2012 California State Speech and Debate Championship Tournament! We Celebrate You This Weekend As the Very Best That California Speech and Debate Can Offer

Cover Design by: Alison Ong (Lowell High School)

SWEEPSTAKES: AAA 1st Bellarmine (138) 2nd Leland (106) 3rd Gabrielino (74) 4th Monte Vista (67) AA 1st Fullerton (29) 2nd Sanger (23) 3rd Arcadia (21)

st nd rd A 1 Mountain View (14) 2 New Community (10) 3 Dougherty Valley (9)

POLICY DEBATE: Noronha-Trivedi (Bellarmine) Shah-Arnold (Bellarmine) LINCOLN DOUGLAS: 1st Delbert Tran (Bellarmine) 2nd Daniel Hirsch (New Community Jewish) PUBLIC FORUM: 1st Crown - Chennapan (Leland) 2nd Buduma - Cherian (Bellarmine) PARLI DEBATE: 1st Leonard Castelloe mk (La Costa) 2nd Wong-Nielson Granite Bay) INTERNAT’L EXT: 1st Louis Li (Monte Vista) 2nd Weston Mangin (Arroyo Grande) NATIONAL EXT: 1st Kelly Wu (Leland) 2nd Kevin Yeehaw (Gabrielino) ORIGINAL ORATORY:1st Jenny Ting (Monte Vista) 2nd Ray Chao (Arcadia) ORIGINAL ADVOCACY:1st Matt Zajac (Bellarmine) 2nd Angela Leung (Gabrielino) HUMOROUS INTERP: 1st Sarah Khasrovi (Presentation) 2nd Pranay Yeturu (Claremont) DRAMATIC INTERP: 1st Emma Caltrider (Fullerton) 2nd Jyoti Swamy (James Logan) THEMATIC INTERP: 1st Kimberly Knight (Leland) 2nd Brittany Fung (Gabrielino) ORATORICAL INTERP:1st Nathan Leal (James Logan) 2nd Arian Dehnow (Mountain View) DUO INTERP: 1st Brian Trinh & Jane Liu (Gabrielino) 2nd Oscar Fernandez & Tosh Hall (Community Charter) IMPROMPTU: 1st Jason Kim (Monte Vista) 2nd Rylan Schaeffer (Mountain View) EXPOSITORY: 1st Joanna Chia (James Logan) 2nd Tannaz Noormohammadi (Monroe) STATE 2011 STATE ORIG PROSE/POETRY:1st Coryn Hill (Sanger) 2nd Abel John (Mission San Jose) CONGRESS: 1st Stephen Kui (Monte Vista) 2nd Tanay Kothari (Bellarmine) PRESIDING OFFICER: 1st Nakin Bhandari (Monte Vista) 2nd Ahmer Quereshi (Sherman Oaks CES)

SWEEPSTAKES: AAA 1st Bellarmine (128) 2nd Leland (88) 3rd James Logan (86) 4th Monte Vista (62) AA 1st Centennial (33) 2nd Granite Bay (32) 3rd Fullerton Joint Union (29) st nd rd A 1 Ribet (12) 2 Brentwood (11) 3 Bishop O’Dowd/LB Poly/Monta Vista (tie 10)

POLICY DEBATE: 1st Brian Austin & Joe Davis (Centennial) 2nd Brian Yeh & Shriya Samarth (Leland) LINCOLN DOUGLAS: 1st Kyle Vandenberg (Bellarmine) 2nd Daniel Ki (Monta Vista) PUBLIC FORUM: 1st Dominic DeMarco & Alex Wagner (Granite Bay) 2nd Julie Brown & Taylor Chertkov (Helix) PARLI DEBATE: 1st Kate Drew & Carey Appeldorn (Bishop O’Dowd) 2nd Matt O’Brien & Gary Nielson (Granite Bay) INTERNAT’L EXT: 1st Louis Li (Monte Vista) 2nd Jacob Baker (Bellarmine) NATIONAL EXT: 1st Anthony Paranzino (Bellarmine) 2nd Oscar Wang (San Marino) ORIGINAL ORATORY:1st Miles Bridges (James Logan) 2nd Ishpal Sidhu (Fullerton Joint Union) ORIGINAL ADVOCACY:1st Ray Chao (Arcadia) 2nd Matt Zajac (Bellarmine) HUMOROUS INTERP: 1st Coleton Schmitto (James Logan) 2nd Zade Shakir (Leland) DRAMATIC INTERP: 1st Sam Sulam (Ribet Academy) 2nd Nico Bremond (James Logan) THEMATIC INTERP: 1st Cody Franzen (South San Francisco) 2nd Raymond Liu (Leland) ORATORICAL INTERP:1st Howard Xiao (James Logan) 2nd Blake Swenson (Bellarmine) DUO INTERP: 1st Hi Leo Wong & Jane Liu (Gabrielino) 2nd John Gonzalez & Todd Rau (Enochs) IMPROMPTU: 1st Iain Lampert (Cleveland) 2nd Jason Kim (Monte Vista) EXPOSITORY: 1st Caroline McDonald (Sanger) 2nd Hillary Tzeng (San Marino) st nd STATE 2010 STATE ORIG PROSE/POETRY:1 Elle Pratt (Fullerton Joint Union) 2 Kyle DeCamp (Gabrielino) CONGRESS: 1st Eric Brewster (Long Beach Poly) 2nd Brendan Bashin-Sullivan (Miramonte) PRESIDING OFFICER: 1st Hao Tran (Monte Vista) 2nd Chris Enright (Bellarmine)

SWEEPSTAKES: AAA 1st Bellarmine (143) 2nd James Logan (103) 3rd Leland (90) 4th Gabrielino (73) AA 1st San Marino (40) 2nd St. Francis (27) 3rd Presentation (16) A 1st Lynbrook (16) 2nd Ribet Academy (13) 3rd Palo Alto (12) POLICY DEBATE: 1st Vijay-Rafey (Bellarmine) 2nd Srinivasan-Deshmukh (Bellarmine) LINCOLN DOUGLAS: 1st Avi Arfin (Palo Alto) 2nd Percia Safar (Monte Vista) PUBLIC FORUM: 1st Abbasi-Tran (Monte Vista) 2nd Crown-Margapuram (Leland) PARLI DEBATE: 1st Subramanian-Tang (Lynbrook) 2nd Hall-Shumaker (Valencia) INTERNAT’L EXT: 1st Albert Lin (Leland) 2nd Will Rafey (Bellarmine) NATIONAL EXT: 1st Evan Larson (Bellarmine) 2nd Rachel Yang (San Marino) ORIGINAL ORATORY:1st Tina Nguyen (Gabrielino) 2nd Sagar Vijay (Bellarmine) ORIGINAL ADVOCACY:1st Sam Brody (Campbell Hall) 2nd Zachary Hargis (St. Francis) HUMOROUS INTERP: 1st Ryan Vasquez (Bellarmine) 2nd Evan Bartz (Bellarmine) DRAMATIC INTERP: 1st Emma Caltrider (Fullerton Joint Union) 2nd Jordan Phillips (Ribet Academy) THEMATIC INTERP: 1st Yasmin Hadian (Leland) 2nd Alex Davila (Fullerton Joint Union) ORATORICAL INTERP:1st Sam Sulam (Ribet Academy) 2nd Mohit Kochar (Leland) DUO INTERP: 1st Pough and Williams (James Logan) 2nd Najibi and Gutierrez (James Logan) IMPROMPTU: 1st Safeena Mecklai (Mira Loma) 2nd Josh Wood (Bellarmine) EXPOSITORY: 1stVivian Lam (Gabrielino) 2nd Connie Wang (Gabrielino) st nd STATE 2009 STATE ORIG PROSE/POETRY: 1 Minhdang Nguyen (Kennedy) 2 Katherine Frutchey (Fullerton Joint Union) CONGRESS: 1st Andrew Chang (Arcadia) 2nd Rylan Schaeffer (Mountain View) PRESIDING OFFICER: 1st Kevin Hsiue (Monte Vista) 2nd Joseph Lim-Effendy (Mark Keppel) 2

MESSAGE FROM THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH ASSOCIATION TO COACHES AND COMPETITORS

Dear Coaches and Competitors: Welcome to the magical city of San Francisco, where your hosts for this year’s championship tournament are the CHSSA members of Area I and the staff and students of the renowned Lowell High School. Congratula- tions for qualifying to represent your school at the 2012 California State Speech and Debate Championship tournament! We celebrate you this weekend as the very best that California speech and debate can offer.

San Francisco is an exemplar of a city where diversity is honored. WWW.CAHSSA.ORG Those of you who earned the right to participate here this weekend have gained the skills and knowledge to argue rationally, to express your- selves articulately, and to negotiate with adversaries in a way that can President be passionate and, yet, achieve peace. CHSSA supports you in your ef- Sharon Prefontaine, Retired forts to become better communicators – your successful communication Monta Vista High School is the key to a better future for you and for the world! 295 E Evelyn Ave # 209 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Each student here has exhibited both competitive success and excellent [email protected] potential for future success, and is considered by our highly selective leagues to be among the finest speakers in the state. As we enjoy our Vice-President Activities time at the hotels, restaurants, and on the campus, we need to keep in Nermin Kamel mind that we are the representatives of high school speech and debate in San Ramon Valley High School California; individual and team behavior will reflect on all of us, our 501 Danville Blvd schools, our teams, and, most importantly, ourselves. Danville, CA 94526 [email protected] Keep the campus clean. Show respect for all. Commit random acts of kindness. Many people have contributed to the success of this tourna- Vice-President Curriculum ment. We must remember to show both gratitude and respect for com- Rita Prichard munity and college judges, parents and coaches, who are supporting the Granite Bay High School efforts of CHSSA to keep speech and debate an essential part of our edu- #1 Grizzly Way cational system, to the facilities that have been loaned to us, and, espe- Granite Bay, CA 95746 cially to the staff and students of Lowell High School and the schools and [email protected] coaches of Area I as our generous hosts.

Secretary Both winning and losing are part of the learning experience in competi- Chuck Ballingall tive speech and debate. Always remember the champion you are. To Damien High School win, honestly and ethically, is a true victory. 2280 Damien Avenue LaVerne, CA 91750 Be the best; do your best. [email protected]

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Los Angeles, CA 90026 [email protected] The 2012 California High School State Speech Tournament Program is an annual publication published by the CHSSA. This year’s program Historian designed and created by tournament director Nermin Kamel and pub- Ron Underwood lished by Roadrunner in San Ramon, California. The program cover Beyer High School, Retired was designed by Alison Ong a student at Lowell High School. The 10775 N. Sierra Vista program honors California State Speech Champions and competitors Fresno, CA. 93730 as well as their leagues and coaches. For more information about [email protected] CHSSA or to get advertising rates for next year’s issue, contact Nermin Kamel at [email protected]. STATE TOURNAMENT HOSTS 1958-2012

1958-1967 University of California, Santa Barbara 1990 University of the Pacific, Stockton 1968 Stanford University 1991 Cal State University San Diego, San Diego 1969 California State College, Los Angeles 1992 California State University, San Jose 1970 University of the Pacific, Stockton 1993 Ventura Community College, Ventura 1971 California State University, Fullerton 1994 Sacramento City College, Sacramento 1972 University of San Francisco, San Francisco 1995 California State University, San Bernardino 1973 University of California, Los Angeles 1996 Santa Clara University 1974 California State University , Fresno 1997 California State University, Long Beach 1975 California State Polytechnic, Pomona 1998 San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton 1976 University of San Francisco 1999 San Diego State University, San Diego 1977 University of Southern California 2000 James Logan High School, Union City 1978 California State University, Fresno 2001 California State University, Long Beach 1979 California State University, San Diego 2002 Buchanan High School, Fresno 1980 California State University, San Jose 2003 California State University, San Bernardino 1981 University of Southern California 2004 Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill 1982 University of the Pacific, Stockton 2005 California State University, Northridge 1983 California State University, San Diego 2006 Sierra College, Rocklin 1984 University of Santa Clara 2007 Fullerton Joint Union High School 1985 Alhambra High School 2008 Santa Clara University 1986 University of the Pacific, Stockton 2009 Culver City High School 1987 Point Loma College, San Diego 2010 Bakersfield College 1988 California State University, San Jose 2011 San Diego State University 1989 Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles 2012 Lowell High School, San Francisco

CHSSA MISSION STATEMENT The California High School Speech Association will encourage, support and sponsor both curricular and co-curricular oral communication which will empower students to be productive participants in American society and the global community.

To accomplish this, we adopt the following goals:

1. Every student will participate in communication activities which promote self-worth and self-esteem. 2. Every student will develop the critical and analytical thinking skills necessary for academic success. 3. Every student will develop the skills necessary for success in a competitive environment. 4. Every student will develop the interpersonal skills necessary for productive employment. 5. Every student will develop the oral communication skills necessary for effective public presentations. 6. Every student will develop the listening skills necessary for reaching informed decisions. 7. Every student will develop skills necessary for the peaceful resolution of conflict. 8. Every student will develop interpersonal skills necessary for establishing understanding among members of a diverse society. 9. Every student will develop the communication skills necessary for effective and active participation in a democratic society. 10. Every student will demonstrate ethical responsibility in the acquisition and practice of communication skills. THE CHSSA STORY

The 2012 CHSSA State Speech Tournament at Lowell High School in San Francisco is the 54th State Champi- onship Tournament sponsored by the California High School Speech Association.

The California State Speech Council was organized in 1957, and the first state tournament was sponsored by the CSSC in 1958. Prior to that time, the state tournament was run entirely by college personnel. A total of twelve entries were permitted from the two qualifying tournaments: One held in the south at Redlands and one held in the north at College of the Pacific. At the state qualifying tournaments there were no limits on individual school entries; a school might enter twenty students in one event. In most cases, there was only one preliminary round; there might be eight or nine speakers in a panel with one judge, and only a first or second place would allow a student to advance. The college personnel wrote the rules for the events, and those rules could change each year. And the trophies were so small that one coach claims that if her student had won two, the student would have had a pair of earrings.

