This past weekend the Fayette County debaters took part in the Georgia Forensics Coaches Association State Championships — this is held for every event except Varsity Policy debate.
In Dramatic Interpretation, Alex Kelly finished 6th place out of over 30 performers. Earning this finish, she was also rewarded a bid to the National Catholic Forensics League Nationals in Appleton, WI this May.
In Lincoln Douglas, Eric Bogert lost a close round in the State Championship round. He is the first LD Runner Up is school history — not to mention it was only his fourth LD tournament ever!! He also received a bid to the NCFL Nationals in May.
In the Sophomore Policy division, Iesha White and Shaheen Kurani were quarterfinalists and Iesha was also named 5th best speaker. With their performance, we were the 2nd best sophomore school in attendance!
Big congratulations to the entire team!
Eric Bogert – Lincoln Douglas District Champion – Qualified to Nationals.
Sonya Jooma – 3rd Place Lincoln Douglas
Iesha White and Shaheen Kurani – 4th Place Policy Debate
Sonya Jooma and Sonika Reddy – 6th Place Policy Debate
Alex Kelly – 5th Place Dramatic Interp
Samantha Dean – 4th Place Original Oratory
Marcus Moton – 5th Place Original Oratory
Iesha White – 2nd Place International Extemp – Qualified to Nationals
Navroz Tharani – 3rd Place International Extemp
Eric Bogert and Kelly Jones – 6th Place Public Forum
This past weekend was GHSA State Debate Championships at Whitewater HS. The way the tournament works in GHSA has collapsed all AAAA and AAAAA schools into one division and the top sixteen schools in 4A and 5A attend state. Fayette County had four sophomores (Sonya Jooma, Sonika Reddy, Navroz Tharani and Iesha White) attend and do very well. They tied for 4th overall – and 3r d in AAAA. They picked up big wins over Northside-Warner Robins, Central Gwinnett, Wheeler and others. They lost a very close round to the state champion Chattahoochee HS – but were deemed, “the best Fayette County team” since the early 2000’s!
Sophomore Navroz Tharani earned 3rd place speaker for the entire tournament – the highest placing for a FCHS non-senior EVER at a State Championship. Navroz is the first speaker to be awarded something since 2003 from Fayette County.
The team is coached by Beverly Kelly, Jeffrey Miller and Tom Swaffer. The team was also assisted by FCHS alum Janelle Rivard during the State Championship weekend.
The team has district qualification tournament this upcoming weekend in order to qualify for National Championship. The team has qualified at least one student for the past ten years.
Mark your calendars now! The 2008 Fayette Classic will be held November 7-8, 2008!
Congratulations to the following debaters: Sonya Jooma, Sonika Reddy, Navroz Tharani and Iesha White. They are the 2008 Region Champions! They defeated tough competition from Woodward Academy, Whitewater and others to accumulate enough points in the GFCA standings! This is FCHS’s 19th region championship and first since 2006.