This past Saturday, 41 members of the BHHS Forensics Team competed at the 5^th tournament of the 2025 season: the “Ninjatational” Speech Tournament at Avondale High School.  This was the largest event of the season thus far with ~450 competing students in attendance from 26 schools.

BHHS students had their best day of the year finishing 3^rd place in overall points behind larger entries from Greenhills and Groves and a *1st* place individual ranking with a record 14 points-per-entry.

Twenty-five students advanced to the final rounds and received individual awards in their categories. Congratulations to the following finalists and winners: 

6^th place – Maddalen Klop/Anvi Yarlagadda – Duo Interpretation
6^th place – Ava Pierre – Poetry Interpretation (9/10)
6^th place – Katiana Kostoff – Media Broadcasting
5^th place – Peyton Renusch – Children’s Storytelling
5^th place – *Pallavi Ploucha – Informative Speaking
4^th place – Valeria Embarcadero-Perez – Original Oratory
4^th place – Katie Tadesse – Program Oral Interpretation
4^th place – Saffiyah Walji – Sales Presentation
4^th place – Harrison Narens  – Prose Interpretation

3^rd place – Alissa Abraham – Poetry Interpretation (9/10)
3^rd place – *Kendall Schulz – Program Oral Interpretation
3^rd place – *Brady Wilson – Media Broadcasting
3^rd place – *Ruby Bagdade – Extemporaneous Speaking
3^rd place – Erik Norsted – Informative Speaking
2^nd place – Jared She – Original Oratory
2^nd place – *Olivia Lupone/Joslyn Phillips – Duo Interpretation
1^st place – Katie Nahhas – Original Interpretation
1^st place – *Luke Vaughn, Caleb Bivens, Sloane Jaffe, Chris Osborn, Maddox Rockwell – Multiple Interpretation
1^st place – David LaBond – Dramatic Interpretation
1^st place – *Ava Moyer – Poetry Interpretation (Open) 

*denotes 2025 Team Captain

For more information on the BHHS 4n6 program and upcoming events please visit the team website at http://tinyurl.com/bhhs4n6team and contact any members of the Leadership Team.