Deadlines and Expected Schedule

Important Deadlines

Entries will be due by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28th to allow us to finalize our judging contracts and ensure a smooth and competitive tournament. This is also when your registration fees will lock-in.

Judge registration will be required at the time of school registration. Schools may request hired judging to cover some of their obligation, but all schools must have 1 judge available while their students are competing. Judges will be obligated to judge 1 round past when their last student is eliminated or competes in their final round. Judges may be asked to judge any event, but we will try to accommodate event requests. Only adult judges will be counted towards a school’s judging obligation. We will be using Tabroom.com for balloting and tabulation, so please make sure judges bring a device that will facilitate writing comments (in other words, something besides a smartphone).

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
CLEAR FALLS KNIGHT INVITATIONAL

Friday, October 31^st and Saturday, November 1^st, 2025

FRIDAY – Please enter at the CFHS Auditorium entrance if arriving after 3:00 p.m.

2:00 – 3:00 PM Check-In in the CFHS Auditorium. As soon as we can move to the CFHS Commons, we’ll move pre-tournament check-in there.

3:30PM Debate Rd. 1, Congress Prelims,

5:30 PM Debate Rd. 2.

7:00 PM Congress Finals, WSD Impromptu Prep

7:30 – 9:30 Debate Rd. 3,

SATURDAY

8:30AM ExtempDraw in CFHS Auditorium

9:00AM All IE’s, Duo, and Duet – Round 1/Prelims

10:30 AM Debate Rd. 4, NLD/NPF/CX/WSD Elims

Noon All IE’s, Duo, and Duet – Round 2/Semis, Rd. 2/Semis Extemp Draw

12:30 PM Rd. 2/Semis Extemp

1:30 PM LD/PF Elims (single-flighted), NPF/NLD/WSD/CX Elims (if needed)

2:30 PM LD/PF Elims (single-flighted)

3:30 PM All IE’s, Duo, and Duet Finals, Finals Extemp Draw

4:00 PM Finals Extemp

5:00 PM LD/PF Elims (single-flighted, if necessary)

6:00 PM LD/PF Elims (single-flighted, if necessary)

Elimination rounds will be accelerated as cross entries and judge availability allows.