Wisconsin Forensic Coaches' Association

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The WFCA's mission is "to instill and develop in students communication skills vital for a lifetime of effective participation in a democratic society." To that end, the WFCA promotes the interests of Wisconsin interscholastic forensics by assisting in the regulation and improvement of forensic practices and by serving as a forum for the airing of opinions concerning forensic activities. Member schools receive notices of invitational tournaments through an official mailing list. The season culminates with the State Tournament, open to every member school. Read more ...

 

See the video of coaches reflecting on the impact of forensics and scenes from the State Tournament.

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Results:

Student Congress

State Tournament:

Results on SpeechWire
Tabulation Packet
Elimination Rounds Report
Team Sweepstakes
Team Standings

The Wisconsin Forensics Coaches' Association (WFCA) announces the champions of the 2026 WFCA State Tournament. The Student Congress competition was April 10 at the Winnebago County Courthouse, and the state Forensics Tournament was April 11 at Neenah High School. The tournament marks the capstone of high school competitive speech activities for Wisconsin students.

Coach Malyssa Gabrielson from Sheboygan South High School was awarded the William Hintz Memorial Award for Coaching Excellence.

Six senior students received $1000 scholarships from the WFCA

Piper Crawford – Oshkosh West
Nicole Meier – Sun Prairie West
Isaac Moscinski – Appleton East
Isabelle Perry – Brookfield East
Lillian Pingel – Kaukauna
Brenna Rades – Appleton East

Eight students were selected as Student Officers for the 2026-27 Student Advisory Committee

Meha Dasgupta – Vel Phillips Memorial
Mallory Eggert – Brookfield East
Maha Kothinti – Sun Prairie West
Tanvi Kulkarni – Middleton
Sabrine Narvasa – Wrightstown
Malcolm Reineck – Eau Claire North
Ishaan Shukla – Sun Prairie West
Vivian Walsh - Sussex Hamilton

Team awards:

Appleton North – Division 1 State Champion
Appleton East – Division 2 State Champion
Wrightstown – Division 3 State Champion

The 2026 congress, speech, and interpretive event state champions are:

Nina Bhattacharjee from Neenah in Student Congress

Ishaan Shukla and John Kudrle from Sun Prairie West in Duo Interpretation of Literature

Isaac Moscinski from Appleton East in Expository Speaking

Meha Dasguptafrom Vel Phillips Memorial in Extemporaneous Speaking

Mackenzie Schmidt from Sheboygan South in Farrago

Isabelle Van Asten, Ivy Van Asten and Olivia Gehrt from Appleton North in Group Interpretation

Varnika Arianathanfrom from Vel Phillips Memorial in Impromptu Speaking

Meghan McAvoy from Neenah in Informative Speaking

Claire Altmann from Appleton East in Moments in History

Michelle Allen from Milwaukee High School of the Arts in Oral Interpretation

Shlok Shah from Sun Prairie West in Oratory

Rudy Wagner and Tynan Conway from FreedomProject Academy in Play Acting

Mila Petricevicfrom Whitnall in Poetry

Ximena Soto from Appleton North in Prose

Zenon Netafrom from Madison West in Radio Announcing

Elizabeth Baillargeon from River Falls in Solo Humorous Acting

Anna Wagner from Vel Phillips Memorial in Solo Serious Acting

Mirabai Rickertf rom Eau Claire Memorial in Special Occasion Speaking

Maria Sullivan from Luther Prepartory in Storytelling

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Join us for the WFCA Spring Meeting, to be held Saturday, May 2 at Appleton East High School, 2121 E. Emmers Dr. Appleton. WI. A virtual online option will also be available.

Looking for a place to stay in Appleton? Book a discounted room at Hilton Applton Paper Valley

Virtual attendance:

Specific link will be added here

Schedule for Saturday May 2:

9:00-9:30 Coach social

9:30-11:30 Roundtables/Committee Meetings

1:00 - 2:00 Fall Business Meeting (in-person and also virtual option)

Agenda:

Officer reports, committee reports, state tournament reports, and proposals noted below.

Election of Treasurer and President-Elect

Full agenda document (will be posted here)

Discussion of 2026-27 calendar (will be ratified at fall meeting)

Calendar Request Form - due April 25

Proposals:

Proposals from the Treasurer:

Proposal 1: Congress Fee Correction

Proposal 2: Standardized Membership Fee for Tournament Hosts

Proposal to limit congress legislation packets

Proposal: Addition to the WFCA handbook code of conduct

Proposal to form state-sponsored congress packets

 

The 2026 season has concluded, finishing with the 2026 WFCA State Tournament on April 11 at Neenah High School, with Student Congress on April 10 at Winnebago County Courthouse.

January 17
Sussex Hamilton/Arrowhead Tournament [ Results ]

January 24
Watertown Tournament – CANCELED [ SpeechWire ]

January 30 (Friday)
Marquette University High School Student Congress at Milwaukee City Hall [ Results ]

January 31
Appleton East Tournament [ Results ]
DeForest Tournament [ Results ]
Divine Savior Holy Angels Tournament [ SpeechWire ]

February 7
Slinger Tournament [ Results ]
Sun Prairie West Tournament [ Results ]
Wrightstown Tournament [ Results ]

February 14
Eau Claire North Tournament [ Results ]
Madison West Tournament [ Results: Student Congress, Forensics ]
Oshkosh West Tournament [ Results ]
West Bend Tournament [ Results ]

February 21
Altoona Tournament [ Results ]
Greater Metro Conference Tournament [ Results ]
Lodi Tournament [ Results ]
Milwaukee Public Schools Conference Tournament [ Results ]
Oshkosh North Tournament [ Results ]

February 28
Durand-Arkansaw Tournament [ Results ]
St. Mary Catholic (Neenah) Tournament [ Results ]
Sheboygan South Tournament (with Student Congress Feb 27) [ Results | Congress-Results ]

March 7
Kaukauna Tournament [ Results ]
Port Washington Tournament [ Results ]
St. Croix Falls Tournament [ Results ]
Vel Phillips Memorial (Madison) Tournament (with Student Congress March 6) [ Results | Congress-Results ]

March 14
Eau Claire Memorial Tournament [ Results ]
Neenah Tournament (with Student Congress March 13) [ ResultsResults | Congress-Tabroom ]
UW-Whitewater Tournament [ Results ]

March 21
Sun Prairie East Tournament [ Results ]
Waupaca Tournament [ Results ]

March 28
Brookfield East Tournament (with Student Congress March 27)  [ Results ]
Fond du Lac Tournament [ Results ]

April 10
WFCA State Student Congress at Winnebago County Courthouse [ Results-Tabroom ]

April 11
WFCA State Tournament in Neenah [ Results ]

WFCA
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Oshkosh WI 54903 webmaster@wfcaforensics.org