Over the last two weeks Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming crowned state extemp champions. Extemp Central congratulates all of those who made the finals of their respective state championships, and also congratulates those who won state titles.
Here is a listing of the results of those respective tournaments as Extemp Central continues to chronicle the 2022 postseason:
Florida Forensic League Varsity State Tournament (March 5-6) (Tab Sheet):
International Extemp
State Champion: Sinan Kassim (NSU University School)
2nd: Jack Ververis (Trinity Preparatory School)
3rd: Cesar Guadamuz (West Broward High School)
4th: Siddharth Sudhakar (Nova High School)
5th: Ben Zajc (American Heritage School – Palm Beach)
6th: Camille Esin (Cypress Bay High School)
United States Extemp
State Champion: Marc Zavarro (Western High School)
2nd: Sol Cuello-Robert (Ransom Everglades High School)
3rd: Nicholas Blauz (Nova High School)
4th: Charlotte Reitman (NSU University School)
5th: Taylor Pierson (West Broward High School)
6th: Aadish Kachhal (Cypress Bay High School)
Georgia Forensic Coaches Association Varsity State Championships (March 4-6) (Tab Sheet):
State Champion: Oliver Gray (Midtown High School)
2nd: Valor Lekas (East Forsyth High School)
3rd: Sayan Sonnad-Joshi (Midtown High School)
4th: Christie Peng (Northview High School)
5th: Paul Philip (Northview High School)
6th: Bryant Hodgson (Midtown High School)
Iowa Forensic League State Tournament (March 3-5) (Tab Sheet):
International Extemp
State Champion: Eric Super (Winterset High School)
2nd: Talia Cary (Bettendorf High School)
3rd: Ingrid Alg-Liening (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
4th: Zach Adams (Bettendorf High School)
5th: Isabelle Colon Alba (Dowling Catholic High School)
6th: Sree Baruri (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
United States Extemp
State Champion: Matthew Pierson (Dowling Catholic High School)
2nd: Conrad Krantz (Dowling Catholic High School)
3rd: Jonathan Vega (Clarke High School)
4th: Max Rantilla (Bettendorf High School)
5th: Weston Wise (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
6th: GiGi Hanselman (Winterset High School)
Kentucky High School Speech League State Championship (March 11-12) (Tab Sheet):
State Champion: Kole Ingram (Knott County Central High School)
2nd: Harrison Gover (Bowling Green High School)
3rd: Caroline Koenig (Murray High School)
4th: Yusuf Kahloon (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)
5th: Sara Nath (Larry A. Ryle High School)
6th: Ben McBride (Trinity High School)
Nevada Forensic Association State Tournament (March 11-12) (Tab Sheet):
International Extemp
State Champion: Vivek Variar (Palo Verde High School)
2nd: Jordan Ranck (Green Valley High School)
3rd: Matthew Lin (Palo Verde High School)
4th: Brandon Anderson (Green Valley High School)
5th: Alana Nahabedian (Amplus Academy)
6th: Sean Leung (Foothill High School)
United States Extemp
State Champion: Amy Liu (Green Valley High School)
2nd: Brayson Holmes (Clark High School)
3rd: Parker Henry (Arbor View High School)
4th: Jason Nuridjanian (Amplus Academy)
5th: Carson Hill (Foothill High School)
6th: Kristopher Drapacz (Coral Academy of Science – Las Vegas)
Ohio High School Speech & Debate Association State Finals (March 3-5) (Tab Sheet):
International Extemp
State Champion: Michelle Park (Solon High School)
2nd: Pinak Chitnis (Solon High School)
3rd: Mady Beckel (Hoover High School)
4th: Ishan Tripathy (Jackson High School)
5th: Snehal Choudhury (Jackson High School)
6th: Sanjay Swamy (Mason High School)
United States Extemp
State Champion: Dev Ahuja (Solon High School)
2nd: Vikram Sundaram (Solon High School)
3rd: Praveen Kumar (The Hawken School)
4th: Jade Hooper (Jackson High School)
5th: Piyush Chitnis (Solon High School)
6th: Andrew Li (Solon High School)
7th: Niya Patel (The Hawken School)
South Carolina Forensic Association State Tournament (March 5) (Tab Sheet):
State Champion: William Goff (Bob Jones Academy)
2nd: Krteyu Ramanathan (Riverside High School)
3rd: Evan Lawton (Mauldin High School)
4th: Zane Holley (Riverside High School)
5th: Caden Allen (Mauldin High School)
6th: Morgan Epinger (West Ashley High School)
7th: Miles Means (Mauldin High School)
South Dakota High School Activities Association State Championship (March 4-5) (Tab Sheet):
