5A Utah State Tournament
2017 — UT/US
Dear 5A Coaches:
It is our pleasure to extend you an invitation to the 5A State Tournament to be held March 10th and 11th at Lehi High School. Congratulations to you and your students for a great season! Please read carefully through the following information:
Congress
Congress: Legislation is compiled from the dockets of region tournaments, and can be downloaded from from the right side bar. If it's not working, you can also download it here. Note that "session 3" is the final round session.
Pairing Meeting
A pairing meeting will be held in room 400 of West High School at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, March 8th. All coaches are invited to attend. Any coaches unable to attend are invited to participate on a group call at 4:00 for a summary of the meeting. Anyone wishing to participate should email Moses Baca at moses.baca@slcschools.org.
Location
Lehi High School
180 N 500 E
Lehi, UT 84043
Wifi
TBA
Hotels
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State Tournament Committee
Director
Moses Baca, West
Region 1
Lorin Harris, Clearfield
Region 2
Michelle Smith, Viewmont
Region 3
Hannah Shoell, Bingham
hannah.shoell@jordandistrict.org
Region 4
Phil Clark, Lehi
philipclark@alpinedistrict.org
Host
Phil Clark, Lehi
philipclark@alpinedistrict.org
Tournament Assignments
TBA
Dates
The dates again are Friday, March 10th with the first round starting at 3:30PM and Saturday, March 11th at 8:30 AM. (See the schedule attached to this invitation.)
Registration
The DEADLINE for tournament registration is Monday, March 6th at 5:00 PM. Registration and judge entry will take place through tabroom.com.
Only students that have qualified for state may be registered for the tournament.
Coaches should complete their registration by reporting to the tabroom, which will be in the between 2:30 and 3:00. Judges should report there at 3:00 to sign in and receive instructions for judging.
Coaches Meeting
All head coaches are expected to attend a brief meeting that will begin as soon as each round 1 ballot has been distributed. The agenda of the meeting is as follows:
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Assign other tournament responsibilities
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discuss rules for the tournament and protocol for challenges and protests
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Observers
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Protest protocol
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voting for coach of the year
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elect 6A state rep for 2017-2018
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nominate host for 2018 tournament
Events
Extemp: Questions will be taken from the state list sent out by NFHS from March, February and January. Please review the rules for Extemp, especially regarding the use of electronic devices.
Impromptu: Topics will consist of the following
Round 1: concrete nouns
Round 2: current events
Round 3: quotes
Round 4: abstract nouns
Final round: mix
Oratory: Please review the rules for Original Oratory. Also, all qualifiers to the State Meet must have submitted a copy of their original oratory one week in advance to the state forensic representative. This copy should be typewritten and double-spaced. All quoted materials should be so specified with an appropriate bibliography attached.
LD--Resolved: Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.
PF--Resolved: The United States should no longer pressure Israel to work toward a two-state solution.
CX--Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China.
Judging Requirements
Please observe the following with respect to the number of judges required, copied here from the UHSAA Speech and Debate Guidebook:
Section 16: Schools to provide Judges
Schools who fail to supply their allotted judges will be fined $100.00 per judge.
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Schools are required to supply the following qualified judges:
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One judge for one to two debate teams
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Two judges for three debate teams
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One judge for one to four I.E. contestants
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Two judges for five to eight I.E. contestants
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One judge for one to three L.D. contestants
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One judge for one to three Public Forum teams
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A full slate is required to bring a minimum of six judges.
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Each judge must be available for assignments one round beyond the elimination of all students from that school. All judges must be available for all rounds held prior to the awards assembly. Each school must have one L.D. judge, one Public Forum and one Policy judge with entries in L.D., Public Forum or Policy available for elimination rounds. Failure to abide these rules will result in a penalty fine of $25.
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Region Reps are responsible for securing Congress judges.
Judges will be expected to attend the mandatory judge’s orientation meeting to be held before the first round.
Schedule
Friday, March 10
Registration 2:30 – 3:00
PF, LD, Policy
Round 1 3:00-5:00
Round 2 5:00-7:00
Round 3 7:00-9:00
Ballot Review 9:00-9:30
Saturday, March 11
PF, LD, Policy
Round 4 8:30-10:30
Round 5 11:00-1:00
Ballot Review 1:00-1:30
Break rounds 1:00
Congress
Session 1 8:00-10:30
Session 2 11:00-1:30
Ballot Review 1:30-1:45
Final 2:00 - 4:30
Individual Events
Round 1 8:30-9:30
Round 2 10:00-11:00
Round 3 11:30-12:30
Round 4 1:00-2:00
Ballot Review 2:00-3:30
Final rounds approx 3:00
Lunch 12:30-1:00
UHSAA Rules
To have a fair and enjoyable tournament, I think it’s important that each of us take the time and review the UHSAA Handbook at http://www.uhsaa.org/speech/ and click the top link of the list: UHSAA Speech/Debate Policies, Rules & Guidelines. I would ask that you would pay particular attention to the following:
Page 137, Section 18--Entry Substitution
Page 132, Article IV – Electronic Devices
Pages 145-148, CHAPTER IV – Event Specific Rules
(esp. Oratory and Extemp as well as rules regarding evidence in debate)
I’ve included the Entry Substitution Rule for your convenience here:
Section 18: Entry Substitution
If a school qualifies more competitors than the rules allow in a particular event, the coach may choose to bring the extra qualifier to replace a region entry.
A. Extras in one event can only be entered if all entries in that event qualified outright at the region tournament.
B. Under this rule a student may only be entered in an event in which they competed at the region tournament.
C. Non-existing entries may not be dropped to meet the limit overall (substitutions may only be made for slots filled at t