Cavalier Invite

2026 — Sioux Falls, SD/US

Welcome!

WELCOME TO THE 5TH ANNUAL CAVALIER INVITE! We are a TOC Finals bid in Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas and Speech Events!!!

IMPORTANT INFO:

  1. Debate will have a Varsity and a JV/Novice divisions.
  2. PF will use the February NSDA Topic and LD will use the Jan-Feb NSDA Topic
  3. IE Rounds will be all have 3 Rounds and a final on Friday (except Extemp) and Interp Awards that evening
  4. Debate will have 2 Varsity Rounds on Friday, with the rest on Saturday. Novice will begin on Saturday
  5. Congress will have 1 session on Friday during IE's and 2 Sessions on Saturday!!
  6. If you have congress entries, do your absolute best to provide a dedicated judge to that event!
  7. Extempers are not going to be allowed to double-enter in another speech event! Sorry, but if we want to get out at a reasonable hour on Friday, we have to keep the schedule tight (I'm only going to have sections of 5 in extemp) which prevents extempers from being able to do both extemp and another event.
  8. Schedule will try to follow this:

Friday

2:15 - Registration begins in auditorium for speech teams

2:45 - General Meeting - dismissal bell for Jefferson is at 2:55

3:00 - Rd 1 of Extemp Draw begins in Black Box Theater (next door to Auditorium) - speak at 3:30

3:30 - Rd 1 of Interp Events, Oratory & Informative Speaking

3:30 - Friday Congressional Debate Session (end at 6:30)

4:10 - Rd 2 of Extemp Draw in Black Box Theater - speak at 4:40

4:40 - Rd 2 of Interp Events, Oratory & Informative Speaking

5:20 - Rd 3 of Extemp Draw in Black Box Theater - speak at 5:50

5:50 - Rd 3 of Interp Events, Oratory & Informative Speaking

6:00 - Registration for Debate only schools in library

7:00 - Rd 1 of Varsity LD and Varsity PF and Varsity CX

7:30 - Finals of Interp Events, Oratory & Informative Speaking

Note: If you are in OO/Info/Interp finals and debate you will have to elect to forfeit your entry in Finals

8:05 - Rd 2 of Varsity LD and Varsity PF

9:00 - Awards for Speech Events (minus extemp)

Saturday

8:30 - Rd 3 of Varsity LD & Varsity PF Rd 1 of JV/Novice LD & PF & Congress Session 1 and Round 2 of Varsity CX

9:55 - Rd 4 of Varsity LD & Varsity PF Rd 2 of JV/Novice LD & PF

10:45 - Round 3 of Varsity CX

11:15 - Rd 5 of Varsity LD & Varsity PF Rd 3 of JV/Novice LD & PF

Lunch

1:00 - Octos of Varsity LD & Varsity PF Rd 4 of JV/Novice LD & PF & Congress Session 2 and Round 4 of CX

2:20 - Quarters of Varsity LD & Varsity PF Rd 5 of JV/Novice LD & PF

3:15 - Semis of CX

3:50 - Semi-finals of Varsity LD & Varsity PF Semi-Finals of Novice LD & PF

3:50 - Draw for Extemp Finals (if in semi-Finals of debate, will receive a finalists award)

5:00 - Awards

Finals of all debate events right after Awards