KHSSL JUNIOR STATE SPEECH TOURNAMENT
2025 — LEXINGTON, KY/US
Hello! And welcome to the Junior State Speech Tournament!
Please see the posted files on this page for all information about the contest.
Almost everything is in the Tournament Invitation. The Head Coach of your school will know the rest!
We'll see you at Douglass High School February 21 and 22!
May the words be with you!
UPDATES:
- We already have entries into the Name the Hippo contest-- keep 'em coming! I've ordered more based on coach-reported reactions to how they're going over. I hope Blyton doesn't get jealous.
- An updated set of photos (lots of new stickers this year) of the merch that will be on sale is now posted online if you want a sneak peek.
- The Regional Tournament prompts for Broadcasting, Impromptu and Improv Duo are now posted. I wrote 4 sections for each round, and most Regions only used one or two rooms, so two or three sections plus all of Senior should be fresh for your kids for practice.
REMINDERS:
- Soft registration deadline (your initial entry and judges; you can change names without penalty until a week from today at 5 PM) is WEDNESDAY at 5 PM.
- Douglass HS needs your preliminary pizza counts by Wednesday at 5 PM.
- You must pay as you register as you arrive on Friday the21st, so make sure to get your check cut. KHSSL doesn't take purchase orders. You can pay online too if you have to (or if you have added drop fees), but we prefer checks as we don't lose the Visa fees for those.
- I need your t-shirt orders as part of your Soft Registration if you want this year's t-shirt. You order those in the CONCESSIONS tab of the Registration part of the tournament (between Judges and Fees).