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The NCFCA offers 10 speech events in 3 categories:

 

Platform

Limited Preparation

Interpretations

 

The Platform Category has 3 Events:

Persuasive

Original Oratory

Expository

 

A Persuasive speech is an original speech intended to

persuade the audience to adopt a particular point of view

or course of action.

 

Persuasive Finalists:

1. Joy Minchin

2. Andrew Day

3. Ardee Coolidge

4. Sarah MacIntosh

5. Emma Dunphy

6. MaryKate Parker

7. Blake Meadows

8. Danielle Namour

 

Semi Finalists in Persuasive, in Alphabetical Order:

Nassir Aboreden

Mary Claire Birdsong

John Fechtel

Brandon McWaters

Haley Meadows

Audrey Robinson

Vincent Smith

Steven Warren

 

An Original Oratory is an original speech given on any

topic the speaker chooses.

 

Original Oratory Finalists:

1. Taylor Bambas

2. Andrew Day

3. Ardee Coolidge

4. Jacob Dean

5. Blake Meadows

6. Lillian Otieno

7. MaryKate Parker

8. Kaitlyn Johnston

 

Semi finalists in Original Oratory in Alphabetical Order:

Nassir Aboreden

Price Baker

Katherine Bradshaw

Leanne Livingston

Jocelyn Ridenour

Lindsey Robinson

Vincent Smith

Hannah Stimson

 

An Expository speech is a platform speech which “exposes" or explains a particular topic through the use of visual aids.

 

Expository Finalists:

1. Brandon McWaters

2. Logan Peralta

3. John Fechtel

4. Jack Goza

5. Layne Livingston

6. Allison Boyle

 

Semi finalists in Expository in Alphabetical Order:

Price Baker

Michelle Bentz

Tess Carr

Rayna DeReus

Eric Kays

Sutton Milukas

 

 

 

The Limited Preparation Category has 3 Events:

Apologetics

Impromptu

Extemporaneous

 

Apologetics is a limited preparation event in which the speaker is given four minutes to prepare a six-minute speech on a topic related to defending his/her faith.

 

Apologetics Finalists:

1. Andrew Day

2. Kaitlyn Johnston

3. Ardee Coolidge

4. Emma Dunphy

5. John Fechtel

6. Joy Minchin

7. Victoria Rentschler

8. Hillary Cooper

 

Semi finalists in Apologetics in Alphabetical Order:

Victoria Cuneo

Will Dunphy

Jack Goza

Janie Little

Blake Meadows

Joshua Minchin

Vincent Smith

Andrew Vertz

 

Impromptu is a limited preparation speech in which the speaker is given two minutes to prepare a five-minute speech on a randomly drawn topic.

 

Impromptu Finalists:

1. John David McLean

2. Hillary Cooper

3. Ashley Scripka

4. Alexandra Hebdon

5. A’shayla Passaretti

6. Melissa Ray

7. Eric Kays

8. Lillian Otieno

 

Semi finalists in Impromptu in Alphabetical Order:

Taylor Bambas

Elizabeth Cuneo

Victoria Cuneo

Emma Dunphy

Ethan Green

Amanda Hearn

Leanne Livingston

Ethan Milukas

 

Extemporaneous speaking is a limited preparation event where the speaker is given a limited amount of time to prepare a speech on a current event topic.

 

Extemporaneous Finalists:

1. Alexandra Hebdon

2. Stephen Menesick

3. Lindsey Robinson

4. Leslie Nelson

5. Janie Little

6. Victoria Cuneo

7. Nassir Aboreden

8. Garret DeReus

 

Semi finalists in Extemporaneous in Alphabetical Order:

Andrew Baisden

Amy Burns

Ardee Coolidge

Kevin Donahue

Bradley Fish

Amanda Hearn

John Hunt

Amalia Lynde

 

The Interpretation Category has 4 Events:

Dramatic Interp

Duo Interp

Humorous Interp.

Open Interp.

 

A Dramatic Interpretation creatively explores and develops the intellectual, emotional, and artistic embodiment of a single work of literature for performance.

