This weekend, we attended the annual Pennsylvania Forensics Association state tournament in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The tournament this year was hosted at Bloomsburg University. The Pennsylvania Forensics Association State tournament (also known as PFA) is the most important tournament in the state of PA at the collegiate level.  Not only is it a time for all the Pennsylvania college teams to converge and compete, but it determines who will represent the state of PA at the annual IOA tournament (Interstate Oratorical Association)! It’s always a great tournament and a fun time. Results for the tournament this weekend are below:

 

ADS, Michelle, 4th, Camsey, 2nd & Holly ADS state champion!

DI, Amber, 5th, Camsey, 2nd, Nat, DI state champion!

Duo, Camsey + Nat, state champions!

Ext, Brynne, 6th, Will, 5th, Ben, 4th, Tyler, 3rd

Info, Aleksandra, 4th, Holly, 3rd, Ben, 2nd, Camsey, Info state champion!

Impromptu, Brynne, 4th, Nat, 2nd


IPDA, Tyler, state champion!

Impromptu, Brynne, 4th Nat, 2nd

Persuasion, Will, 5th

Brynne, 4th, Nat, 3rd

Persuasion, Ben 2nd (PA state IOA qualifier!)

Poetry, Olivia, 5th, Will, 4th, Alex, 2nd

POI, Alex, 5th, Camsey, 2nd, Holly, POI state champion!

Prose, Holly 3rd, Alex, 2nd, Camsey, prose state champion!

Rhetorical Criticism, 2nd Nat, Tyler, crit state champion!

 

For IE sweepstakes, we had Ben in 6th place, Holly in 3rd place, Nat in 2nd place and Camsey was the individual sweepstakes champion and was 1st place in the state!

Finally, the 2025 Pennsylvania state champions were Lafayette College! What an amazing state tournament! Fun fact – Lafayette has won the state tournament every year since 2019!