Debate Results -- 2012-13

 

Congressional Debate

Congressional Debate All State Debate Team
Captain: Omar Joya (Wheeling)
Eric Ramotaur (Stevenson)
Anika Ranginani (Lyons)
Vivek Shah (Hersey)
Melanie Cohodes (Hersey)
Alex Foster (Highland Park)
Kirthi Bellamkonda (Naperville Central)
Matt Kaufmann (Highland Park)
Cameron Deahl (Highland Park)
Eric Perales (Naperville Central)

Final Congress Results
Champion: Matt Kaufman (Highland Park)
Coached by Head Coach Pat Cannon and Assistants Jennifer Firer and Kathy Tenus

Runner-up: Eric Ramoutar (Stevenson)
Coached by Head Coach Erik Joerns and Assistants Doug Koski and Bill Fritz

Final Round Tabulation

School Student Name J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 Total
Highland Park Matt Kaufmann (Sr.) 5 2 1 3 4 15 Champion
Stevenson Eric Ramoutar (Sr.) 6 8 5 1 1 21 Runner-Up
Stevenson Michelle Kelrikh (Sr.) 9 3 2 2 5 21 Finalist
Highland Park Alex Foster (Sr.) 1 9 4 5 2 21 Finalist
Hersey Vivek Shah (Sr.) 3 5 6 6 3 23 Finalist
Fenwick Jack Miller (Sr.) 7 1 8 4 8 28 Finalist
Fenwick Angela Ribaudo (Sr.) 9 4 3 9 9 34 Finalist
Wheeling Omar Joya (Sr.) 2 9 9 9 6 35 Finalist
Barrington Vikas Manjunath (Sr.) 4 7 9 8 9 37 Finalist
Hersey Ben Goldberg (Jr.) 8 9 9 9 7 42 Finalist
Naperville Central Adam Hassanein (Jr.) 9 6 9 9 9 42 Finalist
Hersey Melanie Cohodes (Jr.) 9 9 7 9 9 43 Finalist
Naperville Central Sanjay Subramanian (So.) 9 9 9 7 9 43 Finalist
Fenwick Nick Pellegrino (Sr.) 9 9 9 9 9 45 Finalist
Hersey Michael Feltes (Jr.) 9 9 9 9 9 45 Finalist
Schaumburg Peter Bruno III (Sr.) 9 9 9 9 9 45 Finalist

Semifinalists

Barrington

Grant Whittmer (Jr.)

Lyons

Alex Contarino (Sr.)

Barrington

Priyanka Thandra (Jr.)

Lyons

Anika Ranginani (So.)

Barrington

Vikas Manjunath (Sr.)

Lyons

Max Medlock (Jr.)

Dundee Crown

Caroline Hutton (Jr.)

Lyons

Sid Ariga (?)

Dundee Crown

Desiree Sulzmann (Sr.)

Naperville Central

Adam Hassanein (Jr.)

Elk Grove

Ronak Patel (Sr.)

Naperville Central

Eric Perales (Sr.)

Elk Grove

Shayla Pryor (Fr.)

Naperville Central

Esther Lu (So.)

Evanston

Joey Erwin

Naperville Central

Kirthi Bellamkonda (Sr.)

Fenwick

Amanda Waldera (Jr.)

Naperville Central

Rock Zhang (Sr.)

Fenwick

Angela Ribaudo (Sr.)

Naperville Central

Sanjay Subramanian (So.)

Fenwick

Anna Eckhoff (Jr.)

Notre Dame

Brendan Carney (Sr.)

Fenwick

Cairo Lewis (Sr.)

Notre Dame

Patrick Sachaj (So.)

Fenwick

Jack Miller (Sr.)

Rolling Meadows

Alex Beck (Jr.)

Fenwick

Nick Pellegrino (Sr.)

Rolling Meadows

Gabriel Ravich (Sr.)

Glenbrook South

Adam Hettinger (Sr.)

Rolling Meadows

Michael Vu (Jr.)

Glenbrook South

David Colston (Sr.)

Rolling Meadows

Sean Dahlgren (Sr.)

Hersey

Ben Goldberg (Jr.)

Schaumburg

Kruti Merchant (So.)

