A little Up-Date

Hey Everyone!

Well, I just thought that I would let you know how everyone is doing in Forensics so far this semester before I go into the rest of the events that you can compete in.



The first tournament took place on Tuesday, January 27th. The team traveled to the Twin Cities for the first TCFL (Twin Cities Forensics League) tournament of the 2009 year. This tournament is a favorite of many involved in Forensics because it is only one day, whereas other tournaments can be two days long. At this tournament, Veronica Fischer placed 3rd in Persuasion and 5th in Program Oral Interpretation. Betsy placed 2nd in After Dinner Speaking.

The team's second tournament was in St. Cloud on February 6th and 7th. This was a two day tournament with a lot of tough competition. Veronica Fishcer placed 1st in Children's Literature. Now, if you look back at the list of events you could be entered in, this event is not listed. At a few tournaments, schools will introduce a new category so that students can try something new and expand their speaking skills. This category involved selecting children's stories and then presenting them as an Oral Interpretation.

The team traveled to their third tournament of the semester on Wednesday, February 11th. Lucky for them, the tournament is in Arizona! Betsy Stoltz and Veronica Fischer were the two students that were able to represent SMSU in Arizona--along with coaches Mark Fokken and Leah Breberg. Veronica is competing in six events (wow!) during this tournament and Besty is competing in four. They both are going to stay very busy. They returned on Sunday, February 15th. Veronica placed 6th in Persuasive Speaking, 2nd in Poetry, 5th in Prose, and 7th in Informative.

The fourth tournament of the year took place on February 17th. This tournament was the second TCFL tournament of 2009. Thirteen students attended this tournament and SMSU came home with quite a few trophies! Brando Sheffield placed 6th in Dramatic Interpretation. Scotty Anderson and Katlyn Richter placed 2nd in Dramatic Duo and Anna Hilbert and Candace Conway placed 4th in Dramatic Duo. Veronica Fischer placed 2nd in Persuasive speaking and 4th in Program Oral Interpretation. Good job team!

Well, that is the up-date for now. Up next, more descriptions of events!