West Texas District Tournament

2024 — TX/US

West Texas District Qualifier

for the 2024 National Tournament
Congress, Debate, IE at Eastwood High School, El Paso, TX Feb 23–24 HSE SEN CX LD PF DI DUO HI INF IX OO POI USX

*Please note: NSDA rules dictate that we have 4 prelim rounds of debate and 3 prelim rounds of Individual events. Depending on entry numbers, some events may go to semi-finals after prelims and others may go to finals.

Friday, 2/24

9:30am- 12pm House Prelims, Senate Session 1
1:00pm-3:30pm House Finals, Senate Session 2

4:30pm Round 1 LD, PF, CX, DUO, POI
5:30pm Round 2 LD, PF, DUO, POI
6pm Round 2 CX
6:30pm Round 3 LD, PF, DUO, POI
7:30pm Round 3 CX/PF, Round 4 LD, Finals POI/DUO

Saturday, 2/25

8am Draw for USX and IX
8:30am Round 1 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
10am Draw
10:30 Round 2 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
12pm Draw
12:30pm Round 3 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI

1:00pm: Round 4 CX

2pm Draw, Semis LD
2:30pm Finals USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
3:30pm Draw/LD Finals
4pm CX Semis, Finals for any remaining speech events

Extemp Topic Areas:

US Extemp
  1. US Politics & Elections
  2. US Economics, Business, & Industry
  3. US Energy & Environment
  4. US Foreign Policy & National Security
  5. US Supreme Court & Legal Issues
  6. US Education, Healthcare, & Social Issues
International Extemp
  1. Americas & Caribbean
  2. Asia & Pacific
  3. Southwest Asia & North Africa
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Europe
  6. Global Environmental & Humanitarian Issues

5:30 CX Finals