34th Annual George McGovern Invitational
2026 — Mitchell, SD/US
Main
This year we will hold Individual Events for Speech/Interp on Friday November 6th and then we will hold Novice Debate on Saturday. Here is the tentative schedule for the tournament:
Friday: Individual Events/Interp
11:00 - Registration opens
11:45 - General Meeting
12:00 - Round 1 Extemp Draw Round 1 RT and INFO
12:30 - Round 1 IE'S
1:30 - Round 2 Extemp Draw Round 2 RT and INFO
2:00 - Round 2 IE'S
3:00 - Round 3 Extemp Draw Round 3 RT and INFO
3:30 - Round 3 IE's
4:30 - 5:30 - Dinner
5:30 - Final Round Extemp Draw. Final Round RT and INFO
6:00 - Final Rounds IE's
7:30 - Awards
Saturday: Novice Debate
9:00 - Round 1
10:30 - Round 2
11:45 - Round 3
12:30 - Lunch
1:30 - Round 4 (powered)
3:00 - Round 5 (powered)
4:15 - Awards
Events that we will be having at the tournament: DI, HI, Duo, POI, Storytelling, Extemp US, Novice Extemp, Extemp IX, Poetry, Original Oratory Novice, Original Oratory Varsity, Informative, Reader’s Theatre. For Debate on Saturday, we will have Novice PF, Novice LD
Dinner and Brunch: We will be serving up the yummies for dinner on Friday and for Brunch/Lunch on Saturday. We will have the usual Pumpkin Cobbler, THE Debate Brownies, and THE Mac and Cheese. But if you will let me know what drinks your team would like and any other foods, I would love that. If you know me, I try to keep bellies fed and smiles wide. Just email and let me know choices, in general. I will do my best!
Let me know if there is anything else you need for your team!
Best,
Melissa A. Vatter-Miller
Director of Forensics
Mitchell High School
melissa.miller@k12.sd.us