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Fair Winds and Following Seas to the Class of 2026.
05/19/2026

Fair Winds and Following Seas to the Class of 2026.

Congratulations to the Riverside High School speech and debate season for winning the 2026 National Speech and Debate As...
03/08/2026

Congratulations to the Riverside High School speech and debate season for winning the 2026 National Speech and Debate Association District Qualifier Tournament for South Carolina. The International Extemporaneous Speaking qualifiers were held at J. L. Mann High School in Greenville, SC, on January 10th. The Congressional qualifiers were held on February 7th at Eastside High School in Taylors, SC. The Debate qualifiers were held online March 3rd-5th. The Speech and United States Extemporaneous Speaking qualifiers were held March 7th, at Greenville Technical Charter High School in Greenville, SC. The Warriors won the Overall Sweepstakes Award, Speech Championship, Debate Championship, and Congressional Debate Championship. Riverside event champions include: Juliana Lopez Africano in Dramatic Interpretation and Program Oral Interpretation, Enyo Toklo in Informative Speaking and Original Oratory, Fox Vickery in Humorous Interpretation, Tanvi Chelasani in United States Extemporaneous Speaking, Sash Sivaraman in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Shohom Saha in Senate Congressional Debate and he also won Best Presiding Officer. Isabella Batista won Best Presiding Officer in House Congressional Debate.

Sixteen students earned qualifying bids to represent South Carolina at the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Tournament, held June 15th—20th in Richmond, VA. This tournament is the largest academic competition in the world. The qualifiers include: Shohom Saha in Senate Congressional Debate, Zachary Thies in Lincoln Douglas Debate, Artem Feno in House Congressional Debate, Sash Sivaraman and Isabella Murillo in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Tanvi Chelasani and Anamika Nair in United States Extemporaneous Speaking, Pranita Kata and Eli Golob in Original Oratory, Enyo Toklo and Aahanna Das in Informative Speaking, Fox Vickery and Mikel Eguiraun in Humorous Interpretation, Cata Jara and Benjamin Lin in Dramatic Interpretation, and Juliana Lopez Africano in Program Oral Interpretation.

A complete list of Riverside award winners follows:

Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation
Cata Jara, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Benjamin Lin, 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation
Charline Monnier, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation

Fox Vickery, 1st in Humorous Interpretation
Mikel Eguiraun, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation
Cata Jara, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation
Charline Monnier, 5th in Humorous Interpretation

Mikel Eguiraun and Lina Nguyen, 3rd in Duo Interpretation
Fox Vickery and Avi Bhatia, 4th in Duo Interpretation
Devon Becker and Cetanna Ramanathan, 5th in Duo Interpretation
Zoe Liney-Stantial and Yaazhini Sudherson, 6th in Duo Interpretation

Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation
Eli Golob, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation
Avi Bhatia, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation
Cetanaa Ramanathan, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

Enyo Toklo, 1st in Informative Speaking
Aahanna Das, 2nd in Informative Speaking
Claudia Lee, 5th in Informative Speaking

Enyo Toklo, 1st in Original Oratory
Pranita Kata, 2nd in Original Oratory
Eli Golob, 3rd in Original Oratory
Kenneth Zalewski, 6th in Original Oratory

Sash Sivaraman, 1st in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Isabella Murillo, 2nd in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Tanvi Chelasani, 3rd in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Anamika Nair, 6th in International Extemporaneous Speaking

Tanvi Chelasani, 1st in United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Anamika Nair, 2nd United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Kenneth Zalewski, 4th United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Greta Kriston, 6th United States Extemporaneous Speaking

Shohom Saha, 1st in Senate Congressional Debate
Zachary Thies, 4th in Senate Congressional Debate

Artem Feno, 2nd in House Congressional Debate
Isabella Batista, 3rd in House Congressional Debate
Greta Kriston, 4th in House Congressional Debate
Navmika Anish, 5th in House Congressional Debate
Samhitha Visikamalla, 6th in House Congressional Debate

Zachary Thies, 2nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Shaurya Srivastava, 3rd in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Shohom Saha, 5th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Sash Sivaraman, 6th in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Akshara Yuvaraj and Keris Garcia, 4th in Public Forum Debate
Amizhdhini Srihari Narmadha and Nirvan Gupta, 5th in Public Forum Debate

