Welcome to the 2025 Roundup at Ridgevue

Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15

We have applied to be NIETOC bid tournament for the 2025 event - more details to come!

ATTENTION COACHES!

Within the theme of the "Roundup", coaches will be encouraged to wear western wear (just like in the seasonal theme of the Holiday Havoc). Prizes will be awarded to those who don their best garb!

EVENTS

Speech - All 14 IHSAA events in an Open/Varsity division. We will offer this BOTH DAYS for students who want and need the extra experience! Awards will be presented both days. For NIETOC bids, the competition will be Saturday as it has prelims and a final round.

Debate - Congressional Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate in both Varsity/Open and Novice divisions and Worlds School Debate in a Varsity/Open division will be offered BOTH DAYS for students who want the extra debate experience and practice.

NOTE! Students cannot enter both speech and debate events ON THE SAME DAY! For example, they could do debate both days, speech both days, or one day of speech and one day of debate.

TOPICS

Speech - In Extemporaneous, students can pick from either the US or International areas. In Panel Discussion we will post the topics for discussion at least 3 weeks in advance of the tournament. In Impromptu, we will have one round with abstract words, one round with current events, and one round with fortune cookies (in place of quotations). If a final round happens on Saturday, we will have one choice from each in that round.

Panel Topics - the 3 Panel Topics are posted under the event description.

Debate - In Lincoln Douglas Debate and Public Forum Debate, we will use the November/December NFHS topics. For Worlds School Debate, all rounds will be prepared topics and we will publish the topics at least 3 weeks in advance of the tournament. In Congressional Debate, we will utilize the District 3 Fall Legislation Packet. Those schools outside of District 3 may submit one piece of legislation for the packet and those are due to Jeffrey Stoppenhagen at jeffrey.stoppenhagen@vallivue.org by end of day on October 25th. For the finals/Superior-Excellent round, we will use the October 2025 NSDA packet that will be posted here after October 1.

SCHEDULE

Speech - There will be 3 rounds of speech and NO FINALS on Friday. On Saturday, there will be 3 preliminary rounds and a FINAL ROUND (for events that merit it due to entry numbers). Awards will be presented both days.

Debate - Debate will be held on both Friday and Saturday. There are 2 prelim rounds in all formats (LD, PF, and WSD) and 1 session of Congress (3 hours minimum) on Friday. Top entries in each format on Friday will win awards at the Friday celebration. On Saturday, there will be 4 prelims rounds in PF, LD, and WSD and a superior/excellent round. In Congress, there will be 3 prelim sessions and a superior/excellent round. Those advancing to that round will win awards at the Saturday awards celebration.

JUDGE REQUIREMENTS

Speech - one judge will cover 5 speech entries each day.

Debate - one judge will cover 4 debate entries (LD, PF, and WSD) and 6 Congressional Debate entries each day.

If judges do not show, the school will be fined or forced to drop entries to get to a covered status. The drop judge option will be $100 per missing judge.

ENTRY FEES

Speech - Entry fees are $8 per slot, except Duo Interpretation which will be $12 per slot.

Debate - Entry fees are $8 per slot for the individual events (Congressional Debate and Lincoln Douglas Debate), $12 per slot for Public Forum and $15 for Worlds School Debate.

NO SHOW OR LATE ENTRY FEES! If you have students that drop after the deadline or are added after the deadline, there is a $25 per entry nuisance fee that will be charged.

PARKING

Friday and Saturday - On Friday, we dismiss school at 3:35 pm so it will be a little busy in the NORTH parking lot, off of Linden, for the first 15 minutes after school lets out. We suggest you be at the school no later than 3:20 pm so you can find parking and enter the building on the NORTH side (Auditorium) before the final bell. This is for JUDGES and COMPETITORS. Please DO NOT try and enter the school from the west side (front parking on Madison Rd) as this is the office and you will be turned away to enter form the North side. Saturday parking will be less stressful but ALL will still need to enter on the North side of the school, both judges and competitors.

CONCESSIONS/FOOD

There are NO food options near our school so we suggest you make the necessary arrangements to bring your own snacks and beverages as well as food, or take advantage of our concessions. We will feed judges dinner on Friday, a light breakfast as well as lunch and dinner on Saturday. There will a Judges Lounge with snacks and beverages throughout both days for our judges!

We hope you will join us for two days of competition and camaraderie!

Jeffrey Stoppenhagen, Coach/Director

Allee Platz, Assistant Coach/Director