Today, the state speech tournament is managed entirely by California high school coaches. A total of 56 entries compete for the state championship in each of twelve individual events; 102 compete for honors in student congress; 64 in policy debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate, and 32 in Parliamentary debate and Public Forum debate. All state entrants must earn the right to compete through state qualifying tournaments held by each of the 11 official state leagues.

Through the years, the number of events has changed and some events have come and gone. The distribution of student qualifiers has been improved. The number of preliminary rounds and the number of judges required for each panel have been increased. But, the coaches of California still — and always will — spend hundreds of hours each year to ensure that each student will experience an outstanding state tournament!

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS

Since the 1990 California State Speech Tournament, the California High School Speech Association (CHSSA) has contributed over $65,000 in scholarship aid to state champions in every event at the state tournament. The scholarship awards were begun in 1990 through the generosity of many coaches who contributed money to establish a trust fund. Since that time $150 for each winner in each event is placed into the scholarship fund from state tournament entry fees. This year, for the first time, these scholarships have been increased to $500 per champion!

Many students have been repeat state champions over a span of several years and have received multiple awards. There are several three-time champions who received $450 for their outstanding effort and consistency. At each state awards ceremony, first place winners in each event receive a letter confirming their award. The students should provide the information requested to the CHSSA treasurer, and a check for the proper amount is sent directly to the finan- cial aids office of the university where the student has been accepted. Checks are generally mailed in August to coin- cide with the beginning of the school year.

As noted, past state champions in each event have been awarded $150 in scholarship aid. Because of special donations, students sometimes receive higher awards. This was the case for the congress champion in 1997. An additional $300 was donated by friends of Gary Reed, a longtime coach who passed away in 1997.

CHSSA students have also enjoyed the support of individuals wishing to provide private scholarships to students. Each year for the past six years the Stanford Debate Society has provided a $1000, camp scholarship to the highest placing non-senior in all speech events. Stanford Debate is excited to increase this great reward to $1250 this year!

In addition, this year Stanford Debate Society will be awarding four $500 scholarships in the name of beloved CHSSA Hall of Fame coach Donovan Cummings who passed in March of 2010.

Anyone may donate funds to the CHSSA Scholarship fund. CHSSA is a non-profit 501 C, educational organization, and all donations are charitable tax deductions. All donations should be sent to the CHSSA treasurer, Neil Barembaum, 1575 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90026. Contact information for donations may be obtained by emailing nbarem- [email protected].

The 2012 CHSSA State Tournament is dedicated to... Jack Anderson

The California High School Speech Association is honored to dedicate this year’s state tournament to renowned Lowell coach and former student Jack Anderson

An NFL two-diamond coach, Jack Anderson has been repeatedly recognized by the San Francisco Unified School District and in the San Francisco newspapers for his dedication and commitment to high school speech and debate.

Jack Anderson’s life in high school forensics includes more than 60 years of service, dating back to his days as competitor in oratory and humorous interp in the late 1940s at Lowell High School. Jack had the good fortune of competing under legendary coach, and CHSSA Hall of Fame member, George Lorbeer. Jack joined the Lowell faculty immediately after college and succeeded Lorbeer as the Lowell Forensic Society’s coach.

Jack was a co-founder of the Golden Gate Speech Association and served as its league President in the late 1950’s. From the outset, Jack’s teams enjoyed phenomenal success. In his first seven years of coaching, his teams earned more than 14,000 NFL points – the most earned by any NFL team in the nation over that time period. Even more impressive, the Lowell teams under coach Anderson won every sweepstakes award at every Golden Gate Speech Association tournament for seven con- secutive years from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s. Beginning with the very first CHSSA state tournament in 1958, Jack Anderson coached dozens of students who qualified for the state championships through the 1950s and 1960s including four state champions and one runner-up.

Jack coached a total of 13 students who competed at NFL nationals from 1957 through 1971. Lowell sent three students to the 1957 nationals in Lexington, Kentucky and four students to the 1958 nationals in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (each involved a multi-day bus trip from San Francisco). Jack and his wife Florence repeatedly went above and beyond to support Lowell speech and debate students, going so far as to drive Lowell’s 1959 NFL national tournament qualifier from San Francisco to Miami in a very cramped Morris Minor.

One of Jack’s most noteworthy accomplishments to benefit his fellow coaches came in 1962 when he staged a well-publicized one-man strike, putting the San Francisco Unified School District on notice that he would no longer serve as a speech and debate coach unless he and his fellow coaches received the same $5 per hour stipend enjoyed by athletic team coaches. After his strike received notice from the local newspapers, the SFUSD agreed to provide stipends to speech and debate coaches as well as to other teachers who led after-school arts and music programs.

After more than 15 years of coaching, Jack Anderson turned over the reins of the Lowell Forensic Society to others in the early 1970s but he continued to teach at Lowell where he served as Visual & Performing Arts department head until his retirement in 1992. During that time, he continued to support and assist Lowell’s forensics program. And during the nearly two decades after his retirement from teaching, Jack con- tinues to support the program both financially and personally, serving as a judge at NFL quals tournaments and hosting gatherings of Lowell speech and debate alumni at his home.

6 The 2012 State Tournament is dedicated to Our Dear Friend Jack Anderson

Jack Anderson remains a pillar in the California forensics community who enabled the success of the Lowell Forensic Society. As a Lowell High School alumnus, two-time State Qualifier, and now a first-time coach at the State Championships, I know that hundreds of fellow debaters would not have had the opportunity to discover the power of speech without Jack's dedication and support.

--Jeffrey Kwong, Coach, Torrey Pines HS

Mr. Anderson provided the encouragement in his classes and in forensics that inspired me throughout my life and in my field of acting. He’s the best. --Rhoda Gemignani (aka Mrs. Rossini on “Who’s the Boss?”)

What I remember most clearly is the respect that he showed to each of us with whom he worked. --Betty Linsky Rivard

2012 CHSSA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SPONSORS

The 50 Member Schools of the Golden Gate Speech Association and the California High School Speech Association thank our generous sponsors

Safeway Foundation

Superintendent Carlos Garcia San Francisco Unified School District

Principal Andrew Ishibashi and the entire faculty and staff Lowell High School

Lowell Forensic Society Coast Forensic League Foundation Briefs Stanford Debate

The Tournament Funnies

The San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League

Congratulates its 2012 State Qualifiers!!!

Individual Events DRAMATIC INTERP HUMOROUS INTERP THEMATIC INTERP ORATORICAL INTERP Jenny Lim (Carlsbad) Jessica Merghart (Helix) Sarah Sheets (Carlsbad) Gabby Brody (Carlsbad) Natalya Phillips (Carlsbad) Rachael Barnett (Mission Vista) Jessica Sidoranova (Carlsbad) Ashley Hope (Carlsbad) Tonea Lolin (Helix) Kirra Quarrie (Mission Vista) Sara Remmes (Helix) Maggie Munn (Carlsbad) Reyna Adams (Mission Vista) Dejoneria Harlin (Mt. Miguel) Brittany Simmons (Helix) Robert Bradvica (Helix) Erika Krieves (Mt. Miguel) Michael Wientjes (TorreyPines) Emilie Trepanier (Helix) Cameron Martin (Mt. Miguel) Charity Lyons (Mt. Miguel)

ORIGINAL ORATORY ORIGINAL ADVOCACY EXPOSITORY ORIGINAL PROSE/POETRY Alyse Estavillo (Carlsbad) Luiza Coelho (Carlsbad) Masami Amakawa (Carlsbad) Kitty Knorr (Carlsbad) Allie Gordon (Carlsbad) Sara Rubenstein (Carlsbad) Yugia Pan (Carlsbad) Jermaine Babbs (Helix) CiCi Roper (Mission Vista) Pricilla Ibrahim (Carlsbad) Izzy Viney (Carlsbad) James LaRose (Helix) Lauren Sorge (SantaFeChristian) Amber Sonka (Helix) Emma Wood (Carlsbad) Kory Richardson (Helix) Davin Curtis (Carlsbad) Megan Williamson (Helix) Malcolm Moses (Mt. Miguel)

INTERNAT’L EXTEMP NATIONAL EXTEMP IMPROMPTU DUO INTERP Rohan Deshmukh (Carlsbad) Pearse Early (Carlsbad) Sabrina Gonzalez (Bonita Vista) Shannon McIntee (Carlsbad) Jeff Kuperman (Carlsbad) Blair Rohring (Carlsbad) Elyse O'Neill (Carlsbad) Tristan D'Abreau (Carlsbad) Natasha Maldi (Carlsbad) Frank Trotta (Carlsbad) Claire Li (San Dieguito) Devin McDaniel (Carlsbad) Cooper Wood (Carlsbad) Pavan Muddukrishna (Carlsbad) Nicki Nikkhoy (Torrey Pines) Scott Snow (Carlsbad) Grace Paxton (La Costa) Nathan Park (La Costa) Riley Murphy (San Dieguito) Johnny Menhenne (SanDieguito) Debate Events

POLICY DEBATE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE LINCOLN DOUGLASS Arrol Fulton (La Costa) Ashley Burch (La Costa) Davin Curtis (Carlsbad) Luiza Coelho (Carlsbad) Jacob Leonard (La Costa) Shayne Walton (La Costa) Jennifer Kim (Carlsbad) Bryan Chiou (La Costa) Hannah Oh (La Costa) Milan Halgren (La Jolla) Nikhil Sharma (Carlsbad) Tyler Leigh (La Costa) Jacob Goldschlag (La Costa) Ram Prasad (La Jolla) Cooper Wood (Carlsbad) Varun Bhave (Torrey Pines) Joseph Swit (San Dieguito) Cameron Koob (San Dieguito) Pavan Muddukrishna (Carlsbad) Josh Helali (Torrey Pines) Keenan Rodewald (San Dieguito) Taylor Knudson (San Dieguito) Pricilla Ibrahim (Carlsbad) David Galloway (San Dieguito) Calvin Borchers (San Dieguito) Steven Reed (High Tech High) Johnny Menhennet (San Dieguito) Desiree Otillio (San Dieguito) Natalia Belarmino (High Tech High) Rakin Nasar (Torrey Pines) Rouchen Huang (Torrey Pines) Student Congress Carter Keeling (Carlsbad) Jeremy Snyder (Carlsbad) William Johnson (TorreyPines) Ansel Le (Carlsbad) Rory Jacobson (LaCosta) Neal Nathan (TorreyPines) Jeffrey Lee (Carlsbad) Kenneth Cheung (TorreyPines) Congratulations Miramonte High School 2012 State Qualifiers!