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team for winning the 2026 Steven Davis Invitational at Ar...
03/01/2026

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team for winning the 2026 Steven Davis Invitational at Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, NC, on February 28th. In addition to winning the overall sweepstakes award, several students won individual championships. Brooke Stuart in Declamation, Cata Jara in Dramatic Interpretation, Artem Feno in Extemporaneous Speaking and Impromptu Speaking, Mikel Eguiraun in Humorous Interpretation, Gabrielle Dessertenne in JV Congressional Debate, Samhitha Kalluri won Best Presiding Officer in JV Congressional Debate, and the team of Mikel Eguiraun and Lina Nguyen won Duo Interpretation. A complete list of Riverside award winners follows:

Brooke Stuart, 1st in Declamation

Cata Jara, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation
Charline Monnier, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Juliana Lopez Africano, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation
Zoe Liney-Stantial, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation

Mikel Eguiraun and Lina Nguyen, 1st in Duo Interpretation
Cetanaa Ramanathan and Devon Becker, 4th in Duo Interpretation
Zoe Liney-Stantial and Yaazhini Sudherson, 5th in Duo Interpretation

Artem Feno, 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking
Stephanie Duan, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Tanvi Chelasani, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking

Mikel Eguiraun, 1st in Humorous Interpretation
Fox Vickery, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation
Devon Becker, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation
Cata Jara, 4th in Humorous Interpretation
Charline Monnier, 6th in Humorous Interpretation

Artem Feno, 1st in Impromptu Speaking

Enyo Toklo, 3rd in Informative Speaking
Pranita Kata, 4th in Informative Speaking
Greta Kriston, 5th in Informative Speaking
Aahanna Das, 6th in Informative Speaking

Gabrielle Dessertenne, 1st in JV Congressional Debate
Soliyana Abebe, 2nd in JV Congressional Debate
Kashvi Koyagura, 6th in JV Congressional Debate

Enyo Toklo, 2nd in Original Oratory
Eli Golob, 6th in Original Oratory

Brooke Stuart, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation
Juliana Lopez Africano, 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation
Avi Bhatia, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation
Cetanaa Ramanathan, 5th in Program Oral Interpretation
Eli Golob, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

Navmika Anish and Isabella Batista, 5th in Varsity Public Forum Debate

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team for winning its 15th consecutive state title at the ...
02/23/2026

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team for winning its 15th consecutive state title at the South Carolina Forensics Coaches’ Association Tournament, held February 21st at Newberry College in Newberry, SC. The Warriors took the AAAAA classification championship, won the overall sweepstakes contest, and earned the largest number of individual state championships. Individual champions include Mikel Eguiraun in Children’s Literature, Catalina Jara Parada in Dramatic Interpretation, Sash Sivaraman in Extemporaneous Speaking, Fox Vickery in Humorous Interpretation, Enyo Toklo in Informative Speaking, Sophia Sangronis in Novice Reading, Stephanie Duan in Original Oratory, Brooke Stuart in Poetry Interpretation, and Juliana Lopez Africano in Program Oral Interpretation. The team of Artem Feno and Sash Sivaraman were champions in Duo Interpretation. Representing Riverside Middle School, Silvia Lopez Africano was a champion in Middle School Declamation and Middle School Prose. Isabella Batista was voted the Best Presiding Officer in Congressional Debate House. Adith Bandakadi was voted the Best Presiding Officer in Congressional Debate Senate. Seniors Artem Feno, Sash Sivaraman, and Enyo Toklo serve as team captains. A complete list of Riverside award winners follows:

Mikel Eguiraun, 1st in Children’s Literature
Charline Monnier, 5th in Children’s Literature
Fox Vickery, 6th in Children’s Literature

Isabella Batista, 2nd in Congressional Debate House
Soliyana Abebe, 4th in Congressional Debate House
Sarthak Sonker, 5th in Congressional Debate House

Shohom Saha, 3rd in Congressional Debate Senate
Sreekar Bodepudi, 4th in Congressional Debate Senate
Rhandy Rivera, 5th in Congressional Debate Senate

Keris Garcia, 5th in Declamation
Nirvan Gupta, 6th in Declamation

Catalina Jara Parada, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation
Enyo Toklo, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Benjamin Lin, 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation
Samuel Yee, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation

