Be Part of History – Richland High School’s FIRST-EVER UIL Tournament!

And it's VIRTUAL

We’re thrilled to announce the first UIL Tournament hosted by Richland High School – and you’re invited! Join us online on Saturday, November 15th for a day of competition, growth, and fun.

We’re kicking things off with special discounted pricing on all academic tests:

• If your school has 1–25 entries, you can register for your conference (1–4A or 5/6A) and receive up to 25 total test entries for just $100.
• If your school has 26–50 entries, you can register for a total of up to 50 test entries for only $200.
• For unlimited academic testing entries, choose the $300 option.

And that’s not all – we’re also featuring:

• Cross-Examination Debate - $30/team

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate - $15/team

• Prose & Poetry - $15/competitor

• Informative & Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking- $15/competitor

• UIL Congress- $15/competitor

Speech and Debate events will take place through NSDA rooms on Saturday through the virtual platform. We are guaranteeing 3 rounds of debate, 2 rounds of Congress, and 3 rounds of IE's.

Judge Requirements: 1/4 or part thereof for LD, 1/2 or part thereof for CX, 1/4 or part thereof for Congress, and 1/6 or part thereof for IE's. Judging fees are $150 which is what we pay the judge.

Plus, we’ve secured experienced hired judges ready to give helpful, detailed feedback to get your students primed for the upcoming UIL season.

How will a VIRTUAL Academic tournament work?

We will send you the tests requested digitally the week before the tournament.

You test your students at home. We will give you a deadline to have this done by.

If the test is a Writing event, you will follow the instructions on how to submit them for grading by hired judges. We will have judges that will be judging the Journalism events. If there are Writing events entered, we will have a $20 judging fee per school added to help offset the cost of hiring the quality judges needed to judge all of the papers.

If the test is an objective event, you will grade the multiple choice section and submit the scores in your own personal spreadsheet that will be provided for your school. In Social Studies, Lit Crit, and CIE, essays will be submitted into a folder separately for consideration in tiebreaking.

We will then compile all scores look at essays for tiebreakers, and announce the winners by conference and mail out the awards.

DEADLINES and IMPORTANT DATES

Entry Deadline: 11/8/2025

Speech/Debate Drop Deadline: 11/13/2025

When will you get your tests and how: 11/9/2025 via email to the tabroom account registered

When are the scores due: 11/15/2025 at 5:00pm

When are Writing papers due: 11/15/2025 at 5:00pm

When are Speech/Debate Judges due: 11/10/2025

Don’t miss your chance to be part of Richland history while giving your team an incredible competitive experience. Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 15th – we can’t wait to see you online!

We will try to have results posted for you and awards by Friday of the following week before Thanksgiving break.