GBS Debate Earns State Championship

Congratulations to our debate team and Ms. Tara Tate for winning the State Championship Saturday, March 15, 2008. For the third time in four years, Glenbrook South is the IHSA State Policy Debate Champions. They won in a dominating style by closing out the final round. Seniors Grant Peretz and Winston Luo and sophomores Will Thibeau and Richard Day reached the state championship final round by defeating Walter Payton H.S. and Glenbrook North H.S. in the semifinal round after blowing through the rest of the competition and elimination round bracket. Grant and Winston did not lose a ballot the entire tournament. This feat followed their JV State Championship last weekend.

GBS earned HALF of the All-State team...five of the ten All-State Debate team were GBS debaters.

GBS was the only school to have multiple teams in the elite eight...we had THREE. Juniors Colin Quinn and Alec Zimmer finished fifth.

Thibeau and Day are SOPHOMORES...there has not been a sophomore team in recent history that has been crowned state champions. Thibeau and Day are also the only team in Illinois' recent history to win all three state titles at the varying age levels. They were state champions last year in the freshmen division and won the Junior Varsity and Varsity state titles this year.