South Oregon District Tournament
2025 — OR/US
South Oregon District Qualifier
for the 2025 National Tournament
South Oregon Coaches,
It's time once again to test ourselves and decide who is off to Des Moines, IA this June 15-20!
Please read over the basic information on this page as well as the South Oregon NSDA Nat Quals Important Information document, and email or call me with questions.
As always, I would encourage you to fill your slots. Please be aware: We must have 4 entries in each event as well as at least two schools represented in order to run the event.
New this year: Judge Training Videos
Please ensure that your judges are aware of the training modules and complete them prior to the competition date(s).
Participant Requirements:
Both schools and competitors must be members 7 days prior to the tournament start date (2/28/2025). The number of entries allowed is based on the formula as of that date, which you can find by clicking on the District Info tab in your NSDA Account. Big Question (BQ) and World Schools have unlimited entries.
Note that all competitors in the BQ qualifier must also be NSDA members.
NSDA Forms:
Single Entry Preferences- Please rank your preferences in Tabroom and print & sign the forms. These must be turned in BEFORE the student’s first round of competition.
School Consent- Please print and sign. These must be turned in BEFORE the first round of competition for your school.
Note: You may email me a scanned copy of both. Please send to SouthOregonNSDA@gmail.com
Schedule
BIG QUESTIONS: Friday, March 7 - South Medford HS
Round 1---4:30 pm
Round 2---5:45 pm
Round 3---7:00 pm
Round 4---3/8 as needed, time TBA
Debate Elims (as needed)---3/8 as needed, time TBA
SPEECH & DEBATE: Saturday, March 8 - South Medford HS
Registration---8:30 - 9:00 am
Mandatory Judge Meeting---9:00 am
Debate Round 1---9:30 - 11:00 am
Debate Round 2---11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Extemp Prep---noon
All Speech Events Round 1---12:30 - 2:00 pm
Extemp Prep---1:30
All Speech Events Round 2---2:00 - 3:30 pm
Debate Round 3---3:30 - 5:00 pm
Extemp Prep 4:30 pm
All Speech Events Round 3---5:00 - 6:30 pm
SPEECH & DEBATE: Sunday, March 9 - South Medford HS
Debate Round 4 / Finals---9:00 - 10:30 am
Speech Finals: TBA---10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Debate Round 5 / Finals---12:00 - 1:30 pm
Speech Finals: TBA---1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Debate Round 6 / Finals---3:00 - 4:30 pm
Awards---ASAP
CONGRESS: Saturday, March 15 - ONLINE (ZOOM)
Judge Meeting---8:30 am
Oath of Office and Chambering---8:45 am
Session 1---9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session 2---1:30 - 4:30 pm
Awards---5:30 pm
Fees:
$40 school fee (owed only once for the tournament series)
$15.00 per speech or debate event
$10.00 per congress entry
$5 per Big Question debate
Judging fees: $15 per uncovered speech, debate (including BQ and Worlds) entry
Please make checks payable to:
South Oregon NSDA
c/o Caroline Campbell
1551 Cunningham Ave
Medford, OR 97501
If you owe fees to NSDA National, please be sure you bring proof of payment to me. You will not be able to participate if you owe the NSDA money!!
Committee Members:
Caroline Campbell, South Medford HS, Chair
Kristen Sullivan, Crater HS
Ben Dodds, Willamette HS
Molly Bruins, St. Mary’s
Ann McDonald, Hood River Valley HS