CHSSA CVFL Debate Quals Mira Loma

2026 — Sacramento, CA/US

Location: Mira Loma High School (4000 Edison Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95821).

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Debate Topics

LD - March/April NSDA Topic (TBA)

PubFo - March NSDA Topic (TBA)

Policy - Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.

Congress - See attached legislation file (to be posted by February 27).

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Schedule - We will attempt to accelerate the schedules if judges enter decisions quickly!

Friday will ONLY have LD, PubFo and Parli debate.

Policy and Congress will compete ONLY on Saturday.

Friday (LD, PF, Parli ONLY)

Round 1: 4:30pm [Parli draw 4:10 PM]

Round 2: 7:00pm [Parli draw 20 minutes prior]

Saturday (ALL EVENTS)

Round 3 (PF/LD/PAR 3/Congress 1/Policy 1): 8:30am [Parli draw 8:10 AM]

Round 4 (PF/LD/PAR Elim 1/Congress 2/Policy 2): 11:00am [Parli draw 20 minutes prior]

Round 5 (PF/LD/PAR Elim 2/Congress 3/Policy 3): 1:30pm [Parli draw 20 minutes prior]

Round 6 (Congress Finals): 4:00pm [Parli draw 20 minutes prior]

Awards: 6:30

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Qualifier Spots

Congress: 8

Presiding Officer: 1

Policy: 5

LD: 5

Parli: 5

PF: 5

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Sweepstakes

For information on sweepstakes, see our website's Awards page.

League Championship

The CVFL Sweepstakes Broom becomes a permanent (non-traveling) award at the conclusion of the CVFL state qualifier tournaments. The CVFL Sweepstakes Broom is permanently awarded to the school with the highest sum of sweepstakes points earned at both the CVFL Speech State Qualifier and the CVFL Debate State Qualifier. In addition to earning the Broom, this school may also bask in the glory of their title as CVFL League Champions for the competitive season.

Team MVP

The entry from each school with the highest number of sweepstakes points earned will be recognized as their Team MVP of the tournament at the awards ceremony.