War Eagle Scrimmage Series 1

2025 — Online, GA/US

Hi everyone! We are excited to welcome your first year debaters in public forum and policy debate opportunities to debate during the first month of the season. We are thrilled for a slight change in year 11 of this afterschool program - this year, we are partnering with our slightly older War Eagles from Woodward(they're 1900, while we're 1901)to host the four fall series. The four scrimmages will be:

Wednesday, September 17 -- hosted by Marist

Monday, October 6 -- hosted by Woodward

Wednesday, October 29 -- hosted by Marist

Thursday, November 13 -- hosted by Woodward

Each scrimmage plans to offer a:
-- JV policy division (ideally for second year debaters who did not attend camp)
-- GFCA packet novice policy division
-- GFCA packet rookie policy division
-- novice public forum division
-- a middle school public forum division (first year MS debaters only, please!)

As always there is no cost for you - we just need your older students to help judge the novice debates.


Each scrimmage will be hosted through a Zoom meeting space so we do recommend competitors practice with zoom prior to the competition day. The schedule for each scrimmage will be mostly the same with policy debates starting as close to 4pm EST as possible and 4:15pm EST for public forum debates. If you need the start time to be adjusted for either division, reach out to Maggie or I and we can probably make it work - the scrimmage exists to help you and your brand new debaters!

Policy Debate Notes: Both Rookie & Novice will be using a smaller version of the NDCA Packet - the GFCA formatted versions can be downloaded here (no different cards, just different formatting)

  • Domain Awareness Aff and Neg (not including the Diplomacy counterplan in the NDCA version of the file)

  • Science Diplomacy Aff and Neg (not including the Track 2 counterplan in the NDCA version of the file)

  • Russian Appeasement DA (vs. Science Diplomacy)

  • Strategic Stability DA (vs. Domain Awareness)

  • Arctic Council DA (vs. Domain Awareness only, but the Science Diplomacy case neg has an Arctic Council turn in it that makes a similar argument)

  • China Soft Power DA (vs. both)

What is the difference between Rookie and Novice?

The High School Rookie divisions are open to students who:

  1. Are in their first four tournaments and

  2. Are in their first year of competitive debate, regardless of age. Eligibility is based purely on debate experience.

Students may compete in a High School Novice division if:

  1. They are in their first year of high school debate.

    • A student’s novice eligibility starts after completing four rounds against high school competitors. In other words, if your student competed in 3 rounds or less in 2024-2025 or earlier, they can still compete in HS novice in 2025-2026.

  2. The eligibility period is defined as a school year, not a calendar year.

  3. Students who competed exclusively in middle school events remain eligible for novice, but not Rookie.

  4. If a student has competed in a different high school debate event, they are NOT considered a novice in a new event.

Locations
Marist Online
Contacts
Jeffrey Miller
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Dates & Deadlines

 EST
Tournament Dates Sep 17 2025
Registration Opens Tue Aug 19 at 8:00 AM
Registration Closes Wed Sep 17 at 1:00 PM
Fees Freeze After Wed Sep 17 at 1:00 PM
Judge Information Due Wed Sep 17 at 1:00 PM
Drop online until Wed Sep 17 at 1:00 PM
Change fees apply after Wed Sep 17 at 1:00 PM

These deadlines are set in Tabroom for technical purposes. Always consult the invitation or tournament notices for official policies about deadlines and procedures.