WLW Forensics

03/22/2022

Our WLW tournament couldn’t have gone better!! Thank you to all of our boosters who were crucial in the making of this event. We’re so proud of all of our competitors for not only kicking butt DURING the tournament, but also helping to run it before and after.

Finals:
Farah Kavarana - Impromptu - 1st place
Grace Lahti - Broadcasting-3rd place
Sarah Palushi - Impromptu - 4th place
Lilly Balding - Storytelling - 5th place
Kyra Wong - Extemporaneous - 5th place
Justis Savage - DI Open - 6th place

Semis:
Michaela Willingham - DI 9/10

03/13/2022

So proud of all our forensicators that competed yesterday at Novice States/MSCI Novi Tournament!

Novice State Finalists:
Joe Kilmurray - Impromptu - 1st place
Blake Piggot - Broadcasting - 4th place
Aly Paolicchi - Sales - 6th place
Michaela Willingham and Mareme Diop - Duo -7th place

Open Finalists:
Grace Lahti - Broadcasting - 3rd place
Kyra Wong - Extemporaneous- 4th place
Sarah Palushi - Impromptu - 4th place
Emily Moore - Poetry - 5th place

03/06/2022

At the Ninjatational, or Avondale, we AvonDEALED out some wins!

Finals:
Grace Lahti - Broadcasting - 1st place
Farah Kavarana - Impromptu - 4th place
Lilly Balding - Storytelling - 5th place
Aly Paolicchi - Sales 9/10 - 5th place

Semis:
Blake Piggot
Joe Kilmurray
Sarah Palushi
Emily Moore

03/06/2022

Better late than never! WLW Forensics was awesome at the Spartaininvitational.

Broke To Finals:
The Multiple - Knives Out - 2nd Place
Justis Savage - DI - 3rd place
Blake Piggot - Broadcasting - 3rd place
Lilly Balding - Storytelling 3rd place
Farah Kavarana - Impromptu - 5th place

Broke To Semis:
Blake Piggot
Kyra Wong
Justis Savage
Mythrie Rahulan
Sarah Palushi
Farah Kavarana
Emily Moore
Kelly Burkel
Lilly Balding
Brinley Evink

First Tournament EVER:
Joe Kilmurray
Bella Pasquinzo
Azrial Sillers
Aly Paolicchi
James Ha

First Tournament Of The Season:
Mythrie Rahulan
Maya Deshmukh
Cara Dolan
Tyler LaPointe
Cece Cockfield
Emily Moore

Special Congratulations To Our Hannah Stoloff Award Nominees:
Lilly Balding
Cece Cockfield
Grace Lahti
McLane Mann

02/13/2022

WLW Forensics had a great time at our first tournament of the season: Birch Run! Even though it was online Western showed up and showed out.

Breaking into finals:
Justis Savage - 3rd in DI Open
Sarah Palushi - 2nd in Impromptu

Breaking into semis:
Justis Savage
Farah Kavarana
Sarah Palushi
Lilly Balding

First tournament EVER:
Blake Piggott
Autumn Tucker
Liam Malone
Kelly Burkel
Brinley Evink

01/24/2022

Our marathon this past Saturday was a success!! Though the Lahti family won the family cup (yay!!) we are so proud of all of our forensicators for really bonding and becoming one big family. This is going to be an incredible season!

05/03/2021

The Walled Lake Western states team brought their (class) A game to the 2021 MIFA State Tournament! Through two extensive days of competing and after many many hours of practicing and coaching, we’ve reached the end of our season. We couldn’t do it without our fantastic coaches, supportive parents, and amazing forensicators! Out of our 23 entries who advanced from regionals, 10 broke to semis, and 7 broke to finals at the state level! We had two state champions this year!

Our finalists were:
Manjari Bhat, Oratory 9/10: 1st place
Jackie Roach, Prose: 1st place
Grace Lahti, Broadcasting: 3rd place
Jonathan Holland, Extemp: 4th place
Sophia Burkmyre, Sales: 5th place
Julia Kassab, Oratory: 5th place
Emily Moore, Poetry: 6th place

Our semi Finalists were:
Sarah Palushi, Impromptu: 8th place
Sarah Seo, Prose: 9th place
Ally Kuch, Informative: 11th place

Not only did our team compete strongly individually, but as a whole, we placed 6th in class A schools across the state for the seventh year in a row! We are very proud of everyone!

03/21/2021

WLW's very own tournament! Great job everyone!

03/21/2021

The Walled Lake Western forensicators were truly warriors at their own tournament. We would like to thank ALL of the coaches, parents, and students who were able to make this day possible! Today would not have been able to run as smoothly as it did without your help. Out of 29 entries, 17 broke to semis and 10 broke to finals.

Our finalists were:
Jackie Roach, Prose: 1st place
Jonathan Holland, Extemporaneous: 3rd place
Young Frankenstein, Multiple: 3rd place
Sophia Burkmyre, Sales: 4th place
Emily Moore, Poetry: 4th place
Sarah Seo, Prose: 4th place
Ally Kuch, Informative: 5th place
Grace Lahti, Broadcasting: 6th place
Manjari Bhat, Oratory 9/10: 6th place
Emma Abbott, Sales: 6th place

Our semi-finalists were:
Farah Kavarana, Impromptu: 7th place
Julia Kassab, Oratory: 8th place
Ava Johnson, Broadcasting: 9th place
Andrew Song, Broadcasting: 10th place
McLane Mann, Dramatic Interpretation: 12th place
Sarah Palushi, Impromptu: 12th place
Lanie Burkmyre, Storytelling: 13th place

Our first time competitor was:
Macarthy Brown

03/15/2021

WLW Forensics alumni! If you're interested in virtually judging a round or two this Saturday, please let Bev know @ [email protected]. All we need from you is an active email account and how many rounds you'd like to judge. You can get that forensics fix from the comfort of your own home! C'mon, it'll be fun-ish.

03/14/2021

WLW definitely didn’t bore at Loy Norrix. We couldn’t be where we are today without the amazing help of our coaches. Out of 17 entries, 9 broke to semis, and 6 broke to finals with 3 first place finishers. WLW got second place overall in division 2.

Our finalists were:
Grace Lahti, Broadcasting: 1st place
Jackie Roach, Prose: 1st place
Sophia Burkmyre, Sales: 1st place
Sarah Seo, Prose: 2nd place
Emily Moore, Poetry: 4th place
Julia Kassab, Oratory: 5th place

Our semi-finalists were:
Kyra Wong, Extemporaneous: 11th place
Farah Kavarana, Impromptu: 11th place
Young Frankenstein, Multiple: 5th place

Our first time competitors were:
Shelly Lin
Mythrie Rahulan
Farah Kavarana

Lets work super hard this week for our very own WLW Tournament!!!

03/11/2021

Check this out, WLW Seniors!

WANTED: IE judges! We're looking for a handful of judges for the Loy Norrix Invitational this coming Saturday 3/13! Full day or partial day commitments from 8am to 5pm. All rounds are 100% online! Judge as many as 5 rounds or as few as 1. Comment or message us below if you are interested!