Mount Saint Mary Academy held its Annual Junior High Forensics Tournament on Wednesday afternoon. The event, which was called "In My Forensics Era," was organized by Nicole Doria, Italian teacher. Students from the following schools participated: St. Michael (Cranford), Assumption School (Morristown), Warren Middle School, and Holy Trinity Interparochial School (Westfield).
Oral Interpretation 5/6: Silvia Tringali (39 - 1st Place, St. Michael), Ever Gehm (36 - 2nd Place, Assumption), Natalie Pagels (35 - 3rd Place, Assumption), Aarya Rao (34 - 4th Place, Assumption), and Camryn Edmonds (34 - 5th Place, St. Michael)
Declamation 5/6: Maeve Schoenfeld (38 - 1st Place, St. Michael), Valencia Eskandani (34 - 2nd Place, Assumption), Kathleen Melvin Jocher (31 - 3rd Place, Assumption), Ella Pagels (30 - 4th Place, Assumption), and Corrine Wincko (30 - 5th Place, Assumption)
Declamation 7/8: Kobi Davis (40 - 1st Place, Assumption - a scholarship winner), Kirsten Kudyba (34 - 2nd Place, Assumption), Taylor Price (33 - 3rd Place, Assumption), Isabella Hesse (33 - 4th Place, Assumption), and Lola Srensky (32 - 5th Place, Assumption)
Duo 7/8: Zoe Rana and Dayna Li (37 - 1st Place, Warren - scholarship winners), Zoe Fahs and Allie Fahs (35 - 2nd Place, Warren), Siena Patoilo and Sydney Ullrich (34 - 3rd Place, Warren), Julia Stempien and Jacqueline Valdivia (30 - 4th Place, Holy Trinity), and Penelope Rodriguez and Lily Cariello (30 - 5th Place, Holy Trinity)
Oral Interpretation 7/8: Hayden Montgomery (40 - 1st Place, Warren - a scholarship winner), Tessa Arturi (38 - 2nd Place, Assumption), Elenore Laura (36 - 3rd Place, St. Michael), Lauren Kudyba (36 - 4th Place, Assumption), and Ava Balakrishnan (36 - 5th Place, Warren)