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).**