Friday, March 10^th Debate: LD, PF, Parli, LIELL             Policy:

Round 1 Debate/LIELL         4:15 pm                                 Round 1                    4:15 pm

Round 2 Debate/LIELL         5:30 pm                                 Round 2                    6:15 pm

Round 3 Debate                  6:45 pm                                 Round 3                    8:00 pm

Round 4 Debate                  8:00 pm

Saturday, March 11th ALL EVENTS

Round 5 Debate                  8:00 am

Round 1A                              9:45 am

Round 1B                              10:45 am

Round 2A                              11:45 am

Round 2B                              12:45 pm

Finals A                                 1:45 pm        

Finals B                                 2:45 pm

Round 6 Debate                  3:45 pm (as needed)

Awards                                  5:30 pm AWARDS/ASAP

Entry limits (from the OSAA handbook):

6.6. Number of Individual Event Entries at District Tournaments.  Each school may have a maximum of 29 entries, including Lincoln‐Douglas Debate, at the District Tournament.  A maximum of three entries may be placed in any one event.  Each Dual Interpretation entry counts as a single individual events entry.

6.7. Number of Oregon Style Cross‐Examination Debate Entries at District Tournaments.  Each school may enter a maximum of three Oregon Style Cross‐Examination Debate Teams at the District Tournament.

6.8. Number of Public Forum Debate Entries at District Tournaments.  Each school may enter a maximum of three Public Forum Debate Teams at the District Tournament.

6.9. Number of Parliamentary Debate Entries at District Tournaments.  Each school may enter a maximum of three Parliamentary Debate Teams at the District Tournament.

6.10. Number of events per student.   Any student may enter a maximum of two Individual Events and one Debate event at the District or Speech State Championships.  No student may participate in more than two Individual Events or more than one Debate event.  Although counted as an individual event for the purpose of team entry limitations, Lincoln‐Douglas Debate is considered a debate event for the purpose of student entry limitations; a student entered in LD may not enter another debate event.

Number of Qualifiers

6.12.1. Speech State Championships Oregon Style Cross‐Examination Debate Entries.  The number of Oregon Style Cross‐Examination Debate Entries for the Speech State Championships from each District shall be based on the following schedule:

1‐2 teams at District District qualifies 1 team to Speech State Championships.

3‐4 teams at District District qualifies 2 teams to Speech State Championships.

5‐6 teams at District District qualifies 3 teams to Speech State Championships.

7‐8 teams at District District qualifies 4 teams to Speech State Championships.

9‐11 teams at District District qualifies 5 teams to Speech State Championships.

12‐15 teams at District District qualifies 6 teams to Speech State Championships.

16‐19 teams at District District qualifies 7 teams to Speech State Championships.

6.12.2. Speech State Championships Parliamentary Debate and Public Forum Debate Entries.  The number of Parliamentary Debate Entries and Public Forum Debate Entries for the Speech State Championships from each District shall be based on the following schedule:

1 team at District District qualifies 1 team to Speech State Championships.

2‐8 teams at District District qualifies 2 teams to Speech State Championships.

9‐16 teams at District District qualifies 3 teams to Speech State Championships.

17+ teams at District District qualifies 4 teams to Speech State Championships.

6.12.3. Speech State Championships Lincoln‐Douglas Debate Entries.    The number of Lincoln‐Douglas Debate Entries for the Speech State Championships from each District shall be based on the following schedule:

1‐5 speakers at District District qualifies 2 speakers to Speech State Championships.

6‐10 speakers at District   District qualifies 3 speakers to Speech State Championships.

11‐15 speakers at District   District qualifies 4 speakers to Speech State Championships.

NOTE:    All debaters qualifying for the Speech State Championships must debate at District unless only one school is entered in the event.

6.12.4. Speech State Championships Individual Event Entries.  The number of Individual Event Entries for the Speech State Championships from each District shall be based on the following schedule:

1‐11 speakers at District District qualifies 2 speakers to Speech State Championships.

12‐17 speakers at District   District qualifies 3 speakers to Speech State Championships.

18‐24 speakers at District   District qualifies 4 speakers to Speech State Championships.

24 + speakers at District   District qualifies 4 speakers to Speech State Championships.

6.12.5. Alternates.    At District Tournaments, District Directors shall announce Individual Event alternates who shall come to the Speech State Championships whenever a District place winner is unable to attend.    It is the responsibility of the coach of a Speech State Championships Qualifying Contestant to notify the District Director if that contestant cannot attend the Speech State Championships; the District Director shall then confirm that the alternate will attend and contact the OSAA with the substitution.  If the alternate is unable to attend, the next highest placing district participant in that event may fill the position.

6.12.6. Team Event Substitutions.  In Oregon Style Cross‐Examination Debate, Public Forum Debate, Parliamentary Debate and Dual Interpretation, a coach is allowed to substitute one speaker who has not qualified for the Speech State Championships in that event for one who has.

Proven Excellence

6.13.3. Speech State Championships Entry Process:

(a) Should a student who has satisfied the proven excellence criteria for an event or events fail to qualify for State at the district speech tournament in that event or events, the district director shall add that entry as a proven excellence alternative qualifier to the district’s results form submitted to the OSAA following the district tournament up to a maximum of two entries per school.    The addition of a proven excellence qualifier or qualifiers shall have no effect on the quantity of district winner State qualifiers allocated to the district.

(b) An entry for a school in a team event shall count as one entry for the purpose of applying the two entry per school limitation.

(c) Should a school have more than two proven excellence qualifiers for the Speech State Championships in a given year, the coach of the students shall inform the district director which of the students shall be designated as the two qualifiers for the school.   At the discretion of the coach, it is possible that both proven excellence qualifier positions for a school could be designated to the same student

(d) Should a student who has satisfied the proven excellence criteria for an event or events also qualify in that event or events at the district speech tournament, they may yield their district qualifying spot to the district alternate and still compete at the Speech State Championships by accessing their proven excellence alternative qualification (should their coach designate that student as one of the two proven excellence qualifiers for that school as outlined in provision (c)).