SpeechWire Tournament Services - Forensics Tournament Software

Greetings esteemed contemporaries!

We are thrilled to invite you and your team to the Maumee Vanguard Classic, taking place on Saturday, November 1, 2025! Join us in celebrating the start of the season here in the Toledo District with a day of spirited competition.

***Starting this year, to help growing teams, the Maumee Vanguard Classic will be free to all new schools created this year and all schools that received the OSDA fee waiver! Note: This does not exempt the team from judge/uncovered entry fees - if you're struggling to find judges, let us know in advance of the registration deadline and we will do our best to find some hires for you!***

Registration Fees:

Team base fee: $10.00

$5.00 per contestant per event

Please make checks payable to Maumee City Schools with the memo "Speech & Debate."

Deadlines:

Drops - Wednesday, October 29th @ 11:59 PM.

Entries - Friday, October 31st @ 5:00 PM (for exceptions, reach out to Steve asap)

Judges - Friday, October 31st @ 5:00 PM

Judge Requirements:

1 judge for every 5 IE entries

1 judge for every 2 debate entries

1 judge for every 5 congress entries

All judges must have activated Speechwire accounts for tournament registration. Please register them with their email addresses and remind them to bring their own device for e-ballots.

Judge Hires:

If you have any extra judges available for hire, please let me know! To ensure a smooth tournament while allowing everyone to compete, we are more than happy to compensate teams for providing additional judges to cover other teams’ missing spots (That’s ideally why we have uncovered entry fees!). We can apply a credit toward your entry fees or arrange an alternative payment method — whatever works best for you. Just reach out, and we’ll discuss the details!

Uncovered Entry Fees:

$60 per missing judge

We will explore any and all options to avoid dropping students from the tournament. That said, please put in your best effort to find judges and we will put in equal effort to find any judges that you’re unable to!

High School Round Structure:

3 rounds for all individual events

3 Congress sessions

4 rounds of Lincoln-Douglas & Public Forum Debate

Double entries in IE are allowed with prior approval from the tournament host

Middle School Round Structure:

3 rounds of all Middle School individual events

2 rounds of MS Extemp Debate as Flight A

2 rounds of MS Congress and MS Public Forum as Flight B

The flight structure allows MS students interested in debate events to explore two.

Double entries are allowed in individual events if one of the events is MS Extemp

Topics:

LD and PF will follow the NSDA/OSDA selections for November.

HS Congress will use the OSDA docket set for November 1.

MS Congress will have the full November docket to choose from.

Schedule:

Doors open for registration at 7:30 AM

Judges Meeting begins at 8:15 AM

Extempers report to prep by 8:25 AM

First rounds for all events begin at 9:00 AM

Awards expected by 3:00 PM

A more detailed schedule will be provided in a follow-up email

Awards:

New this year: Lanterns will be our first place trophies!

2nd-3rd place will receive our classic “Lightbulb Moment” trophies

1st place in LD, PF, and Congress will receive a scholarship to the Classic Debate Camp!

4th-6th place will receive ribbons

Top Novice in each event will be recognized and receive a special prize - stay tuned for details!

Top Novice in LD, PF, and Congress will also receive a scholarship to CDC

Location:

Maumee High School

1147 Saco St, Maumee, OH 43537

Bus Parking:

To avoid congestion, buses should park at Wayne Trail Elementary School, located across the street at 1147 7th St, Maumee, OH 43537.

For any questions, feel free to reach out to me directly.

Sincerely,

Coach Stevan Jechura

Stevan Jechura
Email address: sdcoachsteve@gmail.com
Phone number: 419-902-4748