Arjang Asadi Nora Conklin George Kaiser Connor Meckfessel

Madeleine Ayer Charles Correll Caie Kelley Nicholas Olivier

Alec Bahramipour Tala Doumani Brian Lee Guy Raber

Shauna Barrows Alexandra Glazer Lina Mathkour Cecily Schmidt

Rami Bata Ali Hasanain Erik McDonald Bennett Stehr

Lisa Chang Fatima Hasanain James McFeely Julia Ting

Alexander Chen Matthew Henry Sean McFeely Coach Kristen Plant

The Stanford Debate Society

will award Four $500 Cash Scholarships

In honor and loving memory of Hall of Fame Coach Donovan Cummings

And will award the highest placing non-senior in each individual event a

$1,250 Camp Scholarship to attend the Stanford National Forensics IE Institute

www.snfi.org

2012 STATE TOURNAMENT CONTESTANTS

ADVOCACY DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION EXPOSITORY

AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 1 Deepika Bodapati (Presentation) Nicole Bruno (Presentation) Neil Agarwal (Bellarmine) Lindsay Carrigan (Archbishop Mitty) Tala Doumani (Miramonte) Nisha Agarwal (Presentation) Rohit Gupta (Bellarmine) Josue Flores (James Logan) Dominique Chan (Leland) Nicholas Hargis (St. Francis (Mtn View)) Roxanne Galsim-Knight (So. San Francisco) Katie Chang (James Logan) Zong Yang Huang (James Logan) Pineet Grewal (James Logan) Alexander Chen (Miramonte) Cameron Keegan (Analy) Sujin Jeong (Leland) Ashley Lai (Leland) Caie Kelley (Miramonte) Kyrpa Kochar (Leland) Casey Li (James Logan) Stephanie Kim (Monte Vista ) Nathan Leal (James Logan) Lisa Nguyen (James Logan) Diana Le (Presentation) Leslie Lee (Leland) Nidhi Patel (James Logan) Ankit Mathur (Bellarmine) Nicholas Shonley Olivier (Miramonte) Maria Rosa Ruiz (Leland) Mikhail Meller (James Logan) Xenia Perez (James Logan) Jaspreet Sahota (James Logan) Sohabe Mojaddidy (James Logan) Cristy Resendiz (El Cerrito) Lucia Song (James Logan) Dorothy Nguyen (James Logan) Lucy Shen (Mission San Jose) Sarah Tsou (Archbishop Mitty) John Nunziati (Bellarmine) Richa Wadekar (Presentation) Emily Yi (James Logan) Varsha Sathappan (Notre Dame San Jose) Karen Young (Leland) Tina Tashayod (Monte Vista ) AREA 2 Neha Bavirisetty (Granite Bay) AREA 2 AREA 2 Farah Billah (Mira Loma) Jillian Ebrahimi (Woodcreek) Mia Acosta (James Enochs) Michael Bryant (Yuba City) Kara Hodge (Bear Creek H.S.) Alexis Boyer (Stockdale) Bhagat Cheema (Granite Bay) Pooja Kumar (Clovis North) Chloe Brotherton (Lincoln) Madison Gallegos (Clovis East) Julia Le (Clovis North) Laura Farris (St. Francis (Sac)) Kayla Judd (James Enochs) Breana Martinez (Highland) Rani Ghosh (Granite Bay) Sarah Klein (Bakersfield) Leah Moore (Centennial) Ritu Jayakrishnan (Clovis North) Annalynne Madrid (Kimball) Ashley Morgan (Bullard) Brittany Lu (Centennial) Bianca D. Norwood (Clovis East) Nick Ontiveros (Granite Bay) Kelly Nabaglo (Woodcreek) Donovan Souza (James Enochs) Georget Oraha (James Enochs) Madison Rocker (Sanger) Valeria Taboada (Sanger) Elizabeth Reimer (Clovis East) Miranda Rowley (St. Mary's) Morgan Teese (James Enochs) Andrew Solano (Woodcreek) Ben Sathis (Ponderosa) Karli Wheeler (Centennial) Caitlin Timmons (Woodcreek) Sher Ming Tan (Clovis North) Grace Zhong (Rocklin) AREA 3 AREA 3 Althea Alquitran (Narbonne) AREA 3 Kayla Asemanfar (Peninsula) Matthew Casarez (Community Charter) Kyle Berlin (Arroyo Grande) David Cha (South) Natalie Edelstein (Peninsula) Clara Chin (West) Sophie Chou (Gabrielino) Angelina Finau (Monroe) Cassandra Dinh (Schurr) Howard Duong (Gabrielino) Richard Flores (Garfield) Landon Echols (Arroyo Grande) Beau Filipic (West) Jude Garcia (Schurr) Anna Fong (San Marino) Yan Gao (Gabrielino) Maya Glasgow (CHAMPS Charter) Ashlin Hatch (Arroyo Grande) Albert Gianatan (Arcadia) Joshua Issler (Granada Hills) Michelle Menchaca (Gabrielino) Mary Guyer (Arcadia) Maika Koehl (Peninsula) Adrian Menedez (Torrance) Alis kachanyan (Cleveland) Jasmine Lee (Arcadia) Rachel Natsume (Gabrielino) Niyatha Kaval (Chaminade) Liliana Pond (Peninsula) Kyung Ah Park (South) Megan Kuwashima (Schurr) Mejan Rostamian (San Marino) William Streb (Monroe) Zohair Lalani (Peninsula) Genesis Sandoval (La Reina) Karen Chu (Gabrielino) Eileen Lee (Gabrielino) Tyler Tippings (Schurr) Jenny Vuong (Gabrielino) Ashlee Macalino (Chaminade) Maggie Wu (Gabrielino) Jesse Warme (Granada Hills) Michaela Posner (La Reina) Akash Salam (Arroyo Grande) AREA 4 AREA 4 Reyna Adams (Mission Vista) Masami Amakawa (Carlsbad) AREA 4 Marina Alan (Fullerton Joint Union) Jahnavi Curlin (Claremont) Luiza Coelho (Carlsbad) Aubrea Bailis (Claremont) Jeremy Han (Oxford) Ashley Gomez (Fullerton Joint Union) Tiffany Curry (Claremont) Andrea Kim (Oxford) Pricilla Ibrahim (Carlsbad) Dylan Huynh (Northwood) Steffi Lee (Oxford) Nimrah Imam (Claremont) Erika Krieves (Mount Miguel) Juliette Lin (Claremont) Alec Lenamond (Citrus Valley) Kristina Leopold (Claremont) Yugia Pan (Carlsbad) Carlin Liao (Oxford) Tonea Lolin (Helix Charter) Nijal Punjabi (Redlands) Naomi Lin (Claremont) Charity Lyons (Mount Miguel) Marisol Sierra (Oxford) Desirae Luna (Redlands) Kaley McCann (Fullerton Joint Union) Brianna Torres (Redlands) Chelsea Reid (Fullerton Joint Union) Jilly Pascua (Claremont) Izzy Viney (Carlsbad) Sara Rubenstein (Carlsbad) Natalya Phillips (Carlsbad) Megan Williamson (Helix Charter) Vidhyarini Sampath (Northwood) Stephanie Rodriguez (Fullerton Jnt Union) Emma Wood (Carlsbad) Amber Sonka (Helix Charter) Alyssa So (Oxford) Diana Zhao (Claremont) (Continued on page 17)

2012 STATE TOURNAMENT CONTESTANTS

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HUMOROUS INTERP IMPROMPTU INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 1 Earleen Brown (James Logan) Sunny Advani (Leland) Ronak Ahir (Leland) Nora Hobbs Conklin (Miramonte) Nitisha Baronia (Dougherty Valley) Arjang Asadi (Miramonte) Brandon Deadwiler (James Logan) Shauna Barrows (Miramonte) John Cherian (Bellarmine) Jake Dessau (Bellarmine) Sonya Chalaka (The Harker School) Rohan Dhoopar (Bellarmine) Christian Harris (James Logan) Charles Correll (Miramonte) Vinayak Ganeshan (Monte Vista ) Naveen Kashyap (James Logan) Rohit Dilip (Irvington) Aditya Limaye (Bellarmine) Rahul Lodhavia (Bellarmine) Kevin Guo (Monta Vista ) Omkar Mahajan (James Logan) Sruti Mamidanna (Monta Vista ) Matthew Henry (Miramonte) Ankur Mahesh (Bellarmine) Akhil Mathur (Monte Vista ) Luke Lindenbusch (Analy) Jonas Majewski (Monte Vista ) Joshua Michael (Mission San Jose) Kota Mizutani (Analy) Vikrum Nibber (Dougherty Valley) Ahon Sarkar (Leland) Guy Raber (Miramonte) Neil Prasad (Saratoga) Francisco Sierra (James Logan) Sahej Randhawa (Bellarmine) Rohan Savoor (Monte Vista ) Sarika Vora (Presentation) Omkar Savant (Bellarmine) Laith Shakir (Leland) Andrew Wang (The Harker School) Debnil Sur (Bellarmine) Bennett Stehr (Miramonte) Prerana Vaddi (Notre Dame San Jose) James Thomas (Bellarmine) AREA 2 Eric Tu (Dougherty Valley) Caleb Cook (Centennial) AREA 2 Emily Fowler (Ponderosa) Sean Anderson (Edison-Computech) AREA 2 Heather Hansen (Centennial) Trent Cross (Edison-Computech) Gokul Asokan (Granite Bay) Andrew Heck (Central Catholic) Jordan Daniels (Rodriguez) Christine Baltazar (St. Francis (Sac)) Shad Hicks (Centennial) Hasun Khan (Stockdale) Sheelah Bearfoot (Delta Charter) Caden Jones (University (Fresno)) Esha Lal (Granite Bay) Rachel Broghammer (St. Francis (Sac)) Matt Kimbro (Ponderosa) Claire Li (San Dieguito) Conor Donnelly (Clovis East) Jacob Marsh (James Enochs) Keizra Mecklai (Mira Loma) Michael Greenbury (Clovis North) Kami Peer (Woodcreek) Elia Nunez (Edison (Stockton)) Mitchell Grove (Liberty) Janelle Reed (Centennial) Prithvi Rajasekaran (Rocklin) Sandhya Jetty (Mira Loma) Dominic Rossini (James Enochs) Claire Rapp (El Dorado) Jibran Khan (Granite Bay) Carlie Sandrini (Liberty) Josh Samra (Clovis North) Tyler Kivley (James Enochs) Amanda Wong (Rocklin) Mickey Walbridge (James Enochs) Reed Klaeser (Granite Bay) Tooka Zokaie (St. Francis (Sac)) Aaron Weaver (Antelope) Walker Mills (Modesto) Kelsey White (North) Amer Rashid (Edison-Computech) AREA 3 Kenneth Azurdia (Monroe) AREA 3 AREA 3 Nicholas Bishop (Peninsula) Alexander Gedo (Los Angeles CES) Ana Bello (Foothill Technology) Daniel Blomquist (South) Bryan Gee (Campbell Hall School) Adam Braver (Foothill Technology) Melina Coto (La Reina) Farhan Kabir (Sherman Oaks Center for Evan Delgado (Arcadia) Jon Estrada (Community Charter) Enriched Studies) Zachary Grau (Schurr) Johnathan Huang (Gabrielino) Gayne Anne Kalustian (Wm. S. Hart) Mayang Gupta (Sierra Canyon School) Michael Lo (Arcadia) Vedika Kumar (Peninsula) Ryan Janowski (Cleveland) Hannah McCann (Torrance) Acelia Larios (California) Forrest Lin (Schurr) Xela Miller (Monroe) Adam Revello (Cleveland) Michael Sacks (Sierra Canyon School) Kashi Moreno (Gabrielino) Henry Rosen (Cleveland) Alexander Schwartz (Sherman Oaks CES) Stevie Noch (Peninsula) Nick Selden (Wildwood School) Karen Shibuya (Torrance) Kaitlin Marie Obien (Wm. S. Hart) Jonathan Sheu (San Marino) Haley Silvano (Peninsula) Emily Prince (Gabrielino) Shreyas Tirumala (South) Jonathon Singleton (Gabrielino) Stacy Ruiz (Gabrielino) Leo Tuchman (Cleveland) Hubert Tran (Gabrielino) Annabelle Warren (Foothill Technology) Adam Wolcott (Crescenta Valley) Brandon Truong (Gabrielino) Kelvin Wong (San Marino) Chris White (Palos Verdes) AREA 4 Alex Ye (Gabrielino) Rachael Barnett (Mission Vista) Peaky Yuter (San Marino) AREA 4 Cole Boyer (Claremont) Steven Abdalmalik (Redlands) Mic Dahl (Fullerton Joint Union) AREA 4 Rodney Beck (Fullerton Joint Union) Dejoneria Harlin (Mount Miguel) Sabrina Gonzalez (Bonita Vista) Amberish Chitre (Claremont) Jessica Merghart (Helix Charter) Connor Gutierrez (Claremont) Kathryn Davis (Claremont) Tansu Philip (Redlands) Gia Karpouzis (Redlands) Rohan Deshmukh (Carlsbad) Kirra Quarrie (Mission Vista) Nicki Nikkhoy (Torrey Pines) Darian Frost (Carter) Alexander Richards (Heritage) Elyse O'Neill (Carlsbad) Jeff Kuperman (Carlsbad) Timothy Rowe (Fullerton Joint Union) Tim Perdew (Oxford) Natasha Maldi (Carlsbad) Grant Shih (Claremont) Sriharsh Rambhatla (Claremont) Nora Matti (Fullerton Joint Union) Summer Wagner (Fullerton Joint Union) William Sirski (Claremont) Andrew Nam (Oxford) Michael Wientjes (Torrey Pines) Boston J. Topping (Redlands) Jonathan Roberts (Citrus Valley) Pranay Yeturu (Claremont) Will Walker (Fullerton Joint Union) Cooper Wood (Carlsbad) Meghan Weston (Fullerton Joint Union) (Continued on page 22) 17

2012 STATE TOURNAMENT CONTESTANTS

(Continued from page 17) NATIONAL EXTEMP ORATORICAL INTERP ORIGINAL ORATORY

AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 1 Michael Chen (Saratoga ) Lisa Chang (Miramonte ) Mujda Alamzai (James Logan ) Ali Hasanain (Miramonte ) Joanna Chau (James Logan ) Samay Dhawan (Bellarmine ) Fatima Hasanain (Miramonte ) Kathleen Chen (Irvington ) Jason Fauss (Windsor ) Sagar Kalbag (Leland ) Vruti Desai (Leland ) Kelsey Glenn (James Logan ) Ishaan Kolluri (Saratoga ) Ruby Francis (Mercy ) Sricharan Gopakumar (Bellarmine ) Tristan Ma (Leland ) Pardis Gheibi (Westmont ) Varun Gupta (Bellarmine ) Redmond McNamara (Bellarmine ) Yasmeen Kamel (Presentation ) Ravneet Kapoor (James Logan ) Connor Meckfessel (Miramonte ) Sujay Khandekar (Saratoga ) Marisha Kazi (St. Francis (Mtn View)) Amanda Mileski (Monte Vista ) Jamil Khoury (South San Francisco ) Trina Leung (Leland ) Aaron Preiss (Monte Vista ) Pallavi Sherikar (Irvington ) Misty Li (St. Francis (Mtn View)) Vijay Singh (Bellarmine ) Jonathan Sir (Leland ) Soumya Ramireddy (Monte Vista ) Madhu Vijay (Bellarmine ) Sharanya Sriram (Leland ) Alyssa Vandenberg (St. Francis (Mt View)) Eric Wang (Dougherty Valley ) Naman Trivedi (Bellarmine ) James Wei (Bellarmine ) Kelly Wu (Leland ) Jordan Wong (James Logan ) Katie Wu (Mercy ) Mike Zhu (Dougherty Valley ) Howard Xiao (James Logan ) Raymond Zhu (Monte Vista )

