Chris Theis Defends Greenhill Round Robin Title
Westminster Takes Policy Round Robin
ADDISON, Tex. — The 2008 edition of the Greenhill Round Robin has come to a close at the Crowne Plaza, just a stone’s throw from Greenhill School. The final round of Lincoln-Douglas debate featured defending champion Chris Theis of Apple Valley High School and challenger Ken Hershey of Scarsdale High School. Anjan Choudhury, Neil Conrad, and Jo Russell voted unanimously for Chris. Congratulations to both debaters!
Chris is coached by Pam Cady Wycoff, Cherian Koshy, and Tim Hogan; Ken is coached by Joe Vaughan and Patrick Diehl.
Chris is the first person to win the Greenhill Round Robin twice. Only one other school — Hendrick Hudson High School, in 1999 and 2000 — has won the round robin two years in a row.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
LINCOLN
ROUND 1
Hockaday vs. Greenhill (Patrick Diehl, Petey Gil-Montllor)
Walt Whitman EN vs. Bronx Science (Tim Hogan, Mike Berger)
Scarsdale MH vs. Apple Valley (Michelin Massey, Katie Dessi)
St. Louis Park vs. Valley (Stephen Babb, Anjan Choudhury)
ROUND 2
Bronx Science vs. St. Louis Park (Michelin Massey, Joe Vaughan)
Greenhill vs. Scarsdale MH (Chris Castillo, Mike Berger)
Apple Valley vs. Walt Whitman EN (Jennifer Miller, Petey Gil-Montllor)
Valley vs. Hockaday (Christian Tarsney, Jo Russell)
ROUND 3
Hockaday vs. Bronx Science (Anjan Choudhury, Cherian Koshy)
Scarsdale MH vs. Valley (Neil Conrad, Jenn Miller)
Walt Whitman EN vs. Greenhill (Katie Dessi, Michelin Massey)
St. Louis Park vs. Apple Valley (Patrick Diehl, Sam Duby)
ROUND 4
Apple Valley vs. Hockaday (Mike Berger, Neil Conrad)
Greenhill vs. St. Louis Park (Tom Evnen, Jo Russell)
Bronx Science vs. Scarsdale MH (Dave McGinnis, Corbin Cass)
Valley vs. Walt Whitman EN (Joe Vaughan, Eric Melin)
ROUND 5
Apple Valley vs. Bronx Science (Jane Boyd, Tom Evnen)
Scarsdale MH vs. Walt Whitman EN (Stephen Babb, Jo Russell)
St. Louis Park vs. Hockaday (Dave McGinnis, Corbin Cass)
Valley vs. Greenhill (Jon Cruz, Anjan Choudhury)
ROUND 6
Bronx Science vs. Valley (Sam Duby, Patrick Diehl)
Greenhill vs. Apple Valley (Joe Vaughan, Stephen Babb)
Hockaday vs. Scarsdale MH (Eric Melin, Tim Hogan)
Walt Whitman EN vs. St. Louis Park (Neil Conrad, Chris Castillo)
ROUND 7
Bronx Science vs. Greenhill (Chris Castillo, Tom Evnen)
Walt Whitman EN vs. Hockaday (Jon Cruz, Sam Duby)
St. Louis Park vs. Scarsdale MH (Petey Gil-Montllor, Katie Dessi)
Apple Valley vs. Valley (Michelin Massey, Corbin Cass)
DOUGLAS
ROUND 1
Trinity Prep vs. Walt Whitman BL (Sam Duby, Dave McGinnis)
Westlake vs. Millburn (Cherian Koshy, Jenn Miller)
Lakeville South vs. Scarsdale KH (Jo Russell, Tom Evnen)
Strake Jesuit vs. Southlake Carroll (Joe Vaughan, Neil Conrad)
ROUND 2
Walt Whitman BL vs. Lakeville South (Neil Conrad, Patrick Diehl)
Southlake Carroll vs. Trinity Prep (Katie Dessi, Tom Evnen)
Scarsdale KH vs. Westlake (Tim Hogan, Sam Duby)
