By Kasim Waqar
On April 29th and 30th, the Half Hollow Hills Speech and Debate Team, advised by Mrs. McCormack and Mrs. Mahoney, competed in the New York State Forensic League Championship Tournament at Hofstra University. The team competed against the best of the best from over 15 schools across the entire New York State. Adam Wilk said, “The competition was really strong at states, but the team really showed up and put in the time and effort to succeed. We had teams finish as high as 2nd place in the state, as well as top 10 and top 20 finishers.” Good job team! The coaches and the whole school are very proud! Special congratulations to the following top performers:
Intermediate Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Kavya Rao- Octa Finalist
Intermediate Public Forum Debate
Matheo Xenakis and Dylan Young- 2nd Place
Ben Goldberg and Ben Targett- 3rd Place
JV Extemporaneous Speaking
Matthew Weltmann- Quarter Finalist
Novice LD
Nick Likos- Quarter Finalist
Arooba Ahmed- Octa Finalist
Novice PF
Raif Ahmed and Nick St. Onge- Octa Finalists
Program of OI
Nia Mays- Semi Finalist
Varsity Extemp
Danielle Luntz- Quarter Finalist
Varsity LD
Matthew Taj- Octa Finalist
Varsity PF
Adam Wilck and Daniel Siegel- Quarter Finalists
Photo by Kasim Waqar