AREA 2 AREA 2 AREA 2 Kritika Amanjee (Granite Bay ) Sarah Abdelwahed (Bear Creek H.S.) Zahra Abadin (Mira Loma ) Alexandra Carlson (Sanger ) Angelica Ayala (Turlock ) Melissa Alexiou (Woodcreek ) Zacary Dickhart (Ponderosa ) Jason Byers (James Enochs ) Parker Coon (Bakersfield ) Shaun Lichti (University (Fresno)) Erin Crooks (St. Francis (Sac)) Tayryn Edwards (Woodcreek ) Isheeta Madeka (Stockdale ) Amy Delmore (Centennial ) Mawada Ezubeik (Bear Creek H.S.) Eugene Park (Clovis North ) Morgan Dixon (Woodcreek ) Timothy Garcia (Kimball) Parmeet Sahota (Granite Bay ) Lalaina Flores (Lodi ) Kelly Jiang (Rocklin ) Alauna Sessoms-Hall (James Enochs ) Amber Mawhinney (Bullard ) Jotthe Kannappan (Stockdale ) Kunal Shah (Mira Loma ) Sabrina Mehtabuddin (Ridgeview ) Josephine Kao (Mira Loma ) Josh St. Clair (Stockdale ) Jesse Nelson (Woodcreek ) Aleksandra Konstantinovic (Clovis North ) Jonas Trevethan (Turlock ) Kristen Obana (St. Francis (Sac)) Aloukika Shah (Kimball) Daniel Tyrrell (James Enochs ) Grace Park (Centennial ) Katelyn Shipp (Centennial ) Rahul Verma (Rocklin ) Emma Wheeler (University (Fresno)) Saadhya Singampalli (Stockdale ) Amanda Wong (Stockdale ) AREA 3 AREA 3 Reece Aguilar (Loyola ) Aaran Afalava (Narbonne ) AREA 3 Luke Ballmer (Foothill Technology ) Shilpa Bhongir (Granada Hills ) Jenny Bui (San Gabriel ) Kevin Chen (San Marino ) Ladijah Corder (Monroe ) Ethan Cantu (Gabrielino ) Anna Diep (Gabrielino ) Joy De Guzman (Narbonne ) Abel DeCastro (Arcadia ) Philip Fedor (Loyola ) Rachel Dinh (Monroe ) John Dio (Monroe ) Shayna Howitt (Crescenta Valley ) Macy Hardley (Immaculate Heart) Bryce Kirby (Arroyo Grande ) Olivia Hsia (Sierra Canyon School) Cicely Hong (Arroyo ) Morgan Kuwashima (Schurr ) Matthew Kartanata (Schurr ) Wendy Huang (Arcadia ) Carol Lam (Peninsula ) Play Lam (Gabrielino ) Duke Lin (San Gabriel ) Owen Leddy (Wildwood School) Hugo Luna (San Gabriel ) Kathleen Preston (Gabrielino ) Katie Lee (Campbell Hall School) Frank Masi (South ) Nadia Saleh (Arcadia ) Nicole Morrison (La Reina ) Grace Machado (West) Shiloh Schatzkamer (South ) Anmol Pavade (West Ranch ) Austen Needleman (Sierra Canyon School) Amy Wen (Arcadia ) Thomas Seraydarian (South ) Michael Semon (Sherman Oaks CES) Ryan Wright (Campbell Hall School) Elyssia Widjaja (San Marino ) William Spach (Sierra Canyon School) Austin Zaelke (Sierra Canyon School) Arren Yedikian (South ) Evan Yu (Gabrielino ) AREA 4 AREA 4 AREA 4 Christian Abueg (Great Oak ) Kayle Curley (Fullerton Joint Union ) Nicole Clark (Claremont ) Robert Bradvica (Helix Charter ) Davin Curtis (Carlsbad ) Ryan Cunningham (Fullerton Joint Union ) Gabby Brody (Carlsbad ) Alyse Estavillo (Carlsbad ) Christopher Daden (Los Osos ) Ashley Hope (Carlsbad ) Anissa N. Gomez (Redlands ) Pearse Early (Carlsbad ) Arjun Kumar (Citrus Valley ) Allie Gordon (Carlsbad ) Alex Gao (Oxford ) Cameron Martin (Mount Miguel ) Hoi Jung (Fullerton Joint Union ) Saksham Jain (Oxford ) Maggie Munn (Carlsbad ) Bo Kovitz (Redlands ) Devin McGloin (Redlands ) Jordyn Nelson (Fullerton Joint Union ) Tiffany Lam (Fullerton Joint Union ) Pavan Muddukrishna (Carlsbad ) Nathan Perez (Fullerton Joint Union ) Kandin Maraquin (Redlands ) Zack Ramsey (Claremont ) Alexis Rodriguez (Fullerton Joint Union ) CiCi Roper (Mission Vista ) Blair Rohring (Carlsbad ) Ishaani Saha (Northwood ) Victoria Saunders (Fullerton Joint Union ) Frank Trotta (Carlsbad ) Veronica Salazar (Carter ) Maggie Sfakianakis (Fullerton Joint Union ) Lauren Tucker (Fullerton Joint Union ) Genesis Vega (Carter ) Lauren Sorge (Santa Fe Christian Schools) (Continued on page 23) 22

2012 STATE TOURNAMENT CONTESTANTS

(Continued from page 22) The Original THEMATIC INTERP ORIGINAL PROSE & POETRY State Events AREA 1 AREA 1 Hala Abdallah (James Logan ) Mina Aslan (Leland ) 1958– 1965 Mariah Boyd (James Logan ) Anya Badalian (Leland ) Aaron Cadiz (St. Patrick St. Vincent) DEBATE: Diana Coria (James Logan ) Samantha Chan (Leland ) Leonard Eisen (Pinole Valley ) Jennie Chang (Leland ) The original debate. Two debating Ki-Jana Hernandez (James Logan ) Gretta Georgiyev (South San Francisco ) two on a proposition of policy Cesar Gomez (South San Francisco ) Zachary Herrera (South San Francisco ) Shivam Kamboj (Leland ) Nicholas Le (James Logan ) BOYS’ EXTEMP (BEXT) Lina Mathkour (Miramonte ) Nicki Naddaf (Leland ) Boys only. A 7 minute, current Darlene Ollada (South San Francisco ) Aneesh Patel (Leland ) Henry Pablo (Pinole Valley ) Lilian Poon (James Logan ) event speech with 30 min prep. Cecily Schmidt (Miramonte ) Jessica Riedstra (Leland ) GIRLS’ EXTEMP (GEXT) Kristy Tran (El Cerrito ) Mirai Shah (Notre Dame San Jose) Karen Wu (Leland ) Jyoti Swamy (James Logan ) Girls only. A 7 minute, current Melody Yee (James Logan ) event speech, with 30 min prep. AREA 2 AREA 2 Aspen Bonini (St. Francis (Sac)) UNLIMITED ORATORY (UOO) Nancy Andrade (Ridgeview ) Emma DenBesten (University (Fresno)) Boys and girls together. A memo- Alexis Arias (Centennial ) Maris Dyer (Ponderosa ) Corey Garcia (Turlock ) rized original persuasive speech. Hannah Bukko (James Enochs ) Mayra Campa (Sanger ) Heather Goold (Centennial ) GIRLS’ ORATORY (GOO) Savannah Downey (Ponderosa ) Cassie Sandrini (Ridgeview ) Johannah Garcia (James Enochs ) Anneka Sonstroem (Lincoln ) Only girls allowed. A memorized Stephanie Gray (Ponderosa ) Haverj Stanboulian (Bullard ) original persuasive speech. Yaa Mensah-Bonsu (Antelope ) Casey Stockel (Granite Bay ) Amrit Narwan (Granite Bay ) Caitlin Williams (Bakersfield ) HUMOROUS INTERP (HI) Elton Rego (Granite Bay ) Katya Wright (Woodcreek ) A memorized interpretation of a James Terrazas (Ridgeview ) AREA 3 piece of lit of a humorous nature. Christy Wilborn (University (Fresno)) Gideon Berger (Cleveland) Leonardo Yalung (Central Catholic ) DRAMATIC INTERP (DI) Caroline Brennan (La Reina ) AREA 3 Claire Crossman (Peninsula ) A memorized interpretation of a Matthew Mark Aranda (Garfield ) Amelia Jin (Arcadia ) piece of lit of a serious nature. Cheikh Athj (Monroe ) Dedzidi Ladzekpo (Granada Hills ) Hiro Bower (Granada Hills ) Kevin Lopez (California ) BOYS’ OI (BOI) Renee Menart (Granada Hills ) Aaron Chow (Gabrielino ) Only boys. A memorized speech Kyle DeCamp (Gabrielino ) Ashley Montes (Community Charter ) Annie Hsu (South ) Melanie Parson (West Ranch ) originally given by another. Shalin Patel (West ) Grace Hwang (West ) GIRLS’ OI (GOI) Arseniy Klempner (Granada Hills ) Christmas Sam (Gabrielino ) Pearl Lo (Granada Hills ) Anushka Sirimane (Gabrielino ) Only girls. A memorized speech Jonathan Mendez (Gabrielino ) Brenda Tang (Gabrielino ) originally given by another. Joo Hee Pak (Torrance ) Linda Wang (Gabrielino) Jasmine Servin (Garfield ) Ingrid Weeks (Gabrielino ) BOYS’ IMPROMPTU (BIMP) Brinca Siow (Gabrielino ) Only boys. A five minute speech Tiffany Tan (Peninsula ) AREA 4 Michelle Barajas (Carter ) after only two minutes of prep. John Valenzuela (Monroe ) Madisen Boicourt (Fullerton Joint Union ) GIRLS’ IMPROMPTU (GIMP) Alyssa Bravo (Fullerton Joint Union ) AREA 4 Only girls. A five minute speech Jermaine Babbs (Helix Charter ) Chelsea Cassady (Fullerton Joint Union ) Shyanne Benjamin (Carter ) Ebru Dogan (Redlands ) after only two minutes of prep.

Casey Chang (Claremont ) Daniel Knudsen (Claremont ) Judith Duran (Fullerton Joint Union ) Kathleen Luka (Fullerton Joint Union ) Meaning students were Kitty Knorr (Carlsbad ) Sara Remmes (Helix Charter ) James LaRose (Helix Charter ) Sarah Sheets (Carlsbad ) participating in Devanshi Mathur (Redlands ) Jessica Sidoranova (Carlsbad ) events called Malcolm Moses (Mount Miguel ) Brittany Simmons (Helix Charter ) Jou Jou Nguyen (Oxford ) Robert Tooke (Redlands ) GOO, GIMP, BIMP, Andrew Palacios (Carter ) Emilie Trepanier (Helix Charter ) Kory Richardson (Helix Charter ) Alex VanCleef (El Modena ) BOI or GOI!!! Paige Ridgeway (Fullerton Joint Union ) Siecuna Yeboah (Carter ) Roxy Samstag (Fullerton Joint Union ) Violet Vargas-WIlliams (Fullerton Joint Union ) (Continued on page 35) 23

Tri-County Forensic League Congratulates Its Qualifiers!

Celebrating our third year of expanded membership, we are proud to salute the amazing talents of our speakers and the dedication of our hardworking coaches and parent volunteers. From Southern to Central California, TCFL rocks! Arroyo Grande High School La Reina High School Katie Griggs & Michelle Berlin Liz Harlacher EXPOS: Ashlin Hatch Foothill Technology LD: Valentina Oliver EXPOS: Kyle Berlin Jennifer Kindred & Anthony Villa TM: Rajika Jindani/Michaela Posner, EXPOS: Landon Echols CONG: Anaika Miller Ryanne Bamieh/Ally Zlaket OA: Akash Salam HI: Annabelle Warren DI: Genesis Sandoval OO: Bryce Kirby IX: Ana Bello DUO: Katie Gerbasi/Allegra Iezza IX: Adam Braver HI: Melina Coto Campbell Hall NX: Luke Ballmer OA: Michaela Posner Mike Himes OO: Nicole Morrison PRL: Willy Clements TI: Carly Brennan Monroe High School PRL: Bobby Wilks Kathy Graber North Hollywood High School IMP: Bryan Gee CONG: Dani Dichter Brandon Batham OI: Ryan White DI: Angelina Finau CONG: Michael Magana OO: Katie Lee EXPOS: William Streb CONG: Joseph Ludmir HI: Xela Miller Chaminade College Preperatory HI: Kenny Azurdia Sherman Oaks CES Marianne Rosen OI: Rachel Dinh Orrei Barasch LD: Alexis Campbell OI: Ladijah Corder PRL: Cameron Silverberg LD: Shirin Salehi OO: John Earl Dio PRL: Farhan Kabir TM: Adam Morton: OPP: Cheikh Athj CONG: Sophia Richardson TM: Christian Lau OPP: John Valenzuela CONG: Evan Feldman TM: Kimberly Alli PO: Ahmer Qureshi TM: Kevin Pick Granada Hills Charter IMP: Farhan Kabir TM: John Asidera Ali Taylor, Jerome Robinson, IX: Alexander Schwartz TM: Jeremiah Cha Asst: Lora Blessing NX: Michael Semon CONG: Amay Gupta LD: Neeti Jain OA: Niyatha Kaval LD: Sophia Shin Sierra Canyon High School OA: Ashlee Macalino LD: Alia Bakr Victoria Zielinski; Asst: Eric Smith LD: Linda Shin PRL: Ameek Shokar CHAMPS Charter PF: Basman Rana PRL: Chris Hariz Brad Kopenick PF: Fernanda Velazco PF: Michael Sacks DI: Maya Glasgow DI: Josh Issler PF: Billy Spach DUO: Ashley Feldman PF: Austen Needleman Cleveland High School DUO: Norma Espinoza PF: Olivia Hsia Jessica Osborne DUO: Dalton Maltz PF: Elizabeth Kim PRL: Adam Revello DUO: Jared Price PF: Cole Warburton PRL: Leo Tuchman DUO: Jalayna Camacho IX: Michael Sacks IMP: Adam Revello DUO: Alexandria Lewis IX: Mayang Gupta IMP: Henry Rosen, EXPOS: Jessie Warme NX: Billy Spach IMP: Leo Tuchman OI: Shilpa Bhongir NX: Austen Needleman IX: Ryan Janowski OPP: Arseniy Klempner NX: Olivia Hsia OA: Alis Kachanyan OPP: Pearl Lo OI: Austen Zaelke TI: Gideon Berger OPP: Hiro Bower TI: Renee Menart Valencia High School Community Charter TI: Dedzidi Ladzekpo Kim Forbes & Joe Marcucilli Sarah Rosenberg & Luis Cardenas DUO: Macky Brazina DI: Matt Casarez DUO: Allen Garcia

Hart High School DUO: Oscar Fernandez Eleanor Nishioka West Ranch High School DUO: Chidera Bosah HI: Kaitlin Obien Alison Hunsaker HI: Jon Estrada IMP: Gayne Kalustian CONG: James Hart TI: Ashley Montes OO: Anmol Pavade

