Narayanan (Plano Senior High School)
*Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School)
*Bushra Rahman (Alief Elsik High School)
*Jessica Rubio (Big Spring High School)
*Paul Samuel  (Southlake Carroll High School)
*Suchee Shah (Ronald Reagan High School)
*Arvind Venkataraman (Southlake Carroll High School)
*Neal White (Lake Travis High School)
*Joshua Yun (Flower Mound High School)

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2011 Barkley Forum: Finalists Announced

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On January 30, 2011

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Here are the extemp finalists in this year’s Barkley Forum.  All of these competitors (as well as the semi-finalists) will receive National Points Race points. The round will take place at 11:15 a.m. EST.

*Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
*Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Paavan Gami (Southside High School, South Carolina)
*Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
*Matt Linn (The University School, Florida)
*Bruno Mastrodicasas (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)

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Tournament Notice: The 2nd Annual Texas Capital City Extemp Round Robin

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On December 10, 2010

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Extemp Central would like to make its followers in Texas aware of the Texas Capital City Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin, which will be held at Westover Church of Christ across from L.C. Anderson High School on February 11-12, 2011.  The tournament’s goal is to showcase the top sixteen extempers from the Lone Star State and will feature six preliminary rounds and an Exhibition Round for the top four competitors.  All rounds will utilize a three minute cross-examination format.  All preliminary rounds will be adjudicated by three judges, while the Exhibition Round will have a five judge panel.

Claire Daviss of Winston Churchill High School, the TFA state champion in United States Extemporaneous Speaking and Lincoln-Douglas Debate, was the winner of last year’s inaugural event.  Haydn Forrest of L.C. Anderson High School took second, Sam Scott of Plano Senior High School took third, and Ali Mavrakis of Plano West Senior High School took fourth.

Interested coaches should contact Joseph Uhler at [email protected].

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George Mason University Patriot Games: Extemp Round Robin Participants

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On October 29, 2010

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George Mason University has finalized the participants for this year’s George Mason University Patriot Games Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin.  Eight competitors representing eight different states will compete.  In the GMU Round Robin, extempers will face each other in one-on-one matches and the two extempers with the best records at the end of seven preliminary rounds will face off in the finals.  In last year’s tournament, Dillon Huff of Southlake Carroll High School in Texas bested Aaron Lutkowitz of Montgomery Bell Academy in the final round.  Per GMU Patriot Games rules, those extempers competing in the round robin are obligated to compete in the Patriot Games general tournament, which begins the day after the round robin.

Here are the eight extempers who have been selected to compete in the 2010 George Mason University Patriot Games Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin:

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2010 Florida Blue Key: Extemp Round Robin Participants

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On October 28, 2010

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Tomorrow, the 2010 Florida Blue Key Speech & Debate Tournament will begin in Gainesville, Florida on the University of Florida’s campus.  The tournament has an extemporaneous speaking round robin and six extempers have been invited to attend, two of which are currently ranked in the National Points Race.  They participants in this year’s Blue Key Extemp Round Robin are:

*Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Indira Puri (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Matt DeBari (Lake Highland Prep, Florida)
*Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
*Catherine Chiodo (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Rishi Bajaj (Trinity Prep, Florida)

Although the Florida Blue Key is not a National Points Race tournament, Extemp Central is considering adding it next year.  The finalists at Blue Key’s general tournament will earn bids to the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University.  Extemp Central wishes good luck to all of the participants in the round robin and in the general tournament this weekend.

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