Dear Forensics Colleague,

 

Papillion La Vista South High School cordially invites you to attend the 12th annual PL South Speech Tournament on Saturday, December 2, 2023.  We are proud to return as a NIETOC National Qualifying tournament!  We will have three preliminary rounds and finals. Please read over the invitation and e-mail me if you have any questions at landon.hauge@plcschools.org.

 

EVENTS: HI, DI, Poetry, POI, DUO, Extemp, OO, Informative,  Impromptu, Entertainment.

 

ENTRIES: Students may TRIPLE enter at their own risk.  We will not hold rounds for cross entries. 

 

We will be tabbing without speaker points on the ballots.  Tiebreaking to decide who makes finals is based on 1) prelim round combined ranks, 2) opponent's strength, 3) head to head, 4) prelim reciprocals. Finals tiebreaking will be 1) rank in finals, 2) judge's pref in finals, 3) final round reciprocals, 4) prelim round ranks, 5) prelim round opponent's strength.

 

Please bring an electronic device (phone, ipad, or laptop) with wireless capabilities in order to fulfill judging requirements. All schematics will be posted via Speechwire, please have your students subscribe to the tournament and follow their code to receive updates. 

 

 

FEES: The entry fee is $8 per event.  ENTRIES ARE DUE BY 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 29th.  

 

JUDGES: You must provide one adult, qualified judge for every 5 entries.  Since we are using e-ballots this year, judges need a valid email address when you register them on Speechwire. 

Any entry not covered by your judges will be an additional $15/entry. Please try to cover with as many UNAFFILIATED judges as possible. If you have a very large entry, and a lot of affiliated judges, I may not be able to use all of your judges. 

 

LATE CHANGES: After the deadline, please contact Landon Hauge with any changes at: 

Cell: 202-997-9835; Email (preferred): landon.hauge@plcschools.org

THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS FOR DROPS AFTER December 1st! 

 

AWARDS

Trophies will be awarded to the champion in each event, with medals for 2nd-6th places (and 7th-12th for those events that qualify for Honors finals).  Team sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to 1st-3rd places.

 

From the NIETOC:

 

Bids are gained at the following levels:

0-19 contestants = FIRST PLACE BID

20-34 contestants = FIRST, SECOND & THIRD PLACE BIDS

35-50 contestants = FINAL ROUND BIDS

51-70 contestants = SEMIFINAL ROUND BIDS (HONORS FINALS)

71-99 contestants = QUARTERFINAL ROUND BIDS (MERIT FINALS)

100 + contestants = OCTAFINAL ROUND BIDS (CONSOLATION FINALS)

 

CONCESSIONS

There will be a concession stand and a judges/coaches lounge available all day.     

 

SCHEDULE

8:00am Check-in

8:30am Extemp Draw 

8:45am           Brief General Meeting in Theater

9:00am Round 1

10:00am         Extemp draw, Round 2

10:30am         Round 2

11:30am         Extemp draw, Round 3

Noon Round 3

2pm                Finals

ASAP Awards

 

 

Thank you.  We look forward to seeing all of you!

 

Landon Hauge, Director of Speech 

Kevin Wilkinson,  Asst. Coach

and the PL South Speech Team  

 

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