TI: Melanie Parson

California High School State Championships

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Solution on page 40 Summer Forensic Institute July 8 - 14, 2012 at Western Kentucky University

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The Western Bay Forensics League

TORRANCE WEST TORRANCE Kayley Krok (SC) NARBONNE Daniel Barrett (DUO) Hannah McCann (HI) Aaran Afalava (OI) Clara Chin (EXP) Adrian Menedez (EXP) Althea Alquitran (DI) Kaleb Davies (DUO) Joo Hee Pak (SC) Joy De Guzman (OI) Beau Filipic (OA & TM) Karen Shibuya (IX) Alvaro Ibarra (PO) Grace Hwant (OPP & TM) PENNINSULA Alexis Vargas (TI) Grace Machado (NX) Kayla Asemanfar (OA) SOUTH TORRANCE Shalin Patel (TI & TM) Nicholas Bishop (HI) Daniel Blomquist (HI) IMMACULATE HEART Austin Ralph (TM) Claire Corssman (TI) David Cha (OA) Macy Hardley (OI) Kiana Schmitt (DUO) Natalie Edelstein (DI) Jillian Free (DUO) Katie Hughes (SC) Amanda Wullschleger (DUO) Maika Koehl (DI) Annie Hsu (OPP) Ellen Ivens-Duran (LD) Vedika Kumar (Imp) Frank Masi (NX) Rachel Park (PF) Zohair Lolani (OA) Shayla McMurray (DUO) Hiyawan Solomon (SC) Carol Lam (OO) LOYOLA Kyung Ah Park (Exp) Catherine Teebay (PF) Reece Aguilar (NX) Chelsea Lim (Parli) Brian Ruben (Prl) Kenneth An (TM) Rachel Lipton (PF) Shiloh Schatzkamer (OI) Schuyler Crilley (TM) Samantha Neal (PF) Thomas Seraydarian (OO) Marco Dell’oro (TM) Stevie Noch (HI) BRENTWOOD Shreyas Tirumala (IMP) Philip Fedor (NX) Liliana Pond (DI) Arren Yedikian (OO) Jacob Chorches (LD) Anthony REale (TM) Haley Silvana (IX) Naila Dharani (LD) Tiffany Tan (OPP) MARLBOROUGH Jackson Lallas (LD) Crystal Gianvecchio (Parli) Sabrina Shammas (LD) Jane Irons (SC) WILDWOOD Max Shapiro (LD) Los Angeles CES Millicent Kasten (SC) Owen Leddy (OO) Alexander Gedo (IMP) Nick Selden (IMP) Stefano Rumi (SC) Congratulates its State Qualifiers!!! Capitol Valley Forensics League Congratulates...

CONGRESS QUALIFIERS

...its 2012 State Qualifiers! DEBATE QUALIFIERS

2012 STATE TOURNAMENT CONTESTANTS

(Continued from page 23) LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE Josh Helali (Torrey Pines ) AREA 3 Jae Jung (Redlands ) Amit Akula (Arcadia )

Grant Kalasky (Santa Margarita Catholic ) Eddie Upchuck Chang (Alhambra ) AREA 1 Tyler Leigh (La Costa Canyon ) Adam Chen (Mark Keppel ) Meha Bakshi (Palo Alto ) Jonathan Roberts (Citrus Valley ) Dani Dichter (Monroe ) Telanie Baldwin (Bishop O'Dowd ) Vidhyarini Sampath (Northwood ) Evan Feldman (Sherman Oaks Center for Soumya Banna (Presentation ) Alan Sun (Northwood ) Enriched Studies) Deepika Bodapati (Presentation ) Calvin Tjandra (University ) Amay Gupta (Chaminade ) Gabriel Bronshteyn (Monte Vista ) Sean Hamamoto (Mark Keppel ) Matt DeLateur (Bellarmine ) James Hart (West Ranch ) Samay Dhawan (Bellarmine ) STUDENT CONGRESS Katie Hughes (Immaculate Heart) Vinayak Ganeshan (Monte Vista ) Jane Irons (Marlborough School) Patrick Liu (Dougherty Valley ) AREA 1 Millicent Kasten (Marlborough School) Sergio Lopez (Leland ) Mike Abood (Monte Vista ) Kayley Krok (Torrance ) Mikhail Meller (James Logan ) Karna Adam (Monte Vista ) Alexa Lazarus (Long Beach Polytechnic ) Ronny Mukherjee (Bellarmine ) Alec Bahramipour (Miramonte ) Joseph Ludmir (North Hollywood ) Ajjit Narayanan (James Logan ) Benjamin Chan (Bellarmine ) Michael Magana (North Hollywood ) James Ren (Albany ) Ananth Cherukupally (Dougherty Valley ) Anaika Miller (Foothill Technology ) Laith Shakir (Leland ) Riya Dange (Archbishop Mitty ) Johnny Perliss (Arcadia ) Joanne So (Leland ) Olivia Flechsig (Los Gatos ) Sophia Richardson (Sherman Oaks Center Felix Yoon (Albany ) Paul Gilles (Bellarmine ) for Enriched Studies) Brian Yu (Monte Vista ) Alex Glazer (Miramonte ) Stefano Rumi (Los Angeles CES) Sharvil Gupta (Archbishop Mitty ) Hiyawan Solomon (Immaculate Heart) AREA 2 Sristi Jain (St. Francis (Mtn View)) Tyler Takeshita (Mark Keppel ) Matthew Adams (Frontier ) George Kaiser (Miramonte ) Andrew Watts (Long Beach Polytechnic ) Tiffany Alunan (Granite Bay ) Abhishek Kher (Westmont ) Anthony Bieber Zhu (Alhambra ) Tony Brisson (West Campus (Sac)) Erik McDonald (Miramonte )

Enoch Chang (Bakersfield ) James McFeely (Miramonte ) AREA 4 Reed Klaeser (Granite Bay ) Sean William McFeely (Miramonte ) Beshouy Botros (Los Osos ) Esha Lal (Granite Bay ) Yashwant Parmar (Los Altos ) Bailey Burlingame (Citrus Valley ) Oscar Mira (Liberty ) Shin San (Lowell ) Insiyah Campwala (Los Osos ) Vaishali Mullapudi (Mira Loma ) Prabhu Shanmukham Ganesh (Dougherty) Kenneth Cheung (Torrey Pines ) Sunil Rao (Mira Loma ) Yesol Shin (Leland ) Hristos Courellis (Sonora ) Donovan Souza (James Enochs ) Anshu Siripurapu (Saratoga ) Regina Gonzalez-Arroyo (El Modena ) Jonas Trevethan (Turlock ) Sanjeev Suresh (Saratoga ) Rory Jacobson (La Costa Canyon ) Daniel Valdez (St. Mary's ) Julia Ting (Miramonte ) Liu Jiang (University ) Kelsey White (North ) William Johnson (Torrey Pines ) Heath Zweifler (Sanger ) AREA 2 Carter Keeling (Carlsbad ) Adam Awad (Clovis East ) Jessica Kim (Esperanza ) AREA 3 Kyle Brown (El Dorado ) Ansel Le (Carlsbad ) Alia Bakr (Granada Hills ) Kerri Buchholz (Ponderosa ) Jeffrey Lee (Carlsbad ) Alexis Campbell (Chaminade ) Jonathan Chang (Armijo ) Ryan Moore (Redlands East Valley) Jacob Chorches (Brentwood School) Avery Christmas (Centennial ) Neal Nathan (Torrey Pines ) Naila Dharani (Brentwood School) Brad Davis (Armijo ) Loren Park (Oxford ) Anna Diep (Gabrielino ) Julie Devlin (Clovis North ) Gavin Rose (Esperanza ) Ellen Ivens-Duran (Immaculate Heart) Abigail Galloway (Central Catholic ) Katya Sutil (Oxford ) Neeti Jain (Granada Hills ) Ian Gollihur (El Dorado ) Kahler Verrill (Claremont ) Sona Jain (San Marino ) Brandon Hicke (John F. Kennedy) Daivik Vyas (Los Osos ) Jackson Lallas (Brentwood School) Matthew Holguin (Sanger ) Jeremy Wang (Northwood ) Play Lam (Gabrielino ) Andra Ionescu (Mira Loma ) Brian Xie (Claremont ) Vivian Le (San Marino ) Cassandra Kiger (Ponderosa ) Natalie Kreeger (Granite Bay ) Rachel Linton (San Marino ) PRESIDING OFFICERS Valentina Oliver (La Reina ) David Lauzon (Independence ) Rami Bata (Miramonte ) Shirin Salehi (Chaminade ) Sophie Meyer (Ponderosa ) Brian Jue (Monte Vista ) Sabrina Shammas (Brentwood School) James Prime (Delta Charter ) Alex Mabanta (Saratoga ) Max Shapiro (Brentwood School) Alexandria Ramos-O'Casey (Edison-Cmp. ) Navdeep Dhaliwal (Stockdale ) Linda Shin (Granada Hills ) Jose Sicairos (Edison-Computech ) Catherine Schlichting (Central Catholic ) Sophia Shin (Granada Hills ) Tyler Sullivan (Stockdale ) Ishaan Gupta (Granite Bay ) Tommy Wilson (Bakersfield ) Brandon Higa (Schurr ) AREA 4 Dominick Yee (Armijo ) Alvaro Ibarra (Narbonne ) Mahdi Ali (Claremont ) Ahmer Qureshi (Sherman Oaks CES) Varun Bhave (Torrey Pines ) Prabhnoor (Reba) Chawla (Northwood ) Bryan Chiou (La Costa Canyon ) Maddie Davis (Claremont ) Luiza Coelho (Carlsbad ) Jeremy Snyder (Carlsbad ) Adam Cusic (Claremont ) (Continued on page 38) Christopher Daden (Los Osos )

35 In Loving Memory of Michael Newbold (1975-2011)

Michael Newbold, 35, died on May 20 after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Shortly after the An English teacher at Citrus Valley High School, he is shown with his wife, Bri- 2011 State Champi- ana, an English teacher at Beattie Middle School. onships, beloved REDLANDS - Michael Newbold was like a human bookstore, his brain loaded with in- teacher and coach, formation about all sorts of literature, colleagues said. "Mike was a great person to work with, he was so incredibly smart and he had an amazing memory," said Rebecca Michael Newbold, Strode, Citrus Valley High School English teacher. lost his battle with "He was like a walking, talking Barnes and Noble store because he had read so many brain cancer, pass- books and remembered every character, every major event, and all the important lit- ing into the ages erary details that English teachers love to discuss." leaving behind a Newbold, an English teacher and department chair at Citrus Valley High School, died rich legacy of a lov- May 20, after being diagnosed with brain cancer in October. He was 35. ing family and "Michael was tenacious, fighting courageously and optimistic that he would beat the friends, and forever cancer. But God called him home," his wife Briana said. enriched former stu- He was born Nov. 11, 1975, in La Mesa, and grew up in San Diego. After graduating dents. from Grossmont High School, Newbold received his Bachelor's of Arts in Speech Communication from San Diego State University in 1998.

Newbold went on to teach high school English, and later received his Master's Degree If we live on beyond in English. He began teaching at Citrus Valley when it opened in 2009. the years we are giv- "Mike was respected by peers as a human being and as a teacher," said Citrus Valley en on earth through Principal Bernie Cavanagh. "He will definitely be missed." the people we have In 2003, Newbold married Briana Stewart, a fellow educator, and the two made their impacted and the home in San Bernardino. Newbold and his wife welcomed son Cameron Thomas in lives we have 2006, and daughter Anne Mary in 2009. changed and im- "He was very conscientious of his role as a father. He made sure that his son was well- proved as many peo- mannered (and) he always talked to his son about what type of behavior was appropri- ple believe, then Mi- ate," Strode said. chael Newbold will "He was very rational and it was obvious that he loved both of his children and wanted them to become caring, responsible individuals." surely live on and continue to positive- Newbold was noted for his passion for teaching, and his dedication to his work, his wife said. ly impact the world "Michael was highly respected and recognized for his dedication to his students, chal- for generations to lenging and stretching them to meet their full potential," she said. come. Many who live Newbold also helped coach lacrosse and football, as well as the Speech Team, which twice the years are Briana Newbold called his "passion." lucky to have ac- "He was dedicated and committed to his Speech Team, traveling with them and taking complished half as them to numerous tournaments," she said. "He loved to see them excel." much. Most recently, Newbold taught English at Citrus Valley High School, and was the Eng- lish Department's chairman, according to Cavanagh. To the right is a love- "Mike was someone who had very high standards, but believed that all students could ly piece that cap- reach those standards," Cavanagh said. tures just some of "He was very passionate about about his subject matter, and he was equally, if not the impact that Mi- more, passionate about speech and debate," he added. chael has had Newbold is survived by his wife Briana, his two young children Cameron, 5, and Anne, through his life and 20 months, his sister Deb Butcher, brother Tim Newbold, stepfather Charlie Bach, whom he thought of as a father, and lots of extended family. his work: DAVIS, MOLLY, Staff Writer English teacher loses battle with cancer, Posted: 05/31/2011 10:31:57 Wear a Grey Ribbon in Honor Of Michael Newbold and the Fight against Brain Cancer

"I had the good fortune of knowing Mike since he began coaching in the CBSR. His untimely death was a real tragedy; our community lost a truly talented coach with a bright future." - Chuck Ballingall, CHSSA Hall of Fame

"Mike was always thinking about how to make speech better and more accessible for kids. I will never forget that while he was so ill during the 2011 season he attended CHSSA council meetings to try to help plan the event and make the year the best it could be for all California speech and debate students. Most of us strive to be people for others but sometimes lose our way; Michael Newbold accomplished and lived that goal in a way that is seldom seen, and the passing of this true 'person for others' at so early an age is a tragedy not just for his family, but for generations of California speech and debate students that will only know him by his legacy. - Matthew Fraser, Director of Debate, Stanford and The Head Royce School

For those of you who didn’t know Mike he was my co-coach for the Redlands High School Speech and Debate team for 4 years, and he started the speech and debate team at Citrus Valley where he coached until he died. His new team has qualified students to both the state and national tournament. In addition Mike served as the CBSR treasurer for 3 years and was the CBSR proxy to the council. Mike was not only my good friend, but a dedicated coach who truly loved speech and debate and was as good a friend to the activity and its students as there will ever be. It stands out to me that last year even though he knew his condition was worsening and he was undergoing the second regimen of chemo, Mike insisted on accompanying me to Stanford so he could be with his kids at what was ultimately his last tournament. -Steve Caperton, League President, CBFL

Grey Ribbons are available at the help desk. Please wear one in loving memory of Michael and all those who bravely fight this terrible disease.

