15^th Annual “Speak the Speech I Pray You” – Classic

The Sudan High School Resonance Speech Team welcomes you to their 15^th annual, “Speak the Speech I Pray You” – Classic. This TFA qualifying tournament features 12 TFA events plus Poetry and Prose.

Students may enter three events in Pattern A and in Pattern B. Debate may only enter debate. Congress may enter 2 events in pattern B. Students may not enter both extemps. We will be using the TFA Spring 2025 Congress docket. Prelims will use items 1-5 (The prelim order will be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.) and finals will use items 6-10.

LD will use the UIL Spring topic.

Handsome trophies will be awarded through 6^th place in each Individual event. Debate will receive trophies through quarters. Three sweepstakes trophies will be awarded (1^st – 3^rd) and a single small school sweepstakes trophy (1A and 2A).

Sweepstakes

Team sweepstakes awards will be calculated as follows

IEs, Duo, Duet, Congress

12 points- 1st place

10 points- 2nd place

8 points- 3rd place

6 points- 4th place

4 points- 5th place- 8th place

Debate

12 points- 1st place

10 points- 2nd place

8 points- Non-advancing semi finalists

4 points- Non-advancing quarter finalists

Schedule:

Pattern A: Duo, DI, PO, POI, FX, DX

Pattern B: Duet, INF, HI, PR, OO

Pattern C: CX, LD, Congress

7:45 A.M. Extemp Draw (Band Hall)

8:00 A.M Round 1 – Category A

9:30 A.M. Round 1 - Category B

10:45 A.M. Extemp Draw

11:00 A.M. Round 2 – Category A

12:30 P.M. Round 2 – Category B

1:50 P.M. Extemp Draw

2:00 P.M. Semi-finals - Category A

3:30 P.M. Semi-finals – Category B

4:50 P.M Extemp Draw

5:00 P.M. Finals – Category A

6:15 P.M. Finals – Category B

Debate:

7:45 A.M. Congress Prelims Session 1 (1.5 Hours)

8:00 A.M. Round 1 – CX/LD

9:30 A.M. Round 2 – CX/LD

10:50 A.M. Congress Prelims Session 2 (1.5 Hours)

11:00 A.M. Round 3 – CX/LD

1:30 P.M. Quarterfinals – CX/LD

1:45 P.M. Congress Finals (2 Hours)

3:15 P.M. Semifinals – CX/LD

5:00 P.M. Finals – CX/LD

TFA rules can be located at: https://www.txfa.org/_files/ugd/a3a5e9_c2ebb1083a754e4a9d962d6b9adc3852.pdf

Some Sudan HS students may compete, especially in any event that may need a boost in numbers. These local students will compete for IQT points.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Jonathan Robertson at jonathanrobertson@sudanisd.net (cell) 806.239.5041