WELCOME TO THE ULTIMATE SOCIAL EXPERIMENT…

This fall, the Falcon Classic transforms into a Big Brother-style showdown—only instead of alliances and eviction votes, it’s all about speeches, debates, and clever arguments. 12 IE events. 3 debate formats. 1 Congress.
And a whole lot of teenagers in suits ready to outwit, outplay, and out-debate. Who will be the last competitor standing with trophies in hand?

Welcome to the 4th Annual Falcon Classic—aka the only place where dramatic monologues, questionable eye contact, and arguments about Arctic policy actually win you trophies.

BUT FIRST… Don't forget, we’ve moved! (Because even high schools glow up sometimes.)

School Address:
18701 Jim Line Road
Amarillo, TX 79124
PSA: If you type “Bushland High School” into your map app, it’ll try to sabotage you by sending you to our old building (rude).
Just keep driving past the junior high, wave at the football stadium like a true Texan, then turn right onto Jim Line Road. Boom—new campus, same drama.

New twist this year: A $35 security fee will be applied to each competing school—because keeping hundreds of teens in suits safe (and only figuratively at each other’s throats) takes more than just good vibes and a megaphone.

EVENTS ON THE TABLE (aka where the chaos lives):

• IEs: Poetry, Prose, HI, DI, POI, OO, INFO, FX, DX, Impromptu, DUO, DUET
  (Yes, we know that’s a lot of acronyms. You’ll figure it out.)

• Debate:

• LD: Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land. (Because nothing says 'progress' like giving the land back to the bears and hoping they vote responsibly this time.)
  

• CX: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic. (Because nothing says “heated debate” like arguing over frozen tundra and hypothetical ice roads. Hope you packed your parka and your evidence.)

• Congress: Using TFA Docket. Prelims Bills in the order of 22, 23, 24, 21, 25. Finals Bills in the order of 27, 26, 29, 28, 30. Get ready to passionately argue about bills you only finished skimming in the hallway five minutes before round. Democracy in action, baby.

CROSS ENTRIES:

• DX and IX run at the same time.​No double-extemping! Pick one.

• Debaters can’t cross-enter into speech. Debate is a full-time job!

• Be strategic. Stay in your lane.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS — aka the ones who help make our team's chaos possible.

We’re giving a standing ovation (the non-dramatic kind) to our Silver, Gold, and Platinum Sponsors for the 2025–2026 season:

DSI LLC
Jacob Burton Insurance
Rodfathers RV Body Shop
Lone Star Tire & Lube
Bright Minds at Bushland
Education Credit Union
Rocking H Horses

KEY DATES:

• Entries due: Nov 4 @ 5:00 PM (Set an alarm. Or 5.)

• Drops close: Nov 5 @ 5:00 PM (Ghosting us after that? Not cool.)

• Fees:

• $15 – IEs, Duo, Duet, Congress

• $20 – LD & CX (because those debaters be high maintenance)

SWEEPSTAKES – The power is up for grabs.

• IEs, DUO, DUET, Congress:

• 1st – 12 pts

• 2nd – 10 pts

• 3rd – 8 pts

• 4th – 6 pts

• 5th–8th – 4 pts

• Debate:

• 1st – 12 pts

• 2nd – 10 pts

• Semis – 8 pts

THE SCHEDULE (AKA the social experiment):

Pattern A: HI, DX, IX, Poetry, Duet, Impromptu
Pattern B: OO, INFO, DI, POI, Prose, Duo

It’s loud. It’s competitive. It’s slightly over-caffeinated.
It’s not just a tournament…
It’s The Falcon Classic.
And you’re all on camera. (Okay, not really. But act like it.)

See you there. Remember: “Expect the unexpected.”

From outside of Falcon Nation, I’m Kelsey Vincent. Contact me with any questions. And as always, love one another.