Welcome to Charger Challenge: December 5-6th

Corner Canyon High School • Draper, Utah

December 5–6, 2025

Tournament Details:

• Students are strongly encouraged to enter multiple events (in-person & asynchronous).

• Friday: Speech Events (Novice & Varsity)

-UK TOC designation as a speech qualifier for the Tournament of Champions .

• Saturday: Congress, PF, LD, Policy, Big Questions & Supplemental Speech Events.

Friday – Speech Events (Start @ 3:00 PM)

3 prelim rounds + finals (90-minute rounds to allow double entry):

• Duo Interpretation

• Dramatic Interpretation

• Humorous Interpretation

• Program Oral Interpretation (POI)

• Informative & Novice Informative

• Oratory & Novice Oratory

• Impromptu & Novice Impromptu

• Domestic Extemp

• International Extemp

•Commentary

• Character Spar

• Tag Team Spar

• Shark Tank (DECA-inspired event)

Saturday – Debate & Supplemental Events

Start times vary by event pattern.

Policy & Novice Policy — 8:00 AM (single flight)

• 4 rounds

Public Forum — 8:00 AM (single flight)

• 5 rounds + Quarters/Semi Finals

Congress & Novice Congress — 8:00 AM

• 2 sessions (2.5 hrs each) + final

Panel A — 8:00 AM Start

• Lincoln–Douglas (5 rounds)

• Original Poetry & Prose

• Novice Public Forum (4 rounds + Elim Round)

Panel B — 9:00 AM Start

• Big Questions (3 rounds + Semi Finals)

• Novice LD (4 rounds + Elim Round)

• Holiday Storytelling

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Asynchronous Events

• Declamation

• Newscaster/Podcaster

• Informative

• Oratory

• Combined Extemp

• Pro/Con Challenge

• Humorous Interpretation

• Dramatic Interpretation

• Lip Sync

• Musical Theater

• Sketch Comedy

• Storytelling

• Poetry

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Awards Structure

Based on registration trends the tournament will add additional awards where needed

• Congress: 1st–6th

• LD & PF: 1st–6th

• Speech Events: 1st–5th

• Supplemental Speech Events: 1st–4th

• Async Events: 1st–3rd

• Novice Events: 1st–5th

Sweepstakes Awards:

• Top 3 Large Schools

• Top 3 Small Schools

• Team with the Best Vibe

• Student Leadership Awards

• Best Aesthetic, Our Favorite Speech & more

Judging Requirements:

Async — 1 judge per 6 entries

Speech — 1 judge per 6 entries

Congress — 1 judge per 6 entries

LD, BQ — 1 judge per 2 entries

PF — 1 judge per 2 entries

Policy — 1 judge per 2 entries

Shark Tank -Judge burden covered by collegiate judges

FINES:

No-show judge: $50

Late adds/drops: $5 each

Drop after Dec. 3rd: $25 nuisance fee

Entry Fees:

• $25 per school per day
  
  
• $5 per student per event
  
  
• $4 per asynchronous event
  
  
• $10 for PF, Policy, Duo & Tag Team Spar