Welcome To The Friends Of  RCC Forensics                                      Friends of Forensics is a 501 (c)(3) Organization

RCC’s dynamic “Nationals” Forensics Team of Andrew Botts, Ben Fagan, Mike Gasca, Sierra LaPoint and Kyle Lawheed attended the Phi Rho Pi National Community College Tournament in Philadelphia during the spring break and brought back Silver and Bronze, narrowly missing the Gold. Silver winners were Mike Gasca in Informative Speaking and Sierra LaPoint in Poetry Interpretation. Mike also won a Bronze in Impromptu Speaking and the team of Ben Fagan and Mike Gasca won a Bronze in Parliamentary Debate.

RCC also accumulated enough points to earn a Silver Debate Sweepstakes and a Bronze Overall Sweepstakes. According to RCC’s Director of Forensics, Coach Sharon Terrill, who accompanied the Team, “RCC competed against 450 students from 73 community colleges.”

The RCC Forensics High School Tournament, March 19, 2005, took place for the RCC District’s schools on the Riverside RCC City Campus. This Newsletter was delayed to give a quick view of the results, but a reprise with pictures, including the RCC Squad Demonstrations under Coach Sharon Terrill, will be featured in our fall edition. Vista del Lago of Moreno Vallley won the First Place Sweepstakes Trophy, with Corona High School coming in a close second, followed by Santiago, also of the Corona-Norco schools.

A quick run-down of the contestants shows excellence from each of the high schools entered:

Informative speaking:

• 1st, Bethany Peake, Moreno Valley High

• 2nd, Janay Wilson, Vista del Lago

• 3rd, Tom Wiltse, Corona High

In Persuasive Speaking:

• 1st, Brisa Weaver, Corona High

• 2nd, Araceli Zamora, Vista del Lago

• 3rd, Jadrianne Noble, Martin Luther King High of Riverside

In Impromptu speaking:

• 1st, Robert Hanson of Vista del Lago

• 2nd, Darren Henderson, Corona High

• 3rd, Brisa Weaver, Corona High

Interpretation of Literature

• 1st, Julian Cardenas, Santiago

• 2nd Larry Sears, Vista del Lago

• 3rd, Robert Hanson, Vista del Lago

with finalists also receiving the bronze medal, Alice Dupont, Valley View High, Moreno Valley, Darren Henderson, Corona High, Ana Malagon, Independent, Arnulfo Pablo, Norco High, Rebecca Spiegel, Corona High, Norco High and Tara Tran, Centennial High of Corona-Norco.

The Friends congratulate the students, their school districts and the high school coaches:

• Kelly Bustany, Centennial

• Angela Dillman, Norco High

• Robin DuMouchel, Vista del Lago

• Mike Kelley, Moreno Valley High

• Susan Philllips, Valley View High

• Victoria Phillips, Corona High

• James Schauer, King High

• Tim Tuttle and Drew Ward, Santiago.