Artem Feno and Sash Sivaraman, 1st in Duo Interpretation
Lina Nguyen and Mikel Eguiraun, 2nd in Duo Interpretation
Fox Vickery and Avi Bhatia, 3rd in Duo Interpretation
Zoe Liney-Stantial and Yaazhini Sudherson, 6th in Duo Interpretation

Sash Sivaraman, 3rd in Expository

Sash Sivaraman, 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking
Isabella Murillo, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Tanvi Chelasani, 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Stephanie Duan, 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Navmika Anish, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking

Fox Vickery, 1st in Humorous Interpretation
Mikel Eguiraun, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation
Charline Monnier, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation
Artem Feno, 4th in Humorous Interpretation
Lina Nguyen, 5th in Humorous Interpretation

Tanvi Chelasani, 2nd in Impromptu Speaking
Navmika Anish, 3rd in Impromptu Speaking
Pranita Kata, 4th in Impromptu Speaking

Enyo Toklo, 1st in Informative Speaking
Pranita Kata, 6th in Informative Speaking

Shaurya Srivastava, 4th in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Zachary Thies, 6th in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Anamika Nair, 2nd in Novice Impromptu Speaking
Viktoriia Krechkovska, 4th in Novice Impromptu Speaking

Amizhdhini Srihari Narmadha, 3rd in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Loudon Callaway, 5th in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

Sophia Sangronis, 1st in Novice Reading
Akshara Yuvaraj, 2nd in Novice Reading
Keris Garcia, 3rd in Novice Reading
Yaazhini Sudherson, 4th in Novice Reading
Rania Gupta, 5th in Novice Reading
Cristel Quiros Blanco, 6th in Novice Reading

Stephanie Duan, 1st in Original Oratory
Avi Bhatia, 2nd in Original Oratory
Kenneth Zalewski, 3rd in Original Oratory
Eli Golob, 4th in Original Oratory

Brooke Stuart, 1st in Poetry Interpretation
Juliana Lopez Africano, 2nd in Poetry Interpretation
Akshara Yuvaraj, 3rd in Poetry Interpretation
Benjamin Lin, 4th in Poetry Interpretation

Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation
Avi Bhatia, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation
Eli Golob, 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation
Cetanaa Ramanathan, 5th in Program Oral Interpretation

Lina Nguyen, 3rd in Prose Interpretation
Eli Golob, 6th in Prose Interpretation

Samhitha Visikamalla and Suprith Vandanam, 3rd in Public Forum Debate
Annika Killian and Gabriel Killian, 5th in Public Forum Debate

Silvia Lopez Africano, 1st in Middle School Declamation

Silvia Lopez Africano, 1st in Middle School Prose

Congratulations to Riverside High School for winning the Red Raider Open Speech and Debate Tournament held at Greenville...
02/15/2026

Congratulations to Riverside High School for winning the Red Raider Open Speech and Debate Tournament held at Greenville Senior High School in Greenville, SC, on February 14th, 2026. In addition to winning the overall sweepstakes award, several students who won individual championships: Samhitha Visikamalla in Congressional Debate, Kashvi Bhavsar in Declamation, Enyo Toklo in Dramatic Interpretation, Informative Speaking, and Original Oratory, the team of Fox Vickery and Avi Bhatia in Duo Interpretation, Tanvi Chelasani in Extemporaneous Speaking, Fox Vickery in Humorous Interpretation, Nirvan Gupta in Impromptu Speaking, Zachary Thies in Lincoln Douglas Debate, Anamika Nair in Novice Impromptu, Isabella Weavil in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, Akshara Yuvaraj in Novice Reading, Avi Bhatia in Program Oral Interpretation, Juliana Lopez Africano in Prose-Poetry Interpretation, and the team of Gabriel Killian and Annika Killian in Public Forum Debate

A complete list Riverside winners follows:

Mikel Eguiraun, 2nd in Children’s Literature
Fox Vickery, 3rd in Children’s Literature
Charline Monnier, 5th in Children’s Literature
Aahanna Das, 6th in Children’s Literature

Samhitha Visikamalla, 1st in Congressional Debate
Sreekar Bodepudi, 3rd in Congressional Debate
Soliyana Abebe, 6th in in Congressional Debate

Kashvi Bhavsar, 1st in Declamation
Keris Garcia, 2nd in Declamation
Akshara Yuvaraj, 3rd in Declamation
Brooke Stuart, 4th in Declamation

