Bethel Park Blackhawk Invitational

Your team is cordially invited to attend the Bethel Park Speech & Debate Tournament on November 21st, 2026 at Bethel Park High School.

Registration will be on tabroom.com. Registration will close on November 18^th at 12:00pm.

Events offered:

Congress

Duo

Dramatic Interp

Humorous Interp

Extemp – International/US

Poetry

Prose

Impromptu

Original Oratory

Lincoln-Douglas Debate (JV/V)

Public Forum (JV/V)

Parliamentary Debate

PHSSL rules and time limits will be used in all speech and debate events.

We will have four rounds in speech competitions and 5 round in debate.

We will merge HI/ DI and Prose/Poetry if numbers are low.

Registration Fees:

The registration fee will be six dollars ($6) per student.

Checks are to be made payable to Bethel Park Forensics.

Judges:

1 per 5 in speech/congress, or fraction thereof

1 per 2 in debate, or fraction thereof

All judges are expected to stay for the entire tournament and present for all rounds. If any judge leaves the tournament early, without providing a replacement, his/her school will be disqualified from competition. Judges may be moved from one event to another if needed.

Registration is from 7:30 – 8:00

Please call or text any drops on your way to the tournament to:
Katie 412-537-3388 or Ben 724-612-6059

Snacks/Lunch:

Snacks will be on sale throughout the day.

Lunch tickets will be on sale for $5 before the tournament begins. (Lunch will be pizza)

Awards

Individual events, congress, and debate – top 6 in each.

Events that have fewer than 10 entries will have awards for the top 3.

Anticipated Time Schedule:

We are going to try our best to run our tournament on time. To help us, please make sure that you are on time.

Registration: 7:30-8:00

Debate - meeting begins at 8:00 am

Speech/Congress - meeting begins at 8:15 am

3:00 Awards