Academy Forensic Team

Carolina HS Tournament — March 14-15, 2008

Friday and Saturday, March 14th and 15th the Academy Forensic team competed at the South Carolina NFL District Tournament at Carolina HS. Winners of the tournament will compete in Henderson, Nevada as a part of the South Carolina team this summer for the national NFL Championship and scholarships. Three Academy students qualified by winning.

Freshman Stephen Lovegrove qualified in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Seniors Hilary Ranieri and Erin Pennington closed out the Debate category and both qualified in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

Additional awards won:

Sith Riantawan 4th in Oratory and Duo Interpretation w/ Lisa Popwell
Alicha Grubb 4th in International Extemporaneous
Benjamin Nicholas and Drew Petersen semi-finalist in Duo Interpretation

South Carolina Bar's H.S. Mock Trial Competition — March 7-8, 2008

Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8, the Bob Jones Academy Varsity mock trial team competed at the state competition of the South Carolina Bar's High School Mock Trial competition in Columbia, SC. Competing against 13 other teams, the BJA team finished third in the state. This marks the seventh time this decade that a BJA team has finished in the top three in South Carolina. The following students won individual awards:

Hilary Ranieri — most effective attorney
Jackie Olinger — most effective attorney in two rounds
Katie Adams — most effective witness in three rounds

Additionally, the BJA Varsity team received an invitation to compete in the American Mock Trial Invitational to be held in Charlotte, NC in May.

State Speech Tournament — March 1, 2008

Saturday, March 1st the Bob Jones Academy Forensic Team captured the I-A Sate Championship Trophy at the State Speech Tournament at Dorman High School. Four BJA students were crowned State champions:

Jonathan Ludwig in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Erin Pennington in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Benjamin Nicholas & Drew Petersen in Duo Interpretation

Additionally the team captured the 2nd Place Overall Sweepstakes Trophy in competition with the much larger public and private schools in the competition.

South Carolina Bar's H.S. Mock Trial Competition — February 23, 2008

On Saturday, February 23 the Bob Jones Academy Varsity and Junior Varsity Mock Trial teams participated in the Piedmont Regional of the South Carolina Bar's High School Mock Trial Competition. Out of 13 teams from across the upstate, the BJA Varsity Team advanced to the state competition to be held March 7 and 8 in Columbia, SC. The following students won individual awards: Amanda Collins (most effective witness), Jackie Olinger (most effective attorney), and Annie Churdar (most effective attorney).

TL Hanna Speech Tournament — February 23, 2008

Saturday, February 23rd, the Bob Jones Academy Forensic team competed at the TL Hanna Speech Tournament in Anderson, SC.

Benjamin Nicholas & Drew Petersen won First Place in Duo Interpretation
Emma Galloway won First Place in Prose
Erin Pennington won First Place in Varsity LD Debate
Alicha Grubb won First place in Impromptu

Additionally the team captured the Overall Winning Percentage Sweepstakes Trophy.

Additional Award winners:

Sae a Yoon 4th in VLD
Bethany Davis 3rd in VLD
Patrick Hulehan 2nd in NLD
Paul Manos 5th in NLD
Anderson Rouse 3rd in Congress
Alicha Grubb 6th in Extemp
Tim Miles 12th Place in Extemp 8th Place in IMP
David Miller & Hattie Bopp 2nd in Duo Interp
David Miller 7th Place in Poetry
Benjamin Nicholas 8th in Story
Erica Jung 7th in Novice Reading
Mary Maloney 14th in Novice Reading
Danielle Nifenecker 4th Place in Novice Reading
Catherine Jacobs 4th Place in Poetry
Catherine Gainous 6th Place in Poetry
Amanda Porter 9th Place in Story
James Yang 13th Place in Story
Mary Kate O'Donnell 11th Place in Prose
Alyssa Block 13th Place in Prose
Emily Powell 4th Place in Prose
Larry Smith 9th Place in Prose
Jillian Foster 9th Place in OO
Emilie Hsu 7th Place in OO
Jaimie Wilson 12th Place in OO
Jeff Thompson 16th place in HI

JL Mann Speech and Debate Tournament — February 16, 2008

Saturday, February 16th, the Academy Forensic team competed at the JL Mann Speech and Debate Tournament. The following BJA students won first place awards:

Emma Galloway in Oral Interpretation
Benjamin Nicholas in Children's Storytelling

Additionally the team won the Second Place Overall Sweepstakes Award.

