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Welcome to the Region 17 tournament!

Basic Info:

Dates:

Speech and Debate: 2/28/2026

Location: American Preparatory Academy (Draper 3 campus)

431 W 11915 S, Draper, UT 84020

Speech Events: Original Oratory, Mixed Extemp, Impromptu, Combined Interp., Informative

Debate Events: SPAR, Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, Student Congress

No entry limits set for region, but state is 4 per event (with a cap of 25 total entries).

Entries: Students can double enter in one speech event and one debate event

Internet & AI: We will be following the NSDA rules for the internet & AI.

Event Info:

Congress: The Congress session will be 2.5 hours. There will be 1 session.

The docket is selected from the state docket.

Topics:

LD: March/April topic

Public Forum: March topic

Schedule:

7:00-7:30 am: Check-in

7:30 am- Speech Judges meeting

Speech

Extemp prep: 7:45 in rm 228

Round 1: 8:00 am

Round 2: 9:00 am

Round 3: 10:00 am

Lunch break 11:00-12:00

Debate judges meeting: 11:30 am

Debate

Round 1: 12:00 pm

Round 2: 1:00 pm

Round 3: 2:00 pm

Congress:

Session 1: 12-2:30 PM

Awards: 3:30

If a tiebreaker round is needed for speech, we will do it in the lunch hour. If a tiebreaker is needed in debate, we will do it before awards, immediately after round 3.