Charger Challenge
2024 — Draper, UT/US
Corner Canyon High School
12943 S. 700 E. Draper UT 84020
December 13-14th 2024
Welcome to Charger Challenge 3.0!
-We are offering a wide variety of in person and async speech events to encourage students to double & triple enter.
-Speech events are available both days.
Oratory, Interp, Extemp & Informative will beUK TOC bid eligible. Both async and in person for these events will be eligible. Top 3 receive a bid, (some asyncs will be top 6).
-We are planning on finals rounds in POI,Oratory, HI & DI Interp, Informative & Extemp on Friday night.
-Policy will have 4 rounds. We will go hi/lo after round 2.
-Impromptu will be 4 rounds.
-LD & PF will have 5rounds.
-Big Question will have 3 rounds & and an elim round.
-Congress Rounds will be 2 rounds @ 2 1/2 hours with 13-16 per chamber. Then a 2 hour final. This will be the same forNoviceCongress.
-We are implementing event caps. Sign up soon as several events are close to capacity!
-Friday we are bringing back Charger Challenge Bingo, Scavenger hunts & our "vibe stations" to help get your holiday energy right.
-SAFE UT will have a table both days of the tournament and we invite students to visit them (it's a box on the Friday bingo card).
-We will be selling snacks, pop tarts, pizza by the slice on Friday for $1 and Chick Filet sandwiches on Saturday.
--WE WILL HAVE ALL AWARDS COMPLETED BY 4:45SATURDAY!!!--
Awards:
Impromptu 1-10th Place.
Info & Oratory 1-8th Place.
LD: 1-12th Place.
PF:1-8th Place.
Congress: 1st-10th Place.
Policy: 1st-8th Place.
Speech: 1st-6th Place.
Async: 1st-4th Place.
Novice Events: 1st-5th Place.
Holiday Speech Events: 1st-4th Place.
-Partner awards will both receive medals.
Top speaker awards for Policy, PF, & LD.
Charger Champion Award- The top 4 with the most NSDA points through async/in person entries.
Judge Burden:
Async 6 Entries/1 Judge
Speech 6 Entries/1 Judge
Congress 5 Entries/1 Judge
Big Question 3 Entries/1 judge
Policy 3 Entries/1 Judge
LD/PF 2 Entries/1 Judge
Please see www.instagram.com/cchsdebateandspeech for photos of the awards & prior Charger Challenge tournaments.
Sweeps & Team awards:
1-3rd Place Large Schools
1-3rd Place Small Schools
-The team with the best vibe.
-Team that’s on the rise.
-Team with the best Aesthetic.
-Student leadership awards (nominated by coaches).
Friday Events-
--2:45 Judge Meeting & Rounds Start @ 3:15
Impromptu
Informative (TOC bid)
Novice Informative
International Extemp (TOC bid)
Domestic Extemp (TOC bid)
Humorous Interp (TOC bid)
Dramatic Interp (TOC bid)
Duo (TOC bid)
Oratory (TOC Bid)
Novice Oratory
Spar
Spar-"Presidential Debate Style"
POI (Program Oral Interp)
Shark Tank "Sales Pitch” (DECA inspired event/1 to 2 people per entry)
Saturday Events-
--8 AM Start
Congress
Novice Congress
Policy
Pattern A (Starts at 8:00 AM):
Lincoln Douglas
Holiday Impromptu
Holiday Story Telling (Can enter solo or duo style)
Pattern B (Starts at 8:50 AM):
Public Forum
Big Question
Character Holiday Spar
Original Poetry
Asynchronous Events-
After Dinner Speech
Declamation
Newscaster
Informative (TOC Bid)
Oratory (TOC Bid)
Combined Interp (TOC Bid)
Lip Sync (up to 2 people per entry)
Sketch Comedy (up to 4 per group)
Pro/Con Challenge
Story Telling
Combined Extemp (TOC)
Poetry
Cost:
-$25.00 per day/per school
-$5.00 per student per event
-$3.00 per Asyncs
-$10.00 per PF
-$10.00 per CX
-$10 per Duo
-$20.00 Nuisance fine for drops after December 10th
-$10.00 Late adds/Drops
**No Show Judges will incur $50 to $100 fine on behalf of their school (depending on the event).**