Region Rules

Rules from the Region 1 Handbook

Participants: (All events will be single entry)
• Lincoln Douglas Debate Four (4) participants
• Policy Debate Four (4) teams
• Public Forum Four (4) teams
• Impromptu Four (4) participants
• Oratory Four (4) participants
• National Extemp Four (4) participants
• Foreign Extemp Four (4) participants
• Student Congress Four (4) participants
Judging Requirements:
• One judge for every four Lincoln Douglas participants
• One judge for every four Policy and Public Forum teams
• One judge for every four Individual Event participants
• One judge for Student Congress (if bringing participants in this event)
• Judges should be at least 2 years out of high school (no first year out judges), and parents should
be entered as a judge in a different event from the one their student competes in.
Rounds: The Region Tournament will be four (4) rounds for all events beginning at 8:00 a.m. Congress
will have two, 2 ½ hour sessions
Parings: Participants will be randomly placed in panels for their events.
Congress Pairings: Competitors will make up 1-2 Congressional houses of no more than 25 and a
minimum of 13.
Quartiling:
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• The 1st quartile of competitors will be awarded superior ratings (5 points).
• The 2nd quartile will be awarded excellence ratings (3 points).
• The 3rd quartile will be awarded good ratings (1 points).
• The 4th quartile will be awarded fair ratings (0 point).
• ALL events (including Policy and Public Forum) will be scored the same.
Reimbursement: The Utah High School Association will pay for Judges ($10 per round) at the Region
Tournament. Food will be arranged by the host school, Region representative and Tournament director.
Medals: 1st thru 5th place medallions will be awarded participants, and the Utah High School
Association will pay for those.
Fines: Fines will be assessed to schools responsible to building damage
Topics:
All Debate (Lincoln Douglas, Policy and Public Forum) topics for Region will be the same as the State
topics.
The Congress topics docket will be the same as the State docket if it has been released by the State
tournament director two weeks prior to the Region tournament. If these topics have not been released the
docket will be made up of 2 pieces of legislation chosen by each school from the state approved docket of
legislation on or before Friday, February 1, 2022 to the Region Representative.
Oratories:
All coaches are responsible to check off their competitors’ oratories. Quoted and paraphrased material
must be highlighted and numbered (Only 10% may be quoted or paraphrased). Orators should have a
copy of their script on hand at the tournament in case of any questions.
Sweepstakes:
• All sweepstake will be done using the State Quartiling method.
o When Quartiling Sweepstakes points for Student Congress, high and low ballots will be
dropped
• Sweepstakes points will be determined using the following scale:
o 5 = Superior
o 3 = Excellent
o 1 = Good
o 0 = Fair
• Any participant who misses a round or session of an event will not be eligible for a final rating or
team sweepstakes points. (Chapter 3 Section 3 UHSAA Speech and Debate handbook)
• Tiebreaks at Region will mirror State.
• Team events are NOT doubled for sweepstakes points.
• Top 50% of teams that participated are eligible for a full slate at State.
• Individuals that place in the top 10 of an event will qualify for the State tournament.
• In the event that a dispute arises which is not covered by Region guidelines, State rules will be
deferred to. In the event that disputes are not covered by Region or State guidelines, Coaches will
determine, by a majority vote how to resolve the dispute