Millburn vs. Strake Jesuit (Michael O’Connell, Anjan Choudhury)
ROUND 3
Westlake vs. Walt Whitman BL (Mike Berger, Tom Evnen)
Strake Jesuit vs. Scarsdale KH (Corbin Cass, Eric Melin)
Lakeville South vs. Southlake Carroll (Petey Gil-Montllor, Dave McGinnis)
Trinity Prep vs. Millburn (Jo Russell, Joe Vaughan)
ROUND 4
Millburn vs. Lakeville South (Katie Dessi, Sam Duby)
Scarsdale KH vs. Trinity Prep (Christian Tarsney, Jenn Miller)
Southlake Carroll vs. Westlake (Anjan Choudhury, Patrick Diehl)
Walt Whitman BL vs. Strake Jesuit (Petey Gil-Montllor, Michelin Massey)
ROUND 5
Lakeville South vs. Westlake (Joe Vaughan, Michelin Massey)
Scarsdale KH vs. Millburn (Neil Conrad, Petey Gil-Montllor)
Southlake Carroll vs. Walt Whitman BL (Jo Russell, Cherian Koshy)
Strake Jesuit vs. Trinity Prep (Michael Berger, Patrick Diehl)
ROUND 6
Walt Whitman BL vs. Scarsdale KH (Jane Boyd, Katie Dessi)
Trinity Prep vs. Lakeville South (Anjan Choudhury, Corbin Cass)
Millburn vs. Southlake Carroll (Michelin Massey, Michael Berger)
Westlake vs. Strake Jesuit (Dave McGinnis, Jo Russell)
ROUND 7
Strake Jesuit vs. Lakeville South (Stephen Babb, Cherian Koshy)
Trinity Prep vs. Westlake (Neil Conrad, Michael Berger)
Southlake Carroll vs. Scarsdale KH (Dave McGinnis, Tim Hogan)
Millburn vs. Walt Whitman BL (Eric Melin, Patrick Diehl)
POLICY DEBATE
ALTERNATIVE
Rounds 1 through 4 will be posted shortly.
ROUND 5
Berkeley Prep vs. Westminster (Salinas, Ehrlich-Quinn)
Bronx Science vs. Greenhill BL (Peterson, Stahl)
New Trier vs. Notre Dame (McDonald, Farmer)
Pace vs. Woodward (Martin, Matheson)
ROUND 6
Greenhill BL vs. Berkeley Prep (Gagnon, Petit)
Notre Dame vs. Pace (Sykes, Ehrlich-Quinn)
Westminster vs. Bronx Science (Manuel, Evans)
Woodward vs. New Trier (Kall, Paul)
ROUND 7
Berkeley Prep vs. Bronx Science (Paul, Sykes)
New Trier vs. Pace (Cunningham, Evans)
Westminster vs. Greenhill BL (Kall, Clark)
Woodward vs. Notre Dame (Berthiaume, Huston)
ENERGY
Rounds 1 through 4 will be posted shortly.
ROUND 5
Bishop Guertin vs. Damien (Atchison, Watson)
Chattahoochee vs. Greenhill KK (D. Heidt, Cunningham)
Fort Lauderdale vs. Glenbrook South (Levkowitz, K. Clark)
Jack C. Hays vs. Colleyville Heritage (Greenstein, Petit)
ROUND 6
Colleyville Heritage vs. Chattahoochee (K. Clark, Stahl)
Damien vs. Fort Lauderdale (Murrell, Farmer)
Glenbrook South vs. Bishop Guertin (Greenstein, Cunningham)
Greenhill KK vs. Jack C. Hayes (J. Clark, Levkowitz)
ROUND 7
Chattahoochee vs. Jack C. Hays (Farmer, Murrell)
Colleyville Heritage vs. Greenhill KK (Salinas, Matheson)
Damien vs. Glenbrook South (Jordan, Gagnon)
Fort Lauderdale vs. Bishop Guertin (D. Heidt, T. Tate)
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Posted from: 70.242.7.144
September 12th, 2008 06:10
Paul,
Sorry I couldn’t be there with you, but I have to take care of my family and house during the storm. Good luck at the RR and tournament.
