Sturgis Scooper Slam

2026 — Sturgis, SD/US

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Welcome to the Second Annual Scooper Slam!

Due Dates

Please register by Monday, Nov. 2, with general numbers to provide an idea of room numbers, etc. Final registration is due Thursday, Nov. 5. Registration fees and judge fees will be final at 4pm on Nov. 5.

Judges

Please fulfill your judge obligations. Judges are due by Nov. 5th at 4pm.

Judge requirements:

Individual Events/Oral Interp: One judge is required for every five entries.

Debate (LD and PF): One judge is required for every two entries.

Congress: One judge is required for every ten entries.

Judges for Hire:

1. We have a small community pool of judges. If all teams cover their judge burden, the tournament will decrease the utilization of head coaches as much as possible.

2. Not covering your judge duties will result in a fee of $150 per missing judge. You may also be required to drop entries to a level the tournament can efficiently judge.

3. There are a limited number of judges for hire from the tournament.

The cost is $150 per public forum debate judge, and requests are due by November 3th at 9pm. We have some judges lined up, but we cannot cover everyone's judging burden. To help the tournament run well and avoid overloading judges, we are doing our best to avoid flighted rounds. We do not have very many LD judges available for hire, so I do not have that listed through tabroom. If you need an LD judge, please contact me directly at tamara.voight@k12.sd.us.

The cost is $75 per individual event/oral interp requests are due by November 3rd at 9pm. We will approve judge hire requests based on availability.

Food info and options

Outside of pizza delivery, there is no reliable food delivery service in Sturgis, and the school is not next to any restaurants. Everything will be closed by 10 pm; however, all pizza places will deliver to the high school.

Schedule

Arrival and Parking

Class dismisses at 3:10; we do not have a great place to hold your students before 2:30. Please avoid arriving until 2:30. When you do arrive, please drop students off at the Activity Entrance/lunchroom (this part of the building is labeled and has brighter red paneling/siding). Please drop students off; if you need to park buses or vehicles, please park in the west parking lot near the gravel in the far back. You will see some Scooper Buses in that area. The gravel area is also available for parking. Please keep your students in the lunchroom.

FRIDAY, 11/7 - DEBATE only

Registration in the lunchroom

2:30 - 3:00

General Meeting in the lunchroom

New to Judging? Meeting in Room 110 at 3:20.

3:10 - 3:30

R1 Debate

3:45 - 4:55

R2 Debate

5:00 - 5:55

R3 Debate (powered)

6:10 - 7:05

R4 Debate (powered)

7:25 - 8:20

R5 Debate (not so hidden final)

8:40 - 9:30

SATURDAY, 11/8 - INDIVIDUAL EVENTS and INTERP only

**Extemp draw will be in room 100.

**If we offer Congress, we are using the SD docket; it is attached in Tabroom.

Interp-only Registration

8:00 - 9:00

Judge/Coach Meeting - Judge Lounge

8:45 - 9:00

R1 Extemp Draw

9:00 - 9:30

R1: all interp and individual events begin speaking now

9:30 - 10:45

R2 Extemp Draw

10:30 - 11:00

R2: all interp and individual events begin speaking now

11:00 - 12:15

R3 Extemp Draw

12:00 - 12:30

R3: all interp and individual events begin speaking now

12:30 - 1:45

Awards

2:00 - 2:30