Hersey

Dan Niersbach (?)

Schaumburg

Meagan-Faye Allen (Jr.)

Hersey

Melanie Cohodes (Jr.)

Schaumburg

Peter Bruno III (Sr.)

Hersey

Michael Feltes (Jr.)

Schaumburg

Shraddha Patel (So.)

Hersey

Michael Miller (Jr.)

Stevenson

Eric Ramoutar (Sr.)

Hersey

Vivek Shah (Sr.)

Stevenson

Michelle Kelrikh (Sr.)

Highland Park

Alex Foster (Sr.)

Stevenson

Nikhita Luthra (Sr.)

Highland Park

Alex Gordon (Sr.)

Stevenson

Tina Moazezi (Jr.)

Highland Park

Cameron Deahl (Jr.)

Wheeling

Alexandra Daggett (So.)

Highland Park

Eli Ruffer (Sr.)

Wheeling

Erik Hernandez (Fr.)

Highland Park

Isaac Lasko (Sr.)

Wheeling

Grace Konyer (Sr.)

Highland Park

Matt Kaufmann (Sr.)

Wheeling

Omar Joya (Sr.)

Highland Park

Noah Brown (Fr.)

Highland Park

Ruth Libowsky (Jr.)

 

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Qualifiers for Octafinals
Barrington AL (Anna-Terese Losurdo)
Barrington IY (Ingrid Yin)
Barrington SM (Sarah Merchant)
Barrington SN (Sienna Nordquist)
Buffalo Grove MM (Mike Maley)
Buffalo Grove PK (Payal Kumar)
Buffalo Grove ZM (Zach Mellow)
Carl Sandburg JS (Josef Sabudo)
Evanston JS (Joey Schnide)
Evanston MD (Manny Dallas)
Fremd BS (Bushra Shams)
Fremd KK (Katarzyna Kaczowka)
Fremd LR (Lauren Romag)
Schaumburg BD (Brendan Du)
Schaumburg BL (Brooklynnn Leonhardt)
Schaumburg SB (Sarah Bier)

Advancing to Quarterfinals
Barrington IY (Ingrid Yin)
Buffalo Grove MM (Mike Maley)
Carl Sandburg JS (Josef Sabudo)
Evanston MD (Manny Dallas)
Fremd BS (Bushra Shams)
Fremd KK (Katarzyna Kaczowka)
Fremd LR (Lauren Romag)
Schaumburg BD (Brendan Du)

Advancing to Semifinals
Buffalo Grove MM (Mike Maley)
Schaumburg BD (Brendan Du)
Fremd KK (Katarzyna Kaczowka)
Carl Sandburg JS (Josef Sabudo)

Advancing to Finals
STATE CHAMPION: Buffalo Grove MM (Mike Maley)
Coached by Head Coach Tracey Repa and Assistants Thomas Wagner and Sumeer Benawra 

STATE RUNNER-UP: Fremd KK (Katarzyna Kaczowka)
Coached by Head Coach Martin Zacharia and Assistants Cristina Nagel, Christopher Caton, and Dorothy Robak-Iacch

Lincoln Douglas Debate All State Debate Team
Captain: Payal Kumar (Buffalo Grove)
Mike Maley (Buffalo Grove)
Katarzyna Kaczowka (Fremd)
Manny Dallas (Evanston)
Sarah Mechant (Barrington)
Bushra Shams (Fremd)
Zach Mellow (Buffalo Grove)
Josef Sabudo (Carl Sandburg)
Lauren Romag (Fremd)
Ingrid Yin (Barrington)


Policy Debate

Qualifiers for Quarterfinals
Glenbrook North CT (Derek Choi & Josh Tashma)
Glenbrook North DM (Tommy Donovan & Ethan Matlin)
Glenbrook North KS (Natalie Knez & Nathaniel Sawyer)
Glenbrook South SW (Robert Shaw & Ben Wolch)
New Trier KP (Alex Kontopolous & Matt Piekos)
New Trier MC (Jack Manchester & Eric Chen)
Niles West NP (Theo Noparstak & Jonass Placitis)
Whitney Young DV (Jaron Dastrup & John Vitzileos)

