The 37th Annual

MinneApple Debate Tournament
November 4-5, 2022

Sponsored by the Apple Valley High School Team, Apple Valley Speech & Debate Alumni Foundation, and American Legion Post 1776

The MinneApple is proud to offer in-person competition in Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, andCongressional Debate. Our commitment to providing an efficient tournament with great hospitality, strong competition, and superior judging has made it one of the largest tournaments in the nation. We would be honored to have you be a part of this event!

The MinneApple isaTournament of Champions qualifier at theOCTAFINALlevel in LD, theOCTAFINALlevel in Public Forum, and aTier 2level bid in Congressional Debate (top 16).We offer three divisions of LD, varsity and novicedivisions in Public Forum, and an open division of Congressional Debate. We offermutual judge preference in varsity LD debate, and judge strikes in varsity PF debate.

All LD and PF divisions will have six preliminary rounds. In varsity LD and PF, all students with 4-2 records will be eligible to compete in partial triple octafinals.

The MinneApple isaTournament of Champions qualifier at theOCTAFINALlevel in LD, theOCTAFINALlevel in Public Forum, and aTier 2level bid in Congressional Debate (top 16).We offer three divisions of LD, varsity and novicedivisions in Public Forum, and an open division of Congressional Debate. We offermutual judge preference in varsity LD debate, and judge strikes in varsity PF debate.

All LD and PF divisions will have six preliminary rounds. In varsity LD and PF, all students with 4-2 records will be eligible to compete in elimination debates.

Please complete this form if you are interested in being hired to judge.

We look forward to seeing you at the MinneApple!

Sincerely,

Chris Theis
Tournament Co-Director

Nick Smith
Tournament Co-Director

Pam CadyWycoff
Tournament Director Emeritus

Scott Voss
Director of Debate