Ridge Forensics Team Wins Pennsbury Falcon Invitational

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Last weekend, The Ridge Forensics speech & debate team took first place at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational, with 10 students being named champions of their respective categories.

Simultaneously, other members of the team traveled to Freehold, where Ridge placed second, and four students were named champions of their respective categories.

At the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational, the champions included:

Juniors

• Sky-Rose Jaaman (Original Oratory)
• Aayush Bhakey (Informative Speaking)
• Aayush Bhakey with Ami Singh (Duo Interpretation)

Sophomores

• Jia Aggarwal (Congressional Debate)
• Hasini Namburi (Declamation)
• Meera Shah (Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate)

Freshmen

• Aryav Gaddam (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate co-champion)
• Vivian Lui with Aditi Terli (Novice Public Forum Debate)

In Freehold, the champions included:

Senior

• Natalie Ramirez (Improvisational Acting & Programmed Oral Interpretation)

Juniors

• Saketha Kedarsetty (Informative Speaking)
• James Mathai (Original Oratory)

The following students excelled in their performances at Pennsbury as well:

Seniors

• Vivian Zhu with Pranav Mahesh (Varsity Public Forum Debate, quarterfinalist)

Juniors

• Ami Singh (Impromptu Speaking, second & Informative Speaking, second & Individual Sweeps, third)
• Aayush Bhakey (Individual Sweeps, third)
• Sky-Rose Jaaman (Impromptu Speaking, fourth)
• Lucy Brodkin with Matthew Sherman (Varsity Public Forum Debate, double octofinalists)
• Maryam Faizan (poetry, fourth & prose, semifinalist)
• Andrew Cui (Congressional Debate, sixth)
• Sriya Kasarla (prose, semifinalist)

Sophomores

• Millie Gupta (Declamation, second)
• Faye Fletcher (Programmed Oral Interpretation, second & Dramatic Performance, fourth)
• Hasini Namburi (Impromptu Speaking, third & Informative Speaking, sixth)
• Aanvi Khade (Congressional Debate, third)
• Eden Chacko (Programmed Oral Interpretation, third)
• Eden Chacko with Faye Fletcher (Duo Interpretation, third)
• Amulya Kollipara (Impromptu Speaking, semifinalist & prose, semifinalist)
• Adhirai Karthik (Dramatic Performance - semifinalist & prose, semifinalist)
• Eva Chen (Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, double octofinalist)
• Enchan Lee (Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, double octofinalist)
• Sameer Kandra (Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate - quarterfinalist)

Freshmen

• Rosa Quin (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, quarterfinalist)
• Anya Animesh (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, quarterfinalist)
• Rushil Jha (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, quarterfinalist)
• Amandeep Manda (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, octofinalist)
• Himnish Koul (Novice Lincoln Dougas Debate, octofinalist)

Meanwhile at Freehold, the following students also gave outstanding performances:

Juniors

• Saketha Kedarsetty (Impromptu Speaking, second)
• Arya Raval (Improvisational Acting, fifth)

Sophomores

• Max Kern (Congressional Debate, third)
• MJ Chu (Extemporaneous Speaking, fourth)
• Zoey Qin (Impromptu Speaking, fifth)
• Sriya Bhamidipaty (Congressional Debate, seventh)
• Neel Tripathi (Improvisational Acting, Top Novice)

Freshmen

• Adalia Karda-Marok (Declamation, second & Extemporaneous Speaking, sixth)
• Anvi Sharma with Anya Hira (Novice Public Forum Debate, second)
• Arjun Kumar (Extemporaneous Speaking, third & Impromptu Speaking, Top Novice)
• Aarush Joginipally (Declamation, fourth)
• Rhianne Iglesias (Oral Interpretation, Top Novice)

This month, the team will be traveling to the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University to compete at the national level.

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