Scholarship fund established for Michael’s Children Cameron & Anne

The California speech and debate community celebrates the life and accomplishments of Michael Newbold, and extends our deepest sympathy to his family, close friends, and former students.

We are accepting donations to create an education fund for Michael's two young children Cameron age 6, and Anne age 3.

We have already received anonymous pledges of $1,000 toward this truly worthy cause, with my hope that the community can join together to make this fund many, many times larger and in so doing give back to Michael's family as they so generously allowed Mi- chael, through his coaching and travel with teams, to give to our activity and students, even during the final precious months of his life.

Your tax-deductible donations can be brought to the help desk or mailed to CHSSA treasurer Neil Barembaum at 1575 W. 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026.

DUO INTERPRETATION 2012 STATE TOURNAMENT AREA 1 Neha Kumar & Aayush Kumar (Leland ) nick medal & Andrew Marks (Bellarmine ) Angela Jefferson & Arlen Crawford (James Logan ) PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE Michael Lim & Brandan Tang (Monte Vista ) Diego Perez & Bryan Zaldana (South San Francisco ) AREA I Justin Mccarthy & Daniel O'Connor (James Logan ) Madeleine Ayer & Brian Lee (Miramonte ) Sarah Dahdouh & Deborah Witherspoon (James Logan ) Soumya Ramireddy & Charlie Liao (Monte Vista ) Frank Chen & Dillon Cho (Mission San Jose ) Kelly Wu & David Levitsky (Leland ) Saliq Hussaini & Jeffrey Liu (Monta Vista ) Natasha Anderson & Grant Carson (Bishop O'Dowd ) Ryan Le & Jennifer Xiong (James Logan ) Mujda Alamzai & Javier Bremond (James Logan ) Nilai Patel & Justin Hernandez (James Logan ) Rohit Gupta & Kartik Chillakanti (Bellarmine ) Kanish Arhant-Sudhir & Rish Arhant-Sudhir (Leland ) Sarika Vora & Michelle Morris (Presentation ) Leon Chen & Ryan Chow (Leland ) Raymond Zhu & Mina Nayeri (Monte Vista ) Gloria Huang & Sarah Wang (James Logan ) Michael Kukar & Sara Overstreet (Leland ) "Claire Dobyns & Silvia Zannetti Varun Gupta & Vijay Singh (Bellarmine ) (Mission San Jose )" Yvonne Chen & Vivek Krishna (Leland ) Ben Tong & Yifeng Zhu (Dougherty Valley ) AREA 2 Emily Norris & Alice Verderber (Bakersfield ) AREA 2 Tiffany Alunan & Allyson McReynolds (Granite Bay ) Joshua Mason & Austin Rodriguez (Liberty ) Jacob Andrus & Beverly Harris (River City ) Maris Dyer & Ben Sathis (Ponderosa ) Trevor Holbrook & Elijah Mays (Turlock ) Dylan Bryant & Brittany Lu (Centennial ) Heath Zweifler & Felicia Lopez (Sanger ) Conor Donnelly & Conor D'arcy (Clovis East ) Katlyn Renee Bach & Isaac P. Ybarra (Clovis East ) Elijah Razavi & Daniel Tyrrell (James Enochs ) Elijah Razavi & Jake Smith (James Enochs ) Jillian Ebrahimi & Jesse Nelson (Woodcreek ) Justin Habashi & Jeff Williams (Granite Bay ) Kurt Dragomanovich & Kayla Judd (James Enochs ) Caitlin Bransby & Jennifer Phillips (Centennial ) Heather Hansen & Leah Moore (Centennial ) Shareen Mann & Jessica Cotta (St. Mary's ) Tayryn Edwards & Riley Murray (Woodcreek ) Lyle Kleinman & Jonathan Kassa (Centennial ) Laura B ecerra & Shareen Mann (St. Mary's ) Haley Green & Kat Harlan-Gran (James Enochs ) Satyaprit Das & Tejas Pradeep (Mira Loma ) Niki Gupta & Kevin Shi (Mira Loma ) Sean Anderson & Trent Cross (Edison-Computech ) Johnny Menhennet & Riley Murphy (San Dieguito ) AREA 3 AREA 3 YongSoo Kim & Andrew Park (La Canada ) Macky Brazina & Allen Garcia (Valencia ) Jonathon Singleton & Andrew Rodriquez (Gabrielino ) Maria Benavides & Antonio Reyes (La Puente ) Rachel Park & Catherine Teebay (Immaculate Heart) Vincent Tran & Braondon Wong (Gabrielino ) Emily Thai & Chloe Wu (San Marino ) Seanna Duong & Brian Lok (Gabrielino ) Frank Masi & David Cha (South ) Jimmy Hua & Bryan Lam (Arroyo ) Max Ibrahimzade & Dylan Pham (San Marino ) Amanda Wullschleger & Daniel Barrett (West ) Cole Warburton & Elizabeth Kim (Sierra Canyon ) Alexandria Lewis & Jalayna Camacho-Rodriguez (Granada Hills ) Basmah Rana & Fernanda Velazco (Granada Hills ) Dalton Maltz & Jared Price (Granada Hills ) PayPay Trinh & Hubert Tran (Gabrielino ) Allegra Iezza & Katie Gerbasi (La Reina ) Austen Needleman & Olivia Hsia (Sierra Canyon ) Helen Lu & Keshan Sirimane (Gabrielino ) Rachel Lipton & Samantha Neal (Peninsula ) Kaleb Davies & Kiana Schmitt (West ) Michael Sacks & William Spach (Sierra Canyon) Keita Suzuki & Kimya Khoshnan (San Marino ) My Huynh & Larry Tsao (Gabrielino ) AREA 4 Ashley Feldman & Norma Espinoza (Granada Hills ) Jay Gopal & Chirag Dixit (Northwood ) Chidera Bosah & Oscar Fernandez (Community Charter ) Jose Armenta & Darian Frost (Carter ) Jillian Free & Shayla McMurray (South ) Cooper Wood & Davin Curtis (Carlsbad ) Sriharsh Rambhatla & Jahnavi Curlin (Claremont ) AREA 4 Pricilla Ibrahim & Jennifer Kim (Carlsbad ) Adriena Young & Atakin Mason (Fullerton Joint Union ) Kandin Maraquin & Neha Reddy (Redlands ) Jane Watts & Axe Arzadon (Fullerton Joint Union ) Pavan Muddukrishna & Nikhil Sharma (Carlsbad ) Nathan Park & Grace Paxton (La Costa Canyon ) Ryan Rowe & Peter Pham (El Modena ) Sarah Jiang & Jennifer D Kim (Los Osos ) Lauren Tucker & Rodney Beck (Fullerton Joint Union ) Matthew Khosroabadi & Jose Hernandez (Fullerton Joint Union ) NORA MATTI & Ryan Cunningham (Fullerton Joint Union ) Chloe Saunders & Josh Moreno (Fullerton Joint Union ) Natalia Belarmino & Steven Reed (High Tech) Roy Diego McCoy & Maxwell Pererya (Redlands ) Casey Chang & Zack Ramsey (Claremont ) Cole Steffensen & Nikki Vega (El Modena ) Francine Rubio & Robert Rubio (Carter ) Devin McDaniel & Shannon McIntee (Carlsbad ) Scott Snow & Tristan D'Abreau (Carlsbad )

(Continued on page 39)

TEAM DEBATE AREA 1 Taemin Ahn & Adam Pramono (Bellarmine ) TEAMED CONTESTANTS Debnil Sur & Aditya Mukund (Bellarmine ) Jeffrey Huang & Archit Mandhania (Leland ) Brady Hirsch & Ben Mittelberger (Head Royce School) Julian Manasse-Boetani & Cailin Hong (Lowell ) PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE Lani Frazer & David Kilpatrick (St. Vincent De Paul ) Alex Elms & Henry Pablo (Pinole Valley ) AREA 1 Naman Trivedi & Imran Mahmood (Bellarmine ) Christina Gilbert & Adam Silverman (Los Gatos ) Bilegt Baatar & Luis Valle (Lowell ) Prerana Vaddi & Adrienne Furniss (Notre Dame SJ) Josh Martin & Matt Aguirre (St. Vincent De Paul ) Jeremy Neff & David Oyer (Gunn) James Wei & Matt Chan (Bellarmine ) Lawrence Chen & Gabriel Wong (Lowell ) Rachel Ng & Michelle Li (Lowell ) Patrick Foster & Ivy Ziedrich (Windsor ) Satveer Kler & Ravitheja Talla (James Logan ) Sian Ye & Joe Atlas (Gunn) Sunny Advani & Rohan Varma (Leland ) Jason Fauss & Jonathan Jeffrey (Windsor ) Jun sun Yoo & Ronak Ahir (Leland ) Cate Vegis & Marco Zepeda (Bishop O'Dowd ) Ankit Mathur & Sahej Randhawa (Bellarmine ) Peter Jeffrey & Mariah Steiger (Windsor ) Jacob Vitkauskas & Tavia Vitkauskas (St. Vincent De Paul ) Kevin Guo & Matthew Zimmerman (Monta Vista ) John Nunziati & Vaibhav Menon (Bellarmine )

Audrey Carson & Nathalie Dierkx (Bishop O'Dowd ) AREA 2 Justin Chiang & Shauray Agrawal (Saratoga ) Hannah Bukko & Dominic Rossini (James Enochs ) Connor Mccarthy & Emily Norris (Bakersfield ) AREA 2 Caitlin Williams & Hunter Goh (Bakersfield ) Desiree Otillio & Cameron Koob (San Dieguito ) Melissa Boettner & Jack Gugino (CK McClatchy ) Dakota Bradford & Cody Cloud (Bakersfield Christian ) Michael Zamora & Jake Gilliam (Sanger ) Kyron Richard & Daniel Martinez-Gamboa (Monterey Trail ) Holly Clausen & James Young (Ponderosa ) Valeria Taboada & Drew Oakes (Sanger ) Isa Flores-Jones & Jazmine Pickens (CK McClatchy ) Jacob Marsh & Ebony Milbury (James Enochs ) Johnny Menhennet & Joseph Swit (San Dieguito ) Alex Ozdemir & Hrachya Hakobian (Mira Loma ) Michael Greenbury & Josh Samra (Clovis North ) Bobby Sarvey & Jessica Wickline (Delta Charter ) Jake Riggs & Jospeh Stearns (Bakersfield Christian ) Saghi Nojoomi & Jordan Daniels (Rodriguez ) Andrew Botwin & Julia Le (Clovis North ) Jeff Leibenhaut & Keizra Mecklai (Mira Loma ) Cristobal Mancillas & Keenan Harris (CK McClatchy ) Matt Johnson & Mia Sakamato (Stockdale ) David Galloway & Keenan Rodewald (San Dieguito ) Justin Habashi & Nick Ontiveros (Granite Bay ) Kelly Little & Kendall Bryant (Bakersfield ) Melana Allen & Quinn Slatic (Bullard ) Isheeta Madeka & Natasha Patel (Stockdale ) Matthew E. Austin & Tanya A. Cardwood (Clovis East ) Tyler Kivley & Ralph Price (James Enochs ) Calvin Borchers & Taylor Knudson (San Dieguito ) Rafay Haseeb & Ritu Jayakrishnan (Clovis North ) Jason Byers & Rochelle Kumar (James Enochs ) AREA 3 Jaston Epp & Samuel Taylor (Bakersfield Christian ) Ondrian Yeung & Andrew Chen (Walnut ) Brandon Garcia & Zach Holbrook (CK McClatchy ) Daniel Wang & Billy Chai (San Marino ) Farhan Kabir & Cameron Silverberg (Sherman Oaks Center for AREA 3 Enriched Studies) Christian Lau & Adam Morton (Chaminade ) Crystal Gianvecchio & Chelsea Lim (Peninsula ) Jonathan Lee & Adeline Chiang (Gabrielino ) Ameek Shokar & Chris Hariz (Sierra Canyon School) Ryanne Bamieh & Ally Zlaket (La Reina ) Liliana Pond & Claire Crossman (Peninsula ) Brandon Chen & Andrew Thvedt (San Marino ) Rushabh Shah & Kevin Dhali (Walnut ) Schuyler Crilley & Anthony Reale (Loyola ) Adam Revello & Leo Tuchman (Cleveland) Beau Filipic & Austin Ralph (West ) Arpit Bhanderi & Michael Malki (Walnut ) Jay Lam & Christopher Lin (San Marino ) Tyler Jones & Samuel Whitefield (La Canada ) John Asidera & Jeremiah Cha (Chaminade ) Brian Ruben & Shreyas Tirumala (South ) Kimberly Alli & Kevin Pick (Chaminade ) Mia Ehrenberg & Willy Clements (Campbell Hall School) Kenneth An & Marco Dell'oro (Loyola ) Rajika Jindani & Michaela Posner (La Reina ) AREA 4 Grace Hwang & Shalin Patel (West ) Louiza Easley & Antonio Loza (La Quinta (La Quinta)) Keita Suzuki & Thomas Jakway (San Marino ) Shayne Walton & Ashley Burch (La Costa Canyon ) Sean Cuccia & Tomi Kapoor (San Marino )

Cole Steffensen & Chris Burnett (El Modena ) AREA 4 Gia Karpouzis & Hochan Sonny Kim (Redlands ) Loring Thomas & Alexander Kulacki (Claremont ) Nick Hwangbo & Jaewon Kim (Oxford ) Hannah Oh & Arrol Fulton (La Costa Canyon ) Ram Prasad & Milan Halgren (La Jolla ) Timothy Lewis & Christian Rodriguez (Damien ) Francesco Guerrieri & Reginald Reggy" Long" (Los Osos ) Amanda Nguyen & Duong Vo (La Quinta ) Pranay Yeturu & Storm Dowd-Lukesh (Claremont ) Forrest Fulgenzi & Dylan Martinez (Damien ) Yuki Ramirez & Tim Perdew (Oxford ) Andi Kim & Erin Kim (Oxford ) Samuel Chang & Wesley Chin (Esperanza ) Diana Zhao & Heidi Bjornlie (Claremont ) Jacob Goldschlag & Jacob Leonard (La Costa Canyon ) Tim Shieh & James Hwang (Northwood ) Tim Tran & Kelsey Liu (University ) Mark Ornelas & Matthew Filpi (Damien ) Rouchen Huang & Rakin Nasar (Torrey Pines )

Mustang Speech Congratulates its 2012 State Qualifiers!

