MCC forensics team 4th in state meet
Submitted by McHenry County College
The McHenry County College forensics team won fourth place at the Illinois Inter-Collegiate Forensics Association Tournament hosted recently by Illinois Central College in East Peoria.
The team won first place for the ensemble event, Interpreters Theatre, with “Sleep Is A Soup” and placed in three duos out of six slots in Dramatic Duo Interpretation: first place, John Cox of Woodstock, Lauren Murphy of Crystal Lake; third place, Jay Jacobs of Harvard and Johanna Klay of Woodstock; and fifth place, Saida Jimenez of Harvard and Devin Lasker of Cary. Jay Jacobs also won first place for Dramatic Interpretation and seventh place went to Elino Pucci of Harvard and Richard Singletary of Crystal Lake took fourth place in Extemporaneous Speaking and fifth place in Impromptu Speaking. Overall, the team won fourth place in Two-Year College Team Sweepstakes.
“This was the first time the team won three first places at the state tournament,” said Forensics team coach Bonnie Gabel.
In April, MCC will compete in the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament scheduled in Schaumburg.
To prepare for the tournament, the team will perform their national events in a series of showcases in MCC’s Black Box Theatre, Room D167 at 7:30 p.m. on April 2, 4, and 5 and at 2:30 p.m. on April 4 and 5. The showcases are open to the public. Tickets are $5 and proceeds from these performances will help fund the team’s national competition.
The state tournament success came on the heels of winning sixth place out of 19 teams at Harper College’s 2012 Litrenta Triangle Forensics Tournament in February. Highlights for the MCC team included third place for Readers Theatre. Individual awards were presented to Richard Singletary of Cary, first place for Extemporaneous Speaking; Johanna Klay and Jay Jacobs, fifth place for Dramatic Duo Interpretation; and John Cox, sixth place for both Dramatic Interpretation and Group Communication.
For more information on MCC’s Forensics Team, contact Bonnie Gabel (815) 455-8684 or bgabel@mchenry.edu.