Cavalier Invite

2025 — Sioux Falls, SD/US

WELCOME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL CAVALIER INVITE! We are a TOC Finals bid in Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas!!!

  1. Currently we have Novice/JV & Varsity divisions in debate. If numbers warrant, we will add a seperate JV division.
  2. PF will use the February NSDA Topic and LD will use the Jan-Feb NSDA Topic
  3. IE Rounds will be all on Friday with 3 Rounds and Interp Awards that evening
  4. Debate will have 2 Varsity Rounds on Friday. Novice will begin on Saturday
  5. Congress will have 1 session on Friday during IE's and 2 sessions on Saturday. Awards for all will be on Saturday.
  6. If you have congress entries, do your absolute best to provide a dedicated judge to that event! Putting a judge in both Congress and debate events creates shortages and tournament efficiency issues.
  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

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

3:00 - Rd 1 of Extemp Draw begins in Black Box Theater - speak at 3:30

3:15 - Rd 1 of Interp Events, Oratory & Informative Speaking

3:15 - Friday Congressional Debate Session (end at 6:30)

4:15 - Rd 2 of Extemp Draw in Black Box Theater - speak at 4:45

4:25 - Rd 2 of Interp Events, Oratory & Informative Speaking

5:30 - Rd 3 of Extemp Draw in Black Box Theater - speak at 6:00

5:35 - Rd 3 of Interp Events, Oratory & Informative Speaking

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

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

8:15 - Awards for Interp Events

Saturday

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

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

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

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

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

5:00 - Awards

Finals of all debate events right after Awards