General Information

2025 Washington Warrior Invite- TOC Qualifier 501 N. Sycamore Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57110 ________________________________________________________________________

You are cordially invited to the 2025 Washington Warrior Invite! Thank you for your interest in the Washington Warrior Invite. Our team is very excited to welcome you to Washington High School. We are pleased to announce that our tournament will be held in person this year on Friday, November 14th. We are offering novice and varsity in all speech and interp events, unless numbers or rooms require us to collapse a division. We are also excited to offer a combined Unified speech category.

Interp & Speech Events:
Dramatic Interp, Duo Interp, Humorous Interp, Informative, Oratorical Interpretation (Non-Original Oratory), Poetry, Reader's Theater, Storytelling, POI, Unified, Domestic Extemp, International Extemp, & Congress.

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FRIDAY SCHEDULE

2:15 – 3:15 – Registration in the Auditorium
3:20 – General Meeting in the Auditorium
3:45 – Round One – Reader’s Theatre
4:00 – Round One
4:00 – Congress Round One
5:00 – Round Two – Reader’s Theatre
5:15 – Round Two
6:30 – Round Three – Reader’s Theatre
6:30 – Congress Round Two
6:45 – Round Three
7:45 – Finals - Reader’s Theatre
8:00 – Finals Round
9:30 – Awards in the auditorium

TEAM ENTRANCE AND BUS PARKING:

Participating schools can begin arriving at 2:15 PM on Friday – do not arrive any earlier than this time.

Please do not use the Main Entrance of the building. All teams will need to enter the building via the Faculty Doors (“T” Doors) on the West Side of the School (near the Tennis Courts) and report directly to the Auditorium (adjacent to Faculty Doors). There will be restrooms available near the Auditorium area. When buses/vans return they can park in the Faculty Parking Lot (West Lot) near the FB Field/Tennis Courts.

CONCESSIONS: Concessions are cash only and will be available in the WHS Commons area. We have an ATM available to use.

Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi will be provided at this tournament.

Ballots:Online balloting will be an option in Tabroom. Paper ballots are available.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with additional questions or concerns. Otherwise, we will see you soon! Sincerely,

Heather Edmunds Reed & Michelle McIntyre

Head Debate Coach & Head Oral Interp/Speech Coach

Heather.EdmundsReed@k12.sd.us | Michelle.McIntyre@k12.sd.us