The Worthington Speech Team would like to invite you to the 2024 Worthington Trojan Tournament. This will be a 3 round tournament with no final round. We are excited to be the start of your speech season!! 

 

SCHEDULE:

 

Date: Saturday, February 3rd, 2024

9:00 AM - Draws for Round 1

9:30 AM - Round 1

9:45 AM - Round 1 - Discussion

10:30 AM - Draws for Round 2

11:00 AM - Round 2

11:15 AM - Round 2 - Discussion

12:30 PM - Round 3

12:45 AM - Round 3 - Discussion

2:00 PM - AWARDS!!

 

REGISTRATION & FEES

 

We will be offering competition in all 13 MSHSL categories, and there is no cap as to number of students who attend. Teams will need to supply 1 judge for every 6 competitors or fraction thereof. We will not have judges for hire. Double entries are allowed in all events, discussion rounds will start 15 minutes late to accommodate any double entries in that category.

SpeechWire registration deadline is Thursday, February 1st at 3:00 pm. At that time, all judges will be locked. Changes can be made to a team’s entry without cost until Saturday, February 3rd at 7:00 AM. After this point drops will be allowed, but not be refunded. Adds will be allowed at the discretion of the tournament manager.

$7/Entry, $14/Duo. Please make checks payable to:

Worthington High School

    1211 Clary St.

Worthington, MN 56187

 

AWARDS

 

Individual trophies will be going to the top 3 in each category, ribbons to 4-6 and one and two out.  We will be giving away team trophies to the top 4 teams. 

 

DRAWS

 

We will be drawing online for Rounds 1 & 2.  Please have your students repeat one of those selections for Round 3. We will be drawing from the first 10 stories in both Extemporaneous Reading and Storytelling.

 

DISCUSSION

 

Since this is going to the first tournament of the season for most of us, tasks will be sent out via email to coaches on Monday, January 29th. Please distribute them to your students to help facilitate the discussions.

 

LUNCH & CONCESSIONS

 

Concessions will be available for students.  Breakfast and a light lunch will be provided for coaches and judges in the Judge’s Lounge.

 

LIVE.SPEECHWIRE.COM

 

All students and judges will need a live.speechwire.com account. Please set that up before the tournament. Have everyone log in to their account to verify that their account works.  If you have any questions please let us know.

 

JUDGING

 

Speechwire is making a huge push towards online ballots/critiques.  We are going to offer both online and paper ballots/critiques at this tournament.  Please let us know if any of your judges want to use a paper ballot.  If using online ballots, please make sure all critiques are entered before the end of the tournament.

 

BUS PARKING

 

Buses can be unloaded on either the south side of the school (off of Clary St.) or in the student parking lot on the north side of the school (off of Marine Ave.).  Buses can park in the back of the student parking lot.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at brandon.caster@isd518.net or call me:

Cell: (507) 329-1987

 

We look forward to seeing all of our speech family!!

 

       Brandon Caster & Linda Neugebauer

    Worthington High School Speech Coaches

           & The Trojan Speech Team

 

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