Silver Lake High School Debate Tournament Invitational

Michelle Taylor, Coach

200 E. Lake

Silver Lake KS, 66539

Dear Debate Coach,

You and your debaters are cordially invited to the Silver Lake Invitational to be held on Saturday, October 11, 2025, in Silver Lake, Kansas.

We are able to accommodate a total of fifty teams in one open division, and therefore each school may enter three open teams. Extras will be granted to teams that grant us extras, our NSDA District members, and our League members first.

We will also be hosting a 4-round Middle School Division for no more than 30 teams. Each team will be required to provide 1 judge per 2 entered teams. These judges can be experienced debaters. We will be debating the KSCA-NDCA packet. To allow for better argumentation, disclosure of 1ACs will be required by Wednesday of the tournament.

The tournament will be pre-set during rounds one and two and afterwards delay-power matched (Rd. 3 powered from Rd. 1, Rd. 4 from rounds 1 and 2, and Rd. 5 from rounds 1,2, and 3.)

Entries will be accepted via Tabroom. Entry fee will be $6.00 per team.

In case of problems or need of assistance, feel free to contact Coach Michelle Taylor at school (785-582-4970) or by e-mail:

mtaylor@silverlakeschools.org.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to compete in our tournament. We are looking forward to an early reply from you.

Sincerely,

Michelle Taylor

Debate Coach