Welcome!

Dear Coaches and Competitors,

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2027 Sioux Falls Roosevelt Sweetstakes which will be held at Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School on February 5th-6th!

This year we are offering SIX preliminary rounds of debate in LD & PF and FIVE in CX with all winning records clearing (amount of elimination rounds subject to entries)

THREE preliminary rounds of speech (HI, DUO, POI, OO, INFO, EXT and DI) will be offered on Saturday! We will attempt to break to a final round in all events.
US and International Extemporaneous Speaking will be one combined event.

YOU MAY ONLY ENTER STUDENTS IN DEBATE EVENTS OR SPEECH EVENTS NOT BOTH!!!

Once again in PF we are a UK TOC Silver bid at Semis and a Gold Bid at Finals!

WE ARE ALSO A UK TOC BID TOURNAMENT IN ALL SPEECH EVENTS!!! (bid allocation subject to entries)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS YEAR:

1. We will be doing judge preferences in all debate events

2. Everything will be online (postings, ballots, etc). This is to ensure the tournament runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Meaning that ALL judges and competitors will be required to have linked Tabroom accounts. Please reach out if you have questions or need any assistance on this

3. Coin flips for PF will be online

4. A limited number of hired judging is available in all events! Please get those hired requests in ASAP!!!

5. Brackets will not be broken in all debate events. Plan for this accordingly.

6. The winner of the Final Round of Policy Debate will be crowned the South Dakota Cross Examination Debate Association State Champion!

SCHEDULE:

Friday:

PF/LD

RD 1 3:30 PM

RD 2 4:45 PM

RD 3 6:40 PM

CX

RD 1 3:30

RD 2 5:30

WE WILL ACCELERATE THE SCHEDULE WHENEVER POSSIBLE

Saturday:

PF/LD

RD 4 8:00 AM

RD 5 9:45 AM

RD 6 11:35 AM

LUNCH

(ELIM ROUNDS WILL BE ADDED/ADJUSTED BASED ON ENTRIES AND RECORDS)

ELIM 1 1:30 PM

ELIM 2 3:15 PM

ELIM 3 5:00 PM

AWARDS

ELIM 4 6:45 PM

CX

RD 3 8:00 AM

RD 4 10:00 AM

LUNCH

RD 5 1:30 PM

Elim 1 3:45 PM

AWARDS

Elim 2 6:45 PM

ELIM 3 9:00 PM

SPEECH

Extemp Draw Round 1 9:00

Round 1 9:30

Extemp Draw Round 2 10:30

Round 2 11:00

Extemp Draw Round 3 12:00

Round 3 12:30

LUNCH

Extemp Draw Final Round 2:00

Final 2:30

AWARDS

We can't wait to see you all in Sioux Falls!

Sincerely,

Zach Pogany, Izzy Morin, Virginia Colgan, Emily Huggins, and Keller Wagemann