Enyo Toklo, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation
Charline Monnier, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Catalina Jara Parada, 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation
Benjamin Lin, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation
Juliana Lopez Africano, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation

Fox Vickery and Avi Bhatia, 1st in Duo Interpretation
Devon Becker and Cetanaa Ramanathan, 3rd in Duo Interpretation
Chase Fuller and Sophia Sangronis, 6th in in Duo Interpretation

Isabella Batista, 4th in Expository Speaking
Viktoriia Krechkovska, 6th in Expository Speaking

Tanvi Chelasani, 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking
Artem Feno, 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Greta Kriston, 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Anamika Nair, 5th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Kenneth Zalewski, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking

Fox Vickery, 1st in Humorous Interpretation
Mikel Eguiraun, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation
Lina Nguyen, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation
Devon Becker, 4th in Humorous Interpretation
Artem Feno, 5th in Humorous Interpretation
Catalina Jara Parada, 6th in Humorous Interpretation

Nirvan Gupta, 1st in Impromptu Speaking
Navmika Anish, 2nd in Impromptu Speaking
Kenneth Zalewski, 3rd in Impromptu Speaking
Artem Feno, 4th in Impromptu Speaking
Tanvi Chelasani, 6th in Impromptu Speaking

Enyo Toklo, 1st in Informative Speaking
Pranita Kata, 2nd in Informative Speaking
Yunwoo Lee, 4th in Informative Speaking

Zachary Thies, 1st in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Matthew Purvis, 4th in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Anamika Nair, 1st in Novice Impromptu
Ethan Alexander, 3rd in Novice Impromptu
Amizhdhini Srihari Narmada, 5th in Novice Impromptu

Isabella Weavil, 1st in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Loudon Callaway, 6th in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

Akshara Yuvaraj, 1st in Novice Reading
Tereasa Templeton, 2nd in Novice Reading
Keris Garcia, 3rd in Novice Reading
Sophia Sangronis, 5th in Novice Reading
Silvia Lopez Africano, 6th in Novice Reading

Enyo Toklo, 1st in Original Oratory
Pranita Kata, 2nd in Original Oratory
Tanvi Chelasani, 3rd in Original Oratory
Kenneth Zalewski, 4th in Original Oratory
Avi Bhatia, 5th in Original Oratory

Avi Bhatia, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation
Juliana Lopez Africano, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation
Brooke Stuart, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation
Eli Golob, 5th in Program Oral Interpretation

Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Prose-Poetry Interpretation
Brooke Stuart, 3rd in Prose-Poetry Interpretation
Akshara Yuvaraj, 4th in Prose-Poetry Interpretation
Benjamin Lin, 5th in Prose-Poetry Interpretation

Gabriel Killian and Annika Killian, 1st in Public Forum Debate

Congratulations to Riverside High School for winning the 2026 Eagle Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament held Febru...
02/09/2026

Congratulations to Riverside High School for winning the 2026 Eagle Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament held February 7th at Eastside High School in Taylors, SC. In addition to winning the overall sweepstakes award, several Riverside students earned individual championships. Juliana Lopez Africano was a double champion in Program Oral Interpretation and Prose-Poetry Interpretation, The team of Cetanaa Ramanathan and Devon Becker won Duo Interpretation. Other champions include Cata Jara in Dramatic Interpretation, Keris Garcia in Novice Reading, Mikel Eguiraun in Children’s Literature, Isabella Weavil in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Aahanna Das in Original Oratory

A complete list of Riverside award winners follows:

Mikel Eguiraun, 1st in Children’s Literature
Lily Tang, 4th in Children’s Literature
Fox Vickery, 6th in Children’s Literature

Keris Garcia, 2nd in Declamation
Nirvan Gupta, 3rd in Declamation
Akshara Yuvaraj, 4th in Declamation
Brooke Stuart, 5th in Declamation
Benjamin Lin, 6th in Declamation
Kashvi Bhavsar, 8th in Declamation

Cata Jara, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation
Benjamin Lin, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Charline Monnier, 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation
Enyo Toklo, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation
Eli Golob, 5th in Dramatic Interpretation
Juliana Lopez Africano, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation

