Welcome!

The Paradigm at Dowling Catholic High School is an all events tournament December 4-6th, 2026 in West Des Moines, Iowa. We are grateful to have so many friends from across the country join us each year for this tournament. When planning your tournament calendar, there are numerous options. We pride ourselves on offering teams an opportunity to bring their entire squad to a tournament with stellar competition, judging, and hospitality.

The Paradigm is home to Tournament of Champions bids in PF, LD, Policy, and Individual Events from the University of Kentucky!

We are a bid tournament for the NIETOC!

Each year we feature students who are in late elimination rounds (including National Champions) at the NSDA National Tournament.

Pre-payment is required; you may mail a check (PO's are not enough) or pay using the link

For complete information about the tournament, please read the full details in the tournament invitation. If the tournament invitation does not answer a question you have, do not hesitate to contact Simon Sheaff (ssheaff@dowlingcatholic.org).

The manner in which the waitlist will be handled is at the discretion of the tournament director.