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RHS forensics team wins Smokey Mtn. Invitational
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The Ravenwood Forensics Team won the Overall Sweepstakes at the Carson-Newman Smokey Mountain Invitational. The forensics competition that drew 24 schools from throughout the Southeast took place Feb. 25-27 in Gatlinburg.
 
Ravenwood also placed first in Overall Individual Events. The Raptors competed in 36 quarterfinal events; 24 semifinals events and 12 final rounds. 

Three members of Brentwood High’s forensic team also competed in the Invitational. Marshall Cottrell and Maulin Shah won the championship in Public Forum Debate. They went undefeated and finished with a 10-0 record for the tournament. 
 
Shah also won the second place speaker award and Marshall won the fifth place speaker award in Public Forum Debate.
Brentwood won the third place sweepstakes award for debate based solely on Cottrell and Shah’s accomplishments.
 
In other events, Shah was a semifinalist in Impromptu Speaking.  Natalie Bennie was a quarterfinalist in Prose Interpretation and a quarterfinalist in Declamation. 

Below are Ravenwood's individual results.
 
FINALS
Duet Acting
Lydia Phillips/Maddie Mucci—1st
Katie Callaway/Wilson Conkwright—4th
Storytelling
Lizzy Neiman—4th
Dramatic Interpretation
Helen Wu—5th
Duo Interpretation
Katie Callaway/Natalie Rankin—3rd
Wilson Conkwright/Joey Davis—1st
Poetry Interpretation
Beau Maddox—5th
After Dinner Speaking
Bob Boyd—5th
Persuasive Speaking
Maddie Mucci-3rd
Lizzy Neiman—5th
Informative Speaking
Celina Stewart—4th
Declamation
Savannah Marquardt—4th

SEMIFINALS
Informative Speaking
Celina Stewart
Duet Acting
Katie Callaway/Wilson Conkwright
Lydia Phillips/Maddie Mucci
Storytelling
Lizzy Neiman
Deya Maldas
Program Oral Interpretation
Natalie Rankin
Persuasive Speaking
Maddie Mucci
Lizzy Neiman
Impromptu Speaking
Nick Spencer
Francis Ding
Extemporaneous Speaking
Francis Ding
Duo Interpretation
Wilson Conkwright/Joey Davis
Katie Callaway/Natalie Rankin
Helen Wu/Deya Maldas
Humorous Interpretation
Joey Davis
Katie Callaway
Dramatic Interpretation
Beth Heggan
Wilson Conkwright
Helen Wu
After Dinner Speaking
Bob Boyd
Poetry Interpretation
Beau Maddox

QUARTER FINALS
Impromptu
Joey Davis
Bob Boyd
Francis Ding
Nick Spencer
Program Oral Interpretation
Natalie Rankin
Nick Spencer
Sarah Clagett
Beau Maddox
Humorous Interpretation
Joey Davis
Wilson Conkwright
Katie Callaway
Lydia Phillips
After Dinner Speaking
Nick Spencer
Bob Boyd
Lydia Phillips
Duo Interpretation
Katie Callaway/Natalie Rankin
Wilson Conkwright/Joey Davis
Lydia Phillips/Beau Maddox
Helen Wu/Deya Maldas
Savannah Marquardt/Madison Stankevich
Declamation
Maddie Mucci
Lizzy Neiman
Joey Davis
Savannah Marquardt
Prose
Sarah Clagett
Katie Callaway
Poetry
Celina Stewart
Lizzy Neiman
Nick Spencer
Beau Maddox
Storytelling
Dan Hood
Lizzy Neiman
Deya Maldas
Dramatic Interpretation
Helen Wu
Wilson Conkwright
Sarah Clagett
Natalie Rankin
Public Forum Debate (octa-finals)
Francis Ding/Paul Drexler
 
 

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