South Texas District Tournament
2026 — TX/US
South Texas District Qualifier
for the 2026 National Tournament
IE and Debate
at
Strake Jesuit Preparatory School,
Houston, TX
Feb 19–21
CX
LD
PF
DI
DUO
HI
INF
IX
OO
POI
USX
Congress and BQ
at
Briscoe Junior High,
Richmond, TX
Feb 28
HSE
SEN
BQ
Congress Schedule 2026
South Texas NSDA District Tournament (Congress & Big Questions)
Foster High School, 4400 FM 723, Richmond, TX 77046
Saturday Feb 28th, 2026
7:30 am: Registration
8:00 am: BQ Rd 1 (double flighted, random pairing); House Prelims (11:00 am soft stop, parli can continue to a more natural break in debate); Senate Session 1 (11:00 am soft stop)
10:15 am: BQ Rd 2 (double flighted)
12:00 pm: House Finals (3:00 pm soft stop); Senate Session 2 (3:00 pm soft stop)
12:45 pm: BQ Rd 3 (unflighted, paired hi-lo)
2:00 pm: BQ Rd 4 (unflighted, paired hi-lo)
3:30 pm: BQ Qtrs (unflighted)
5:00 pm: BQ Semis (unflighted)
6:30 pm: BQ Finals (if necessary)
Note: will accelerate BQ elims to the greatest extent possible