Southside HS Debate Tournament — January 19, 2008

Saturday January 19th the Bob Jones Academy Forensic team competed in the 15th annual Southside HS Debate Tournament. Competing against teams from GA and SC the Academy team captured 41 awards and the Overall First place Sweepstakes.

First Place Awards were won by:

David Miller & Hattie Bopp in Impromptu Duet Acting
Alyssa Block in Oral Interpretation
Stephen Lovegrove in Impromptu Speaking
Timothy Miles in Radio Announcing
Erin Pennington in Varsity Debate
Jonathan Ludwig in Novice Debate
Mary Kate O'Donnell in Storytelling

Myers Park Debate Tournament — January 4-5, 2008

Jan 4th and 5th the Bob Jones Academy Forensic team competed at the 35th annual Myers Park Debate Tournament in Charlotte, NC. Competing against 45 schools from across the nation, Sophomore Jackie Olinger won first place in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate. Additionally the 18 member squad captured the sixth place overall sweepstakes.

Additional Awards Won:

Hattie Bopp & David Miller 2nd in Duo Interpretation
Jonathan Reid semi-finalist in Humorous HI
Benjamin Nicholas semi-finalist in OI
Erin Pennington 4th in Impromptu & semi-finalist in NLD
Jonathan Ludwig 1/4 finalist in NLD
Patrick Hulehan 1/4 finalist in NLD
Jackie Olinger 5th in Declamation
Andy Rouse 5th Place in Novice Congress

Asheville HS Tournament — November 17, 2007

Erin Pennington LD 4-0 =24 points 2nd Place Novice LD
Bethany Fitzgerald LD 2-2= 18 pts
Jon Ludwig LD = 21 points
Jackie Olinger LD 4-0= 24 points 3rd Place Novice LD
Patrick Hulehan LD 2-2= 18 points
Paul Manos LD 1-3= 15 points
Andy Rouse LD 3-1 = 21 points 3rd Place Varsity LD
Hilary Ranieri LD 1-3= 15 points
Bethany David LD 4-0= 24 points 2nd Place Varsity LD
Valerie Hsu PFD 1-3= 15 points
Katie Adams PFD 1-3= 15 points
Alicha Grubb EXT 1521= 18 points 7th Place Extemp IMP 2333= 9 points
Valerie Myers EXT 5536 = 9 points
Tim Miles EXT 4134= 16 points RAD 2131= 21 points 3rd Place Radio
Hattie Bopp DUO 3121= 17 points 4th Place DUO
David Miller DUO 3121= 17 points 4th Place DUO
Tessa Parker DUO 3425= 10 points OI 4321= 14 points 9th Place Story
Catherine Gainous DUO 3425= 10 points OI 3232= 14 points 8th place Story
Emma Galloway OI 1211= 19 points 2nd Place Prose/Poetry
Mary Maloney OI 3222= 15 points 7th place Prose/Poetry
Stephen Eastland OI 3222= 15 points 8th Place Prose/Poetry
Josh Fisher DEC 3566= 6 points 6th Place Declamation
Sith Riantawan OI 2213= 16 points 6th Place Storytelling
Erica Jung OI 5654= 5 points
Lisa Popwell OI 2234= 13 points 12 th Place Poetry
Jaimie Wilson OO 3345= 13 points
Cathereine Jacobs OI 3323= 13 points 11th Place Prose/Poetry

Mauldin High School Speech Tournament — November 10

Saturday, November 10th, the Academy Forensic team competed at Mauldin High School Speech Tournament. 15 schools from North and South Carolina competed. The Academy Debate team swept the top six awards in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate and the top three Varsity Debate spots. The following students won first place awards:

Hilary Ranieri in Varsity Debate and in the Open Division of Debate
Jeff Thompson in Novice Debate
Joanna Brady in Oratory

Additionally the team captured the Second Place Overall Sweepstakes Trophy.

