Yellow Rose District Tournament

2023 — TX/US

Yellow Rose District Qualifier

for the 2023 National Tournament
Congress
Wed 2/15 Wed 2/15 HSE SEN
IE, Debate, BQ
West Hardin School
Saratoga, TX
Wed 2/15 Fri 2/17 BQ DI DUO HI INF IX LD OO CX POI PF USX

Yellow Rose District Schedule

YELLOW ROSE DISTRICT SCHEDULE

Please note the following:

· This schedule is subject to change depending upon entries, qualifiers, etc.

· All Speech events will have three preliminary rounds. If there are more than seven entries, the top 25 percent or top six students will advance to elimination/final rounds, whichever is greater.

· All Debate events will have four preliminary rounds. All debaters with a winning record (3-1 or 4-0) will advance to elimination rounds.

· GENERALLY SPEAKING, the top two contestants in each event will qualify for nationals. House will have more qualifiers, and any event with 30 entries or more will have more qualifiers.

· We will ADVANCE the schedule as much as possible to finish earlier on Friday.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15

TIME

DESCRIPTION

8 a.m.

REGISTRATION

9 a.m.

Big Questions Round 1

9:45 a.m.

Congress Swearing In

10 a.m.

Congressional Debate Session 1

1 p.m.

Lunch

2 p.m.

Congressional Debate Finals/Session 2

5:30 p.m.

Big Questions Round 2

6:30 p.m.

IE’s (Oratory, Informative, HI, DI, Duo, POI) Round 1

7 p.m.

Extemp Draw for Round 1

7:30 p.m.

Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) Round 1

8:30 p.m.

IE’s (Oratory, Informative, HI, DI, Duo, POI) Round 2

THURSDAY, Feb. 16

TIME

DESCRIPTION

8:30 a.m.

Extemp Draw for Round 2

9 a.m.

Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) Round 2

10 a.m.

Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 1

11:30 a.m.

Big Questions Debate Round 3

12:30 p.m.

Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 2

2 p.m.

IE’s (Oratory, Informative, HI, DI, Duo, POI) Round 3

3 p.m.

Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 3

4 p.m.

Extemp Draw for Round 3

4:30 p.m.

Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) Round 3

5:30 p.m.

Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 4

7 p.m.

Big Questions Round 4

IE’s Semifinals (as needed)

7:30 p.m.

Extemp Draw for Semifinals (as needed)

8:03 p.m.

Debate (as needed) QUARTERFINALS

FRIDAY, Feb. 17

TIME

DESCRIPTION

8:30 a.m.

Extemp Draw for Finals

9 a.m.

Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) FINALS

10 a.m.

Debate (LD, PF, Policy) SEMIFINALS

11 a.m.

Big Questions Debate SEMIFINALS

12:30 p.m.

IE’s Finals as needed

2 p.m.

ANY EVENT Finals as needed

3 p.m.

AWARDS (may be advanced if possible)