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2026 JW Patterson High School Invitational

The 16th JW Patterson High School Invitational will be held by Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City on Oct. 23-25th (F-Sun), 2024. This is an in-person tournament for policy debate the LD division will ONLY be online.

*In-person entries (policy) will remain on the waitlist until I have received payment. Email me if you need to pay in person at the tournament, and it will likely be allowed.

**ONLINE (LD) entries will remain on the waitlist until I have received payment. You will not be allowed to compete if you have not paid your entry fee.

We accept payment online or by check — see the Fees tab for more information.

Some additional important info:

1. The tournament is a TOC qualifier in varsity policy at the semifinal level and in varsity LD debate at the finals level. The LD division is online via NSDA Campus.

2.. All judges are obligated to judge one full round (a partial round does not count) beyond the elimination of the school they represent. There will be a significant judge fee for "no show" judges. We will use a pref system in varsity policy debate and a pref or strike system in LD varsity debate (depending on the size of the judge pool). Judges must have judge philosophies posted on tabroom.com---or they will not be allowed to judge or count toward your school judge obligation.

3. No hybrid teams are allowed. No independent entries are allowed in policy, but are allowed in LD; an adult who represents the school must be the adult contact for the entry to be approved.

4. We will be using the topics approved by the NSDA. In LD, the 2026 Sept/Oct topic will be used. In all policy debate events, the NFHS 2026-27 topic will be used.

5. All events will take place Oct. 23-25th, this is a Friday-Sunday schedule. That is a change from previous years, but it allows all rounds to take place on the HH campus.

6. For in person debate events--Snacks will be provided daily; the tournament will provide dinner for everyone on Friday, lunch on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday.

7.UDL teams attending will receive a discount on entry fees; please contact me for information.

Debate coaches, if you have any questions, feel free to email me bgaston@heritagehall.com