Greetings to all Coaches!

 

Your team is invited to the Otsego "Not-So-Silent Knight" on December 17, 2022.

 

High School Events: We will offer 3 rounds of competition for all high school Individual Events, 3 Student Congress Sessions and 4 rounds of Lincoln Douglas & Public Forum Debate. Double Entries are permitted with prior approval.

 

Middle School Events: Middle school students will have 3 rounds of competition. Extemp Debate will have two rounds in the morning and Congress will have one session in the afternoon. It is encouraged that students double enter in both so that they have a full 3 rounds.

 

Registration Fees: The team base fee will be $10.00 and $5.00 per contestant regardless of event. Make checks payable to Otsego High School, with the memo "Speech & Debate."

 

Registration Deadline: Friday, December 16th at 11:59pm. Drop Deadline: Wednesday, December 15th at 11:59pm.

 

Judges: We ask that each team provide 1 judge for every two debaters and 1 judge for every 5 IE contestants that they bring. Judges need to have activated Speechwire accounts in order to be registered for the tournament. Please register your judges with their email address and remind them that they must provide their own computer to receive their e-ballot. All judges will be served lunch at no charge.

 

Topics: Lincoln/Douglas and Public Forum Topics for both High School and Middle school will be per NSDA/OSDA for the month of December.  See http://www.speechanddebate.org/topics.

The High School Congress Docket will be what is set on the OSDA website for December 17th. Middle School Congress will be using P1-1 through P1-12 from the OSDA website.

 

Schedule: Doors will open at 7:30am. Extempers will need to report to the prep room by 8:25am. First round for all events starts at 9:00am. Awards are expected to begin at 3:00pm.

 

School location:

Otsego High School

18505 Tontogany Creek Rd

Bowling Green, OH, 43402

 

If you have any questions, please contact me as soon as possible.

 

Sincerely, Coach Stevan Jechura

 

Stevan Jechura

419-902-4748

stevanjechura@gmail.com

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