"The two greatest fears of mankind are death and public speaking." Forensics is the art of competitive speaking, acting, and interpretation of literature.
We compete as part of the Wisconsin Forensic Coaches' Association (WFCA), and we are a charter member of the National Forensic League (NFL). Students can choose to compete in nearly 20 categories related to public speaking. The team travels weekly from January to April to compete for individual and team awards. Students who participate in forensics gain an appreciation for effective communication,
04/26/2026
Celebrating a fantastic forensics 2026 season with the Forensics Banquet!! Thank you so much everyone who came and supported our team with share-outs, warm-ups, superlatives, and plenty of incredible food‼️ See you next season :) (peep the robotic floor cleaner mhs has????)
04/18/2026
Our MHS Forensics Team went out with a bang at Neenah High School for the STATE tourney‼️ The team had a blast on the bus, in the hotel, and at the tournament!! Overnight State Success❤️🔥
Awards:
Rianna Jain: Solo Serious State Finalist, 6th Place
Jenna Hager: Original Oratory State Semifinalist
Greta Durand: Impromptu State Semifinalist
Liza Kanne: Radio State Semifinalist
Avery Lickel: Poetry State Semifinalist
Congratulations Middleton Forensics on a great 2026 season‼️ See you at NSDA!!
03/29/2026
We kicked off our Spring Break with the Sun Prairie East Tournament, having a blast and locking in for the last tournament before STATE‼️Special thanks to our graduated leaders who came back to judge for us this Saturday, we love you guys!!! Thank you 💕💕
Awards:
Liza Kanne: Next-In Radio Tournament CHAMPION!
Yasmeen Sarhan: 5th in Next-In Poetry
Middleton Overall: 3rd Medium Team!!
See you at STATE‼️‼️
03/15/2026
Successful day at the UW Whitewater Speechbowl😎😎 Only one more tournament until State🫢
Tanvi - 1st in Informative Speaking
Marlee - 2nd in Special Occasion Speaking
Jane - 4th in Expository Speaking
Marlee - 4th in Original Oratory
Jenna - 5th in Original Oratory
Yasmeen - Novice Showcase, Poetry
Sunshine - Novice Showcase, Storytelling
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03/10/2026
The Cardinals had a GREAT showing at the Vel Phillips Memorial (even without a coach there the whole time😮🙊)
Your favorite Cardis got 3rd place for Large teams🏆🏆
Jane and Marlee - Sportsmanship Award
Avery Lickel – 1st in Poetry
Avery Lickel & Sophie Poole – 2nd in Group Interpretation
Marlee Pavelski – 3rd in Impromptu Speaking
Marlee Pavelski – 3rd in Special Occasion Speaking
Sunshine Thaoxaochay – 3rd in Storytelling
Greta Durand – 4th in Impromptu Speaking
Harris Anspach, Josephine Thomas & Vivtisha Singh – 4th in Group Interpretation
Marlee Pavelski – 4th in Oratory
03/09/2026
CONGRATULATIONS to two of our leaders😇 who competed at the National Qualifiers in West Bend and both qualified for Nationals! Next stop: VIRGINIA FOR NATTYS🏆🥇🎖️🙌
Rianna - National Qualifier in Dramatic Interpretation
Jenna - National Qualifier in Original Oratory
03/02/2026
Your favorite cardinals CRUSHED the Tournament
Marlee - 1st in Special Occasion Speaking
Avery - 1st in Poetry Next In & 2nd in Group Interpretation
Rianna - 1st in Extemporaneous Reading
Sophie - 3rd in Poetry & 2nd in Group Interpretation
Jane - 3rd in Expository Speaking
02/23/2026
SUPER SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT🥳🥳 We won 3rd place for large schools!!!!
Jane - 2nd in Expository
Avery - 1st in Group Interpretation & 2nd in Poetry
Sophie - 1st in Group Interpretation & 5th in Poetry
Greta - 1st in Impromptu & 5th in Moments
Tanvi - 1st in Informative
Marlee - 5th in Oratory & 3rd in Special Occasions
Geena - 6th in Oratory
Liza - 4th in Radio
Rianna - 4th in Solo Serious
Sunshine - 5th in Storytelling
02/14/2026
Your cards took on the Madison West Tournament👏👏
🏆Jenna – 5th in Oratory
🏆Sunshine – 4th in Storytelling
so proud of this team😎😎😍
02/08/2026
Tournament #2 in the books 🏆 So proud of this team!!
Marlee – 2nd Special Occasion
Avery – 2nd Poetry
Jenna – 5th Oratory
Kavya – 2nd Storytelling
Sunshine – Best Novice Storytelling