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Needham High Speech and Debate excels

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Xenophobia. Term limits in Washington. “My Year of Saying Yes to Everything.” These were some of the topics Needham High School students broached in the past year on Needham High’s Speech and Debate team. Throughout the 2017-2018 school year, the Speech and Debate team fiercely contended in about 20 interscholastic competitions,...
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Needham speakers excel at states

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The Needham Speech and Debate team put an exclamation point on the regular season with a third-place finish at the Massachusetts Speech and Congress Championships on April 7 at Acton-Boxborough High School. Sophomore Annie Stein paced several award-winners by earning the state championship in Declamation with her performance of Shonda Rhimses’s “My Year...
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Needham debaters celebrate state success

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The Needham Speech and Debate celebrated the “debate” part of its name by capturing its second successive novice Lincoln-Douglas championship at Chelmsford High School. Freshman Sasha Reiser defeated Brookline High School in the finals, and was also third place speaker overall. Sophomore Zachary Lu, last year’s novice champion, reached quarterfinals and was second...
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Needham debaters celebrate state success

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The Needham Speech and Debate celebrated the “debate” part of its name by capturing its second successive novice Lincoln-Douglas championship at Chelmsford High School. Freshman Sasha Reiser defeated Brookline High School in the finals, and was also third place speaker overall. Sophomore Zachary Lu, last year’s novice champion, reached quarterfinals and was second...
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Rocket Speech and Debate roll

The Needham Speech and Debate Team won several accolades January 13-14 at Lexington and from January 19-21 at Columbia University. In Lextinton, in varsity Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, sophomore Zachary Lu finished in the top twenty, dropping to Lake Highland of Florida, while in novice LD, ninth grader Sasha Reiser reached quarters, being defeated in a 2-1...
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Speech and debate excel in Newton

The Needham Rocket Speech and Debate Team warmed up for 2018 on a frozen weekend at Newton South on January 6. The team ranked fourth in the forty school field. Senior Jackson Segal was tournament champion in impromptu speaking and runner-up in extemporaneous speaking. He was joined in impromptu finals by fellow senior Emma Garber,...
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Speech and Debate celebrates success

Needham Speech and Debate had a celebration had a parade of firsts and other fantastic performances, from Lexington to Philadelphia’s Cradle of Liberty, during the weekend of November 18-19. At St. Joseph University’s Villager Invitational, sophomore Annie Stein ranked first in declamation, while also finishing sixth with partner Shayan Raza in duo interpretation. Senior Sarah...
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Boys soccer still unbeaten

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham high varsity boys soccer team remains undefeated halfway through the 2016 season. The Rockets (7-0-6) have recently earned wins over Milton (4-0) BC High (3-1), and Norwood (6-0) with ties coming against Framingham (2-2) and Brookline (1-1). Head coach Jimmy Odierna says that his team has...
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Needham boys eye soccer glory

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The boys soccer program has for long been a crown jewel of Needham High athletics. In 2016, the Rockets return a core group of seniors to their roster and once again will look to make some noise in the Bay State Conference. Leading the charge for Needham this season...
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