Here are the results of the 2011 Arizona Interscholastic Association State Tournament, held on March 18th-19th.  All of these finalists have earned automatic qualifications to the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University.  Thanks to the tournament staff for putting the results online.

5A

Champion:  Michael Ferrante (Dobson High School)
2nd:  Alex Daniel (Dobson High School)
3rd:  Brendan Porter (Desert Vista High School)
4th:  Andy McCoy (Brophy College Preparatory)
5th:  Bill McDonald (Brophy College Preparatory)
6th:  Michael Ippolito (Mesquite High School)

4A

Champion:  Thomas Liu (McClintock High School)
2nd:  Tanner Prynn (Shadow Mountain High School)
3rd:  Tara Taylor (Flagstaff High School)
4th:  Nicholas Mahon (Flagstaff High School)
5th:  Meera Doshi (McClintock High School)
6th:  Sadie Lebow (McClintock High School)

1A-3A

Champion:  Kelsey Coriell (Tempe Preparatory Academy)
2nd:  Lyubov Kapko (Tempe Preparatory Academy)
3rd:  Marissa Beene (Tempe Preparatory Academy)
4th:  Angela Siebrecht (River Valley High School)
5th:  Ashely Webber (River Valley High School)
6th:  Jonathan Garza (Tempe Preparatory Academy)

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