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WATCH NOW: High schoolers compete in Interscholastic Competition in English
Two members of our Interscholastic Competition in English team captured top 6 finishes yesterday at SUNY Geneseo.
An annual competition sponsored by Genesee Valley BOCES, ICE tests three-member teams in three distinct areas of English: Literary analysis, creative writing and dramatic presentation.
Competing in the dramatic performance category, senior Brandon H. took 5th place for his performance of The Fact Checker monologue from the play “Goodbye Charles,” by Gabriel Davis. In this monologue, a young man grapples with the reluctant realization that he’s fallen in love with his childhood best friend’s girlfriend.
Junior Liliana V. likewise took 5th place in the creative writing category, which required her to submit two compositions.
The first, which Liliana completed back in November, was capped at 500 words and required her to write an essay or story on one of five topics: “Alone,” “Unexplained Territory,” “Through My Eyes,” “Sweet Hawaiian Surf” and “My Determination.”
Liliana’s piece, “Fated To Be Alone,” centered on a recently widowed woman who reflects on the constant presence of loneliness in her life.
For the second prompt, competitors were given two hours and 100 words the morning of the competition to write a “concise reaction” to the following quote attributed to Muhammad Ali: “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”
Liliana’s piece charts the relationship of an owl and an eagle who are initially skeptical of one another but eventually develop an, if not friendship, at least mutual respect.
For the literary analysis portion of the competition, students completed a 50- to 75-question exam that tasked them with analyzing:
A short video clip
Two or three essays or short stories that are classics of the English literary canon
Two or three poems - likewise considered classics of English
A piece of flash fiction
Two of Geneseo’s three teams tied for first with the third placing 5th as the Blue Devils re-captured the ICE Cup after losing for the first time in more than a decade to Livonia last year.
Full results from Tuesday’s competition are listed below:
Literary interpretation
1st: Natalie Capel, Geneseo
2nd: Matthew Parry, Livonia
3rd: Sydney Kolodziej, Livonia
4th: Eddie LaFleur, Geneseo
T-5th: Lexie Thomas, Pavilion
T-5th: Jonah Levy, Geneseo
Dramatic performance
1st: Kaedin Andrews, Geneseo
2nd: Bennett Antonucci, Geneseo
3rd: Elena Kolberg, Geneseo
4th: Oscar Chojnacki, Pavilion
5th: Brandon H., Avon
6th: Lily Sharp, Livonia
Creative writing
1st: Rebekah Hendrick, Livonia
2nd: Emma Conklin, Geneseo
3rd: Zach Struble, Geneseo
4th: Logan Ellis, Livonia
5th: Liliana V., Avon
6th: Finn Morgan, Geneseo
Team scores
T-1st: Team 1, Geneseo
T-1st: Team 2, Geneseo
3rd: Team Blue, Livonia
T-4th: Team White, Livonia
T-4th: Team 3, Geneseo
6th: Chapter Chasers, Pavilion
Avon's 2026 Interscholastic Competition in English team. 
Competing in the dramatic performance category, senior Brandon H., second from right above, took 5th place for his performance of The Fact Checker monologue from the play “Goodbye Charles,” by Gabriel Davis. In this monologue, a young man grapples with the reluctant realization that he’s fallen in love with his childhood best friend’s girlfriend. 
In the creative writing category, junior Liliana V., second from right above, took 5th place on the strength of her two submissions. The first, “Fated To Be Alone,” centered on a recently widowed woman who reflects on the constant presence of loneliness in her life. The second, a concise reaction to a Muhammad Ali quote about friendship, charted the relationship of an owl and an eagle who are initially skeptical of one another but eventually develop an, if not friendship, at least mutual respect.
Junior Lucy M., above, performed Ursula’s monologue, from “Trust.” In this monologue, Ursula has a heated reaction after walking in on her husband in a compromising situation with another woman.
Senior Brandon H. is pictured performing The Fact Checker monologue from the play "Goodbye Charles," by Gabriel Davis. 
Junior Mitchell B. performed The Devil’s monologue from “The Devil You Know.” In this monologue, the Devil refuses to buy the soul of a recent murderer after discovering it’s worthless.
Sophomore Elena G. performs Dana’s monologue, from “OCD.” In this monologue, Dana, a doctor with OCD, perseverates about the spread of disease while repeatedly washing her hands.
Junior Liliana V.'s first piece, "Fated To Be Alone," above, centers on a recently widowed woman who reflects on the constant presence of loneliness in her life. 
Liliana's second piece, above, is a concise reaction to a Muhammad Ali quote about friendship and charts the relationship of an owl and an eagle who are initially skeptical of one another but eventually develop an, if not friendship, at least mutual respect.A compilation of the dramatic presentation monologues Avon students performed Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 at SUNY Geneseo as part of the Interscholastic Competition in English, or ICE.
