Forensics team earns 19 spots at Nationals

Nineteen CM students will travel to Omaha, Nebraska over Memorial Day Weekend to compete in the National Catholic Forensic League Grand Tournament.

The following students qualified for Nationals at the National Qualifier Tournament held at Shrewsbury High School on February 6:

Patrick Simas '10 (Dramatic Performance)
Patrick Simas '10 & Ethan Madden '11 (Duo Interpretaion)
Chris Masterson '10 & Sean Steinberg '10 (Duo Interpretaion)
Aram Gurekian '11 & Raffi Grigorian '12 (Duo Interpretaion)
Kevin Verity '10 (Original Oratory)
Andrew Fanikos '10 and Joseph Sweeney '10 (Extemporaneous Speaking)
Joe Botsch '11 & Michael MacKenzie '11 (Public Forum Debate)
Laroy Streat '12 (Oral Interpretation)
Kevin Donnelly '11 (Declamation)
Jhovani Vonleh '12 (Declamation)
Marcus Jackson '12 (Declamation)
Andrew Rogantino '12 (Declamation)

The following students were selected as alternates for Nationals:

Chris Traynor – Declamation (1st Alt.)
Mark Woodall – Oral Interpretation (1st Alt.)
George Evangjeli – Congress (2nd Alt.)
Eric Butts – Oral Interpretation (3rd Alt.)



“Congratulations to our entire team on a true team effort,” said Coach Rob Croteau ’93. “Our team showed great strength this weekend in all facets of our program—drama, public address, and debate.”

On January 30, Kevin Donnelly ’11 and Ryan Lemoie ’12 led the team with wins in declamation and radio as it earned its third Tournament Championship of the year at the Cape Ann Classic, hosted by Manchester/Essex High School. Individual winners also included:

Andrew Fanikos '10 – 2nd Place (Extemp)
Michael MacKenzie '11 & Joe Botsch '11 – 2nd Place (Public Forum)
Frank Theodat '11 – 2nd Place (Novice Reading)
Aram Gurekian '10 & Raffi Grigorian '12 – 2nd Place (Duo)
Eric Butts '10 – 2nd Place (Poetry)
Mark Woodall '12 – 3rd Place (Poetry)
Pat Simas '10 & Ethan Madden '11 – 3rd Place (Duo)
Joseph Sweeney '10 – 3rd Place (Extemp)
Gerard Lawler '12 – 3rd Place (Novice Extemp)
Marcus Jackson '12 – 3rd Place (Declamation)
Chris Ryan '12 – 4th Place (Novice Reading)
Brendan McGowan '12 – 4th Place (Declamation)
Nicholas Leney '11 – 4th Place (Radio)
Sean Steinberg '10 – 5th Place (Play Reading)
Pat Simas '10 – 6th Place (Dramatic Performance)
Brendan Shea '11 – 6th Place (Play Reading)
Ethan Madden '11 – 7th Place (Play Reading)
John Clarke '13 – 7th Place (Radio)
Eric Butts '10 – Semi-Finalist (Prose)
Kevin Verity '10 – Semi-Finalist (Prose)