Kevin Ong Memorial Tournament

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Kevin Ong Memorial Speech Tournament

Elkhart High School

November 22, 2025

The Elkhart High School Speech Team invites you to the inaugural Kevin Ong Memorial Speech Tournament.  We will offer all 15 ISSDA speech events as well as Congress and World Schools Debate. All normal ISSDA rules apply, unless otherwise specified. Please make sure to read through all of the following information carefully. It will be a full day of competition. ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EST.

Tournament Information

Speech Registration: 8:00-8:30 am in front of the Media Center. Extemp Prep starts at 8:45am. Round 1 will begin at 9:00am.

Entries: Varsity and Novice divisions with a max. of 8 total per event in speech.  No “B” teams will be accepted because of space.

Judges: Please bring 1 judge for every 5 entries or fraction (6 entries=2 judges). The head coach is expected to judge and be listed as the 1st judge on the entry. 

E-Balloting We will be using online ballots for our tournament. This means two things:

1. You will need to supply valid email addresses for each of your judges.
2. Your judges will need to bring a laptop or tablet to use to judge. While smartphones can work, it’s a bit more difficult to write critiques on a phone than the larger devices.  

Doubling: All speech events are allowed to double according to ISSDA rules. No doubling in Congress or World Schools.

Please note the following regarding doublers in Extemp and Broadcasting:

• Extempers MUST go to extemp first and then go to their second event.
• Broadcasting doublers MUST go to Broadcasting first. 

Event Information:

• All events will go 4 rounds. 

Broadcasting:

• Rounds 1 & 4 will be a 5 minute news program. Information for the commercial and music copy will be available for download Monday, November 17 after 6pm.
• Round 2- Editorial- Topic will be available on November 17th as well.
• Round 3- Cold Read- Breaking News

Extemp:

• ​Draw Rounds 1 & 3. NOTE: Draw will be done via speechwire. Students should bring a laptop/tablet with them and have a live.speechwire.com account to access their questions.

​Discussion: 

• Artifacts will be available for download on Monday, November 17th after 6pm.

Congress:

• Bills to be debated will be posted on speechwire by November 8. P.O.s will be elected within the chamber.

World Schools

• Rounds 1 & 2 are prepared using the following motion: This House believes that hyper-consumerism has done more harm than good. 
• Rounds 3 & 4 will be impromptu motions.

Food: Will be available all day.  Please remember that as the cost to host a tournament increases, your support through purchasing food at the tournament is greatly appreciated.  Any student/team caught using food delivery services will be disqualified from the tournament.

Awards: Top 3 finishers in each event will earn sweeps for your team.  Ribbons for the top 6 in each event will be awarded.  The top five teams will receive plaques.

Deadline: Registration is due on Speechwire by Monday, November 17th at 8:00pm EST

Manager contact information

Jeff Stutzman
Email address: jstutzman@concord.k12.in.us
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