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| Caleb Seeley 2005 National Champion Senator Stennis Student Congress |
Ridge Forensics is the interscholastic speech and debate team of Ridge High School. Throughout the
school year, the team travels to tournaments at the regional, state, and national level.
Students compete in the following events: Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Student Congress, Extemporaneous
Speaking, Original Oratory, Declamation, Prose Reading, Poetry Reading, Oral Interpretation, Dramatic
Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, and Duo Interpretation.
The Ridge Forensics team competes with the New Jersey Forensic League, the Newark Catholic Forensic
League, and the National Forensic League.
Any Ridge High School student may audition for the team. Auditions are held annually during the month of
September. The tournament season begins in September and concludes in March with national
championships in May and June.
school year, the team travels to tournaments at the regional, state, and national level.
Students compete in the following events: Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Student Congress, Extemporaneous
Speaking, Original Oratory, Declamation, Prose Reading, Poetry Reading, Oral Interpretation, Dramatic
Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, and Duo Interpretation.
The Ridge Forensics team competes with the New Jersey Forensic League, the Newark Catholic Forensic
League, and the National Forensic League.
Any Ridge High School student may audition for the team. Auditions are held annually during the month of
September. The tournament season begins in September and concludes in March with national
championships in May and June.
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| Sundeep Iyer 2007 National Champion Senator Stennis Student Congress & 2007 NCFL National Champion Student Congress |
| Nina Thanawala 2003 NCFL National Champion Lincoln-Douglas Debate |
Consecutive New Jersey State Champions: 2002-2011 NFL Team of Excellence 2011, 2009, 2008, 2005 NCFL Masterson Cups Top 5 Overall 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2003 |
| National Runners-Up and Finalists Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep - 2011 NFL - Public Forum Peter Vogel 2011- NFL - US Extemp Shivam Patel 2011 - NCFL Student Congress Claire Yao 2011 - NCFL Student Congress Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep - 2010 TOC - Public Forum\ NCFL - Public Forum Alex Smyk - 2010 - NFL 2009 - NCFL & TOC Student Congress Parsa Salehi & Danielle Taylor - 2008 - NCFL Public Forum Cindy Jordano & Jonathan Florio - 2008 - NCFL - Duo Interp Stephanie Caravias - 2007 - NCFL Lincoln-Douglas Sundeep Iyer 2005, 2006 - NFL Student Congress Caleb Seeley 2005 -NCFL Student Congress Deepa Cherla 2005 NCFL Extemporaneous Michael Scharff 2004 NCFL Original Oratory Shilpa Joshi 2003 NCFL Student Congress |
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| Alex Smyk 2010 NCFL National Champion 2010 National Champion UK TOC Student Congress |
| 2011-2012 Ridge Forensics Officers President - Shivam Patel VP - Interp - Max Rappaport VP - Lincoln-Douglas - Liz Pires VP - Congress - Bardia Vaseghi VP - PF - Tejus Pradeep VP - PA - Divya Krishnan VP - Extemp - Nick Hansen Secretary/Treasurers Kelly Scharff/Addy Pai |
| Rohun Pai 2010 NFL National Champion Extemporaneous Commentary |
| Tejus Pradeep 2010 NFL National Champion - Supplementary Debate |