Alexis Boyer (ADV) Navdeep Dhaliwal (PO) Matt Johnson (PRL) Jotthe Kannappan (OO) Hasun Khan (IMP) Isheeta Madeka (NX & TM) Natasha Patel (TM) Mia Sakamato (PRL) Saadhya Singampalli (OO) Josh St. Clair (NX) Tyler Sullivan (SC) Amanda Wong (OO)

SUMMARY OF COMPETITION RULES PASSED AFTER STATE 2011—Refer to CHSSA Bylaws/Minutes for full rules and changes

DEFINITION OF A DEBATE ROUND:Article XI, Section 6, p.11: Section 6. Definition of a round. For the purposes of the rules listed in this Article, a round shall begin when the first speaker in the debate begins his/her speech, and shall end when the last speaker in the debate ends his/her speech. DRAWING OF BYES: Article XII, Section 1, p.1: Section 1. Drawing of Byes A. If the tournament is paired according to the procedures outlined in this Article, no byes should be necessary before Quarterfinals in events with 64 entries, or before Round 5 in events with 48 entries. If some unforeseen circumstance occurs (i.e. fewer than 64 or 32 48teams/individuals competing in Round 1, a team dropping from the tournament due to illness, the awarding of double wins as a resultof a protest, etc.), it may be necessary to draw byes in preliminary rounds. B. Byes in Rounds 1 through 6 should be drawn from the following brackets: Round 1. The bye should be drawn at random. All teams/individuals are eligible for the bye. Round 2. The bye should come from the one-loss bracket, and should be drawn so as to minimize the number of teams/individuals that have to be drawn to even up sides, as outlined in Section 3, Paragraph E.; Round 3. The bye should come from the two-loss bracket. Round 4. The bye should come from the one-loss bracket, and should be drawn so as to minimize the number of teams/individuals that have to be drawn to even up sides, as outlined in Section 3, Paragraph E. Round 5. The bye should come from the one-loss bracket. Elimination rounds. Rules for byes are outlined in Section 3, Paragraph G4. NO COMMUNICATION WITH OUTSIDERS DURING DEBATE: Article XI ,Section 7 , page #9; Section 7. During a round, a debater shall not communicate through any method with anyone other than that debater's partner (if applicable), the opposing debater(s), and the judge(s). EVIDENCE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE: Article XI ,Section 4 , Paragraph D , page #6: D. Evidence: The intent of Parliamentary Debate is to encourage an extemporaneous or impromptu argumentation. Reference to “outside materials” should be limited; instead, students should rely on general knowledge, common sense, and application of logic and analysis. Nevertheless, the use of “outside materials” is allowed within the following parameters: 1. No published materials or materials prepared prior to preparation time may be brought into the debate round for the debater’s use or reference. The debaters shall be allowed to bring to the round the notes they have made on colored paper during the preparation period as referenced in subparagraph 3 below, and nothing else. 2. Debaters are not permitted to read from anything other than their notes prepared during preparation time. Those notes may contain specific factual information (such as statistics) and/or hand transcribed quotations from published materials so long as full quotations are included in the notes as opposed to ellipsed versions of quotes (ellipses occur after the first word of the quotation and before the final word). Full citation to the referenced information or quotation must be included. The citation must include the name of the author, the source title, and the date. The opposing debaters may ask to see the debaters’ notes containing any cited material as part of a Point of Information and the team reading the cited materials must show the handwritten notes, with citation, upon such request. USE OF NOTES IN PARLIMENTARY DEBATE: Article XI ,section 4 , paragraph D , page # 6 2. Debaters are not permitted to read published material in the speeches of the debate to support their argument claims from anything other than their handwritten notes prepared during preparation time. Those notes may contain specific factual information (such as statistics) and/or hand transcribed quotations from published materials so long as full quotations are included in the notes as opposed to eclipsed versions of quotes (ellipses occur after the first word of the quotation and before the final word). Full citation to the referenced information or quotation must be included. The citation must include the name of the author, the source title, and the date. The opposing debaters may ask to see the debaters’ notes containing any cited material as part of a Point of Information and the team reading the cited materials must show the handwritten notes, with citation, upon such request. COMPUTERS IN POLICY DEBATE: Article XI ,section 2 , paragraph J , page #4 : Internet devices on any computers used in the round must be disabled. Other than three computers per team (a computer is defined as a laptop, netbook, iPad, or other portable electronic retrieval equipment; devices such as flash drives or external hard drives are not considered computers for the purposes of this rule), one printer per team, and one electronic timer per debater that has no functioning capability other than to count time, the debaters shall not have access to or activate any other electronic device during the round, including, but not limited to cell phones. COMPUTERS IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE: Article XI , section 4 , paragraph C , page # 5 C. Preparation Time: During preparation time, Parli teams will report to designated Prep areas and remain there until dismissed to go to their rounds. At the end of20 minutes of preparation time, the First Proposition speech begins. 1. A topic is presented to both teams prior to the start of the round. The teams have 20 minutes of preparation time from the announcement of the topic to prepare for each debate. 2. Students may consult their partner, dictionaries, reference materials, and prepared notes during the preparation period. Each Parliamentary debate contestant may make use of an electronic retrieval device to store and to retrieve their subject files. Electronic retrieval devices are defined as laptop computers, netbooks, iPads, or other portable electronic retrieval equipment. Secondary devices such as flash drives or external hard drives are allowed as well. Cell phones or smart phones are prohibited. Power plugs or outlets may not be used in the prep room at any time. All computers used in the prep room must be battery operated at all times. Contestants shall not access the Internet or communicate. All wireless capability must be turned off. 3. The next speaker must get up to speak within 20 seconds of the preceding speech. 4. All speaking time must be timed, including “thank you’s” and “roadmaps.” USE OF COMPUTERS IN EXTEMP PREP 5. Use of Computers: Extemporaneous Speaking contestants may make use of electronic retrieval devices to store and to retrieve their subject files. Students can retrieve extemporaneous files to read, but cannot write speeches or organize their thoughts on the computers. Electronic retrieval devices are defined as laptop computers, netbooks, iPads, or other portable electronic retrieval equipment. Secondary devices such as flash drives or external hard drives are allowed as well. Cell phones or smart phones are prohibited. Students may not share electronic devices with one another. Students may consult published books, periodical articles, newspaper articles, think tank articles, government reports or jour- nal articles saved on their electronic retrieval device or present in hard copy form provided: a. There are no notations made within or on the saved article other than citation information. b. Any highlighting or underlining of the articles is done in only one color within each article. Bolding, italicizing, or any other manipulation of the original text of sources (other than highlighting or underlining as previously stipulated) is prohibited. Power plugs or outlets may not be used in the prep room at any time. All computers used in the prep room must be battery operated at all times. Extemporaneous Speaking contestants shall not access the Internet or communicate. All wireless capability must be turned off. SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS Article XIV, Section 3, p.5 : Section 3. Awards. A. Grand Sweepstakes: Sweepstakes awards will be presented to the 20 schools gathering the highest number of points on the basis of the point system outlined below. D. Plaques: Every school shall be presented with an appropriate plaque at Registration indicating their participation in the CHSSA State Championships.

Remember When… (Or maybe you never really knew)

At Random Tidbits about California High School Speech…by CHSSA Historian Ron Underwood!

1962—50 Years Ago - State Tournament at UC Santa Barbara  Just prior to the tournament the State Council “passed unanimously ‘under a cloud of smoke’ that judges be instructed to abstain from smoking while judging.”  Following the tournament the council defeated a motion to alternate the state tournaments be- tween north and south regions of the state.  The State Tournament awards cost a total of $220.

1972—40 Years Ago – State Tournament at University of San Francisco  Prior to tournament, Father Dempsey (USF Forensic Dirc.) told us all that “everything is going well “ and that we should all stay at the Jack Tar Hotel on Van Ness.  Lowell High School (SF) won first place sweepstakes at the State Tournament.

1982—30 Years Ago—State Tournament at Point Loma College  The original 10 Members of the Hall of Fame were inducted at the State Tournament Awards  Following the State Tournament, CHSSA President Donovan Cummings reported the receipt of a letter from a male student interested in one of the female contestants…requesting her name and address or the name/address of her coach.  NFL Executive Director, Jim Copeland, after visiting our state tournament, became interested in our method of running individual events….Soon NFL would adopt, “The California Plan., “  Larry Smith and Bob Jones produced the first video tapes of final rounds at State.

1992—20 Years Ago—State Tournament at San Jose State  (Larry Smith remembers) “I think this could have been the sinking of the Titanic. We nearly had to cancel the entire tournament before we got started. The tourney was at San Jose. It was also the year of the Rodney King inspired riots in LA. Campus security informed us we might not be able to stay on campus. In fact, just as we were setting up to begin registration, there was a bomb scare and we had to clear the building. Security finally relented and said we could stay during daylight hours. Oops! We had rounds scheduled after sundown. Once again the resilience and adaptability of our coaches came through. We packed up and went to the tournament headquarters’ hotel where we conscripted hotel rooms from anyone involved with the tournament who would volunteer one. We ran the evening rounds there. I never knew if the judges got to recline on the beds. The state tournament Titanic sailed on to a successful conclusion.  First time for 18 contestants in semi-finals  Sweepstakes won by Bellarmine

2002—10 Years Ago—State Tournament at Buchanan in Fresno  First use of computers for state tournament. (Floppy discs from Area Chr. to Tourney Dirc.)  Sweepstakes won by Leland

Tournament extemp topics Congratulations donated by Champcraft Chaminade WWW.CHAMPCRAFT.COM Speech & Debate Team! Timers, scholarships and tabroom laptops Our school provided by Stanford Debate Society WWW.SNFI.ORG is so proud of you!

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EL MODENA HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH & DEBATE TEAM ORANGE CALIFORNIA MOLLY CHERTOCK, COACH

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Thank you for letting us be a part of your journey. We are so proud of you! Bob and Salli Stockton

AZTEC PRIDE SPEAKS

For the twenty-fourth year in a row, the Esperanza High School Speech & De- bate Team (Anaheim) has qualified students to the CHSSA State Tournament!

Samuel Chang - Parliamentary Debate Wesley Chin - Parliamentary Debate Jessica Kim - Student Congress Gavin Rose - Student Congress

Congratulations and the best of luck! We are proud of you for continuing our tradition of excellence (315 state qualifiers to date)! Be sure to win one for ALF! In PYLUSD, we are the real thing! Congratulations to Leland’s 2012 State Qualifiers!

Claremont High School brings Wolfpack Pride to the City By The Bay!

Grant Shih: Humorous Interp Storm Dowd-Lukesh: Parli Debate Kristina Leopold: Dramatic Interp Madeline Davis: Presiding Officer Casey Chang: OPP & PF Debate Nicole Clark: National Extemp Alexander Kulacki: Policy Debate Connor Gutierrez: Impromptu Zach Ramsey: PF Debate & National Extemp Aubrea Bailis: Dramatic Interp Mahdi Ali: LD Debate Adam Cusic: LD Debate Tiffany Curry: Dramatic Interp Kahler Verrill: Student Congress Nimrah Imam: Original Advocacy Juliette Lin: Expository Speech Harsh Rahmbhatla: PF Debate & Impromptu Loring Thomas: Policy Debate Jahnavi Curlin: PF Debate & Expository Speech Cole Boyer: Humorous Interp Daniel Knudsen: Thematic Interp William Sirski: Impromptu Diana Zhao: Policy Debate & Expository Speech Brian Xie: Student Congress Jilly Pascua: Dramatic Interp Amberish Chitre: Foreign Extemp Kathryn Davis: Foreign Extemp Heidi Bjornlie: Policy Debate Pranay Yeturu: Humorous Interp & Parli Debate

CHSSA VIDEOS ONLINE

Did you ever wonder what speech competition in California was like 20-30- 40+ years ago? If you have, wonder no more.

30+ of the CHSSA Hall of Fame members have been interviewed on video by past Historian Donovan Cummings and current Historian Ron Under- wood. And with the efforts of CHSSA webmaster, Stephen Caperton, twelve of them are now available on line for your viewing. (And more will become viewable in the near future.)

Currently available at www.youtube.com/user/chssaweb are historical speech and personal discussions with Carmendale Fernandes, Natalie We- ber, Donovan Cummings, Ernest Poletti, Shirley Keller-Firestone, Ron Un- derwood, Rita Prichard, Mary Ritter, Larry Smith, Jack Stafford, Chuck Ballingal and Robert Jones. Also available are many of the California Suite DVD set videos.

