The entire Middle School forensics team had a successful trip to Mt. Pleasant recently for the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association fall state tournament, held at Central Michigan University.

Twenty-two schools participated, with Greenhills fielding one of the largest entries, with thirty-six students in attendance.

The team was coached by Barbara Ebeling, Caroline Huntoon, Gary Lehman, and Marsha Mumm, along with returning Greenhills alumna Tyler Hoff. Will Krause, a current Greenhills senior, also assisted in running the tournament.

Here are the full results:

Finalists

1^st Miguel Ceballo-Countryman – Poetry

1^st Derek Zhu – Oratory

2^nd Cooper Page – Extemporaneous

3^rd Larry Bitzer – Sales

3^rd Riya Katial – Sales

3^rd Mubarak Hassan – Impromptu

3^rd Natan Bondin, Sarah Cattell,
Tatum Ruthenberg, Nadia Shariff – Multiple:  Once Upon a Mattress

4^th Neal Bazaj, Trey Feldeisen, Harrison Hsu,

Harrison Li, Max Miller – Multiple: Robin Hood:  Men in Tights

4^th Masaki Ito – Impromptu

4^th Graham Dittmar – Extemporaneous

4^th Jordan Dopp and Gillian Mistry – Duo 6

5^th Riley Pynnonen and Annie Wang – Duo 6

6^th Elise Blochwitz and Clara Wellman – Duo

6^th Chris Cho and Stevie Snabes – Duo

Semifinalists

Alexis Burke – Drama

Beatrice Chen and Luciana Rosania – Duo

Charles DiMagno and Catherine Ferrey – Duo

Jack DiMarzo – Declamation

Finn Feldeisen and Vincent Hsu – Duo 6

Michael Keagen – Sales

Emilia Palomares – Storytelling 6

Drake Rosenberg – Impromptu

Jane Vaillant – Storytelling

Maya Vijan – Declamation

Certificates of Excellence

Ayanna Bell, Will Ellsworth, Juliet Krajcik, Euna Lee, Melissa LoCicero, Yinan Miao,

 Anna Scott, Ina Shah, Anjali Shrimankar