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Plymouth High School Speech Tournament
General information
This is a High School tournament in Indiana. View manager contact information
PLYMOUTH SPEECH
TOURNAMENT INVITATION
December 6, 2025
Plymouth High School
#1 Big Red Drive
Plymouth, IN 46563
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Eric Schaefer
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Cell = (219) 983-2781
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Email = eschaefer@plymouth.k12.in.us
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Plymouth High School will be hosting a Varsity and Novice Speech Tournament on Saturday, December 6, 2025.
GENERAL INFORMATION
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We will offer a team total of 40 entries for sweepstakes with a cap of 5 entries in all categories. Please email if you have questions as accommodations might be possible.
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Registration Deadline: Please submit your entry no later than Monday, December 1st, 2025 by 5:00pm (EST) on Speechwire.
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Speechwire will be used for entries and to run the tournament. Please make sure students have accounts and know how to see their schematics online.
DEFINITIONS
Novice = Any student in their first season of high school competition.
* In either Duo, both students must be novices to be entered in Novice.
Varsity = Students in their 2nd year (or more) of high school competition.
* If a varsity and a novice are paired in a Duo, enter them in Varsity.
EVENT DETAILS
We will follow all ISSDA rules as posted with some points of emphasis and minor adjustments.
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Competition will be held in all 15 ISSDA Speech Events - Drama, Humor, POI, Prose, Poetry, Original Oratory, Informative, Declamation, Original Performance, Duo, International Extemp, United States Extemp, Impromptu, Discussion, and Broadcasting.
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Doubling Information
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Remember Duo and OP = Duo doublers are NO LONGER required to maintain the same partner if choosing to enter multiple Duo events.
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Discussion participants MAY NOT double.
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Extemp MAY NOT double in both extemp events.
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Broadcasting participants who are doubles should report to broadcasting first.
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Tripling Information
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We will allow each school to enter up to THREE students into 3 events. Please note that the above Doubling Rules still apply
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***Triple Entered Students do so at their own risk. We will not hold up the tournament for tripling students.
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The following exception to the ISSDA Rules will apply:
We reserve the right to combine divisions and/or events if low entry numbers require this for the efficient running of the tournament. Divisions and events will be separated for awards.
JUDGE DETAILS
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We will need 1 judge for every 5 entries plus a fraction based on the entry total. If a school has 6 entries they will be expected to provide 2 judges.
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We will be using on-line balloting for the tournament. Coaches should register judges along with their email addresses and have an electronic device to use for completing ballots. While phones can work, it is recommended to use laptops, ipads, or their equivalent.
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All Judges will be asked to write constructive critiques with a reason for rank along with returning scores for each speaker in their section.
FOOD DETAILS
We will have food available for purchase at the tournament for competitors. We will also have a judge lounge available for your judges. We cannot necessarily accomodate all possible dietary restrictions, but we will do our best to see what we can do and continue to live up to our past food service tradition.
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Please remain on campus and partake in what we have to offer.
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NO FOOD DELIVERIES…PERIOD!
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Individual disqualification may occur if a student is caught ordering food to our campus.
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Team disqualification may occur when a judge or coach is caught ordering food to our campus.
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Please respect the need for concessions to cover the costs of the tournament.
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Also, not allowing building doors to be opened throughout the day will improve the safety of our tournament!
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If any students, judges, or coaches, do have dietary restrictions, we certainly understand that they may need to bring their own lunch to the tournament.
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We just can not have deliveries coming to the school. Thank you for understanding.
AWARDS
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The varsity division will be on an 8 point scale with 1st receiving 8 points, 2nd receiving 7 points…down to 8th receiving 1 point.
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The novice division will be on a 5 point scale with 1st receiving 5 points, 2nd receiving 4 points…down to 5th - 8th each receiving 1 point.
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We will be awarding ribbons to the top 8 speakers in all events, and both Novice & Varsity divisions, even if we have to combine divisions to run the tournament.
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We will be awarding Individual Sweeps medals to the top 5 students who triple entered.
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We will also be awarding team trophies to the top 8 teams at the tournament.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - Please note that our building is not huge and if we have to flight the tournament for enough rooms and/or judges, this will change.
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7:00 -7:15 am Arrive for Check-In. Report Drops to Office.
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7:30 am Teams Warm Up
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8:00 to 8:15 am Judges' Meeting (Cafeteria)
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8:00 am Extemp Draw
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8:30 am Round 1
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10:00 am Round 2
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11:00 am Extemp Draw
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11:30 am Round 3
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12:30-1:15 pm Lunch Break
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1:15-1:30 pm Post & Begin Finals
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3:00 pm Begin Awards
Thank you and we look forward to hosting you.
Please email any questions to eschaefer@plymouth.k12.in.us
Sincerely,
Eric Schaefer, Charlotte Tyree, Dan Tyree, Katie Anders, Sarah Robinson, Helena Jancosek, and Jack Garner
Manager contact information Eric Schaefer
Email address: eschaefer@plymouth.k12.in.us
Phone number: 219-983-2781 Mailing address #1 Big Red Drive
Plymouth, IN 46563
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