Devon Becker and Cetanaa Ramanathan, 1st in Duo Interpretation
Fox Vickery and Avi Bhatia, 2nd in Duo Interpretation
Chase Fuller and Sophia Sangronis, 3rd in Duo Interpretation
Zoe Liney-Stantial and Yaazhini Sudherson, 5th in Duo Interpretation

Sash Sivaraman, 2nd in Expository Speaking

Sash Sivaraman, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Anamika Nair, 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Nirvan Gupta, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Sarthak Sonker, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking

Charline Monnier, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation
Cata Jara, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation
Mikel Eguiraun, 5th in Humorous Interpretation
Devon Becker, 6th in Humorous Interpretation

Pranita Kata, 4th in Impromptu Speaking
Mikel Eguiraun, 6th in Impromptu Speaking

Pranita Kata, 3rd in Informative Speaking
Enyo Toklo, 4th in Informative Speaking

Anamika Nair, 5th in Novice Impromptu Speaking
Marina Benatto, 6th in Novice Impromptu Speaking

Isabella Weavil, 1st in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Loudon Callaway, 6th in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

Keris Garcia, 1st in Novice Reading
Silvia Lopez Africano, 2nd in Novice Reading
Reese Templeton, 3rd in Novice Reading
Sophia Sangronis, 4th in Novice Reading
Zoe Liney-Stantial, 6th in Novice Reading

Annika Killian and Gabriel Killian, 2nd in Open Public Forum Debate
Kashvi Koyagura and Rudhvi Kosgi, 5th in Open Public Forum Debate

Aahanna Das, 1st in Original Oratory
Enyo Toklo, 2nd in Original Oratory
Pranita Kata, 4th in Original Oratory

Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation
Eli Golob, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation
Avi Bhatia, 5th in Program Oral Interpretation
Keris Garcia, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Prose-Poetry Interpretation
Benjamin Lin, 2nd in Prose-Poetry Interpretation

Shaurya Srivastava, 4th in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate

Congratulations to Riverside High School for an outstanding performance at the 2026 Barkley Forum, a national circuit sp...
01/26/2026

Congratulations to Riverside High School for an outstanding performance at the 2026 Barkley Forum, a national circuit speech and debate tournament hosted by Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and held online on January 23rd through the 25th. Featuring some of the strongest competition from across the country including California, Minnesota, Texas, and Florida, the Barkley Forum is a three-day event with over 1700 participants. The tournament does not give an overall team award, but several Riverside students won individual honors.
Enyonam Toklo won 1st place in Informative Speaking. The team of Sash Sivaraman and Artem Feno finished 5th in Duo Interpretation. Juliana Lopez Africano finished 5th in Program Oral Interpretation.

Dramatic Interpretation:
Juliana Lopez Africano was a quarterfinalist in Dramatic Interpretation.
Benjamin Lin was a quarterfinalist in Dramatic Interpretation.

Extemporaneous Speaking:
Sash Sivaraman was a quarterfinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking.
Kenny Zalewski was a quarterfinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking.

Humorous Interpretation:
Catalina Jara Parada was a semifinalist in Humorous Interpretation.

Impromptu Speaking:
Isabella Murillo was a semifinalist in Impromptu Speaking.
Tanvi Chelasani was a quarterfinalist in Impromptu Speaking.
Anamika Nair was a quarterfinalist in Impromptu Speaking.

Informative Speaking:
Pranita Kata was a quarterfinalist in Informative Speaking.

Original Oratory:
Enyonam Toklo was a quarterfinalist in Original Oratory.
Pranita Kata was a quarterfinalist in Original Oratory.
Eli Golob was a quarterfinalist in Original Oratory.

Program Oral Interpretation:
Avi Bhatia was a semifinalist in Program Oral Interpretation.

Artem Feno and Sash Sivaraman have made the break to Duo Interpretation Finals.
01/25/2026

Artem Feno and Sash Sivaraman have made the break to Duo Interpretation Finals.

Enyo Toklo has made the break to Informative Speaking Finals.
01/25/2026

Enyo Toklo has made the break to Informative Speaking Finals.

Juliana Lopez Africano has made the break to Program Oral Interpretation Finals.
01/25/2026

Juliana Lopez Africano has made the break to Program Oral Interpretation Finals.

Isabella Murillo has made the break to Impromptu Speaking Semis.
01/25/2026

Isabella Murillo has made the break to Impromptu Speaking Semis.

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