Heritage Hill City Forensics Invitational
On Saturday, January 17, the Randolph Henry Forensics Team traveled to the Hertiage Hill City Forensics
Invitiational. 14 members participated in this event with 8 making it to the Final Round of the Top 6. Randolph
Henry as a school placed 3rd at the competition.
Prose
Davron Jones
Duo Interpretation
Greg Pizzeck/Lauren Andrews
Nick Caruso/Megan Garnett
Stephanie Price/Ashley Morris
Original Oratory
Lewis Tedesco
Humurous Interpretation
Johnny Loflin
Dramatic Interpretation
Greg Pizzeck
Extemp.
Natalie Raven
Poetry
Jessica Johnson
Rachel Clements
Storytelling
Vanessa Olsen
Impromptu
Nathan Redmond
Lewis Tedesco
Finals and Rankings
Prose
Davron Jones-3rd place
Duo Interpretation
Greg Pizzeck/Lauren Andrews-2nd place
Megan Garnett/Nick Caruso-6th place
Original Oratory
Lewis Tedesco-1st place
Extemp.
Natalie Raven-5th place
Poetry
Rachel Clements-5th place
New Kent Classic Forensics
Results
On January 24th, 2004, the Statesmen traveled to New Kent to compete against 18 other schools in
the New Kent Classic, again placing 3rd over all. Places 6-4 won medals and 3-1 received trophies. The following
students made it to finals:
Duo Improv.
Nick Caruso/Davron Jones-6th place
Gregory Pizzeck/Keith Yancey-2nd place
Duo Interpretation
Laurel Watts/Gregory Pizzeck-6th place
Extemp.
Jennifer Spraggins-6th place
Humurous Interpretation
Laurel Watts-6th place
Johnny Loflin-4th place
Poetry
Rachel Clements-5th place
Prose
Davron Jones-4th place
Original Oratory
Lewis Tedesco-1st place
Dramatic Interpretation
Chelsea Claiser-1st place
Statesmen Classic Invitational
On Feb. 14th, 2004, Randolph Henry hosted the Statesmen Classic Invitational. Schools from
all across Virginia came to this event. 19 RH competitors were involved in this competition and listed below are the
results for 10 RH competitors who made it to finals.
Humurous Interpretation
Laurel Watts-3rd place
Dramatic Interpretation
Queenie Elam-5th place
Chelsea Claiser-1st place
Original Oratory
Lewis Tedesco-3rd place
Duo Interpretation
Nick Caruso/Megan Garnett-1st place
Gregory Pizzeck/Laurel Watts-2nd place
Duo Improv
Nick Caruso/Megan Garnett-5th place
Gregory Pizzeck/Lewis Tedesco-3rd place
Storytelling
Katie Lipscomb-2nd place
Poetry
Rachel Clements-3rd place
People's Choice Award (Duo Improv)
Greg Pizzeck/Lewis Tedesco
James River District Forensics Tournament
On February 23rd, Randolph Henry High School hosted the JRD Forensics Tournament. Three schools
participated in this tournament: Randolph Henry, Cumberland and Central of Lunenburg. Over all team scores were excellent
with Central of Lunenburg placing second and Randolph Henry placing first. Places 1-3 will advance to the Regional Forensics
Tournament on Saturday, March 13, at Central of Woodstock. Individual participate rankings are listed below:
Prose
Davron Jones-1st place
Domestic Extemp.
Natalie Raven-1st place
Jennifer Spraggins-3rd place
Foregin Extemp.
Nathaniel Freeland-2nd place
Storytelling
Katie Lipscomb-1st place
Poetry
Rachel Clements-1st place
Jessica Johnson-2nd place
Original Oratory
Lewis Tedesco-1st place
Humerous Interpretation
Laurel Watts-1st place
Caroline Conkwright-2nd place
Dramatic Interpretation
Chelsea Claiser-1st place
Queenie Elam-3rd place
Duo Interpretation
Lauren Andrews/Greg Pizzeck-1st place
Megan Garnett/Nick Caruso-2nd place
Impromptu
Megan Troy-1st place
Nathan Redmond-2nd place
Region B Forensics Tournament
March 13th, 2004 proved to be a day in which anything could happen. The Randolph Henry Forensics
Team journeyed to Central of Woodstock for the Region B Forensics Tournament. Randolph Henry worked hard throughout
the day with 17 of its members competiting. The biggest surprise of all was when Randolph Henry defeated the 12 year
winning streak of Madison High School by winning 1st place at the competition and Mrs. Ketchum recieving Coach of the Year.
11 members qualified for the State competition as well as 2 alternates. Individual rankings are as follows:
3rd Place
Caroline Conkwright (Humerous Interpretation)
Jennifer Spraggins (Domestic Extemp)
2nd Place
Chelsea Clasier (Dramatic Interpretation)
Laurel Watts (Humerous Interpreatation)
Davron Jones (Prose)
Nick Caruso/Megan Garnett (Duo Interpretation)
1st Place
Katie Lipscomb (Storytelling)
Lewis Tedesco (Original Oratory)
Rachel Clements (Poetry)
Natalie Raven (Domestic Extemp)
Alternates
Queenie Elam (Dramatic Interpretation)
Jessica Johnson (Poetry)
Forensics State Tournement
On March 28th, the Randolph Henry Forensics Team traveled to Charlottesville High School to compete
in the State A Forensics Tournament. Randolph Henry competed for a grueling 11 hours with an anxious wait for finals
to be posted. Out of 11 of its team members, 9 made it to finals and helped in defeating the previous State winner of
10 years and brought home the State Championship Trophy. Individual winners are listed as follows:
6th Place
Laurel Watts (Humorous Interpretation)
3rd Place
Natalie Raven (Domestic Extemp)
Rachel Clements (Poetry)
Katie Lipscomb (Storytelling)
Davron Jones (Prose)
2nd Place
Chelsea Clasier (Dramatic Interpretation)
Megan Garnett/Nick Caruson (Duo Interpretation)
1st Place
Lewis Tedesco (Original Oratory and State Champion for VA)
Tournament of Champions Contestants
Gregory Pizzeck
Keith Yancey
Lewis Tedesco
Chelsea Claiser
Nick Caruso
Megan Garnett
Rachel Clements
Katie Lipscomb
Davron Jones
Natalie Raven
