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2015 Winston Churchill Classic: Sridharan Secures Third TOC Win of the...
Nearly one hundred extempers participated in International and United States Extemp at the Winston Churchill Classic last weekend in San Antonio, Texas. The tournament saw two previous Extemp...
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2015 Sunvitational: Stock Upsets Teammate Wexler in a Close Finish; Wexler...
Nova Southeastern University was the site of this year’s Sunvitational, one of the more notable tournaments of the spring semester in the Southeast. Adele Stock of Nova Senior High School (FL) scored...
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2015 Cavalier Invitational: Sunkara Takes Straight 1’s; Cary Academy...
Durham Academy in Durham, North Carolina hosted its first-ever Cavalier Invitational last weekend. Samhitha Sunkara of Ardrey Kell High School (NC) became the tournament’s first champion, soundly...
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2015 James Logan MLK Invitational: Dhoopar Defeats Defending Champion Ye in...
The 2014-2015 National Points Race continued last weekend at the James Logan MLK Invitational. The tournament attracted some of the strongest competitors on the West Coast, with California powers such...
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2015 Columbia Invitational: Rinder Defeats Chen by Two Ranks to Claim First...
This year’s Columbia Invitational attracted sixty-two extempers. At the end of seven rounds of competition, Mark Rinder of Freehold Township High School (NJ) emerged as the tournament champion,...
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2015 Barkley Forum: Wexler Thwarts Anderson’s Title Defense, Gives Nova Its...
More than seventy extempers took part in this year’s Barkley Forum, a fourth tier tournament in the National Points Race. The competition took place on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta,...
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2015 Marshall Speech Spectacular: Chanhassen’s Williams Wins First TOC...
The Marshall Speech Spectacular, formerly known as the Schwan’s Speech Spectacular, is a fifth tier tournament in this year’s Extemp Central National Points Race. The event typically attracts some of...
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2015 Apple Valley Minneapple: Fenner Gives East Ridge Its Second TOC Win in...
The three week Minnesota TOC swing ended last weekend in Apple Valley, Minnesota at the Apple Valley Minneapple Speech Tournament. Alex Fenner of East Ridge High School (MN) emerged as the tournament...
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2015 Stanford National Invitational: Wang and Schwartz Triumph in IX & USX;...
The Stanford National Invitational illustrated how different variations of extemp can produce very different results as only one competitor made the final round of International and United States...
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2015 University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic: Guiliano Gives Holy...
The University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic hosted one of its larger fields in recent years, due in part to the weather difficulties that plagued the Harvard National High School Forensic...
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2015 California Invitational: Hu Wins Second Consecutive National Points Race...
Ethan Hu of Leland High School (CA) has used the last two weeks of California tournaments to establish himself as one of the top extempers in the country. After doing the best of any extemper in both...
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2015 Harvard National High School Forensic Invitational: Graham Achieves a...
More than 200 extempers attended this year’s Harvard National High School Forensic Invitational, making it the largest national circuit tournament of the 2014-2015 season. However, weather conditions...
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2015 University of Kentucky TOC: Anderson Wins First Expanded TOC in a Rout;...
Although the University of Kentucky has hosted an extemporaneous speaking section of its Tournament of Champions (TOC) event for the last three years, this year was the first that a large-scale...
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2015 Extemp TOC: Wartel Secures Second Leg of the Grand Slam; Sloane Makes...
For the first time in three years the Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University crowned a new champion as Josh Wartel of Lake Braddock Secondary School (VA)...
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2015 Wake Forest National Earlybird: Graham Picks Up Where He Left Off Last...
Justin Graham of Trinity Preparatory School (FL) wasted no time getting back to the top of the 2015-2016 National Points Race, winning the Wake Forest National Earlybird by four ranks over teammate...
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2015 Yale Invitational: Balaji Wins First National Circuit Championship;...
Last weekend at Yale University, Vaikunth Balaji of Ridge High School (NJ) foiled Justin Graham‘s efforts of winning a second consecutive National Points Race event. Balaji defeated Graham, who...
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2015 New York City Invitational: Trinity Preparatory Keeps Rolling as Saffran...
Last month, the Bronx High School of Science in New York City hosted their annual New York City Invitational Tournament and Trinity Preparatory School (FL) continued their impressive showing on the...
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2015 St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational: Cash and Webb Split Titles; Five...
While East Coast extempers were dueling it out in New York City, extempers in Texas and Oklahoma battled at the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational. This year’s tournament featured split winners in...
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2015 Florida Blue Key: Graham Dominates Both Halves, Increases National...
At this year’s Florida Blue Key, National Points Race leader Justin Graham of Trinity Preparatory School (FL) routed the competition, decisively winning both extemp categories. Graham cruised to an...
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2015 Glenbrooks: Webb Wins Second National Circuit Title; Trinity Preparatory...
This year’s Glenbrooks, the first third tier tournament of the year in the National Points Race, attracted 101 competitors and Marshall Webb of Saint Mary’s Hall (TX) was this year’s champion. Webb,...
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