 

Dramatic Interpretation Finalists:

1. Christina Thomas

2. Melissa Ray

3. Kaitlyn Johnston

4. Steven Warren

5. Andrew Day

6. Taylor Bambas

7. Leanne Livingston

8. Amy Burns

 

Semi finalists in Dramatic Interpretation in Alphabetical Order:

Brooke Bosley

Landon Frame

Eric Kays

Amalia Lynde

Chinua Shaw

Daniel Tarasiuk

 

A Duo Interpretation creatively explores and develops the intellectual, emotional, and artistic embodiment of a single work of literature for dual performance.

 

Duo Interpretation Finalists:

1. Fechtel/Warren

2. Parker/Peralta

3. Rentschler/Rentschler

4. Ray/Tarasiuk

5. Kays/Kays

6. Keith/Thomas

 

Semi finalists in Duo Interpretation in Alphabetical Order:

Bradshaw/Capps

Call/McCord

Meadows/Meadows

Minchin/Minchin

 

A Humorous Interpretation creatively explores and develops the intellectual, emotional, and artistic embodiment of a single work of literature for performance.

 

Semi finalists in Humorous Interpretation in Alphabetical Order:

Andrew Baisden

Christian Cypher

Daniel Foster

Chiannon Harvey

Seth Kays

Rachel McGinnis

Sarah Eve McGinnis

Isaac Wood

 

Humorous Interpretation Finalists:

1. Jacob Dean

2. Amy Burns

3. Logan Peralta

4. Price Baker

5. Melissa Ray

6. Joshua Minchin

7. Brandon McWaters

8. Jesse Namour

 

An Open Interpretation is an inclusive interpretive event which enables students to present a wide variety of literary styles and sources.

 

Open Interpretation Finalists:

1. Melissa Ray

2. Andrew Day

3. Taylor Bambas

4. Emily Byrd

5. Nassir Aboreden

6. Katherine Bradshaw

7. Sam Little

8. Madison Cothran

 

Semi finalists in Open Interpretation in Alphabetical Order:

Amy Burns

Andrew Fahrion

Kaitlyn Johnston

Layne Livingston

Sarah MacIntosh

Joshua Minchin

Joy Minchin

Vincent Smith

 

Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes awards are given to students that competed in a minimum of 3 speech events. There were 51 sweepstakes students.

1. Andrew Day

2. Melissa Ray

3. Logan Peralta

4. Ardee Coolidge

5. John Fechtel

6. Kaitlyn Johnston

7. Taylor Bambas

8. Mary Kate Parker

9. Steven Warren

10. Christina Thomas

11.Brandon McWaters

12. Joy Minchin

13. Emma Dunphy

14. Nassir Aboreden

 

NCFCA offers 2 styles of debate:

Lincoln Douglas

Team Policy

 

Lincoln Douglas:

Speaker Awards

1. Andrew Day

2.    Ardee Coolidge

3. Nassir Aboreden

4.    Eric Kays

5.    Kevin Donahue

6.    Brandon McWaters

7.    Janie Little

8.    Andrew Fahrion

 

Finalists in Lincoln Douglas Debate:

1. Ardee Coolidge

2. Andrew Day

3.    Kevin Donahue

4.    Nassir Aboreden

 

Quarter finalists in Lincoln Douglas Debate in Alphabetical Order

Andrew Fahrion

Janie Little

Brandon McWaters

Jocelyn Ridenour

 

Team Policy

Speaker Awards

1. Alexandra Hebdon

2. David Scripka

3.    John Fechtel

4.    Matt Hendrickson

5.    Ashley Scripka

6.    Vincent Smith

7.    Stephen Menesick

8.    Matthew McCord

9.    Andrew Schirmer

10.  Leslie Nelson

11.  Daniel Call

12.  Caroline Byrd

13.  Steven Warren

14.  Timothy Sarazen

15.  Christian Cypher

16.  Joseph Rondone

 

 

Finalists in Team Policy Debate:

1. Caiello/ Schirmer

2. Hebdon/Menesick

3. Call/McCord

4. Livingston/McLean

5. Hendrickson/Scripka

6. Lonon/Sarazen

7. Byrd/DeReus

8. Aluri/Cooper

 

Octa finalists in Team Policy Debate in Alphabetical order:

Apthorp/Roache

Baisden/Dean

Cardwell/Passaretti

Chiles/Rondone

Cypher/Hearn

Fechtel/Warren

Nelson/Scripka

Passaretti/Smith