Class A International Extemp
State Champion: Christopher Shuman (Sturgis Brown High School)
2nd: Sam King (Spearfish High School)
3rd: Ava Gooch (Spearfish High School)
4th: Gunnar Geiken (Lennox High School)
5th: Adam Wood (Sturgis Brown High School)
6th: Laney Andrews (Beresford High School)
Class AA International Extemp
State Champion: Joseph Gebel (Mitchell High School)
2nd: Abiah George (Aberdeen Central High School)
3rd: Drake Van Steenwyk (Aberdeen Central High School)
4th: Aditya Tummala (Brookings High School)
5th: Xander Hof (Brookings High School)
6th: Ian Steiner (Stevens High School)
Class A United States Extemp
State Champion: Martin Jones (Sturgis Brown High School)
2nd: Max Schuelke (Milbank High School)
3rd: Will Becker (Spearfish High School)
4th: Wyatt Trohkimoinen (Sturgis Brown High School)
5th: Cadence Jones (Spearfish High School)
6th: Jameson Quimet (Beresford High School)
Class AA United States Extemp
State Champion: Jordan Phillips (Aberdeen Central High School)
2nd: Madyson Fleckenstein (Aberdeen Central High School)
3rd: Alexis Korzan (Mitchell High School)
4th: Shawn Boehmer (Mitchell High School)
5th: Noah Johnson (O’Gorman High School)
6th: Trisha Sharan (Brookings High School)
Texas Forensic Association State Tournament (March 9-12) (Tab Sheet):
International Extemp
State Champion: Phoena Lin (Plano West Senior High School)
2nd: Cameron Roberts (Jack C. Hays High School)
3rd: Gabriel Bo (Plano West Senior High School)
4th: Natasha Banga (Coppell High School)
5th: Daniel Rupawalla (Tompkins High School)
6th: Raghav Ramki (Plano East High School)
United States Extemp
State Champion: Kyle Letterer (Plano West Senior High School)
2nd: Grace Fyfe (Spring Woods High School)
3rd: Charles Hou (Plano West Senior High School)
4th: James O’Brien (Plano Senior High School)
5th: Jonathan Tubb (St. Mary’s Hall)
6th: Sachit Devaraj (Tompkins High School)
Utah High School Activities Association State Tournament (March 11) (4A Tab Sheet) (5A Tab Sheet) (6A Tab Sheet):
Class 4A International Extemp
State Champion: Elishka Johnson (Logan High School)
2nd: Jash Velasco (Cedar High School)
3rd: Jorge Pineda (Crimson Cliffs High School)
4th: Chloe Hurd (Crimson Cliffs High School)
5th: Eli Ashcroft (Ridgeline High School)
6th: Emma Martins (Sky View High School)
7th: Mykenzie Anderson (Sky View High School)
Class 5A International Extemp
State Champion: Ryan Dillon (Cottonwood High School)
2nd: Jaxon Baker (Alta High School)
3rd: Christina Dong (Skyline High School)
4th: Nathan Jordan (Salem Hills High School)
5th: Arivan Verma (Skyline High School)
6th: Hannah Zoulek (Cottonwood High School)
Class 6A International Extemp
State Champion: Cash Mendenhall (West High School – Salt Lake City)
2nd: Kinsley Sorensen (Layton High School)
3rd: Savanna Hipwell (Clearfield High School)
4th: Nathan Lassen (Copper Hills High School)
5th: Jacob Gaparasi (Copper Hills High School)
Class 4A United States Extemp
State Champion: Gideon Martin (Logan High School)
2nd: Natalia Lopez (Green Canyon High School)
3rd: Dallin Roberts (Ridgeline High School)
4th: Jared Sutton (Ridgeline High School)
5th: Emma Taggart (Ridgeline High School)
6th: Aidan Gates (Hurricane High School)
7th: Andrew Bunker (Mountain Crest High School)
Class 5A United States Extemp
State Champion: Trevor McMillan (Skyline High School)
2nd: Rylan Earnhart (Northridge High School)
3rd: Adelyn Kobe (Olympus High School)
4th: Jackson Kirkwood (Cottonwood High School)
5th: Aditya Nallur (Skyline High School)
6th: Jeffrey Zou (Skyline High School)
Class 6A United States Extemp
State Champion: Adelaide Parker (West High School – Salt Lake City)
2nd: Katie Crabtree (Farmington High School)
3rd: John Norton (Corner Canyon High School)
4th: Brian Odette (Lone Peak High School)
5th: Allyson Tuttle (Clearfield High School)
6th: Faith Bryce (Copper Hills High School)
7th: Braiden Anderson (Farmington High School)
Wyoming High School Forensic Association State Tournament (March 10-12) (Tab Sheet):
State Champion: Sarah Schweitzer (Jackson Hole High School)
2nd: Shiva Yashlur (Rock Springs High School)
3rd: Zoey Pickett (Natrona County High School)
4th: William Aepli (Jackson Hole High School)
5th: Gwennan Pritchard (Rock Springs High School)
6th: Camila Rivera (Cheyenne East High School)