Portage Northern Comes Next

The Forensics Season picks up speed as we get ready for the Menchinger Invitational at Portage -- it used to be the "Huskie" Invitational, but now bears the name of Portage Northern's great and now retired coach, James Menchinger. (Trivia: he was Ms P's supervising teacher back back back... well, back then).

So lets go to the details.

Transportation
This year we need to use car pool arrangements when we go to tournaments. The costs fo buses exceed our fund-raising abilities. Don't fret, however. We will be using buses for Regionals and for State.

Drivers this Saturday are Peterson, Harris, Groenler, and Creswell.


Schedule

• 6:30 a.m. -- Arrive at City
• 6:45 a.m. -- Leave City
• 7:45 a.m. -- Arive at Portage Northern. Register.
• 8:30 a.m. -- General Meeting (auditorium)
• 8:55 a.m. -- Round 1
• 12:30 p.m. -- 1:30 p.m. Lunch
• 5:30 p.m. -- Awards
• 6:30 p.m. --Leave Portage Northern.
• 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. -- Supper and review scores
• 8:30 p.m. -- Arrive at City (we will phone ahead).

Food Costs
They will have a cafeteria line open for lunch. Many bring their own lunches. For supper we plan to stop at Fazolis or a Wendy's -- about $5 range.

So Who's Going?
We're taking 17 individual competitors, plus the Multiple is launching this weekend. As you can see, almost all are new:

• Broadcast -- Nathan Ritsema
• Extemp -- Catherine Khuu, Margaret Root
• Informative -- Riet Groenleer
• Oratory -- Esther Creswell, Daniel Hast, Manuel Garcia
• Sales -- Jenna Dean
• Impromptu 9/10 -- Walt Gilles, Christina Le
• Dramatic Interp -- Alissa Stone, Celeste Kessler
• Duo -- Max Gilles/Yefei Jin
• Multiple -- The Sweet Smell of Success (Keenan Foley, Edward Lofton, Will Hoyer, Anna VandenBerg, Anna Witte, Meagan Winegar)
• Poetry -- Sharon Hay
• Prose -- Emily Oxfford, Aja Kilgore
• Storytelling 9/10 -- Emily Witte