{"id":15832,"date":"2013-05-10T17:13:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=15832"},"modified":"2013-05-10T17:13:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:13:30","slug":"unionville-speech-and-debaters-take-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=15832","title":{"rendered":"Unionville speech and debaters take second place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0Team unseats PCFL powerhouses for first time in more than decade<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15834\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Image 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image-3.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image-3.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Image-3-138x100.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a>For the first time in 13 years, Unionville High took second place at Thursday night\u2019s Pennsylvania Catholic Forensic League (PCFL) Grand Finals, unseating long-standing powerhouse schools\u00a0such as St. Joe&#8217;s Prep, Holy Ghost Prep, Pennsbury, and Truman in the\u00a0overall citywide sweepstakes. The awards are based on results from the four national qualifying\u00a0tournaments held over the spring, according to the school district.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to second place overall, UHS also won second place in Varsity Debate Sweepstakes; fifth place in Varsity Speech Sweepstakes, and fifth place in Student Congress Sweepstakes<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen students won individual honors:\u00a0Connor Fitzgibbon, first place, Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking; Alice Liu, first place, Novice Oratory; Nick Caputo and Jason Shao, second place, Varsity Policy Debate; Virginia Bonds, third place, Varsity Dramatic Performance; Erin Ahlefeld, fourth place, Poetry; Lindsey Hedgepeth and Sarah Scheivert, fourth place, Novice Public Forum Debate; Matt Scheivert, fourth place, Varsity Congress; Rahul Doraiswamy, fifth place, Varsity Dramatic Performance; Shrenik Gadagkar, fifth place, Varsity Oratory; Sriki Garlapati and Ananth Panchanadam, fifth place, Varsity Policy Debate; Ed Jing and Alex Shin, fifth place, Varsity Public Forum Debate.<\/p>\n<p>The following varsity winners will represent Philadelphia and UHS at the upcoming CFL Nationals in which over 3,000 students will compete for top honors\u00a0over Memorial Day weekend: Connor Fitzgibbon, Nick Caputo, Jason Shao, Virginia Bonds, \u00a0Matt Scheivert, Rahul Doraismwamy, Shrenik Gadagkar, Sriki Garlapati, Ananth Panchanadam, Ed Jing and Alex Shin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdf24Plugin-cp\"> \t<form name=\"pdf24Form0\" method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/doc2pdf.pdf24.org\/wordpress.php\" target=\"pdf24PopWin\" onsubmit=\"var pdf24Win = window.open('about:blank', 'pdf24PopWin', 'resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,width=600,height=250,left='+(screen.width\/2-300)+',top='+(screen.height\/3-125)+''); 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