The Rushmore Challenge 26

2026 — Harrisburg, SD/US

Main

We are a TOC Finals bid all Speech Events!!!

IMPORTANT INFO:

  1. Debate will have a Varsity and a JV/Novice divisions.
  2. PF will use the February NSDA Topic and LD will use the Jan-Feb NSDA Topic
  3. IE Rounds will be all have 3 Rounds and a final on Friday and Interp Awards that evening
  4. Debate will have 2 Rounds on Friday, with the rest on Saturday.
  5. Congress will have 1 session and a Final on Friday during IE's!!
  6. To keep things going to have sections of 5 in all events.
  7. We are will be asking that all IE and Debate ballots be turned in online. Please bring a fully charged device. We will have hard copies of comment sheets for Fridays Oral Interp and Speech Events.
  8. As this close to qualifying Tournaments, we are asking that all judges take the NSDA certification courses in what ever event areas (speech and/or debate) that they are judging. we owe this to our hard working students. Please let us know if you have trouble
  9. We will have a Coach Heather Reed running a belonging and inclusion office at this tournament.
  10. Schedule will try to follow this:

    Friday February, 13

    9:00 Building opens for Registration

    10:00 AM Extemp Draw Round 1

    10:30 AM Speech Round 1

    10:30 AM Congress Session

    11:15 AM Extemp Draw Round 1

    11:45 AM Speech Round 2

    1:15 PM Congress Finals

    12:45 PM Extemp Draw Round 3

    1:15 PM Speech Round 3

    Break

    2:30 PM Extemp Draw Final Round

    2:55 PM Speech Honor Finals (if needed)

    3:00 PM Speech Finals

    Speech Awards

    5:30 PM Debate Round 1

    6:45 PM Debate Round 2


    Saturday, February 14

    8:00 AM Building opens

    9:00 AM Debate Round 3

    10:15 AM Debate Round 4

    11:45 AM Debate Round 5

    Lunch

    1:30 PM Debate Elims #1

    3:00 PM Debate Elims #2

    Awards

    5:30 PM Debate Elims #3

    We will accelerate the tournament when ever we are logistically able to. Elimination rounds will be based on entries.