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Cotter Speech Meet
General information
This is a High School tournament in Minnesota. View manager contact information
Unique things for our 2026 meet:
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We are offering a Novice Division this year.
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Time cards will be used in one preliminary round and all final rounds to prepare kids for MSHSL subs/sections/state.
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We are a 2026 NIETOC Bid Tournament.
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Along with 13 MSHSL categories we will offer Program of Oral Interp (POI) and Impromptu (IMP).
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Double entries allowed, triple entries only if in IMP.
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Sweepstakes trophies for large school, small school, AND quality team (described below) as well as a 9x13 Bloedows Party donut.
Tournament Format:
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There will be three preliminary rounds of competition followed by a Final consisting of students who ranked 1-6 in prelims.
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Due to size of tournament, we are anticipating some categories will have a Next-In Final (ranks 7-12).
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Varsity and Novice speakers will be scheduled together for Prelims.
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For Finals:
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All speakers shall be first considered for Varsity Finals.
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Novice speakers not breaking to Varsity Finals will then be considered for a Novice Final.
Entry Fees:
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$7.00 per entry (Duos count as one entry).
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Checks are to be payable to "Cotter Schools", with "Speech Meet" in the memo line.
Registration Deadline:
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 10:00pm.
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To help better plan the rooms, please have all preliminary entries in Speechwire by Friday, March 6, 2026 at 10pm.
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Entries will default to the Varsity Division - this means when entering a Novice Speaker, the Coach will need to select the Novice Division.
Judging Requirements:
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Teams are required to bring one judge for every six entries.
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Additional judges will be available to hire for $90.00 if teams cannot meet this requirement. Please contact Amy French as soon as possible if you anticipate you will need to hire a judge (contact info below).
Scheduling:
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Make all necessary drops to your registration on Speechwire by March 28, 2026 at 8am.
Awards:
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There will be team sweepstakes awarded to the large and small school winners.
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Individual awards will also be given for the Finalists and Next-In Finalist (if held) in each category.
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We will also be awarding a Quality Team Champion.
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To be considered for this award, a school must have a minimum of five category entries (not quantity of students).
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Calculations will be based on a school's sum of preliminary round results (1st = 6 pts, 2nd = 5 pts, etc) divided by number of team's entries into the categories.
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For example if Hogwarts has 27 entries and score 315 pts, their Quality score would be 315/27 = 11.67.
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This is being done to balance the Quality of the speaker vs. the Quantity of the entries brought to a tournament.
Please contact Amy (507-450-2690) if you have any questions. We look forward to a great tournament!
Manager contact information Amy French
Email address: amyjfrench516@gmail.com
Phone number: 507-450-2690 Mailing address Cotter High School Speech Team
1115 W. Broadway
Winona, MN 55987
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