Sweepstakes Scores and Placements

SWEEPSTAKES SCORES AND PLACEMENTS

State Championship Team

The top three (3) teams at the MHSAA State Championship Tournament, as well as the top three (3) teams in Debate Events and the top three (3) teams in Speech Events, will be determined by the sweepstakes formula outlined below. The team accumulating the most points from their top 25 entries will be declared the MHSAA Speech and Debate State Champion Team. This rule is only for the state championship.

State Championship Individual Performer

The sweepstakes formula outlined below will determine the top six (6) Individual Performers. Competitors will receive points in their best four (4) events. No student may count all five events if they are also entered in MHSAA State Congress. The individual student performer accumulating the most points will be declared theMHSAA Top Individual Performer State Champion.

Sweepstakes Formula

Platform Events

·First Place Finalist 5 points

·Second Place Finalist 4 points

·Third Place Finalist 3 points

·Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Place Finalists 2 points

·Non-Advancing Semifinalists 1 point

Debate Events

·First Place Finalist 8 points

·Second Place Finalist 6 points

·Non-Advancing Semifinalists 4 points

·Non-Advancing Quarterfinalists 3 points

Congressional Debate

• First Place Finalist 8 points

• Second Place Finalist 6 points

• 3^rdand 4^thPlace Finalists 4 points

• 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, and 8^thFinalists 3 points

• Non-Placing Finalists 1 point

Ties

Counting the number of First Places each team has earned will break ties; a tie will be broken in favor of the team with the greater number of First Places. If the teams have an equal number of First Places, then the number of Second Places will be counted and used as a tiebreaker. Placings through Sixth Place will be used in turn as tiebreakers. If the teams remain tied after counting all of the First Place through Sixth Place finishes each team has earned, the tie shall be declared unbreakable, and two trophies will be awarded.