ST. JOSEPH UNIVERSITY VILLIGER TOURNAMENT Fourth Place - Team Sweepstakes Caitlin Murphy - Champion - Extemporaneous Speaking Maxwell Rappaport - Champion - Oral Interpretation Nick Hansen - 5th place - Extemporaneous Speaking Nicole Castillo - Finalist - Congress Michael Cervino - Finalist - Congress Bardia Vaseghi - Finalist - Congress Atreya Misra - Finalist - Congress Connor Murphy - Finalist - Congress RANDOLPH HS INVITATIONAL First Place Team Sweepstakes Alec Pan - Champion - Declamation Claire Yao -Champion - Extemporaneous Speaking Alina Razak - Champion - Oratory Raeann Titus - Champion - Prose Reading Yana Kropotova - Champion - Novice Lincoln Douglas Arianna Montero Colbert - Champion - Var Lincoln Douglas Tejus Pradeep/Adam Badrawi - Champion -Var Public Forum Young Park - 2nd place - Novice Lincoln-Douglas Kelly Scharff - 2nd place - Prose Reading Michelle Smyk - 2nd place - Oratory Zach Badrawi/Ben Choi - 2nd place - Novice Public Forum Jackson Taylor & Kevin Bai - 2nd place - Varsity Public Forum Katherine Shim/Souyoun Lee - 3rd place - Novice Public Forum Ananya Badrish - 3rd place - Poetry Reading Darius Hunt - 3rd place - Extemporaneous Speaking Zoe Petitt - 3rd place -Dramatic Interpretation Nikhil Kapadia & Karl Dalal - 3rd place - Varsity Public Forum Kaitlin Smalling - 4th place - Novice Lincoln Douglas Jerome Aceti & William Bennett - 4th place - Varsity Public Forum Addy Pai - 4th place - Prose Reading Lauren Doyle - 4th place - Dramatic Interpretation Sean Conway & Avinash Tamby - 5th place - Varsity Public Forum Caitlin Schiffer - 5th place - Prose Darius Hunt - 5th place - Impromptu Michelle Zhao - 6th place- Declamation Claire Yao - 6th place - Impromptu NEWARK CFL #2 - UNION CATHOLIC Team Sweepstakes - First Place Caitlin Murphy - Champion - Extemporaneous Speaking Michelle Smyk - Champion - Original Oratory Shivam Patel - Champion - Student Congress Alina Razak - 2nd place - Original Oratory Michael Cervino - 2nd place - Student Congress Atreya Misra - 2nd place - JV Extemporaneous Speaking Young Park - 2nd place - JV Lincoln Douglas Debate Bardia Vaseghi - 3rd place - Student Congress Yana Kropotova - 3rd place - JV Lincoln Douglas Debate Aditi Pai - 3rd place - Varsity Oral Interpretation Nick Hansen - 3rd place - Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking Max Rappaport & Kelly Scharff - 3rd place - Duo Interpretation Jack Wilson - 3rd place - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Tejus Pradeep & Jackson Taylor - 3rd place - Varsity Public Forum Sejal Waghray - 3rd place - JV Extemporaneous Speaking Farsha Rizwan - 4th place - Student Congress Kaitlin Smalling - 4th place - JV Lincoln Douglas Debate Akhil Alapaty - 4th place -JV Extemporaneous Speaking Caitlin Schiffer - 4th place - JV Oral Interpretation Ankit Wadhwa & Tim O'Shea - 4th place - JV Public Forum Claire Yao - 5th place - Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking Saloni Singhvi & Davis George - 5th place - JV Public Forum Deep Singhvi & Michelle Lu - 5th place - Varsity Public Forum Connor Murphy - 5th place - Student Congress Ananya Badrish - 5th place - Varsity Oral Interpretation Raina Karia - 6th place - JV Lincoln Douglas Debate Oliver Tang & Christine Wang - 6th place - JV Public Forum Gia Farooqi - 6th place - Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking UASCJ Duel - Team Sweepstakes - First Place Sam Hoffman - Champion - Dramatic Performance Sam Hoffman - Champion - Varsity Oral Interpretation Sejal Waghray - Champion - JV Extemporaneous Speaking Avni Mahagaoker - Champion - Original Oratory Nidhi Mahagaoker - 2nd place - Original Oratory Louise Daly - 2nd place - JV Oral Interpretation Alec Pan - 3rd place - Declamation Melody Xu - 3rd place - JV Extemporaneous Speaking Akshaya Sekar - 4th place - Original Oratory Yunhee Kang - 5th place - Declamation Avni Mahagaoker - 7th place - Declamation Amanda Luthy - 7th place - JV Oral Interpretation |
| Allison Douglis 2011 NCFL National Champion - Lincoln-Douglas Debate |
| 41ST ANNUAL NYC INVITATIONAL - BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE TEAM CHAMPIONS!!! |