They are both educational and enjoyable. Try one. (Or more)

CHSSA Hall of Fame Members

Carmendale Fernandes Fremont 1987 Day Hanks Excelsior/Marshall 1987 After the tragic passing of Donovan Cummings Edison/Stagg 1987 Edna Spelts Downey (Modesto) 1987 Donovan Cummings in 2010 Elizabeth Perkins Merced 1987 Carmendale Fernandes and Ernest Poletti Ripon/Tracy 1987 Natalie Weber became the Gertrude Baccus Redlands 1987 only living CHSSA original Joseph Lagnese Sweetwater 1987 Hall of Fame members. Mary Ritter Modesto 1987 Natalie Weber Homestead 1987

Jack Nolen Chula Vista 1988 Larry Smith Hoover 1988 Ron Underwood Downey-Modesto/Beyer 1988 Ray Schaefer Sherman Oaks Center 1993 Sandra Gray Ramona/Tustin 1988 Sandra Oliveras Cypress 1993 William Black Norwalk 1988 Tom Montgomery Lodi 1993 Robert Jones Fresno 1989 David Jack Turlock 1994 Tom Roper Yucaipa 1989 Greg Cullen Alhambra 1994 Tony Haglund Alhambra 1989 Andara Macdonald Holtville 1995 Chuck Johnson Patrick Henry 1990 Catherine Berman El Cerrito 1995 David Dansky Kennedy 1990 John A. Cardoza St Mary’s/Carondolet 1995 George Lorbeer Lowell (SF) 1990 Sanford Berman El Cerrito 1995 Jim McDonell La Canada 1990 Myrna Goodwin Mt. Miguel 1996 Tedd Woods Harvard 1990 Veva Bissonette/Jenkins Saratoga 1996 Gay Brasher Leland 1991 Chuck Ballingall Damien 1998 Jack Stafford Del Norte 1991 Sandra Starke McGuire Miramonte 1998 Don Vettel West Bakersfield 1992 Chuck Vogler Bishop Montgomery 1999 Mike Gonzalez St. Vincent’s 1992 Martha Kennedy Redlands 1999 Richard Beers Bullard 1992 Tommie Lindsey Jr. James Logan 1999 Shirley Keller-Firestone Lynbrook 1992 David Mezzara St. Ignatius 2000 Ann Cierley Burroughs 1993 Sharon Prefontaine Monta Vista 2000 Jim Harville Bellarmine 1993 Rita Prichard Galt/Granite Bay 2002 Karen Glahn Meredith Lincoln 2003 Bob Stockton Orange County 2004 Sharon Smith Los Gatos 2004 Lynette Williamson Analy 2005 Robert DeGroff Colton 2005 Kim Jones Bellarmine 2006 Suzanne Munsell Esperanza 2007 Clovis/Clovis West/ 2009 Don Oberti Hanford Neil Barembaum Belmont 2009 Carl Adams Yuba City 2010 Doug Campbell San Gabriel 2011 Reed Niemi Delta Charter 2011 Carmendale and Natalie David Matley Monte Vista 2012 at the 1st State Tournament in 1958

2012 CHSSA Hall of Fame Inductee______

David Matley

If on that fateful day David Matley had not walked past Sanford Chandler’s speech and debate portable at Washington High School and been introduced to forensics in 1988, his life may have taken a completely different turn. At St. Mary’s High School in Stockton, CA David Matley participated in drama and sports and gave little thought to speech and debate competition. After graduating from Cal Poly, SLO in English and Mathematics, David was finishing his master’s degree in American Literature and student teaching at Washington High School when the forensics bug bit him.

“What excited me most about forensics” he explains, “was the fact that this activity challenged students on an intellectual and artistic level well beyond anything else in high school.” After accepting a teaching and coaching position at Monte Vista HS, Danville in 1989, David Matley never looked back. At Monte Vista, he taught all grade levels in English, two sections of drama, and a very popu- lar course in creative writing. But his speech and debate classes gave him the opportunity to en- gage his students on a much higher level in a variety of disciplines and soon became his sole focus and passion.

During his tenure at Monte Vista, David Matley has earned 4 diamonds and more than 23,000 NFL points. Two assistant coaches also earned diamonds under Mr. Matley. His many honors include Alamo Rotary Club Educator of the Year 1994, GGSA Coach of the Year 2002-03, San Ramon Valley Unified School District Teacher of the Year Candidate 2008, California State Assembly Commendation 2009, and Harry J. Aslan Fellow. He has qualified over 200 students to the State Tournament and over 120 students to Nationals. Mr. Matley has coached 20 State Champions including 9 State Champions in congress (five as speakers and four as presiding officers) and 6 State Champions in international extemp. Mr. Mat- ley’s students have also finished first in the State in humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation, original oratory, public forum debate, and impromptu. At Nationals, Mr. Matley’s students finished in the top 10 in their event 22 times, including the 2000 National Champion in Lincoln Douglas Debate and National Champion Presiding Officers in 2003 and 2010. At Nationals, the Monte Vista squad has won 5 School of Excellence Awards and the Karl E. Mundt Award in Congress.

In addition to coaching and teaching, Mr. Matley has served as a leader in the forensics community through various roles including San Fran Bay District Chair, GGSA Congress Director, NFL Parliamentarian & Extemp Official, and as a member of the CHSSA Council since 2002. As CHSSA Congress Chair, Mr. Matley oversaw the development and modernizing of Student Congress at both the league and State level. Through his summer institutes, Mr. Matley has introduced forensics to 100’s of elementary, middle and high school students throughout the East Bay each year since 1992, and recently has added a Speech Outreach after school enrichment program that utilizes high school students to teach speech and debate to middle school students.

But if you ask Mr. Matley, his greatest honor he explains “my family, of course--my two beautiful children, Emily and Jackson and my wife Lori. They have traveled with me to countless tournaments, put up with my March mood swings around qualifying time, and spend four weeks of their summer working as slave labor at our speech camps. To get that kind of support for your passion is truly the greatest honor of all.” Available at the State Championships! Instructional DVD that help coaches and students aspire to a greater understanding of CHSSA EVENTS

Your choice @ $15 each DVD

Expository Speaking Original Advocacy Student Congress – 2 DVD Thematic Interpretation Original Prose Poetry Oratorical Interp

All 7 DVD’s in one pack for $100  25-minute instructional portion of a one hour DVD Successful coaches share how to help students succeed.  Winning students share how they write, speak and assess their audience.  Judges explain how they decide who wins.  Bonus material contains three complete championship speeches.  Student Congress – 2 DVD set contains a full final live round Original Prose Poetry – Bonus footage!  Listen to professional screenwriters talk about creative writing! Demystify the process and become more successful while helping students prepare for competition! Donovan Cummings Service Above Self Award 2012 Recipient Rita Prichard .

The prestigious Donovan Cummings Service Above Self Award is given each year in honor of original CHSSA Hall of Fame member Donovan Cummings who gave selflessly to others until his untimely death in 2010. Donovan’s life was a life of service. During his long coaching career he coached at Edison, Stagg and Franklin (at some points simultaneously)! After his retirement, he was as active as ever spending thousands of hours helping to grow our community. He was a member of the CHSSA council from 1963 until May of 2008 — the longest tenure since CHSSA began in 1958. After retirement he taught speech to Migrant Ed students in San Joaquin County and returned to Stockton Civic Theater. When asked of his long career, he responded “YES…I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!!!! I CANNOT CON- CIEVE OF ANY PROFESSION MORE REWARDING.! Beautiful students, caring parents, bril- liant coaching friends!” Donovan was a generous, loving man who through his career and retirement was committed to the service of others. In recognition of Donovan’s passion for service the CHSSA began the tradition in 2010 of awarding the “Donovan Cummings: Service Above Self Award” at each state tournament to a coach who has gone above and beyond in the service of others. The California High School Speech Association is privileged to name Rita Prich- ard as this year’s Donovan Cummings: Service Above Self Award recipient. After her own successful high school and college speech and debate experience, she was determined to provide a like experience for her students. During her tenure Rita has run successful “one coach programs” at Galt and Granite Bay offering her students the opportunity to compete in all 12 IE’s and debate. Rita’s service, however, extends far past her own students. During her tenure, she served as the president of the Sacramento Forensic League for ten years, hosting the 1994 State Tournament at Sacramento City Col- lege and coordinating the judges in 2006 at the Sierra College state tournament. For the past 10 years, Rita has served as the NFL Chair for the Capitol Valley League recruiting new schools and students to make the league stronger than ever. In addition, she has established a JNFL program with feeder middle schools and almost sin- gle handedly brought young teams along, ones which eventually participate in CHSSA for Roseville Unified. Rita’s deepest service in speech and debate, however, has been through the work and tireless effort she has put forth as a member of the CHSSA Curriculum committee. Beginning with her contributions to the 1996 Coaches’ Handbook which served to provide a practical guide for developing and main- taining a competitive speech program. Rita has worked continuously on the development of curriculum materials for the CHSSA and its members. Following in the footsteps of CHSSA’s first VP of Curriculum Donovan Cummings, Rita has served as CHSSA’s 8th Vice-President of Curriculum since 2004. In her first year, the CHSSA published Speak- ing Across the Curriculum an educational guide to incorporating speaking and listening across the curriculum. Never has CHSSA invested so much time, money and energy into curriculum as it has under her leadership, and that commitment from the CHSSA council has come from the exemplary results it has seen from Rita’s work and the difference that work has made for hundreds of coaches in enhancing their preparation, and thus positively impacting thousands of students. Of all Rita’s impressive accomplishments for others, the exceptional DVDs that have been produced have been amongst the most remarkable. Over the past eight years, CHSSA, under Rita’s leadership, has produced professional quality instructional DVD’s in Expository, Original Advocacy, Student Congress, Thematic, Original Prose and Poetry, Oratorical Interp and this year Im- promptu. Known as the California Suite, these entertaining, student friendly DVD’s teach the process of prepar- ing and presenting speeches that are exclusive to California’s speech and debate competition. Rita has spear- headed the development of these professional quality DVD’s. Each DVD features powerful lessons and example speeches that serve to demystify the process to help students and coaches become more successful. Rita has nurtured each DVD from it’s original storyboard to the final packaging and distribution. With each DVD she takes great care to protect the integrity of the content and the quality of the presentation. CHSSA Hall of Fame member Shirley Keller Firestone says, “Rita has done a fantastic job of leading the Curriculum committee. It has been fun and productive! Her dedication and professionalism is an inspiration to everyone with whom she works. The DVD’s will be helpful to new and veteran teachers and coaches for years to come.” Rita’s unyielding commitment to providing quality instructional materials, her dedication to her students and her generous spirit will undoubtedly leave an imprint on the CHSSA and its students for generations to come.

Kayla Asemanfar: OA Nicholas Bishop: HI Claire Crossman: Parli & TI Natalie Edelstein: DI Crystal Gianvecchio: Parli Maika Koehl: DI Vedika Kumar: Imp Zohair Lalani: OA Carol Lam: OO Chelsea Lim: Parli Rachel Lipton: PF Samantha Neal: PF Stevie Noch: HI Liliana Pond: DI & Parli Haley Silvano: IX CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PV 2012 Tiffany Tan: OPP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS!!

Solution to Crossword Puzzle on Pg 24

Congratulations to the Bakersfield Christian State Qualifiers

Parliamentary Debate Dakota Bradford & Cody Cloud

Tummy O’ Luck Policy Debate Jaston Epp & Samuel Taylor Jake Riggs & Jospeh Stearns

CONGRATULATIONS We feel good! Oh, we feel so good!

Aaran Aflava (OI) Althea Alquitran (DI) Joy De Guzman (OI) Alvaro Ibarra (PO) Congratulations! Alexis Vargas (TI) Monta Vista Speech & Debate!

and Kevin Guo—Impromptu GOOD LUCK TO ALL Sruti Mamidanna - Humorous WBFL QUALIFIERS! Saliq Hussaini & Jeff Liu—Duo Kevin Guo & Matt Zimmerman-Parli

Can you name these CHSSA legends?

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2012 CHSSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Tournament Schedule Lowell High School

FRIDAY

9:30 AM Early Registration for Tournament Officials 10:00 AM Registration in Student Dining Hall (Till Noon) 1:00 PM Welcome Coaches’ Meeting (for all coaches) 2:00 PM Congress Meeting (Bill order announced) 2:00 PM Team, LD, Rd. 1 Parli Rd 1A 3:15 PM Extemp Draw 3:45 PM IE A Round 1 Congress 1 5:45 PM Team, LD, Rd 2 Parli Rd 1B 7:30 PM IE B Round 1

SATURDAY

8:00 AM Team, LD – Rd. 3 9:15 AM Extemp Draw 9:45 AM IE A Round 2 Congress 2 11:15 AM Team, LD – Rd 4 Parli 2/PF Rd 1 1:00 PM IE B Round 2 Congress 3 2:45 PM Team, LD – Rd 5 Parli 3/PF Rd 2 4:00 PM Extemp Draw 4:30 PM IE A Round 3 Congress 4 6:15 PM Team, LD – Rd 6 Parli 4/PF Rd 3 8:00 PM IE B Round 3

SUNDAY

8:00 AM Team, LD – Quarters Parli 5/PF Rd 4(SF) 9:15 AM Extemp Draw 9:45 AM IE A Semis Congress Semis 10:30 AM Parli 6/PF Rd 5 (SF) 11:15 AM IE B Semis 1:00 PM Team, LD – Semis Parli Qrtrs/PF Rd 6 (SF) 1:00 PM ** Congress finals may be moved up to 1pm as schedule allows 2:15 PM Extemp Draw 2:45 PM IE Finals 3:15 PM Congress Finals ** Parli Sems/PF Qrtrs (SF) 4:00 PM Team, LD Finals Parli Finals/PF sems (SF) 4:30 PM PF Finals

Pattern A: NX, IX, IMP, OO, OA, EXP Pattern B: DI, HI, TI, DUO, OPP, OI Rounds will be moved up as time permits. Schedule subject to change.

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