South Oregon District Qualifier

for the 2026 National Tournament

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South Oregon Coaches,

It's time once again to test ourselves and decide who is off to Richmond, VA this June 14-19!

Please read over the basic information on this page as well as the South Oregon NSDA Nat Quals Important Information document,and email or call me with questions.

As always, I would encourage you to fill your slots. Please be aware: We must have 4 entries in each event as well as at least two schools represented in order to run the event.

Continuing this year:Judge Training Videos

Please ensure that your judges are aware of the training modules and complete them prior to the competition date(s).

Participant Requirements:

Both schools and competitors must be paid members prior to the district tournament entry deadline date. The number of entries allowed is based on the formula as of that date, which you can find by clicking on the District Info tab in your NSDA Account. Big Question (BQ) and World Schools have unlimited entries.

Note that all competitors in the BQ qualifier must also be NSDA members.

NSDA Forms:

Single Entry Preferences-Please rank your preferences in Tabroom and print & sign the forms. These must be turned inBEFOREthe student’s first round of competition.

School Consent-Please print and sign. These must be turned inBEFOREthe first round of competition for your school.

Note: You may email me a scanned copy of both. Please send toSouthOregonNSDA@gmail.com

Schedule

CONGRESS: Saturday, February 14 - ONLINE (ZOOM)

Judge Meeting---8:30 am
Oath of Office and Chambering---8:45 am
Session 1---9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session 2---1:30 - 4:30 pm
Awards---5:30 pm

POLICY DEBATE: Sunday, February 22 - Willamette HS

Schedule TBA

BIG QUESTIONS: Friday, February 27 - South Medford HS

Round 1---4:30 pm

Round 2---5:45 pm

Round 3---7:00 pm

Round 4---8:15 pm

Debate Elims (as needed)---2/28 and/or 3/1 as needed, time TBA

SPEECH & DEBATE: Saturday, February 28 - South Medford HS

Registration---8:30 - 9:00 am

Mandatory Judge Meeting---9:00 am

Debate Round 1---9:30 - 11:00 am

Debate Round 2---11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Extemp Prep---noon

All Speech Events Round 1---12:30 - 2:00 pm

Extemp Prep---1:30

All Speech Events Round 2---2:00 - 3:30 pm

Debate Round 3---3:30 - 5:00 pm

Extemp Prep---4:30 pm

All Speech Events Round 3---5:00 - 6:30 pm

SPEECH & DEBATE: Sunday, March 1 - South Medford HS

Debate Round 4 / Finals---9:00 - 10:30 am

Speech Finals: TBA---10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Debate Round 5 / Finals---12:00 - 1:30 pm

Speech Finals: TBA---1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Debate Round 6 / Finals---3:00 - 4:30 pm

Awards---ASAP

Fees:

$40 school fee (owed only once for the tournament series)

$15.00 per speech or debate event

$10.00 per congress entry

Judging fees: $15 per uncovered speech, debate (including BQ and Worlds) entry

We ask that you have payment sent in prior to the event or bring a check with you. If you are unable to do so, please contact us to let us know your plan for payment.

Please make checks payable to:

South Oregon NSDA

c/o Caroline Campbell

1551 Cunningham Ave

Medford, OR 97501

If you owe fees to NSDA National, please be sure you bring proof of payment to me. You will not be able to participate if you owe the NSDA money!!

Committee Members:

Caroline Campbell, South Medford HS, Chair

Molly Bruins, St. Mary’s HS

Kristen Sullivan, Crater HS

KC Perley, Crescent Valley HS

Josh Scheirman, Marshfield HS

Alex Larson, Willamette HS