Livingston High School Forensics Team Captures Awards

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston High School Forensics Speech and Debate team came away with nine awards – including the fourth-place team sweepstakes trophy – during the recent Newark CFL tournament at Ridge High School.

On Nov. 10, the 24 members of the LHS team put in a spirited showing. The following individual students captured awards:

• Jaina Jallow, First Place in Varsity Declamation
• Bela Battu, First Place in JV Oral Interpretation
• Neel Sahni and Hao Lawrence Chen, First Place in JV Public Forum
• Karen Hu, Third Place in Varsity Oral Interpretation of Literature
• Spencer Konecky, Fourth Place in JV Oral Interpretation
• Aryan Pradham, Fourth Place in JV Lincoln Douglas
• Gene Lu, Quarter Finalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
• Ethan Reiter and Joseph Kim, Quarter Finalist in Varsity Public Forum

In addition, on Saturday, October 20, a group of 22 team members competed in the Newark CFL tournament at Union Catholic Regional High School. The Lancers earned six awards, including the fourth-place team sweepstakes trophy.

The following students won awards:

• Jania Jallow, First Place in Varsity Declamation
• Robert Coleman, First Place in JV Oral Interpretation
• Spencer Konecky, Fourth Place in JV Oral Interpretation
• Karen Hu, Fifth Place in Varsity Oral Interpretation of Literature
• Skylar Alpert, Fifth Place in Varsity Declamation

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