2021

PHSSL District 3 Qualifying Tournament

District 3

Bethel Park High School                       Bishop Canevin High School

            Moon Area High School                       Mt. Lebanon High School

            Our Lady of the Sacred Heart                Peters Township High School               

Seton La Salle High School                   South Fayette High School                     

Upper St. Clair High School                  West Allegheny High School                  

District Co-Chairs:                    Benjamin Edwards & Rita Yunker

Location:                                     NSDA Campus

Welcome to the 2021 PHSSL District 3 Qualifying Tournament Events being offered are:

Humorous Interp Dramatic Interp Duo Interp

Policy Debate

Lincoln Douglas Public Forum Parliamentary

Commentary Extemporaneous

Prose

Poetry

Original Oratory – Informative

Original Oratory – Persuasive

Student Congress Senate

Judging Requirements

Speech                         1 judge for every 4 competitors (or partners)

Debate                         PF,LD & Parli 1 judge for every 2 individuals or teams

CX                               1 judge for every 2

Congress                     All congress judges will combined in the speech poll

PLEASE NOTE: All judges will be used to judge District 1, 2, and 16, so we need to make sure we’re meeting our quotas

COACHES:

When Registering Judges in Tabroom. Please indicate in Qualification History what events the judge can judge. Also, check phssl.org for rule changes and updates. It is your responsibility to be current on the rules. Please ask Ben or Rita if you have any questions.

A Note on the PHSSL Bid System: You should communicate with Ben if you think you have auto-qualifiers. No one who auto-qualifies can enter any event at Quals or they forfeit their auto-qualification.

****SCHEDULES ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE****

Speech & Debate Schedule                           Congress Schedule

7:00-7:30 Registration                                  7:00-7:30 Registration

7:30 Opening Meeting                                  7:30 Opening Meeting

7:45 Judges Meeting                                     7:45 Judges Meeting

        Extemp, Commentary Policy, Parli Starts

8:00 – 9:15 Round 1                                      8:00 – 11:00 Morning Session

9:15 – 10:30 Round 2                                    11:00 – 12:00 Lunch

10:30 – 11:45 Round 3                                  12:00 – 2:00 Afternoon Session

11:45 – 12:30 Lunch                                     2:00    Voting

12:30 – 2:00 Finals                                        3:00 Closing Ceremony

3:00 Closing Ceremony                                 ***Breaks determined by Parli***

Policy Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

Public Forum Topic

Resolved: On balance, the benefits of urbanization in West Africa outweigh the harms.

Lincoln Douglas Topic

Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons.

Parliamentary Debate Topic Areas

1. Jobs

2. Sports

3. Healthcare

4. The Americas

5. The Future

6. Privacy

2020 Extemp Topic Areas

·         US Foreign Policy (non-economic)

·         Cybersecurity (in relation to world impacts)

·         Global Health

·         US Social Welfare

·         Global Energy & Environmental Policy

·         US Immigration Policy

2020 Commentary Topic Areas

·         The New Reality

·         Music Trends

·         New Cabinet Members

·         Women in Science

·         Pixar Quotes

·         Generation What?