Mountain View High School Novice Tournament

October 11th, 2025 - Mountain View High School

Happy 2025-2026 season. You are invited to join us at the Mountain View High School Novice Tournament. I am so excited to be hosting a tournament, and I hope you will consider joining us. Here are the details:

Tabulation Platform - Tabroom.com

Tournament Site - Mountain View High School (3500 Mountain Lion Drive, Loveland CO 80537)

Events

Dramatic Interpretation

Humorous Interpretation

Poetry Interpretation

Program Oral Interpretation

Original Oratory

Informative Speaking

Duo Interpretation

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Public Forum Debate

Combined Extemporaneous Speaking

Policy Debate

Congressional Debate

Impromptu

Creative Storytelling

In the past, we’ve had to combine events that did not have enough entries to run by themselves. If needed, we will combine interpretation events into “Combined Interpretation” and speaking events into “Combined Speaking”.

For other events that cannot combine: I will evaluate entries on Wednesday, October 9th and decide if we can run them. I will email you on Wednesday if we have to close any events (Policy, Congress, etc)

Double Entries: Double entries will be allowed on a case by case basis, please email the Tournament Staff.

Debate Resolutions:

LD: Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, plea bargaining is just.

PF: Resolved: The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union.

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

Positions Limited to Exploration or Development:

Early Warning Awareness: The U.S. should deploy sensors, drones, submarines, and/or satellites to improve early warning systems and monitor geopolitical threats in the Arctic.

Research Cooperation: The U.S. should restore scientific cooperation programs with Russia and/or China in the Arctic.

Renewable Energy Infrastructure: The U.S. should develop wind, solar, and geothermal energy projects in the Arctic to provide sustainable power for Arctic communities.

Oil and Gas Drilling: The U.S. should significantly increase offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the Arctic

Schedule:

8:00a-8:30a - Registration

8:30a - Extemp Draw (Rd 1)

9:00a - Round 1 (all events)

10:30a - Extemp Draw (Rd 2)

11:00a - Round 2 (all events)

12:30p - Extemp Draw (Rd 3)

1:00p - Round 3 (all events)

3:00p - Results Announced

Entry Fees* - $7.00 per individual entry/ $14.00 per partner entry. Please make checks payable to Mountain View High School Speech and Debate. Mailing address - 3500 Mountain Lion Dr, Loveland, CO 80537

*If you are struggling with funding for your program and/or entry fees would be the reason you do not come to the tournament, please contact me so we can work together to resolve that issue. MVHS Speech and Debate is committed to improving access to our activity, and we are happy to be your partner in making this activity possible for your students.

Judging:

Please sign up for your Varsity students to judge. We will do our best to get everyone who wants to give quality feedback to the next class of competitors as many rounds as possible. If we have more judges than we need, we are open to expanding judging panels to get more students involved.

Registration Information and Deadlines can be found on http://mountainviewhsnovice.tabroom.com/

Safety and Security

In an abundance of caution, our campus will be closed during the duration of the tournament. After registration, our front doors will lock, and reentry will be controlled. We will not accept deliveries, and we ask that you remain on campus for the duration of the tournament. MVHS Speech and Debate will provide a variety of concessions throughout the event to meet your needs. We also ask that attendees refrain from propping any exterior doors open, or otherwise granting access to anyone through any door that is not the front door of the building. These policies are in place to keep us all safe, and we appreciate your cooperation.

Questions or Concerns? Email me at jd.jacob@tsd.org or call at 970-417-0313