Advancing to Semifinals
Glenbrook South SW (Robert Shaw & Ben Wolch)
Whitney Young DV (Jaron Dastrup & John Vitzileos)

Advancing to Finals
Glenbrook North DM (Tommy Donovan & Ethan Matlin)
Glenbrook North KS (Natalie Knez & Nathaniel Sawyer)

Co-champions
Glenbrook North DM (Tommy Donovan & Ethan Matlin)
Glenbrook North KS (Natalie Knez & Nathaniel Sawyer)
Coached by Head Coach Michael Greenstein and Assistants Jamie Ellinger-Macon and Stephen Pipkin

Policy Debate All State Debate Team
Captain: Nathaniel Sawyer (Glenbrook North)
Ben Wolch (Glenbrook South)
John Vitzileos (Whitney Young)
Robert Shaw (Glenbrook South)
Eric Chen (New Trier)
Christian Palacios (Whitney Young)
Alex Kontopolous (New Trier)
Theo Noparstak (Niles West)
Natalie Knez (Glenbrook North)
Jack Manchester (New Trier)

 

Public Forum Debate

Qualifiers for Octafinals
Carl Sandburg ASRB (Anastasia Scourtes & Robert Bourret)
Carl Sandburg GRVN (Grant Lewis & Kevin Massimilian)
Evanston ACAH (Aaron Clarke & Alex Heuer)
Evanston KKGS (Kevin Klyman & Graham Straus)
Evanston JLRG (James Long & Russell Fillmore-Brady)
Fremd RBSI (Rebecca Beale & Sresht Iyer)
Glenbrook North MBDN (Sam Koisky & Daniel Newman)
Loyola JBSF (John Buchanan & Stephen Ferro)
Libertyville EBJN (Eric Boynton & Joey Nedland)
Libertyville SZJA (Stevie Zheng & Jojo Amdur)
Moline CZMS (Carlos Zamora & Megan Shaffer)
New Trier AHTM (Andrew Hunt & Thomas McGarry)
New Trier SMTT (Spencer Michelson & Trevor Thoma)
New Trier ZPNQ (Zach Peltz & Noah Quinn)
Schaumburg CMCS (Cole Miller & Craig Soares)
Schaumburg JHZT (Jung Han & Zohra Tabassum)

Advancing to Quarterfinals
Carl Sandburg ASRB (Anastasia Scourtes & Robert Bourret)
Carl Sandburg GRVN (Grant Lewis & Kevin Massimilian)
Evanston ACAH (Aaron Clarke & Alex Heuer)
Evanston JLRG (James Long & Russell Fillmore-Brady)
New Trier AHTM (Andrew Hunt & Thomas McGarry)
New Trier SMTT (Spencer Michelson & Trevor Thoma)
New Trier ZPNQ (Zach Peltz & Noah Quinn)
Schaumburg CMCS (Cole Miller & Craig Soares)

Advancing to Semifinals
Evanston ACAH (Aaron Clarke & Alex Heuer)
Schaumburg CMCS (Cole Miller & Craig Soares)
New Trier SMTT (Spencer Michelson & Trevor Thoma)
New Trier ZPNQ (Zach Peltz & Noah Quinn)

Advancing to Finals
STATE CHAMPIONS: New Trier ZPNQ (Zach Peltz & Noah Quinn)
Coached by Head Coaches P.J. Samorian and Aaron Vinson and Assistants David Weston, Kevin Quinlan, and Ashley Kain

STATE RUNNERS-UP: Schaumburg CMCS (Cole Miller & Craig Soares)
Coached by Head Coach Darrell Robin and Assistants Carl Schwartz, Kate Wessell, and Sam Haque

Public Forum Debate All State Debate Team
Captain: Zach Peltz (New Trier)
Grant Lewis (Carl Sandburg)
Anastasia Scourtes (Carl Sandburg)
Spencer Michelson (New Trier)
Kevin Massimilian (Carl Sandburg)
Trevor Thoma (New Trier)
Jack Harmening (Carl Sandburg)
Maya Simkin (Glenbrook North)
Eric Boynton (Libertyville)
Robert Bourret (Carl Sandburg)