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Capital City Cavalier Classic
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Missouri. View manager contact information Greetings! The Capital City High School Speech and Debate team cordially invites you to attend the Capital City Cavalier Classic on Friday, January 26 and Saturday, January 27, 2024 to be held at Capital City High School The Capital City Cavalier Classic boasts a unique tournament experience in the state due to its location, drawing in schools from all over the state to compete. We will be using SpeechWire for this tournament, thus entries should be handled and submitted through the website. To help our facility managers and to help us accommodate schools, we ask that you please indicate if you are attending by Tuesday, January 9, 2024. To help accommodate these unique entries, teams will be capped at 3 entries per event and division, with additional entries being placed on a waitlist. Waitlisted entries will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Deadline to submit entries will be Friday, January 19, 2024. Drops need to be completed on SpeechWire by Noon on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. All fees are finalized after this date and time. Registration will begin at 3:40 pm at Capital City High School. Our school does not dismiss until 3:40 pm, so please pay close attention to arrival details that will be sent out 10 days before the tournament takes place. Expect some traffic trying to get to the school. You will receive special transportation instructions via email, so make sure the email in SpeechWire is your current address. A hospitality room will be provided for all coaches, judges, and bus drivers. Concessions will be available for all competitors Friday and Saturday. Aaron Malin, Joe Schneider Head Coach at Capital City HS, Assistant Coach at Capital City HS Mars Finley, Emani Clay Team President, Tournament Director at Capital City HS
Tournament Schedule Friday, January 26 4:15 pm – Events Round 1 (Draw for Extemp @ 3:45 pm) 5:45 pm – Events Round 2 (Draw for Extemp @ 5:15 pm) 7:00 pm – Debate Round 1 8:30 pm –Debate Round 2 Saturday, January 27 8:00am – Events Semis (Draw for Extemp @ 7:30 am) 9:30am – Debate Round 3 11:00am – Debate Round 4 1:00pm – Events Finals (Draw for Extemp @ 12:30 pm) 2:30pm – Debate Quarterfinals 4:00 pm – Award's Ceremony 5:00 pm – Debate Semifinals 6:30pm – Debate Finals GLOBAL RULES & ENTRY INFORMATION: 1. A student may enter only two individual events. 2. A student may only enter in one format of debate: Policy, Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum. 3. Entries must be made in SpeechWire with “activated” student accounts. The Host reserves the right to drop any entries that are still without names and/or activation in the week of the tournament so that we are able to appropriately plan the tournament. Advanced notice will be given. 4. We will comply with all MSHSAA rules and regulations regarding the use of electronic devices and the internet. It is a coach’s affirmative duty to ensure their students are aware of the rules and abide by them. 5. In the event MSHSAA does not cover event, NSDA rules will apply.
JUDGING REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS Schools will be obligated to provide judges for rounds based on entry totals. • 1 judge for every 4 debate entries • 1 judge for every 5 event entries Eligible judges include: • Coaches should mark as much availability as possible. Your MSHSAA-required supervisory coach will be considered a STANDBY judge for all rounds. It will help us to know who that coach is and when. Please fill out this COACH FORM let us know who will be on-site and as a standby judge for each round. • Community volunteers, parents/guardians, teachers, neighbors, etc....any adult • Varsity competitors with at least 150 NSDA points • All judges, including coaches, should sign up using the JUDGE SIGN UP FORM. Judge expectations: • We will be using paper ballots. • Please sign up knowing that you should arrive in your room 15 minutes prior to the start time of the round. Any rounds you sign up to judge will most likely be assigned to you. Please do not sign up for a time you cannot be present for. Please mark the times you do sign up for on your calendar. • All judge comments should focus on the competitor’s performance in the round - not on their clothing/attire, if they are masked, etc.
NOVICE EVENTS OFFERED The following (novice) events will be offered at this tournament: US Extemp International Extemp Dramatic Interp Duo Interp Prose/Poetry Storytelling Informative Speaking Student Congress Lincoln-Douglas Debate Policy Debate Public Forum Debate Aaron Malin Mailing address 1650 Cavalier Dr. SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2025 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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