Illinois Predictions...Kind of

[vacations]

What are the predictions for this year?

[Sparkle8]

DGS: Erin C. Walsh (State champion as a sophomore!!), Colleen Derosa (2 state finals and 2 Nationals already), John Junk, Michelle McCarthy, Milap Mehta, Ed Roberge, the class of 2011/12 in general
GBW: Riley Cook, Claire Fey, Maeve McDonough
Rolling Meadows: Abby Horan, Jane Trunk
Belleville West: Eli Bernstein (2nd at NFL in commentary as a sophomore!), Emily Woods, Matt Ingram
Thornwood: Johari Mackey (2nd in prose & poetry at state, and 2nd at nationals, WOW)
Wheaton North: Amy Bauer, Rachel Poe, Tim Krentz, Justin Ali, Ellen Coatney, Michelle Stuhlmacher
WWS: Andrea Tsironis, Emma Rubenstein
Bartlett: Mary Dewitt/Tommy McCarty
Plainfield North: Parth Thakkar
DGN: Maggie Butzen, Tim Bourne
Sandburg: Larry Szabek, Dan Rife
New Trier: Lindsey Olsen (3rd in expos at nats)
Warren: Ivy Ford
Glenbrooks: Sam Bubnovich (State final of imp and a national final already), Melissa Lee-Litowitz
Hinsdale Central: Taylor Rasmussen
Freeport: Lauren Hartog

[extemp94]

Benton: Joseph King was amazing.

[Well...]

Should be an interesting year (my senior year!!!) filled with the usual ups and downs, but we'll see. Top contenders include:
DGS- Ed Roberge, Erin C. Walsh Colleen DeRosa, Michelle McCarthy
GBW- Grace Carey, Claire Fey, Riley Cooke, Jeff Pridgeon, Patrick Kelly, Maeve McDonugh, Ellie Wyant
WWS- Alli Gattari, Andreas Tsironis, Emma Rubenstein, Matt Peterson, Sean Anaya
WN- Tim Krentz, Michelle Stuhlmacher, Danny Gonzalez, Rachel Poe, Laura Feushl
Sandburg- Larry Svabek, Rebecca Shieber, Dan Rife, Cara Prochaska
Oak Lawn- Andrew Green, Eric Hoppenrath, Kate Ford
Hinsdale Central- Dan Cassin, Taylor Rasmussen, Ryann Javois, Charlie Wagner
York- Jack McFarlane, Caitlin McManus
Warren- Ivy Ford, Dylan Kroll, Magda Cychowski

We'll see!

[DQwells93]

In no particular order...

Warren- Ivy Ford, Dylan Kroll
Thornwood- Johari Mackey,
GBW- Riley Cook, Claire Fey, Mauve McDonough, Grace Carey
DGS- Colleen DeRosa, Erin C. Walsh, Billy Chengary, Michelle McCarthy
WN- Rachel Poe, Tim Krentz, Michelle Stuhlmacher
Nequa Valley- Anna Gatdula, Joey Kim, Kelsey Sante, Kaveri Sharma
Sandburg- Dan Rife, Larry Szabek
Hinsdale Central- Dan Cassin, Ryann Javois
Plainfield North- Parth Thakkar
WWS- Andreas Tsironis, Emma Rubenstein, Shawn Anaya, Samuel Niiro
Hinsdale Central- Dan Cassin, Ryann Javois
York- Jack McFarlane, Caitlin McManus
Geneso- Joel Collins


All lot of the competition from last year had graduated, it'll be exciting to see who will step it up this year!

[eaglecats]

I think that this is going to be an interesting year. I am sure that the programs that are usually strong will remain that way. It will be interesting to see what will happen at WWS, Nequa, and Plainfield with their coaches leaving. I am sure that the competitors mentioned will be great, but I am looking forward to many new performers stepping up this year.

[speechmc]

I don't know if anyone has noticed yet, but the IHSA has released the regional and sectional sites (not assignments). Some interesting changes with the Elk Grove regional feeding into the Downers South sectional, and the Wheaton North regional feeding into the Fremd sectional. The Glenbrook South regional is back to the Fremd sectional, instead of going to Reavis. If anything, there appears to be quite a bit of change!

[mlyg09]

Yeah, I wasn't at DGN, what were your thoughts?

[speechperson]

DGN was quite good. Saw a lot of promising performances throughout the day. Erin Walsh did really well for Radio, I'd say. Extemp was also impressive. I'm curious about the interps, though. Anyone see promising pieces as far as HI, DI, DDA, and HDA?