Laker Speech & Debate

Middle School Tournament

October 25, 2024

Bonneville High School

Events and Divisions

• Debate Events:

• Lincoln Douglas

• Policy

• Speech Events:

• Original Oratory

• Extemporaneous Speaking

• Combined Interps (HI/DI)

Schedule

• 3:00-3:30pm: Registration

• 3:30-4:30pm: Speech and LD Round 1

• 3:30-5:00pm: Policy Round 1

• 4:45-5:45pm: Speech and LD Round 2

• 5:30-7:00pm: Policy Round 2

• 6:00-7:00pm: Speech and LD Round 3

• 7:30pm: Awards

Judges

Teams are expected to provide 1 judge for every 2 debate entries and 1 judge for every 6 speech entries. Extra judges are always welcome and appreciated.

• We will be using online Tabroom Ballots. All judges need to be registered through Tabroom.

Cost

• $15 per team

• $4 per individual entry

Topics:

• Lincoln Douglas: Resolved: The United States ought to prohibit the extraction of fossil fuels from federal public lands and waters.

• Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

Tabroom

• All postings will be made on Tabroom. There will be no online postings. Please make sure that your student has a device through which they can access their posting. Or be prepared to access the postings and give them to students.

Concessions

• Full concessions will be available for students. We have a wide variety of snacks available for purchase.

Contact

Stephanie Heath

stheath@wsd.net

Dr. Stephanie Heath

Head Coach

Bonneville High School Speech & Debate