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Fabulous Fallrensics Spectacular (NIETOC)

13 & 14 November 2026

Dear Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to attend the Fabulous Fallrensics Spectacular to be held at BHS and GHS on the 13^th and 14^th of November. We will be utilizing tabroom.com for registration: Fabulous Fallrensics Spectacular 2026. We ask that you complete a best estimate entry by 4:00PM on Wednesday, Oct. 21 and a final registration by 4:00PM Monday, Oct. 26 so that we can have judges and rooms sorted before the last second. The site is very straightforward and will allow you to fully manage your entry until 8:00PM on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and to complete your own drops until 4:00PM Thursday, Nov. 12. You will be able to make changes until Nov. 12 without penalty, but having an idea of space and judging needs early will be crucial for a smooth tournament and for allowing JV entries. If you have former competitors in Bozeman who would like to judge, please pass along the following link and have them sign themselves up: Will update this when the judge registration site is live. Send all additional inquiries to Adam Thane: adam.thane@bsd7.org and/or Shelby Jackson: shelby.jackson@bsd7.org.

Registration Information:

Ø Debate events (including Legi) will be held at Bozeman High School – 205 North 11^th. IEs will be held at Gallatin High School– 4455 Annie St. in Bozeman, MT

Ø Initial registration due by Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 4:00PM

Ø Final registration due by Monday, Oct. 26 at 4:00PM.

Ø Each school in attendance may enter 4 guaranteed entries per event.

Ø Schools may bring JV entries depending on space. Traditionally this is a massive meet, and we will make a final determination as to number of JV entries allowed based on the initial registrations on Oct. 21. At that time, we will let people know whether the JV they have entered need to be dropped or trimmed.

Ø If you plan to bring JV entries, be aware that sweepstakes will count a team’s top 4 entries in any given event, and other entries will not count towards sweepstakes.

Ø Varsity and Novice divisions will be offered in Policy and LD. All other events are Open division.

Ø LD and Public Forum will use the September/October resolutions from NSDA. NOT November.

Ø We plan to run octafinal rounds for any varsity debate event with 32+ entries as of Oct. 21. We will decide on octafinals for novice debate events with 32+ entries based on judge numbers.

Ø Debate and IEs run concurrently in Montana. Students may enter up to 2 IEs, but students in debate events cannot enter any IE or more than 1 debate event.

Ø IEs will have 5 preliminary rounds.

Ø Any IE with 24 or fewer entries will break straight to finals unless we have higher than expected judge numbers.

Ø It is possible that some IEs will break to quarters if entry numbers warrant.

Ø IEs placing at certain levels (levels based on final entry numbers and determined according to NIETOC guidelines) will receive one bid to the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions

Ø We will notify registered teams about elimination round configuration and the final schedule on Oct. 27

Ø JV debate entries will be blocked from hitting debaters on their schools’ varsity squads.

Ø All MHSA sanctioned AA events will be offered. All events will be run according to MHSA rules and ethics guidelines. For those coming from out of state, that means different speech times and prep time for some events. Legislative debate is not the same as congressional debate. Please familiarize yourselves and your competitors with the Speech and Debate rules in the MHSA Forensics Rulebook.

Fees & Logistics:

Ø There will be no on-site registration. All double-checking and changes will be done by coaches via Tabroom.com and, after 4PM on Nov. 12, via email. Please check Tabroom on Thursday, 12 Nov. for final codes and registration.

Ø There will be a $5.00 fee assessed per entry. Partner events count as two entries.

Ø There will be no fees for drops, adds, or changes up to Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4:00PM. Any changes after Thursday 4PM will be assessed a $5.00 penalty. Changes on Friday, 13 Nov. will cost $20.00.

Ø We will conduct all events according to the 2026-2027 MHSA Handbook, except as noted on this invitation.

Ø In order to (hopefully) run on time, the first two rounds of all debate events will be pre-paired, and prelim rounds 3-5 will be paired based on results from 2 rounds previous (i.e., round 3 will be paired based on results from round 1, round 4 from rounds 1 & 2, Round 5 from rounds 1-3). Elim rounds will be paired using all 5 prelims.

Ø Semi-Finals and Finals of at least Varsity LD and Public Forum will be single flighted

Topics (note: Montana uses the September/October topics in November for Forum and LD):

Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.

Lincoln/Douglas: Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative.

Public Forum: Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

Legi: Foreign-Critical Minerals Domestic-Literacy

Schedule of Events

Friday, 13 November:

3:30 PM Extemp Draw for Round I in A330

4:00 PM Round I begins for all competitors

6:00 PM Round II for all

8:00 PM Round III for all

Saturday, 14 November:

8:00 AM Extemp Draw for Round IV, Round IV Debate

8:30 AM Round IV IEs/Legi

10:00 AM Round V Debate

10:30AM Round V IEs/Legi

12:00 PM Octafinals for at least varsity debate with 32+ entries/Quarterfinals for other debate

1:00 PM Semifinals for IEs/Legi with 25+ entries/Finals for IEs/Legi with 24- entries

2:00 PM Quarterfinals for at least varsity debate with 32+ entries /Semifinals for other
debate

3:30 PM Finals for IEs/Legi

4:00 PM Semifinals for at least varsity debate with 32+ entries /Finals for other debate

5:00 PM Finals for any LD and PF if Octafinals are run

6:00 PM Finals for VPOL if Octafinals are run

6:30 PM Awards in BHS Auditorium
(VPOL final would run during awards if Octafinals are run)

Students Gather in Commons at GHS (speech) or BHS (debate)

Extemp Draw in B217/B220 at GHS

Tab Rooms: 2^nd floor of Library at GHS, Berg Library at BHS