Perry Debate Club received an invitation to compete in the Chandler Preparatory Academy Invitational on Jan. 16. Among others, PHS was represented by seniors Quinton MacDonald and Andrew Jensen. Together, the team competed in a tournament held at ASU in order to qualify for the Public Forum Debate. By ranking in the top 16, Jensen and MacDonald were offered a bid to compete in the Tournament of Champions. This was Perry’s first bid in a national event.

Jensen and MacDonald came out victorious beating a team from Horizon High School making Perry history as the first debate team to win first place in the invitational.

For Jensen and MacDonald, they see their victory as a huge milestone for Perry’s Debate Club in hopes their win will spark interest among the students here at Perry.

“This is reaching new grounds,” MacDonald said. “[This] was the next step for us in making a name for our school.”