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(I undid some of Kevin's edits. I don't see the need to remove the fact that he was on a HSNCT winning team and add that he scored less than a particular player on a particular team. It strikes me as a bit petty, especially since he left QB 3 years ago.)
 
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'''Luke Tierney''' was a [[Chicago]] player who was on the [[Hunter]] team that won the [[2016 HSNCT|2016]] and [[2017 HSNCT]]. He is controversial in the quizbowl community for his far-right political opinions, wearing a Rhodesia t-shirt to a tournament,<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20761 How far should we tolerate hate speech in quizbowl?] by [[Kilroy Was Here]] » Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:52 pm</ref> and disparaging behavior towards female teammates<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=378608#p378608 Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community] by [[halle]] » Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:57 pm</ref>, among other things.
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'''Luke Tierney''' was a [[Chicago]] player who previously played for [[Hunter]], and was on the team that won the [[2016 HSNCT|2016]] and [[2017 HSNCT]]s. He is greatly disliked in the quizbowl community and has been ostracized for his far-right political opinions, for wearing a Rhodesia t-shirt to a tournament,<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20761 How far should we tolerate hate speech in quizbowl?] by [[Kilroy Was Here]] » Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:52 pm</ref>, and for disparaging behavior towards female teammates,<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=378608#p378608 Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community] by [[halle]] » Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:57 pm</ref> among other things; he is greatly disliked outside the quizbowl community as well. He is the son of journalist and climate change denier John Tierney.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tierney_(journalist)</ref>
  
In high school, he played for [[Hunter]] and was club president. He was named a member of the Second Team for the 2016 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]] and of the first team for the 2017 teams. In college, he was on the Chicago C team, which won Division 2 of the [[2018 ICT]].
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He was named a member of the Second Team for the 2016 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]] and of the first team for the 2017 teams. In college, he was on the Chicago C team which won [[2018 ICT]] DII.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:05, 22 October 2021

Luke Tierney
Noted subjects History
Past colleges Chicago (2017-2018)
High school Hunter (2013-2017)
HSQB profile luke1865
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Luke Tierney was a Chicago player who previously played for Hunter, and was on the team that won the 2016 and 2017 HSNCTs. He is greatly disliked in the quizbowl community and has been ostracized for his far-right political opinions, for wearing a Rhodesia t-shirt to a tournament,[1], and for disparaging behavior towards female teammates,[2] among other things; he is greatly disliked outside the quizbowl community as well. He is the son of journalist and climate change denier John Tierney.[3]

He was named a member of the Second Team for the 2016 HSQBRank All-World Teams and of the first team for the 2017 teams. In college, he was on the Chicago C team which won 2018 ICT DII.

References

  1. How far should we tolerate hate speech in quizbowl? by Kilroy Was Here » Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:52 pm
  2. Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community by halle » Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:57 pm
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tierney_(journalist)