Important Tournament Information

Debate Information
We are NOT swinging PF, Policy, World Schools, or LD. We are swinging Congressional Debate.

We will break brackets in all debate events when it is possible.

All rounds will have a single judge, except for Semis & Finals of TFA qualifying events

All divisions of PF, Policy, LD will have 3 preliminary rounds and then advance to elimination rounds.

The break to elimination rounds is contingent on the number of entries. We will break to the highest level of guaranteed TFA points. For example, if points are only awarded to those advancing to quarterfinals, we will only break to quarterfinals.

Students may only enter into one debate event (LD, PF, CX, WSD) and may cross-enter into IEs at their own risk.


Debate Topics

Topics can be found under the Tabroom page labeled “Debate Topics”
We will use the current NSDA Topics (and TFA Congress Docket)


Entry Fees
IE’s- $20
Congress- $25
Policy, LD, PF- $30
WSD- $40


Judge Requirements
As the old saying goes, we want your judges rather than your money!
IEs- 1 Judge per 5 entries ($25 fee per missing judge)
Congress- 1 Judge per 5 entries ($25 fee per missing judge)
Debate- 1 Judge per 4 entries ($25 per missing judge)


Additional Tournament Information

ALL Section A and Section B rounds will be single judges except for finals for TFA qualifying events.

Students may cross-enter in IEs at their own risk. The schedule will not be adjusted due to students who are cross-entered.

All debate rounds will be single judges except for semis and finals of TFA qualifying events.

ALL competing students must be accompanied by an employee of the school or school district attending. The supervising adult must be available throughout the tournament until all students from that academic institution are eliminated and/or finished competing.

Maverick entries will not be accepted.

No independent or middle school entries will be accepted. All entries must be affiliated with and a representative of their school, defined as an organization, institution, or group who grants a diploma, or its equivalent as recognized by the Texas State Board of Education and/or Texas Education Agency.

The judging pool will consist of community/volunteer judges, coaches of competing schools, and contracted judges. Foster & Summer Creek varsity students may be utilized as judges in novice events.

For this tournament, a novice is defined as a competitor in their first competitive year in forensics.


Sweepstakes Schedule