Below is the link to the KC Forensics Showcase starring three of our very talented performers, with Declan Glynn as the Emcee. Our portion of the program starts at 18:21 starting with Declan followed by Mallory Mitchell in Poetry (19:41), Brianna Parsons in HI (26:17), and Trey Burns in Prose (35:45).
Woodland Forensics Application 2012 – 2013
Please click on the link below to print out the application for next year and call or email to make an appointment for tryouts being held May 21st, May 23rd, and May 25th from 5-8 pm at Woodland Middle School, Room 226. Tryouts are in 15 minute increments – please look at the Tryouts Tab page to see the current availability of appointment times – I will keep this updated as people choose times.
Harrison County Invitational
The Woodland Forensics team placed 6th overall in the Harrison County Invitational on Saturday January 9th, 2012, a large tournament with almost 400 competitors. Overall scores continue to improve, and Trey Burns and Stuart Nicholas placed 4th in Duo Acting. The team will continue to practice through the month of January in preparation for their next tournament slated for Febuary 4th at Turkeyfoot, followed by their Regional qualifier tournament at Harrison on February 11th. Congrats to the Forensics team on a job well done!
Woodland KHSSL State Results
Woodland ended its competition year with a 10th place state win out of 43 schools at the Ky High School Speech League at UK on March 30/31st – this with only 17 entries! Individual results are as follows:Advancing Semifinalists: Poetry- Mallory Mitchell, Caitlin Moore; Declamation - Erin Glynn; Storytelling – Alex Johnston; Prose -Trey Burns; Duo Improv – Trey Burns/Lindsay Catherine Allen; Interp of Lit - Brianna Parsons, Lizzie Rinken.
And the only student to final, taking 6th place in the state overall, was Brianna Parsons in Interp of Literature – Congrats Brianna!
Kudos to all the Forensicator students on their outstanding season! The team now wraps up the end of the year with a Coffeehouse Happy Hour event on April 20th in the cafeteria (flyer attached) and tryouts for next year are being planned for May.
Woodland KESDA State Results
Well, it was a weekend to remember…Throughout the challenges that ALL the forensics teams faced at the KESDA state tournament in Lexington this past weekend, the Woodland students and the chaperones showed great courage and strength in the face of drastic and potentially dangerous weather conditions and conducted themselves in the most professional of ways. And while we are thankful for our safety, we are ever so mindful of those who have lost much during this time in our own county. Our thoughts are with those who have lost so much and we hope for a speedy recovery for all those affected.
The results from our first state competition are as follows:
Top Novice in Prose: Taylor Goetz
Quarter finalists:
Trey Burns in Prose
Semi finalists:
Mallory Mitchell – Interp of Lit AND Poetry
Lizzie Rinken – Interp of Lit
Finalists:
Mallory Mitchell and Lizzie Rinken - 6th place in Duo Improv
Trey Burns and Lindsay Allen - 3rd place in Duo Improv
Alex Johnston - 6th place in Impromptu speaking
and 1st place in the state in STORYTELLING!
Overall, the team came in 4th in Team efficiency, beating out teams with twice as many entries and student participants and 1st PLACE OVERALL in the small school division with a record high 133 points with only 18 entries. The Woodland team took 8th place overall! Turkeyfoot also represented as an up and coming school by having 13 Quarter finalists, a top novice award in Duo Acting and taking 10th place overall.