Salina South Debate

730 E Magnolia Rd,

Salina , KS 67401

Coach: Chris Delay

Dear Debate Coaches-

You and your debaters are cordially invited to the Salina South High Cougar Invitational Debate Tournament on Saturday, November 2, 2024. This will be a one day tournament consisting of five rounds. There will be two divisions: Open & Novice. There will be NO RESTRICTIONS placed on Novice case files. Please adhere to this and communicate it to your novice debaters.. Please find rules, details and schedule below:

1. We will use the KSHSAA approved 2024-2025 high school debate topic.

2. Entry fees are $7.00 per team. Initially we will be accepting 4 teams per school. Extra entries will be allowed after the registration deadline. Priority will go to schools who have given us extra entries.

3. Entries will be due by 5:00 pm on Thursday, October 24th. Any cancellation after this deadline will still result in registration fees being charged to your school.

4. Sponsors/coaches may be asked to judge in order to maintain the timeliness of our tournament.

5. Any team more than 10 minutes late to a round, through no fault of the tournament, will forfeit and receive a 3/4 ranking.

6. The first two rounds will be preset and we will delay power match the remaining rounds.

7. All debates will be the 8-3-5 Cross Examination format with 8 minutes of prep for each team.

8. Tab will be open.

9. We will medal the top six teams in each division.

10. Sweeps will be calculated based on each school’s best two entries from the Open division and an additional two entries from either Open or Novice.