Mr. Crist
Posted from: 72.80.232.236
September 12th, 2008 16:08
GO BRONX!
Posted from: 208.120.131.125
September 12th, 2008 18:03
gl dunay
Posted from: 74.36.123.9
September 12th, 2008 18:16
Chris Theis vs. Ken Hershey in finals
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
September 12th, 2008 18:42
Congrats to all, especially the Whitman kids, Jake, CK, Danielle, and especially Chris for being awesome
Posted from: 98.200.243.13
September 12th, 2008 19:33
who affirmed?
Posted from: 24.245.28.7
September 12th, 2008 19:51
Congrats AVHS :)
Posted from: 67.87.132.148
September 12th, 2008 19:53
Major congrats to Ken and Matt.
Posted from: 12.5.250.229
September 12th, 2008 19:57
Quinn: CT negated
Posted from: 96.239.73.8
September 12th, 2008 20:49
congratulations to ken and matt
Posted from: 12.5.250.229
September 12th, 2008 21:18
congrats to everyone, esp. Chris for defending his title.
Posted from: 12.5.250.229
September 12th, 2008 21:19
also, I think the speakers were:
1) Chris Theis
2) Jake Nebel
3) Ken Hershey
4) Danielle Smogard
5) Paul Tyger
Posted from: 98.200.243.13
September 12th, 2008 21:49
who were the runner ups in each pod?
Posted from: 69.118.140.49
September 12th, 2008 22:25
Congrats to Ken and Matt
Posted from: 24.7.71.153
September 12th, 2008 22:36
lol debateaments
policy results?
Posted from: 192.195.154.225
September 13th, 2008 01:50
theis is such a baller. nice first win of many for team not sexy.
Posted from: 69.118.140.49
September 13th, 2008 08:12
congrats to ken and matt for a great start to the season
Posted from: 206.251.74.247
September 13th, 2008 08:59
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Posted from: 70.231.164.73
September 13th, 2008 11:59
So were the rounds as terrible as all the nay-sayers predicted? Or were the debates actually decent with the oh-so-proper mix of outlandish and stock arguments?
inquiring minds need to know.
Posted from: 65.88.9.138
September 13th, 2008 13:17
The debates were not representative of the best version of what many students could do. Yet, the best still rose to the top.
Word up to Apple Valley and Scarsdale for getting the job done. Special congratulations go out to Theis and the AV staff for defending the Ghill RR title and getting the year started on the right foot.
The main question: will Theis win as many TOC bid tournaments and RRs this year as Michael Phelps won gold metals?
Michelin Massey
Posted from: 65.88.9.138
September 13th, 2008 13:23
re: Quinn
I think that the pod orders were:
Lincoln:
1. Theis
2. Smogard
3. Shivani
Douglas:
1. K. Hershey
2. Tyger
3. Nebel
Posted from: 65.88.9.138
September 13th, 2008 14:57
congrats tyger
Posted from: 69.118.233.12
September 13th, 2008 19:01
congrats to ken and matt
Posted from: 98.195.169.63
September 16th, 2008 11:19
congrats chris!
Posted from: 128.12.94.63
September 16th, 2008 15:34
congrats to theis and ken
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
September 16th, 2008 21:46
Chris, congratulations on making history as the first-ever repeat Greenhill Round Robin champion. The TOC allowed you to end your junior year with a win and this round robin allowed you to begin your senior year the same way. Fantastic job!
Congratulations as well to Ken for reppin’ the Northeast and the Mid-Hudson League in Addison this weekend. :o)
Posted from: 168.212.247.7
September 17th, 2008 13:53
congrats Ken and Matt