Additional Awards won:

Stephen Lovegrove 6th in Extemporaneous
Catherine Gainous & Tessa Parker 6th in Duo Interp
Ashleigh Sprowls & Tory Martin 5th in Duo Interp
David Miller & Hattie Bopp 4th in Duo Interp
Angela Mazak & Lauren Peterson 3rd in Duo Interp
Emily Powell 5th in Oral Interp
Danielle Nifenecker 2nd in Novice Reading
Lisa Popwell 6th in Children's Lit.
Benjamin Nicholas 5th in Children's Lit.
Catherine Jacobs 2nd in Children's Lit.
Jon Reid 5th in Humorous Interp.
Andy Rouse 2nd in Varsity LD
Jon Ludwig 2nd in Novice LD
Bethany Davis 3rd in Varsity LD
Jackie Olinger 3rd in Novice LD
Amanda Porter 4th in Novice LD
Erin Pennington 5th in Novice LD
Patrick Hulehan 6th in Novice LD

East Chapel Hill HS Speech Tournament — November 2

Saturday, November 2nd, the Academy Forensic Team traveled to Chapel Hill, NC to compete in the 4th annual East Chapel Hill HS Speech Tournament. Senior Erin Pennington captured first place in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate. Two other students, Patrick Hulehan and Jonathan Ludwig, with perfect 4-0 records finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Additional Award winners:

Jeff Thompson 5th Place Novice LD
Alicha Grubb 2nd Place Extemporaneous Speaking & 6th Place Impromtu
Bethany davis 7th Place Varsity LD
Tim Miles 7th Place Extemporaneous

Morristown Speech Tournament — November 2

Saturday, Novermber 2nd, the Academy Forensic Team traveled to Morristown, TN to compete. Ashleigh Sprowls and Tory Martin captured 6th Place in Duo Interpretation. Joanna Brady won 6th Place in Oratory.

Enloe HS Speech Tournament — October 27

Saturday, October 27th, the Academy Forensic Team traveled to Raleigh, NC, to compete in the Enloe HS Speech Tournament. Competing against 17 schools from North and South Carolina the team captured the Overall First Place Sweepstakes Trophy. First place winners were:

Emily Powell in Oral Interpretation
Lisa Popwell in Storytelling
Erin Pennington in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

Other winners were:

Benjamin Nicholas & Drew Peterson 4th in Duo Interpretation
Benjamin Nicholas 5th in Oral Interpretation
Patrick Hulehan 2nd in Novice LD
David Miller 3rd in Impromptu
Jaimie Wilson 4th in OO
Larry Smith & Marisa Thompson 2nd in Duo Interp
Catherine Jacobs 2nd in Storytelling
Erin Nichols 5th in Storytelling
Stephen Lovegrove 3rd in Extemporaneous
Hilary Ranieri 3rd in Varsity LD
Bethany Davis 6th in Varsity LD
Elizabeth Ferguson 8th in OO
Josh Fisher 7th in Storytelling
Mary Kate O'Donnell 8th in Storytelling
David Miller 8th in Extemp
Tim Miles 12th in Extemp
Valerie Myers 14th in Extemp

Dorman HS Novice Speech Tournament — September 29

On Saturday, September 29th the Academy Forensic Tournament competed at the Dorman HS Novice Speech Tournament in Roebuck, SC. The following students won first place awards:

Sophomore Erin Nichols in Children's Storytelling
Freshman Stephen Lovegrove in Extemporaneous Speaking
Freshmen Benjamin Nicholas and Drew Peterson in Duo Interpretation

Additionally the team captured the Overall First Place Sweepstakes Trophy by winning 12 other awards.

Additional Awards won:

Erin Pennington 2nd in LD Debate
Jeff Thompson 4th in LD Debate
Patrick Hulehan 5th in LD Debate
Jon Ludwig 6th in LD Debate
Catherine Jacobs 4th in Children's Lit.
Tim Miles 4th in Extemporaneous
Larry Smith 4th in HI
Jon Reid 6th in HI
Emma Galloway 2nd in OI
Joanna Brady 2nd in OO
Joseph Wooster 4th in OO
Jessie Walker 5th in OO
Ben Nicholas 8th in OI
Min Jung Jung 10th in Child's Lit.
Josh Fisher 12th in Child's Lit.
Mary Kate O'Donnell 14th in Child's Lit.
Chase Kelly 16th in Child's Lit.
Mary Maloney 8th in DI
Ashleigh Sprowls/Tory Martin 7th in Duo Interp
Ashleigh Sprowls 13th in HI
Elizabeth Ferguson 7th in OO
Catherine Gainous 10th in LD